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
Resources
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on extreme weather.
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How Florida built resilience this hurricane season and what can be done to prepare for future storms
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How Fishers Are Protecting Their Communities from Hurricanes
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New Report Offers Critical Policy Lessons for Florida on Insurance and Climate Risks in Light of Recent Hurricanes
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Islands are on the front lines of climate change
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Growing costs of climate emergency demand ambitious policy — not business as usual
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How can we support New York City’s housing cooperatives in adapting to climate change?
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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
Associate Vice President, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds
Media contact
Cecile Brown
(202) 271-6534 (office)