This video was recorded on April 16th, 2021, and was first published on this channel on July 14th, 2021.

Items discussed include the following:
– Given the land and oceans continue to warm, EWEs will increase in frequency, severity, and duration.
– The toll EWEs are placing on our infrastructure and food supply.
– Both Hurricane Harvey and Katrina are discussed.
– The inevitable need for people to migrate inland from coastal cities as a result of Sea Level Rise (SLR) and EWEs.
– The reasons for the increase in EWEs is discussed.
– The EWEs we are seeing today can no longer be considered ‘natural.’
– The fact that according to the UN, EWEs have doubled in frequency over the last 20 years
– The fact that we can no longer count on the relatively stable climate of greater than 50 years ago, ‘The Holocene’, and that we have moved to a new age, ‘The Anthropocene’, where the climate will be much less stable
– The need for more aggressive activist movements to spur government action such as Extinction Rebellion.
– The impact of EWEs on crop yields

Articles, Papers, Links from Blue Slides:
– Global Trends 2040 from the National Intelligence Council
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/global-trends-home
– ‘Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in last 20 years, new disaster research shows
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1075142
– Tropical nations aren’t ready for fish stocks to vanish
https://www.futurity.org/fish-stocks-climate-change-2288952/
– Floodlines, The story of an unnatural disaster
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/floodlines/
– Extreme weather hits western farmers harder, UBC study finds
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/extreme-weather-hits-western-farmers-harder-ubc-study-finds
– Global energy investments set to recover in 2021 but remain far from a net zero pathway
https://www.iea.org/news/global-energy-investments-set-to-recover-in-2021-but-remain-far-from-a-net-zero-pathway
– Global migration, by the numbers: who migrates, where they go and why
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/iom-global-migration-report-international-migrants-2020/

Panelists:
Dr. Peter Carter
– MD, Expert IPCC Reviewer and the director of the Climate Emergency Institute

Paul Beckwith
– Climate Systems Scientist. Professor at the University of Ottawa in the Paleoclimatology Laboratory as well as Carleton University

Regina Valdez
– Program Director, Climate Reality Project, NYC, GreenFaith Fellow and LEED Green Associate

Video Production:
Charles Gregoire
– Electrical Engineer, Webmaster and IT prime for FacingFuture.Earth & the Climate Emergency Forum; Climate Reality Leader

Heidi Brault
– Video production and website assistant,
– Organizer and convener, Metadata technician, COP26 team lead for FacingFuture.Earth and the Climate Emergency Forum; Climate Reality Leader

Our Website: https://climateemergencyforum.org/

Attributions
Background Music:
– Title: Through the City II
– Author: Crowander
– Source: Free Music Archive
– License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Image and Video:
https://climateemergencyforum.org/assets/attributions/2021-07-14-extreme-weather-events.html

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And last week, Hurricane Harvey dumped almost a year’s worth of rainfall in the US city of Houston, destroying homes and causing billions of dollars in damage.

Now, for the first time in seven years, the Atlantic basin is facing three hurricanes at the same time.

Hurricane Irma has already caused widespread devastation across the Caribbean. The US state of Florida is poised for a direct hit.

Hurricane Jose is following Irma and the Caribbean islands are targeted once again. And Mexico is preparing for the impact of Hurricane Katia.

Is climate change to blame for these extreme weather events?

Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra

Guests:

Nigel Arnell – professor of meteorology at the University of Reading

Jennifer Francis – professor at Rutgers University’s Institute for Coastal and Marine Science
Leon Sealey-Huggins – lecturer in global sustainable development at the University of Warwick

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Fluctuations in weather happen all the time. But sometimes, those fluctuations can get extreme, making disasters like hurricanes and heatwaves more intense. What role does climate change play in extreme weather?

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Extreme weather is on the rise. A recent study found that worldwide, there were almost two and half times more extreme weather events in the first decade of this century than in the 1980s. To tease out the relationship between climate change and extreme weather, scientists use something called attribution science. This technique breaks down how much climate change influenced the event versus normal variations in weather. To do this successfully, researchers use climate models. They’re basically computer programs that simulate how the Earth’s climate will change over time. Essentially, 2 models are created. Model 1 — the world without humans burning fossil fuels. And model 2, a world like ours now, where we do burn fossil fuels.

In general, climate change models can’t tell us if climate change is the cause of any particular extreme weather event, but they do indicate that climate change is making those events more severe. Climate change is causing higher sea levels and warmer waters, and that’s leading to stronger hurricanes and heavier rainfall. Going forward, the overwhelming scientific consensus is that if climate change continues at its current rate, extreme weather will only get more extreme.

What is extreme weather?
Extreme weather is when a weather event is significantly different from the average or usual weather pattern.

What is climate change?
A change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.

What is climate attribution science?
The effort to scientifically demonstrate which mechanisms are responsible for observed changes in the Earth’s climate.

SOURCES:
Natural Disasters, Armed Conflict, and Public Health
http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1109877

Liability for Climate Change
http://www.climateprediction.net/wp-content/publications/nature_allen_270203.pdf

Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/048002/pdf

How We Use Climate Models
https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/primer/climate-models

National Climate Change Assessment Report
http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/

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A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or meltwater from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields.

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