LET'S GET OUT OF THAT DIRE
WARNING FROM THE UNITED NATIONS
PANEL OF SCIENTISTS REALLY SEEN
A CLIMATE REPORT MONDAY SAY
THAT HUMAN ACTIVITIES HAVE
UNEQUIVOCALLY CAUSE
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THAT THE
WORLD IS LIKELY TO HIT ITS
WARMING LIMIT JUST WITHIN
20 YEARS, IT'S NOW THE UN
SAYING THERE ARE CERTAIN
ECONOMIC ACTIONS THAT CAN HELP
DIMINISH THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE
CHANGE AND THAT INCLUDES
INVESTING IN
GREEN ENERGY BUILDING CLIMATE
COMPATIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
CARBON TAX IS JUST TO NAME A
FEW ALLEN JOINING ME NOW IS
STEPHEN THAT AN EASY CHAIR OF
THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGY
METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY'S
COMMITTEE OF FINANCE ON
FINANCIAL WEATHER AND CLIMATE
RISK. HE'S ALSO THE CO-FOUNDER
AND HEAD
OF OPERATIONS AT THE DENTIST
GROUP AS STEPHEN THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
JOIN THE SHOW'S AFTERNOON.
SO IN A FOCUS ON HOW BUSINESSES
CAN SHIFT PRIORITIES AND FACTOR
IN CLIMATE CHANGE WITH
OPERATING COSTS WHAT ARE YOUR
TAKE AWAY FROM THIS REPORT.
>> TO MEET A WAYS FROM THE
REPORT THEY THINK ARE IMPORTANT
FOR BUSINESSES
TODAY ARE. IT'S ABOUT WEATHER
EXTREMES. SO THE NATURE OF THE
EXTREME WEATHER FLOODS DROUGHT,
EXTREME HEAT EXTREME COLD THE
NATURE AND CHARACTER OF THOSE
HOW ALREADY
CHANGE SO IN ADDITION WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING IN THE
FUTURE WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE
OBSERVED IN THE PAST. SO AS WE
THINK ABOUT PLANNING WE
ACTUALLY WANT TO
USE FOR WE'RE LOOKING AT
PLANNING AS OPPOSED TO BASED ON
THE EXPERIENCE AND THINGS WE
FOR SIR. THE SECOND THING THAT
COMES OUT OF THE REPORT
SIGNIFICANT AT LEAST FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE IS THAT THE IMPACTS
OF CLAY A CHANGE ARE NOT GOING
TO BE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED SO
IT'S
ALL ABOUT WHERE YOUR PARTICULAR
LOCATIONS ARE THAT ARE
INTERESTED AND SO IT'LL BE VERY
PACIFIC.
THE WESTERN UNITED STATES IS
GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN THE
EASTERN UNITED STATES, NEW YORK
IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN
CHICAGO AND WE'RE ALREADY
SEEING THOSE DIFFERENCES NOW.
>> SO LET'S BEFORE WE BREAK
DOWN SOME OF THE
STEPHEN I'M JUST CURIOUS.
WHAT IS IN OUR CONTROL AND WHAT
IS NOT IN OUR CONTROL RIGHT IT
SEEMS AS IF ACCORDING TO THIS
REPORT, SEA LEVELS WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO
OTHER WHAT CAN WE KNOW WE KNOW
WE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CURRENT
SITUATION WHAT CAN WE DO NOW
I TO MITIGATE A WORST-CASE
SCENARIO MOVING FORWARD.
>> SO WE CAN DO SOME THINGS NOW
THAT WILL MAKE UP ALONG TERM
INVESTMENT AND
HOW PLANET.
>> WILL CHANGE IN A GENERATION
OR 2 GENERATIONS AHEAD AND THAT
COMES DOWN TO A LOT OF.
>> THINGS THAT WE HEAR
FREQUENTLY SO
REDUCING EMISSIONS. A MORE
SUSTAINABLE
RECYCLING A LOT OF THE THINGS
THAT WE CAN DO JUST
AS INDIVIDUAL THEY WILL HAVE AN
IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN
THE LONG
RUN SO I MEAN TALKING TO PEOPLE
LATER TODAY ABOUT ELECTRIC
VEHICLES AND AND ALL OF THAT
WILL HAVE A LONG-TERM IMPACT.
AND AS INDIVIDUALS WE SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO. AND WE SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THE EXTREMES AND
THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY
COMING OUR WAY
AND WE WE DON'T HAVE TO BE
SUBJECT TO THE WEATHER OR WE
DON'T HAVE TO WE
CAN PLAN AHEAD FOR EXTREME
WEATHER EVENTS AND CATASTROPHIC
WEATHER EVENTS SO THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE AS ITS STREAMING
IMPACT
ON US.
>> SO YOU KNOW I THINK THAT FOR
PEOPLE WATCHING THE SHOW
THE UNFORTUNATE ALLEY AND WE'VE
BEEN SEEING THIS ACROSS MANY
DIFFERENT OUTLETS IS IS YOU'RE
RIGHT AND HEARING FROM
DIFFERENT EXPERTS
THAT UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD
ARE NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTED
THE SAME AND IF YOU'RE AFFLUENT
HAVE
THE MEANS TO MOVE I YOU'LL BE
ABLE TO DO THAT BUT FOR SOME
PEOPLE I MEAN THIS THIS IS A
LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.
LET'S FOCUS ON THE U.S. AFTER
NOW YOU MENTION EVEN CHICAGO IN
NEW YORK FOR INSTANCE ARE GOING
TO HAVE THE SAME IMPACT, LET'S
JUST BREAK DOWN THOSE
DIFFERENCES TO BEGIN WITH ISSUE
CONGO SAFER OR IS NEW YORK
STATE FOR WHEN IT COMES TO
BEING IN A CLIMATE SAFER PLACE.
>> WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT AS FAR AS WHAT CLIMATE
SAFE MEANS SO IN THE CENTRAL
AND EASTERN
UNITED STATES.
>> THE THE SCIENCE IS AN
ENTIRELY CERTAIN.
>> ON HOW THINGS LIKE
HEAT WAVE.
>> THESE WERE COLD SNAPS MY
CALL FOR POLICE.
>> NEW YORK CITY OR
CHICAGO SO WELL WE HAVE
OBSERVED HEAT WAVES RECENTLY
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TURKEY
WAVES IN
THE FUTURE. THE THE JURY'S
STILL OUT OF THE SCIENTISTS
STILL ON SETTLE ON EXACTLY HOW
THOSE AREAS ARE GOING
TO ALL FROM THE FROM THE
EXTREME HEAT PERSPECTIVE IN THE
WESTERN UNITED STATES, THE
SCIENCE IS MORE
CERTAIN THAT THINGS ARE WHERE
THINGS ARE WARMING EXTREME HEAT
EVENTS ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE
FREQUENT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
SOMETHING LIGHT
FLOODING RAIN AND SOMETIMES
PRECIPITATION EVENTS CAN ALSO
BE IF YOU'RE IN THE EASTERN
UNITED STATES AND SAYS
THE WEST CAN BE LINKED TO
SNOWFALL TO BLIZZARDS SORT OF
PLACE LIKE NEW YORK
OR CHICAGO. THE SCIENCE
SUGGESTS IN THE MOST RECENT
IPCC REPORT
SUGGESTS THAT INCIDENCE OF
EXTREMELY EXTREMELY HIGH
PRECIPITATION SO FLOODING RAIN.
BLIZZARDS, THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS ARE INCREASING FOR A
PLACE LIKE NEW YORK IN CHICAGO
IN
THE WAY, YES, THE SCIENCE IS
NOT AS CERTAIN IN FACT THE THE
INCIDENT DROUGHTS ARE EXPANDING
ACROSS
THE WEST. SO REALLY DOES DEPEND
ON WHERE YOU ARE AND EXACTLY
WHAT VARIABLE SO WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
>> YOU KNOW I I WISH WE HAD
MORE TIME STEVEN MY LAST
QUESTION SINCE WE'RE DISCUSSING
GEOGRAPHY IN AND YOU SEEM TO BE
AN EXPERT IN THAT
FIELD IS AND THEN NORTHWEST
RIGHT THE RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE THAT WE SAW IN
PORTLAND OREGON CIRCUIT
PASSING THE TEMPERATURE IN
DUBAI IN THE THAT WE SAW JUST
ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO.
I THINK THAT REALLY SEEM TO
CATCH A LOT OF CLIMATE EXPERTS
OFF GUARD DOES THERE SEEM TO BE
SOME EXPECTATION THAT
A PLACE LIKE PORTLAND SEATTLE
YOU KNOW THESE MIGHT BE SOME OF
THE BEST REPRIEVES THAT SEEM TO
BE KIND OF THE COMMON
UNDERSTANDING TALK TO ME ABOUT
THAT IN MAYBE HOW THIS SUMMER'S
CHANGE THE VIEW ON THE
NORTHWEST.
>> COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS
SO WHENEVER WE SEE RECORD
TEMPERATURES OF THE MAGNITUDE
THAT WE SAW IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
>> IT MAKES A STOP AND WONDER
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY SORT OF
DOUBLE DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK
INTO WHEN WE SEE RECORD FALLING
BY 5 OR
10 DEGREES. ESPECIALLY
RELATIVELY EARLY IN THE SUMMER
IN THE PACIFIC NORTH
WEST THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT
TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND SEE IS
THERE THAT
IS THAT LINKED TO CLIMATE
CHANGE THE EARLY 70 SEEMED TO
SUGGEST THAT A WIN AND VERY
VERY
VERY UNLIKELY HAD IT NOT BEEN
FOR A CHANGE IN WHAT WE'RE
LEARNING SOME THAT WILL FACTOR
GOING FORWARD AS WE THINK ABOUT
HOW THE INCIDENTS OF HEAT IN
THE WEST, US IS PARTICULARLY IN
THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE THINK THE
ESSENCE OF THE WAVES ARE
INCREASING AND WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE AND THIS LATEST LATEST
DATA WILL FACTOR INTO THE
FUTURE RESEARCH ON EXACTLY WHAT
THAT MEANS.
>> AS STEPHEN THANK YOU SO MUCH