Climate Change Working Group

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The mission of this working group is to explore the evidence regarding points of leverage assisting human groups in coping with or reducing the risk of global climate change.

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The 10 U.S. states that are the least and best prepared to deal with climate change.

10 U.S. states least-prepared for climate change and extreme weather (cnbc.com)

“There’s really no place in the country that doesn’t have risk,” said Jeremy Porter, head of climate implications for First Street Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization. “As you start to look at the multiple hazards, wildfire, wind, flood, extreme heat, then you start to understand that these hazards touch all parts of the country.”

Some states are more vulnerable than others. And even some of those that aren’t are not doing all they can to mitigate the risks....

Some states are well-equipped to deal with the rising risks. But these ten states have work to do.

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U.N. Secretary-General's Call to Action to Address Extreme Heat Problem

Extreme Heat | United Nations

In response to the rapid rise in the scale, intensity, frequency and duration of extreme heat, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on 25 July 2024 called for an urgent and concerted effort to enhance international cooperation to address extreme heat in four critical areas:

Caring for the vulnerable - Protecting workers - Boosting resilience of economies and societies using data and science - Limiting temperature rise to 1.5°C by phasing out fossil fuels and scaling up investment in renewable energy.

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U.S. climate change is slowing the population moves to the Sun Belt states.

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Since the widespread adoption of air conditioning in the 1970s, Americans have moved in droves from cold northern climes to sunny southern ones. That has led to booming populations in states such as Florida, Texas and Arizona, and a shift in economic activity from north to south.

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