{"id":34622,"date":"2023-11-01t20:15:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-01t20:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/?p=34622"},"modified":"2023-11-01t20:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01t20:21:47","slug":"lawmakers-extreme-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/lawmakers-extreme-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"climate experts implore lawmakers to pursue solutions to increased extreme weather conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>by kunjal bastola and jessica ma<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>washington \u2013 climate experts warned lawmakers about the effect of climate change on extreme weather during the first-ever congressional hearing on extreme event attribution, a field of climate science, on nov. 1. they offered solutions to help congress navigate more frequent and intensified weather events, like storms, droughts and heatwaves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cwe&#8217;re the first generation to suffer from climate change, but the last generation which can do anything about it, so that&#8217;s our challenge,\u201d said sen. edward markey (d-mass.).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>instances of extreme weather events are on the rise. this summer, phoenix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/phoenix-ends-record-31-day-streak-110-degree-weather-rcna97458\">set a record of 31 consecutive days<\/a> of temperatures at or above 110 degrees. on the other side of the country, florida experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/video\/watch-streets-flood-in-fort-myers-beach-as-hurricane-idalia-nears-florida\/0d006961-d44c-49f8-97b6-e633c40ee1a6\">severe rainfall<\/a>, leading to flooding in the streets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>sen. tom carper (d-del.) said extreme event attribution, which detects the extent to which man-made global warming influences extreme weather, can be an \u201cimportant tool,\u201d as congress takes steps to manage and prepare for severe weather events.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cthese questions matter because the human harms and costs of climate change are massive, and sadly, they are growing,\u201d carper said. \u201cwe are going to focus on how it\u2019s fueling extreme weather and what we can do about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>sen. shelley moore capito (r-w.va.) stressed the importance of finding bipartisan solutions over debating the causes of extreme weather, highlighting that extreme event attribution can\u2019t tell whether global warming \u201ccaused\u201d a specific event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>michael wehner, a climate scientist at the applied mathematics and computational research division at the lawrence berkeley national laboratory, also emphasized the economic consequences of extreme weather. he estimated that global warming was responsible for about $50 billion in damages from flooding during hurricane harvey, a category 4 storm that made landfall in texas and louisiana in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>extreme weather disproportionately impacts younger, older and low-income populations, wehner added. poor people are among the most vulnerable, as they are the least able to recover from these kinds of events, he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cthese damages were not equally distributed within socioeconomic groups,\u201d wehner said. \u201cthe most vulnerable portion of the local population was disproportionately affected, and climate change exacerbated this injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>paul dabbar, a former department of energy official, advocated for \u201ctechnology-neutral innovation\u201d and open strategies, which would further the competition of discovery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cthe right strategy for the world today is to continue discovery, innovation and deployment of new options,\u201d dabbar said. \u201cwhile we certainly need to understand the drivers of climate change, we should focus on solutions also.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>carper asked how attribution science could inform the designing and engineering of infrastructure, such that roads, bridges and pipes could better withstand severe weather. in response, wehner described his experience working with the san francisco city government on their waste management system, which had raised concerns about extreme precipitation. he quoted one city official, who said: \u201cthere ain\u2019t no pipe good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cthat has sent the engineers and designers back to the drawing room, saying \u2018how will we accommodate these storms in a world that might be considerably warmer,\u2019\u201d he testified.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>wehner told the medill news service that cities need to adapt to increased extreme weather conditions by being more proactive, like adding green roofs or rethinking wastewater management systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cin order to avoid more dangerous climate change, we have to have the entire planet go to zero emissions to stabilize the climate \u2014 that&#8217;s not going to happen in my 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