<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">“We have already observed impacts of climate change on agriculture. We have assessed the amount of climate change we can adapt to. There’s a lot we can’t adapt to even at 2C. At 4C the impacts are very high and we cannot adapt to them.”</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Rachel Warren, University of East Anglia</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><a href="http://theconversation.com/ipcc-expert-wrap-costs-of-climate-change-mounting-time-to-adapt-24939" rel="nofollow ugc" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://theconversation.com/ipcc-expert-wrap-costs-of-climate-change-mounting-time-to-adapt-24939&source=gmail&ust=1590608740817000&usg=AFQjCNE0QqN0zHZ6JMgYjkssi2sxGcAbWA" style="color: rgb(116, 51, 153); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">http://theconversation.com/<wbr class="">ipcc-expert-wrap-costs-of-<wbr class="">climate-change-mounting-time-<wbr class="">to-adapt-24939</a><br class=""><div class="">
<div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">——————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">PNAS first published November 7, 2019.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917051116" class="">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917051116</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 90, 150); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 90, 150); min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/11/06/1917051116" class=""><b class="">Lasting coastal hazards from past greenhouse gas emissions</b></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Tony E. Wong</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22.5px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">The emission of greenhouse gases into Earth’s atmosphere is a by-product of </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class=""><b class="">modern marvels such as</b> </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">the production of vast amounts of energy, heating and cooling inhospitable environments to be amenable to human existence, and traveling great distances faster than our saddle-sore ancestors ever dreamed possible. However,</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class=""><b class=""> these luxuries </b>come at a price: climate changes in the form of severe droughts, extreme precipitation and temperatures, increased frequency of flooding in coastal cities, global warming, and sea-level rise (</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">1, 2). </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22.5px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">This is <b class="">the price we pay for</b> the<b class=""> luxury</b> of about 200 y of relatively unchecked greenhouse gas emissions.</span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">—————————————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-05-20/from-energy-transition-to-energy-reduction/" class=""><b class="">From Energy Transition to Energy Reduction</b></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">By Chris Smaje</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">My request to those working in the renewable energy industry is to ask themselves before undertaking any new project: “</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class="">Will this help people to live a lower energy lifestyle than they previously did?</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">” – which, regrettably, is not something we can say of the low carbon energy installed globally to date. If they can’t answer yes to the question, I’d request they dump the project and seek another one. </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class="">It’s urgent.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 17, 17); min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" class=""><<<a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-05-20/from-energy-transition-to-energy-reduction/" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class="">https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-05-20/from-energy-transition-to-energy-reduction/</span></a>>></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">——————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">It's too easy to blame the corporations for the climate crisis, when we subsidize them every time we buy what they’re selling. Corporate policy does matter. At the same time, they are totally dependent on their customers. This buck stops everywhere.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><<<a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/06/25/caught-in-a-trap-of-our-own-making-climate-change-blame-and-denial/" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class="">https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/06/25/caught-in-a-trap-of-our-own-making-climate-change-blame-and-denial/</span></a>>></span></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>
<br class=""></body></html>