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Category: Earth/Climate science
Why Making Fake Meat Mandates Could Reduce Carbon Emissions
06/12/21
“Why could enforcing fake meat mandates reduce carbon emissions?”
Fake meat typically produces less carbon dioxide during production than regular meat. If governments want to cut down on total carbon emitted, they could enforce a mandate that a certain percentage of meat should be fake meat. This is Why Making Fake Meat Mandates Could Reduce Carbon Emissions.
How Can We Use Flood Prediction Modeling to Inform Future Housing Growth
06/10/21
“How can we use flood prediction modeling to inform future housing growth?”
Floods are going to impact towns and cities everywhere. Exacerbation due to climate change is going to cause people in hazard zones to retreat and find receiving communities. Urban planners are going to need to consider which areas are dangerous and safe to build in. One great tool to accomplish this will be flood prediction modeling, to determine how to shape our future cities. This is How Can We Use Flood Prediction Modeling to Inform Future Housing Growth.
Why Many Housing Units Will Be Left Vacant In the Wake of Climate Migration
06/09/21
“Why will numerous housing units be left vacant in the wake of climate migration?”
The advent of climate change will be making more places uninhabitable, either physically or fiscally. This will lead to many people abandoning their homes to seek shelter elsewhere. This is Why Many Housing Units Will Be Left Vacant In the Wake of Climate Migration.
How Earthquakes Lead to Housing Shortages
06/08/21
“How do earthquakes lead to housing shortages?”
Earthquakes cause damage to all buildings in its vicinity. Oftentimes these may collapse and become unusable. When this happens to housing, then the capacity for living spaces shrinks as well. This is How Earthquakes Lead to Housing Shortages.
How Cultural Solidarity Can Help Build Climate Resilience
06/07/21
“How can cultural solidarity help build climate resilience?”
When internal turmoil arises between ethnic groups, resources that can be dedicated towards building adaptation capacity are instead wasted. However, through building relations with each other, this can be solved and more energy can be used for productive means. This is How Cultural Solidarity Can Help Build Climate Resilience.
Why Legalizing Basement Dwellings in Apartments in Low Flood Risk Areas Could Assist With Climate Migration
06/06/21
“Why could legalizing basement dwellings in places with low flood risk be a boon for climate migration?”
Many cities ban basement dwellings in their zoning code. However, if legalized, the increased supply could vastly increase stock available for people to move in. While these are liabilities for places that are at risk for floods, places that are far from this will have no problem. This is Why Legalizing Basement Dwellings in Apartments in Low Flood Risk Areas Could Assist With Climate Migration.
Why Climate Change Will Cause Mass Extinction From Species Migration
06/05/21
“Why will species migrating due to climate change cause mass extinction?”
Climate conditions are going to go through a massive upturn with the advent of global warming. This is going to cause species to migrate to new places with climates similar to their old ones. These invading species will be better adapted to their new environments than native species, and will lead to their downfall. This is Why Climate Change Will Cause Mass Extinction From Species Migration.
Why Removing Car Roads Could Be a Smart Climate Resilience Strategy
06/04/21
“How can removing car roads be a smart climate resilience strategy?”
Car roads are made of non-porous cement that causes water to build up during floods. By removing car roads and converting it into nature-based material more suitable for walking, the water could be absorbed instead. This is Why Removing Car Roads Could Be a Smart Climate Resilience Strategy.
Bluelining
06/03/21
“How will the impact of increased flood risk on insurance further perpetuate segregation?”
In the middle of the 20th century, the U.S government forbade residents of certain neighborhoods (Specifically ones that Black Folk were forced to live in) to apply for a home mortgage. While this was later declared constitutionally illegal, the confluence of climate change and the private insurance markets may bring it back in an insidious new form. When updated floodmaps predict that new neighborhoods will become unsaveable, they may deny homeowners in those regions from receiving insurance coverage. This will turn the homes in this area into stranded assets that will be extremely difficult to sell and pose extreme financial liability. This new phenomena of Bluelining will only serve as a compounding factor for people living in flood-prone regions, which are already disproportionately made up of lower systemic caste communities. Flood risk prediction and insurance designers will need to take into consideration how their work will possibly harm the same people they should be seeking to serve.
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