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Dr. Shaina Sadai Talks About COP27, Climate Justice, Sea Level Rise, and Corporate Accountability

Union of Concerned Scientists

An expert on sea level dynamics and climate justice within the UN negotiations, Dr. Sadai is working to ensure that her scientific studies get in the hands of decisionmakers who are shaping our world today. UCS’s new Hitz Family Climate fellow, Dr. Shaina Sadai , is stepping into this emerging area of work.

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The State of the Planet in 10 Numbers

Scientific American

Here is a snapshot of the warming world, from sea-level rise to fossil fuel subsidies to renewable energy growth

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Rising Seas, Rising Stakes: The Case for an International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion 

Union of Concerned Scientists

My research looks at issues of climate justice internationally, particularly as they relate to sea level rise and the Paris Agreement. Sea levels will continue to rise for hundreds of years from just the heat-trapping emissions that are happening today, and once they rise the levels will remain that way for thousands of years.

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The Fossil Fuel Industry Continues Producing Heat-Trapping Emissions that Drive Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

My fellowship is based on using data that trace heat-trapping emissions to major fossil fuel producers in order to understand how they have affected the climate, particularly global sea levels, and to aid efforts to hold these producers accountable.

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Four Impacts of Ocean Warming

Ocean Conservancy

Warmer water expands and causes glaciers and sea ice to melt; these impacts combine to result in higher sea levels. Sea level rise is drowning coastal plants like seagrass and causing erosion , especially during increasingly severe storms.

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What Is the Story about Greenland and Climate Change?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Greenland ice sheet holds the equivalent of around 7 extra meters of global sea level rise were it to disappear completely. This fact is one among many propelling action by those who work on country contributions to the Paris Agreement to place limits on the level of warming.

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The world’s largest offshore wind farm has opened in the UK

A Greener Life

The Danish renewable energy giant Orsted has announced that the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 2, is now fully operational off the Yorkshire coast in the UK. Each turbine blade is 81m long and blade tips reach more than 200m above sea level. Photo credit: Orsted. By Anders Lorenzen. million UK homes.