Conversation

We've had many recent updates on who's responsible for climate impacts and/or how they've been muddying the waters to delay action. Here is the latest. Prepare to be shocked (not really) and horrified (yes, always).

* Fossil fuel companies in the US created and pushed the anti-ESG campaign that's causing many companies and financial organizations to reconsider divestment and other pro-climate actions. Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4010800-documents-fossil-fuel-anti-esg-campaign/

* Greenhouse gas emissions from just 88 companies are responsible for 37% of the area burned by wildfires across western North America over the last four decades. Read more: https://time.com/6280924/polluting-companies-climate-wildfire-study/

* The damages from fossil fuel companies are estimated at $209 billion per year. Read more: https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/05/19/study-fossil-fuel-firms-owe-209bn-a-year-for-climate-damage/

* Human-caused climate change made Asia's unprecedented heatwave 30x worse. Read more: https://time.com/6280480/asia-heat-wave-climate-april-2023/

* And finally, human-caused climate change is putting people outside the geographic ‘human climate niche’. 9% of the world's population has already shifted outside, and the lifetime emissions of ~1.2 average US citizens exposes one more future person to unprecedented heat by end-of-century. Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01132-6