
As dangers rise, we must slow global warming
We plan our lives around the seasons — and the weather patterns we’ve come to expect.
But a hotter atmosphere is upending those patterns: Air and ocean currents are shifting, while more evaporation fuels disastrous deluges in some areas and drier droughts in others.
That means more intense hurricanes, heat waves, wildfires and floods.
Yet we can still turn this around by slashing carbon and methane pollution and tapping nature’s unsung solutions.
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Our world in extreme weather
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Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on extreme weather.
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EDF Joins Climate Resilience Summit, Emphasizes Importance of People and Communities
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Coastal hope reborn
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Five years after Hurricane Florence, EDF looks back at efforts to build resilience in North Carolina
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It’s nearly one year since Hurricane Ian. Will Florida be ready when another storm hits?
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Environmental Defense Fund Supports Allocation of $100 Million to Build Flood Resilience in Virginia
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A brewing storm
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Our extreme weather experts
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Natalie Snider, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President, Climate Resilient Coasts & Watersheds
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Carolyn Kousky
Associate Vice President, Economics and Policy Analysis
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Eric Holst
Associate Vice President, Natural Climate Solutions
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Fiona Lo
Climate Scientist
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Ilissa Ocko
Senior Climate Scientist II, Barbra Streisand Chair of Environmental Studies
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Elena Craft
Associate Vice President, Climate and Health
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