Climate Impact Report – 4/4
April 4, 2024
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DeadA series of severe storms hitting the U.S. have left at least three people dead and dozens injured.
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InvestedAn April 2024 study found that Los Angeles County must invest at least $12.5 billion through 2040 to protect residents from worsening climate change, including extreme heat, increasing precipitation, worsening wildfires, rising sea levels, and climate-induced public health threats.
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80% CO2
emissionsAn April 2024 report found that from 2016 to 2022, 57 entities, including nation-states, state-owned firms, and investor-owned companies, produced 80% of the world’s CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and cement production.
Key Facts Of The Day 4/4
Storms and Flooding
- On Thursday, a powerful April storm dumped rain and snow with tropical force winds, prompted major airport delays and whiteout road conditions, and knocked out power to over half a million customers in the Northeast.
- On Thursday, five million people were under wind alerts across New England, and eight million were under winter alerts.
- In New Hampshire, state troopers responded to three tractor-trailer rollover crashes in less than seven hours by late Wednesday.
- A series of severe storms hitting the U.S. have left at least three people dead and dozens injured.
- Two people in Pennsylvania’s Montgomery and Delaware counties were killed by falling trees in separate incidents.
- One person died in a car accident in Campbell County, Kentucky.
- More than a dozen people were injured in West Virginia’s Kanawha County and two were injured in Fayette County.
- At least 10 people were injured in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Wildfires
- As of last Friday, 10 large active wildfires have burned 22,372 acres across GA, KY, OK, VA, and WA. This year to date, 5,260 wildfires have burned 1,659,645 acres across the country.
- In Georgia, 1 fire has burned 175 acres as of last Friday.
- In Kentucky, 1 fire has burned 269 acres as of last Friday.
- In Oklahoma, 1 fire has burned 180 acres as of last Friday.
- In Virginia, 3 fires have burned 17,571 acres as of last Friday.
- In West Virginia, 4 fires have burned 4,177 acres as of last Friday.
Extreme Heat
- An April 2024 study found that Los Angeles County must invest at least $12.5 billion through 2040 to protect residents from worsening climate change, including extreme heat, increasing precipitation, worsening wildfires, rising sea levels, and climate-induced public health threats.
- An April 2024 study found that although the world is breaking records for new renewable energy installations, it’s not adding enough capacity to limit the global temperature increase to below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
- Global investment in renewables needs to total at least $1.3 trillion every year through 2030.
- Scientists said that intensified seasonal allergies are among the first waves of anticipated health impacts from global warming, along with greater exposure to infectious diseases.
- Rising temperatures also allow plants to bloom earlier and longer, prolonging pollen seasons.