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Science, analysis, and news around climate change's impacts on the economy, focusing on growth, inflation, investment, companies, consumers #ClimateRisk #ClimateImpacts
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · Mar 25
A stark warning from insurance giant Allianz:

"We are fast approaching warming levels where insurers won't be able to offer coverage for many climate risks. The premiums required exceed what people or companies can pay. This is already happening"...

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Climate, Risk, Insurance: The Future of Capitalism
CO₂ emissions directly increase the amount of energy trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere. This is not a vague or future issue—it is physical reality.
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 3h
State capture on an epic scale...
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 3h
Now you know why the current American regime is leading the climate denial charge.
More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows
Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 3h
“The government must publish any assessment of these risks and be straight with the public on the scale of the environmental challenges we face.” - Dr. Mike Barrett, @wwf.org.uk
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 5h
Officials in Downing Street have blocked publication of a report warning that the collapse of tropical rainforests could push up food prices in British supermarkets.

Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices
Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 3h
Kevin Stiroh, formerly the leading climate official at the Federal Reserve, has joined Resources For The Future as a founding member of the advisory committee for the Climate-related Financial and Macroeconomic Risk Initiative

via @climateproof.news

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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 3h
Why pension funds are still pushing for climate action

Pension funds and other long-term asset owners have a fiduciary responsibility to protect the interests of beneficiaries decades into the future...

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Why pension funds are still pushing for climate action
Long-term asset owners have bucked the financial sector trend of retreat on green goals
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Ed King @ed-king.bsky.social · 5h
Perhaps there's a good reason No.10 blocked the release of a govt report that shows rainforest collapse = higher food $$ in UK... would love to know it...
No 10 blocks report on impact of rainforest collapse on food prices
Downing Street has vetoed release of an assessment that says the loss of the Amazon ecosystem could drive up food inflation as well as lead to mass migration
www.thetimes.com
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 4h
Here again, as often, "populist" politicians are only catering to a lobby - the industrial meat lobby, in this case.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 4h
“A beef tomato doesn’t contain any beef … Ladies’ fingers are not made of actual ladies’ fingers. Let’s trust consumers and stop this hotdog populism,” says Austrian MEP Anna Stürgkh

Ditto Shepherds pie

Feel free to add your own below 👇

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Veggie burgers’ could be off the menu as MEPs vote to ban plant-based food terms
Vote is victory for MEPs who want to strengthen position of farmers in food supply chain
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food. On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch." That, Taher says, "is a lie."
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 8h
Every so often you come across a piece of evidence that feels strong enough to change minds.

This chart from @hausfath.bsky.social is one of those, directly refuting at least 2 standard climate-denier talking points we've heard from Trump recently

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A Chart Climate Denialists Can’t Ignore
Every now and then you come across a piece of evidence that feels strong enough to cut through the noise and change minds.
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riskmarketnews.com @riskmarketnews.com · 8h
Extreme heat kills more Americans than floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes combined.
FEMA's response? It just rejected a recommendation to measure the financial impact of mitigation projects.
Meanwhile, insurers are warning of $400B+ in annual losses by 2035. www.riskmarketnews.com/nations-dead...
Nation's Deadliest Weather Peril Gets No Federal Planning Strategy
FEMA says it was unlikely that the “president would ever declare a major disaster for extreme heat.”
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Ronojoy Mazumdar @ronomaz.bsky.social · 9h
"Should the discussions bear fruit, India - among the nations most prone to extreme weather events - could become one of the first major economies to roll out such a programme."

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Exclusive: India considers introducing nationwide climate-linked insurance scheme
India's government has begun early-stage talks with local insurers about designing a nationwide climate-linked insurance programme aimed at simplifying the payout process after extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods.
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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 7h
Drought is climate change's biggest threat: If this winter is as dry as last winter, and no major reductions in use occur, Lake Powell by 2027 would have no storage left and “would have to be operated as a ‘run of river' facility” in which only the inflow from the river could be released downstream.
‘No One Comes Out of This Unscathed’: Experts Warn That Colorado River Use Needs Cutting Immediately - Inside Climate News
A new report finds that Lakes Mead and Powell, the nation’s largest reservoirs, could store just 9 percent of their combined capacity by the end of next summer.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 5h
FACTCHECK: Claire Coutinho claims UK gas power only costs £55/MWh…

…but she is ignoring a few small details:

🤫 Gas prices always rise in winter
🤫 Gas plants cost money to build
🤫 CO2 causes economic damages

THREAD with receipts

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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 5h
Climate risk ‘cannot be about politics,’ say sustainable investors seeking bipartisan collaboration

“We need to take the government’s thumb off the scales here, allow markets to function properly, allow businesses to operate as they see fit”...

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Climate risk ‘cannot be about politics,’ say sustainable investors seeking bipartisan collaboration
Environmental nonprofit Ceres explored areas of common ground on climate risk and opportunity during New York City’s annual climate event.
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 5h
New Zealand’s oceans are warming 34% faster than the global average, with US$104bn worth of housing and $26bn worth of infrastructure at risk of flooding

“a coastal storm that used to happen every 100 years could start happening every year”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds
NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 11h
... which is also, maybe not coincidentally, what the US movie and music industries have been doing for the last decades
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 12h
Pakistan's catastrophic floods show why we need just and effective climate finance

"The cost of inaction – economic disruption, forced migration, geopolitical instability, lost human potential – far outweighs the investment required for adaptation"

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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 1d
From Realtor's 2025 Housing and Climate Risk Report:

US homes at "severe or extreme" #climaterisk:

Flood: 6% of homes ($3.4 tr in value, inc. $1 tr outside FEMA flood zones so mostly uninsured)

Wind: 18% of homes ($8 tr)

Wildfire: 5.6% ($3 tr)

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2025 Realtor.com Housing and Climate Risk Report
Understanding climate risk in the housing market is essential, as these challenges not only affect residential safety but also influence property values, insurance costs, and overall market stability....
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 1d
Rising sea levels threaten over 100 million buildings. Where does Europe stand?

"under a high emissions scenario, sea level rise could cost a staggering €872 billion in total by the year 2100"... and much more after 2100

www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d
Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?

Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!

So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 2d
India's government has begun early-stage talks with local insurers about designing a nationwide climate-linked ("parametric") insurance programme aimed at simplifying the payout process after extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Exclusive: India considers introducing nationwide climate-linked insurance scheme
India's government has begun early-stage talks with local insurers about designing a nationwide climate-linked insurance programme aimed at simplifying the payout process after extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods.
www.reuters.com
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 2d
The US is pursuing "energy dominance" and forcing allies to buy US oil and gas. And, yet, China is beating the US on energy exports.

Surprised? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d
"Atlantic hurricanes may now be more than twice as likely to strengthen from a weak Category 1 hurricane to a major Category 3 or stronger hurricane in a 24-hour period than they were between 1970 and 1990"

phys.org/news/2023-10...
Atlantic hurricanes now twice as likely to strengthen from weak to major intensity in 24 hours, researchers suggest
Atlantic hurricanes may now be more than twice as likely to strengthen from a weak Category 1 hurricane to a major Category 3 or stronger hurricane in a 24-hour period than they were between 1970 and ...
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 2d
"As climate costs stack up, companies will come under pressure from investors to take resilience seriously. Companies that prepare ahead of time will be rewarded; those that don’t risk being forced to change once the crisis gets to a breaking point"...

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