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The United States Isn't Ready for the New Phase of Climate Change


The United States Isn't Ready for the New Phase of Climate Change

The United States isn't ready for the new phase of climate change. Washington needs a national adaptation strategy.

US 'likely' to pledge new climate target, says White House – POLITICO

Donald Trump's return raised doubts over whether the Biden administration would still produce the plan ahead of a February deadline.

Everything about climate change may seem grim. It isn't

American emissions may rise, diplomatic engagement will fall. But graphs of global temperature and global emissions do not respond to shifts in ...

Climate may force millions to move and U.S. isn't ready, report warns

Global warming may push millions of Americans away from the coast, and the U.S. isn't prepared for the consequences.

Hicks Defines Need to Focus DOD on Climate Change Threats

One constant in the study of climate change is the United States will "not compromise on military capability or the readiness of our forces," ...

The International Order Isn't Ready for the Climate Crisis

The planet is in the throes of an environmental emergency. Humanity's continued addiction to fossil fuels and its voracious appetite for natural resources

The World's Militaries Aren't Ready for Climate Change

The science is clear: Even if all emissions were cut tomorrow, over the next 10 to 20 years, temperatures will continue to warm, extreme weather ...

Climate change is here. Now what? | Binghamton News

To keep global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees above the preindustrial norm — as called for in the Paris Agreement — emissions need to be ...

UN Climate Talks Enter Critical Stage to Secure Climate Finance ...

“Every year science-aligned climate action is delayed, least-developed, climate-vulnerable nations are left unjustly shouldering ...

Two-Thirds of Americans Think Government Should Do More on ...

A recent Center analysis finds 60% view climate change as a major threat to the well-being of the United States, as high a share taking this ...

Do voters care about climate change? How going green divides this ...

National polls found that Americans on both sides of the political aisle rank climate change initiatives as a far lower policy priority than ...

The US must balance climate justice challenges in the era of ...

Among several takeaways, it revealed that the U.S. is warming faster than the rest of the world from human-induced climate change, and that we' ...

Climate Change Poses Risks to Neglected Public Transportation ...

Office of the New York State Comptroller, “DiNapoli: New York's Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Fixing,” news release, Feb. 13, 2017 ...

Global Climate Agreements: Successes and Failures

The report, drafted by more than two hundred scientists from over sixty countries, predicts that the world will reach or exceed 1.5°C of warming within the next ...

Why Some Americans Do Not See Urgency on Climate Change

As the Earth's temperature continues to rise, climate change remains a lower priority for some Americans, and a subset of the public rejects ...

Is the U.S. Military Driving Climate Change? - Foreign Policy

The Solution to Climate Change Isn't Demilitarization. A new ... step to prepare for climate impacts. That does not mean the military ...

Wars, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Coups, and Economic ...

Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense. In any given year between 2011 and 2020, approximately 60% of the surface of the ocean ...

Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change

The odds of succeeding, according to a recent study based on current emissions trends, are one in 20. If by some miracle we are able to limit ...

Remarks on the Urgency of Global Climate Action - State Department

It's what scientists tell us will be reality by the end of this century if our emissions of greenhouse gasses, pollution, do not decline. And we ...

Strengths and weaknesses of the Green New Deal - Stanford Report

Markey of Massachusetts labels climate change a “direct threat to the national security of the United States” and calls for the conversion of ...