'To curtail the worst climate and extreme weather disasters, policymakers must take drastic actions to rein in global warming emissions across all sectors of the economy during this consequential decade and invest in climate resilience.'
"This report underscores the reality of how the climate crisis is already affecting people's lives and the economy."As new statistics published Monday by the U.S.
"Policymakers must take drastic actions to rein in global warming emissions across all sectors of the economy."NOAA, there were 310 U.S. weather and climate disasters since 1980 whose inflation-adjusted costs each exceeded $1 billion, with total damages topping $2.155 trillion. Economic damages from last year's disasters alone exceeded $145 billion, making 2021 the third-costliest in the time period studied. These events claimed 688 human lives and injured scores more.
"The sobering power of NOAA's annual data on billion-dollar disasters highlights a worsening and undeniable trend," Rachel Cleetus, policy director and lead economist for the Climate and Energy Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists ,in a statement."This report underscores the reality of how the climate crisis is already affecting people's lives and the economy."
"Additionally, the devastating toll and trauma imposed by extreme weather and climate disasters have, and continue to, hit some people harder than others, with communities of color, low-income communities, and communities that have endured multiple disasters often bearing the brunt of its impacts," she continued."We simply cannot adapt to runaway climate change."
"Fossil fuel companies and their allies shouldn't be allowed to stand in the way of desperately needed climate action."
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