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In a new study released today, UCS attributes substantial temperature and sealevel rise to emissions traced to the largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers. m (10-21 inches) of sealevel rise by the year 2300. And critically, we demonstrate how these emissions will cause harm for centuries to come.
Sealevel rise presents numerous climate justice issues. New research that I led as part of my PhD dissertation, which was just published in Earth’s Future , digs deep into the topic of sealevel rise and climate justice. Climate justice research can help inform these conversations.
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Virginia Beach is located in a region that is experiencing the highest relative sea-level rise on the U.S. An average sewer bill in that case would soar by 53 percent in 2022. Rising Seas, Rising Flood Risk. feet of sea-level rise. feet of sea-level rise by 2100. Atlantic coast. Atlantic coast.
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Using data for litigation-relevant research Since fall of 2022, I have been the Hitz Fellow for Litigation Relevant Research here at the Union of Concerned Scientists. One of them looks at how past emissions from fossil fuel companies will continue affecting sealevels for centuries to come.
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C during an overshoot period this century, will result in irreversible impacts on certain ecosystems with low resilience, such as polar, mountain, and coastal ecosystems, impacted by icesheet, glacier melt, or by accelerating and higher committed sealevel rise.” The report also says that: “Additional warming, e.g., above 1.5°
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The agency said that in 2022 the global average concentrations of CO2 were for the first time ever 50% above the pre-industrial level. He added: “About half of the planet has been facing an increase of flooding events , and one third of the planet has been facing an increase of drought events. .”
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