The cost of climate change

Article Abstract:

The global insurance and banking industries have shifted investments in an effort to reduce environmental risk caused by global warming. Climate change has an adverse impact on the social, economic and environmental systems. It has lead to climatic extremes which have impelled droughts and famines, and caused wide scale damage to the environment and the global economy. The increase in sea levels will make many low lying areas uninhabitable. The banking industry should give incentives to their clients to prevent ecologically damaging practices.

Banking industry, Insurance industry, Influence, Environmental policy

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No nukes for NATO: "Star Wars" will start wars

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An overview is presented on demonstrations planned for the next US testing of the National Missile Defense system, also known as Star Wars. Greenpeace is protesting the system due to its reliance on nuclear weaponry, its dependence on cooperative ally countries, and the expense involved in its development and implementation.

Military policy, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Space weapons

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To the extreme

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An overview is presented on the effects of global warming on weather patterns and the resulting damage to the environment. These include heat waves which cause wildfires, storms which create flooding, and warmer air which foster hurricanes.

Analysis, Causes of, Hurricanes, Storms, Floods, Meteorological research, Heat waves (Meteorology), Warm fronts

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