01 July 2020 – Trusted Sources

Story one: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things Are Better Than You Think – Hans Rosling, April 3, 2018

Explains how we are biased by:

  • our experience – personal bias
  • Outdated facts – especially in education
  • News bias – headlines (not data) sell
  • click bait

TEDTalks worthy of your time:

Story 2: Siberian heat wave

  • >100 F above arctic circle
  • impacts Greenland
  • sea level rise 3ft in next 80yrs, 8″ over last 150yrs

Story 3: Well Alan, North Carolina solved that with laws preventing considering climate change in Planning and Zoning

Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage

Climate change is starting to transform the classic home loan, a fixture of the American experience and financial system that dates back generations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/climate/climate-seas-30-year-mortgage.html

 

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