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Legal Action Against High Emitters Failing to Use Latest Climate Science, Study Finds

DeSmogBlog

For example, recent research found that human-caused sea-level rise increased the damages suffered when Hurricane Sandy hit the US East Coast in 2012 by $8.1 Another study found that climate change was responsible for $67 billion of damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas in 2017.

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IPCC report: The 10 key conclusions

Business Green

Perhaps most worrying of all, impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are now inevitable and near-irreversible within timespans stretching from hundreds to potentially thousands of years, leaving only their extent open to question.

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Scientists Have Now Linked Worsening Western Wildfires to Top Polluters

DeSmogBlog

Previous studies have quantified the share of increasing average temperatures, rising sea levels , and ocean acidification attributable to major industrial emitters. This latest study extends that analysis to the realm of wildfires.

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'Every fraction of warming matters': World careering towards irreversible climate impacts, top scientists warn

Business Green

As a result, climate change is already affecting every inhabited region on Earth, and impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are inevitable and near-irreversible, leaving only their extent open to question.

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Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

DeSmogBlog

In one of these cases, small island states are seeking an advisory opinion that defines countries’ legal requirements for protecting the oceans from harmful climate impacts — such as ocean acidification and sea level rise – that threaten their very existence.

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Climate records smashed in 2023, according to WMO. But the reality might be much worse

Renew Economy

Climate extremes are now causing measurable losses in food production and displacing millions. But some scientists says the situation is worse than portrayed by WMO. The post Climate records smashed in 2023, according to WMO. But the reality might be much worse appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Reaching net zero requires climate intervention and aggressive mitigation

Business Green

350 ppm) that will not cause serious climate disruption, ice sheet destabilisation (leading to accelerating rate of sea level rise), and ocean acidification that is endangering the marine food chain which provides significant global protein.