climate crisis Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

01 Nov 2023

World ‘dangerously close’ to multiple environmental risk tipping points

The world is approaching a series of climate risk tipping points, according to a major new report from the UN University. It is also on the brink of irreversible changes to nature, water systems and pollution in space, which would drastically damage our ability to cope with disasters, including the withdrawal of home insurance from […]

12 Oct 2023

Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage

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Analysis published in the journal Nature Communications shows at least $2.8tn in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heatwaves The damage caused by the climate crisis through extreme weather has cost $16m (£13m) an hour for the past 20 years, according to a new estimate. Storms, floods, heatwaves and droughts have […]