Tomorrow’s natural disasters won’t look like those from the past in terms of frequency, severity or location. Yet the insurance industry’s modeling of risk is based on historic disaster data, the value of which is inversely related to the rising concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere.
Climate Negotiator Contemplates Future of Paris Agreement Without the U.S.
2020 will be a crucial year for the Paris Agreement. An architect of the climate process considers the implications of the U.S. presidential election, and what might be accomplished in the months ahead.
Is Climate Risk Insurable?
As climate-related disasters become more severe and frequent, insurers and governments face an economic black hole.
This Energy Transition Is Different. Here’s Why
Despite arguments to the contrary, we have to the tools at hand to get the job of energy transition done.
Florida will be the First State to Swing on Climate
Worry over climate change is making its way up the political food chain, and the state where the issue is climbing fastest is Florida.
Climate Denialism, Florida, and the Future of Climate Politics
Rafe Pomerance, an early campaigner for climate action and the subject of Nathaniel Rich’s book Losing Earth, discusses the increasingly pivotal role of climate change in U.S. electoral politics.
Climate Change: A Real Force In The 2020 Campaign?
Has the U.S. finally reached the point where climate will in fact be a decisive issue for voters at the polls?
How the Democratic-Republican Climate Rift Became Political Reality
A pioneer in the field of environmental sociology discusses how views on climate have become an essential element of party ideology, and what it means for the 2020 election.
Recent Science Raises Oil Industry’s Climate Litigation Risk
Potential climate litigants are anxious to understand the extent to which source attribution can provide evidence in cases that seek reparations for climate damage.
Does Attribution Science Give Climate Litigators a Smoking Gun?
Climate attribution science allows connections to be made between extreme weather events and a warming climate. The science is also being used to trace climate change to the activities of specific industries and companies, potentially generating evidence to fuel climate litigation.