[✔️] June 30, 2022 - Daily Global Warming News Digest

Thu Jun 30 09:23:01 EDT 2022

/*June 30 , 2022*/

/[ feel the temperature, then follow the money ]/
*What’s wrong with the economy? Climate change, for one.*
A new book argues that Corporate America is waking up to climate action. 
It’s all about the bottom line.
Kate Yoder - - Grist Staff Writer
Jun 29, 2022
It’s hard to wrap your head around the toll that climate change is 
taking on the economy. Last year, floods, wildfires, and other 
weather-related disasters cost the United States an eye-popping $400 
million per day on average. Home insurance rates are skyrocketing as a 
result, and projections show that rising seas, drought, and heat could 
knock as much as 9 percent off the U.S. economy within 30 years.

As these realities sink in, a new story about climate change is 
beginning to crystallize: It’s a growing economic threat that’s already 
rattling our financial system...
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“You know, we’ve talked about climate change in so many ways for so 
long, but we’ve talked about it as an environmental issue, or as a 
social issue,” said Bob Keefe, the executive director of the business 
group Environmental Entrepreneurs and a longtime tech journalist. “And 
of course, it is all of those things. But it’s also clear that climate 
change has become a huge economic issue.”

In the new book /Climatenomics/, Keefe argues that this 
dollars-and-cents reality is finally forcing the kind of meaningful 
change that decades of protests and warnings from scientists haven’t 
been able to. It’s an optimistic take. Sure, Congress has yet to pass 
any comprehensive climate legislation, but the Biden administration has 
still made some significant progress on goals to reduce emissions. And, 
though there’s no shortage of “greenwashing,” many companies that were a 
huge part of the problem in the past are beginning to make real strides...
- -
*Q. What do you make of the fact that Biden’s climate agenda hasn’t 
passed yet? It got pushback over inflation and government debt — both 
economic concerns. Do you think some politicians are hesitant to act 
because it hasn’t permeated their consciousness yet that climate change 
is an even bigger economic concern?*

A.Oh, yeah, I think that’s absolutely right. But guess what, it’s going 
to permeate their consciousness when the next climate disaster hits 
their state. And it’s going to permeate their consciousness when they 
realize that the jobs of the future are going to other states instead of 
theirs. There are almost as many people that work in clean energy now in 
Republican congressional districts as working in Democratic districts. 
So that’s why I say that it shouldn’t be seen as a political thing.

*Q.So how are you feeling about the future?*
A.You know, I was talking to somebody the other day and they’re like, 
“Have you seen what’s happening with these wildfires? Have you seen this 
heatwave? Have you seen this flooding in Yellowstone? Why are you 
optimistic?” And the other thing I hear a lot is, “Yeah, Bob, this all 
sounds great, we all want electric vehicles, but it’s not going to 
happen soon enough to avert this disaster.”

I disagree. I remember sitting in Cupertino, California, with other 
journalists and Steve Jobs telling us, you know, “Someday you’re going 
to have a thousand songs on your phone, and someday you’re going to be 
able to take pictures with your cell phone.” And we’re like, “Oh, yeah, 
whatever.” I remember coming here to Seattle and talking to Bezos and 
him saying, when Amazon was just selling books, “Someday you’re going to 
be able to buy anything and everything off of my website, including dog 
food.” I was like, “OK, why the hell would I buy dog food off of a website?”

But look how quickly all those things have changed our world. Look how 
quickly business and technology and the economy has driven all of that, 
and the consumer adoption of all of that. I truly believe that we’re at 
the same point right now with clean energy, with clean vehicles, with 
energy efficiency.
https://grist.org/economics/whats-wrong-with-the-economy-climate-change-inflation-supply-chain/

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/[ buy the book at Amazon ]/
*Climatenomics: Washington, Wall Street and the Economic Battle to Save 
Our Planet *
May 17, 2022
by Bob Keefe  (Author)
The battle against climate change is no longer just an environmental or 
social issue. As shareholders demand corporations protect assets against 
climate change and the economic impact of environmental disasters suck 
billions of dollars out of the economy, capitalism itself has become an 
ally. The economic impact of climate change is rattling the foundation 
of our economy at its very core. It’s blowing up centuries-old 
industries from automobiles to oil and gas, creating new opportunities 
for investors and entrepreneurs. It’s costing Americans billions of 
dollars each and every year. And most importantly, it’s forcing 
politicians to pass long-overdue policies that will transform our 
businesses, our lives and our future like never before. The good news 
about this economic earthquake is that it just might be the thing that 
saves our planet.

This is the first book to lay out how climate change has become an 
economic issue above all and how that has changed everything from the 
business to politics to the outlook for the future. Bob Keefe, executive 
director of E2, a national, nonpartisan organization dedicated to 
providing business perspectives on environmental issues, shows readers 
how this new reality will impact their industries, businesses, jobs, and 
communities and transform our country’s economy. Climatenomics will be 
essential reading for anyone who cares about business, politics, or the 
future of our planet.
https://www.amazon.com/Climatenomics-Washington-Street-Economic-Battle/dp/153816888X/ref=sr_1_1

/[ well known fact, constantly re-validated ] /
*Extreme weather clearly linked to human-induced climate change, new 
study says*
By Rebecca Ann Hughes  - - 6/28/2022
Scientists have finally confirmed the link between human-induced climate 
change and some extreme weather events, in a new review paper.

The research shows that human activities have a direct effect on certain 
types of severe weather including heatwaves and heavy rainfall.

The heatwave currently affecting Europe, for example, is likely between 
one to three degrees hotter because of climate change.

“I think we can very confidently say that every heatwave occurring today 
has been made more intense and more likely because of climate change,” 
says climate scientist Dr Friederike Otto, who co-authored the study,

Otto says the research is very valuable to governments, insurers and 
economists preparing for extreme weather events...
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Our understanding of the effects of climate change on extreme weather is 
still hampered by missing data, the researchers say. They explain that 
many parts of the world lack the historic observations of sufficient 
quality or time periods to draw conclusions.

“This study highlights what we know globally about how climate change 
impacts different extreme events very differently,” says Otto, “but it 
also looks at where we have huge gaps in our understanding and our data.”
https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/06/28/extreme-weather-clearly-linked-to-human-induced-climate-change-new-study-says

/[The news archive - looking back]/
/*June  30, 2011*/
June 30, 2011: US District Judge Emmet Sullivan upholds the 2008 
decision by the Bush administration to declare polar bears "threatened" 
under the Endangered Species Act.

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/30/30greenwire-judge-upholds-threatened-listing-for-polar-bea-13044.html 

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/polar_bear/pdfs/268_ORDER.pdf 

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