
The disaster landscape is changing. Extreme weather is becoming more common and destructive. Leaders must act on scientific evidence and take note of climate-related disasters.
https://www.undrr.org/news/drrday-un-report-charts-huge-rise-climate-disasters
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The fundamental problem with climate change is the world is not working on a plan that gets us to zero CO2 emissions. Mr. Gates has stated this will cost us greatly. Several plans are documented at Wikipedia, link below. I would think governments would want to combine these and put together something they consider acceptable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbon_economy#Decarbonisation_plans_that_get_to_zero_CO2_emissions
Mother nature is taking matters into her own hands.