For many years, I've heard people deny the science behind global warming, arguing that throughout the history of our planet, the climate has always changed. Or they cherry-pick a convenient example, like a unique glacier growing, instead of the fact that the majority is shrinking.
When worldwide sensation Shohei Ohtani, home run hitter was asked how he became the best. His answer: Having the same stance and standing in the same position is what matters regardless of the field.
We all can stand in the same position on climate change. We all have agency to say our planet is burning up and it affects me. Parts of our world are uninsurable and therefore uninhabitable. We are becoming climate refugees.
It is so tiring to hear: It is summer in the Sonoran Desert. It is supposed to be hot. I live here. I see the monumental effect of heat, wildfires, lack of water. Governor Hobbs has appointed a "Heat Czar" for heat mitigation. The DOJ just issued a scathing report to Phoenix Police on racial profiling, harassment of homeless who have been kicked out of encampments with water.
As Swiss Re is trying to sound the alarm for global impact, I fear their words are falling on deaf ears. As our 2 Presidential Candidates debate tomorrow night, I think we will hear more about "Biden being jacked up on drugs" than climate change.
At the end of the day, I believe it is our lack of courage we will regret. Our lack of bravery to stand up for those with no voice. One thing brave people do not do. They do not leave. They stay, they listen, and they make a difference. Thanks, Alex, for staying.
In many cases the word ‘insurance’ is an epithet even though it’s essential to protect against the unknown. The history of reinsurer SwissRe gives insurance a good name especially in the case of climate change where their insights, analyses and experience are undisputed proof of what science has told us for decades.
The reinsurer’s recent SONAR report urges awareness of climate change risks that cannot be ignored: “In an era where crises can amplify one another, there is a heightened risk of triggering a chain reaction of further instability, increased risks, and more significant potential losses for human lives and financial assets. This publication serves as a crucial guide in understanding, discussing, and addressing these multifaceted threats to make the world more resilient.”
The SONAR report is essential reading, as is this article bringing it to readers of The Planet. Don’t miss it, do share it.
It’s unfathomable there can still be climate deniers when each day the proof is before our very eyes and affects all we do. Only those whose greed is chained to fossil fuels or those who haven’t the mental capacity to understand and accept science will continue in this absurdity.
I’m grateful for ethical and experienced companies like Swiss Re and experts like you to keep facts and truth in the consciousness. We can’t even depend on mainstream media any longer. Climate change is back page news.
Your comments and the SONAR report from SwissRe are very enlightening in a most frightening but not unexpected way. So much information to parse in their sectional summaries. Instead of addressing fully the immediate impacts of climate change, we in the USA are embroiled in a crisis of disinformation around political parties and the right wing fools attached to Candidate Trump who are only interested in wealth accumulation in whatever forms they can get it, at present still “grabbing” all the fossil fuel dollars they can find. They must be soundly defeated before further meaningful progress can be made toward mitigating climate risk. I believe we are on the horizon of defeating the MAGA contingent but recovery will take time we really do not have to equalize wealth inequality toward the middle sector and the poor, bringing a normalcy to the outlandish bubbles of the uber wealthy. That must be done to address climate change in a truly meaningful way and we will pay the price in the interim in suffering in multiple ways we likely cannot even yet imagine. It is 97 degrees F here in SC, and workers are suffering in the heat. 🥵July and August will see higher temperatures and the resilience of our power grid is anyone’s guess. I am luckier than most to live away from the coast so hurricanes 🌀 are not expected to move quite this far inland. But we are in a clear tornado alley if one pays attention; storms arising from AL, come via GA to my door and all I can do is hope as insurance coverage is minimal but all I can afford on my income with the price of groceries and insurance climbing as many take advantage and raise prices while “disposable “ income remains the same, year after year for retirees like myself. Keep giving us the truth as you see it so we can be aware. Excellent if disturbing reporting. Thank you. 😊
Thank you Alex 🙋♀️ for guiding us to the reading of the SONAR report published by the réinsurer Swiss Re which really gives food for thought. And can help avoid amalgamation and the effects of presentations without hindsight from the media and other sources of information!!
In France, important climatic events, to which we were not (yet) accustomed with such frequency and violence, occur more and more unexpectedly, leaving behind a lot of damage.
Against the obvious, climate sceptics still have their forums... a strong echo among people who want to continue to live "as before"... minimizing the urgency to deal with these climate changes also probably allows them to "protect" themselves, in this world that has become so complicated and unstable where economic relations are hardening, armed conflicts are multiplying and getting closer, where poverty is increasingly visible and where strong political oppositions are growing...
The real risks of questioning, in the short or medium term, current lifestyles come today from everywhere and are of such a diverse nature.
Minimize the urgency, to evacuate too much daily stress, ambient anxiety... A stress widely relayed and amplified by the media that expose to the public, all day long, all the so sad news of the World, without sorting (and very often without objective and sufficiently didactic explanation exposed by specialized journalists).
Currently, like many European countries, France is going through a major political crisis, accompanied by an economic crisis. With a multiplication of delinquency, a "banalized" daily insecurity...
All these disturbances within society have grown so quickly!
The question would be to seriously determine the major risks to be treated urgently, risks that have generated or mechanically pushed others (such as a "snowball"), to attack the deep roots of this non-virtuous circle...
But most often, instead, we witness live purely political debates and lively clashes between those in power and those who want to gain access to this sovereign power.
A permanent hubbub that increasingly blurs the perception, vision of risks in France and their prioritization, as well as risks at the global level in the world, and their cross-effects.
On the eve of the new election of the Members of our National Assembly (which is intended to legislate), citizens can therefore lose many of their bearings in the choice of their vote.
In this, as you show us, objective analyses such as those of reinsurers can also help and participate in reflecting and understanding the interconnection of present and future risks, in our respective countries and in the World.
Sitting here reading the SONAR report listening to the birds giving me a private concert at 5.30 AM.
There's a lot to unpack in there. I will follow up on AI and the gender health gap. Thanks for drawing my attention to this report and the security implications of climate change.
When worldwide sensation Shohei Ohtani, home run hitter was asked how he became the best. His answer: Having the same stance and standing in the same position is what matters regardless of the field.
We all can stand in the same position on climate change. We all have agency to say our planet is burning up and it affects me. Parts of our world are uninsurable and therefore uninhabitable. We are becoming climate refugees.
It is so tiring to hear: It is summer in the Sonoran Desert. It is supposed to be hot. I live here. I see the monumental effect of heat, wildfires, lack of water. Governor Hobbs has appointed a "Heat Czar" for heat mitigation. The DOJ just issued a scathing report to Phoenix Police on racial profiling, harassment of homeless who have been kicked out of encampments with water.
As Swiss Re is trying to sound the alarm for global impact, I fear their words are falling on deaf ears. As our 2 Presidential Candidates debate tomorrow night, I think we will hear more about "Biden being jacked up on drugs" than climate change.
At the end of the day, I believe it is our lack of courage we will regret. Our lack of bravery to stand up for those with no voice. One thing brave people do not do. They do not leave. They stay, they listen, and they make a difference. Thanks, Alex, for staying.
In many cases the word ‘insurance’ is an epithet even though it’s essential to protect against the unknown. The history of reinsurer SwissRe gives insurance a good name especially in the case of climate change where their insights, analyses and experience are undisputed proof of what science has told us for decades.
The reinsurer’s recent SONAR report urges awareness of climate change risks that cannot be ignored: “In an era where crises can amplify one another, there is a heightened risk of triggering a chain reaction of further instability, increased risks, and more significant potential losses for human lives and financial assets. This publication serves as a crucial guide in understanding, discussing, and addressing these multifaceted threats to make the world more resilient.”
The SONAR report is essential reading, as is this article bringing it to readers of The Planet. Don’t miss it, do share it.
It’s unfathomable there can still be climate deniers when each day the proof is before our very eyes and affects all we do. Only those whose greed is chained to fossil fuels or those who haven’t the mental capacity to understand and accept science will continue in this absurdity.
I’m grateful for ethical and experienced companies like Swiss Re and experts like you to keep facts and truth in the consciousness. We can’t even depend on mainstream media any longer. Climate change is back page news.
The SONAR report should be on front page!
Your comments and the SONAR report from SwissRe are very enlightening in a most frightening but not unexpected way. So much information to parse in their sectional summaries. Instead of addressing fully the immediate impacts of climate change, we in the USA are embroiled in a crisis of disinformation around political parties and the right wing fools attached to Candidate Trump who are only interested in wealth accumulation in whatever forms they can get it, at present still “grabbing” all the fossil fuel dollars they can find. They must be soundly defeated before further meaningful progress can be made toward mitigating climate risk. I believe we are on the horizon of defeating the MAGA contingent but recovery will take time we really do not have to equalize wealth inequality toward the middle sector and the poor, bringing a normalcy to the outlandish bubbles of the uber wealthy. That must be done to address climate change in a truly meaningful way and we will pay the price in the interim in suffering in multiple ways we likely cannot even yet imagine. It is 97 degrees F here in SC, and workers are suffering in the heat. 🥵July and August will see higher temperatures and the resilience of our power grid is anyone’s guess. I am luckier than most to live away from the coast so hurricanes 🌀 are not expected to move quite this far inland. But we are in a clear tornado alley if one pays attention; storms arising from AL, come via GA to my door and all I can do is hope as insurance coverage is minimal but all I can afford on my income with the price of groceries and insurance climbing as many take advantage and raise prices while “disposable “ income remains the same, year after year for retirees like myself. Keep giving us the truth as you see it so we can be aware. Excellent if disturbing reporting. Thank you. 😊
I know people impacted by a lack of water in Arizon's Sonoran Desert. We can say the situation is serious. Going to read Swiss Re's full report now.
I strongly suggest the subscription from Swiss Re Newsletters
Thank you Alex 🙋♀️ for guiding us to the reading of the SONAR report published by the réinsurer Swiss Re which really gives food for thought. And can help avoid amalgamation and the effects of presentations without hindsight from the media and other sources of information!!
In France, important climatic events, to which we were not (yet) accustomed with such frequency and violence, occur more and more unexpectedly, leaving behind a lot of damage.
Against the obvious, climate sceptics still have their forums... a strong echo among people who want to continue to live "as before"... minimizing the urgency to deal with these climate changes also probably allows them to "protect" themselves, in this world that has become so complicated and unstable where economic relations are hardening, armed conflicts are multiplying and getting closer, where poverty is increasingly visible and where strong political oppositions are growing...
The real risks of questioning, in the short or medium term, current lifestyles come today from everywhere and are of such a diverse nature.
Minimize the urgency, to evacuate too much daily stress, ambient anxiety... A stress widely relayed and amplified by the media that expose to the public, all day long, all the so sad news of the World, without sorting (and very often without objective and sufficiently didactic explanation exposed by specialized journalists).
Currently, like many European countries, France is going through a major political crisis, accompanied by an economic crisis. With a multiplication of delinquency, a "banalized" daily insecurity...
All these disturbances within society have grown so quickly!
The question would be to seriously determine the major risks to be treated urgently, risks that have generated or mechanically pushed others (such as a "snowball"), to attack the deep roots of this non-virtuous circle...
But most often, instead, we witness live purely political debates and lively clashes between those in power and those who want to gain access to this sovereign power.
A permanent hubbub that increasingly blurs the perception, vision of risks in France and their prioritization, as well as risks at the global level in the world, and their cross-effects.
On the eve of the new election of the Members of our National Assembly (which is intended to legislate), citizens can therefore lose many of their bearings in the choice of their vote.
In this, as you show us, objective analyses such as those of reinsurers can also help and participate in reflecting and understanding the interconnection of present and future risks, in our respective countries and in the World.
Sitting here reading the SONAR report listening to the birds giving me a private concert at 5.30 AM.
There's a lot to unpack in there. I will follow up on AI and the gender health gap. Thanks for drawing my attention to this report and the security implications of climate change.