After Hurricane Sandy caused widespread flooding on Smith Island in 2012, Maryland housing officials earmarked $2 million in buyouts for homeowners. The deal was simple: Take the money and start a new life somewhere else.
The largest six banks in the United States have been given until July to show the Federal Reserve what effects disastrous climate change scenarios could have on their bottom lines.
The United Nations has said that population growth and GDP per capita remain the “strongest drivers” of greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels in the past decade.
