Climate change and natural disasters contribute to skyrocketing home insurance cost, report says - KTRE
Climate change and natural disasters contribute to skyrocketing home insurance cost, report says
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Democrats hope abortion rights will motivate moderate voters in key states this fall.
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After 62 years of separation, Holly Lake Ranch resident Scott Hansen finally reunited with his half-sister Marcia Hansen at the Tyler Pounds Airport Tuesday evening. We chatted with them and learned more about their story.
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A fatal shooting was reported near I-20 and Highway 80 in Caddo Parish Tuesday morning.
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Dr. Rick Rogers has served families in Tyler for 40 years as a pediatrician.
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Officials broke ground on a new CHRISTUS Emergency Center in Henderson Tuesday morning.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”