As dangers rise, we must slow global warming
We plan our lives around the seasons — and the weather patterns we’ve come to expect.
But a hotter atmosphere is upending those patterns: Air and ocean currents are shifting, while more evaporation fuels disastrous deluges in some areas and drier droughts in others.
That means more intense hurricanes, heat waves, wildfires and floods.
Yet we can still turn this around by slashing carbon and methane pollution and tapping nature’s unsung solutions.
Our world in extreme weather
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Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on extreme weather.
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5 things you should know about the rising cost of home insurance
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Biden Administration Investments Will Bolster Grid Resilience in the Wake of Severe Storms
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Nature is our best defense against climate change
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Applying for FEMA aid? Follow these tips from disaster relief experts.
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Science publishes EDF analysis warning up to 90 million acres of wetlands may now be at risk
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Driving decarbonization through insurance innovation
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Our extreme weather experts
We bring wide-ranging perspectives and skills to our work on extreme weather. Meet a few of the people driving this work.
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Alice Alpert
Senior Scientist
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Kate Boicourt
Director, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds
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Eric Holst
Associate Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions
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Carolyn Kousky
Associate Vice President, Economics and Policy Analysis
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Fiona Lo
Climate Scientist
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Will McDow
Senior Director, Climate Resilient Watersheds
Media contact
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(202) 271-6534 (office)