‘The Science Is Irrefutable’: US Warming Faster Than Global Average: Report

"Government assessment said extreme weather events mean country suffers a disaster every three weeks costing at least $1bn".

"The US is warming faster than the global average and its people are suffering “far-reaching and worsening” consequences from the climate crisis, with worse to come, according to an authoritative report issued by the US government.

An array of “increasingly harmful impacts” is hitting every corner of the vast country, from extreme heat and sea level rise in Florida to depleted fish stocks and increased food insecurity in Alaska, the new National Climate Assessment has found.

While planet-heating US emissions have fallen since peaking in 2007, the reductions are still not enough to meet international targets to avert disastrous climate change, and without deeper cuts in carbon pollution “severe climate risks to the United States will continue to grow”, the report states."

Oliver Milman reports for the Guardian November 14, 2023.

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