Wildfires in LA, more than 1.5 degrees warmer on Earth. 6 pressing questions for climate expert Wim Thiery: “Insurers will no longer want to insure some houses”

The past year on Earth was the warmest ever, for the first time more than one and a half degrees warmer than since measurements started, the European climate service Copernicus reported today. Meanwhile, Los Angeles is on fire. High time for six pressing questions to climate scientist Wim Thiery (VUB). Is the Paris Climate Agreement already in tatters? How are we already noticing the consequences of global warming? And who will pay for it financially? “We are facing many human dramas.”

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