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Climate Brief: Month-long Megastorm Threatens California [1]

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Date: 2022-08-17  

x Special report from @nytimes . The coming California mega storm?? A frightening study about global warming and its impact on the nations biggest state. https://t.co/yzVxnVVopn — Bill Ritter (@billritter7) August 14, 2022

California has been struck by giant atmospheric-river-fueled storms before. A particularly devastating one in 1861-62 transformed the Central Valley into an inland sea, and Sacramento was flooded so severely that Gov. Leland Stanford had to take a rowboat to his inaugural events in January 1862, according to the Sacramento History Museum. The State Legislature also temporarily moved to San Francisco. www.nytimes.com/...

The Superstorm would be visible to forecasters five days to one week in advance, allowing for preparations and evacuations.

x You have read about the Mega-storm that is predicted for California? Here is the information right from the expert that studied the issue.https://t.co/0HNAUWOQsH — Gary Ray R (Boosted 2X, Слава Україні!) (@Subvetnuc) August 13, 2022

This dire projection for California comes at a time when lobbying is gaining momentum to create a funding mechanism to address loss and damage in climate vulnerable countries at this November’s COP27.

The latest science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints a troubling picture of how climate impacts are already more widespread, occurring earlier and are far worse than expected. It finds that even the most effective adaptation measures cannot prevent all losses and damages, which are a present-day reality for vulnerable people in climate hotspots. Momentum for confronting loss and damage finally gained steam at the COP26 climate summit in 2021. However, despite an urgent plea from climate-vulnerable countries, the proposal for a new loss and damage financing facility was rejected by developed nations. This year, at COP27, countries will have another chance to finally establish a financing mechanism. www.wri.org/...

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