We need to do more than just stop, or turn around, global warming. Although doing that is possible, it’s also change that won’t happen overnight. Change that can happen a little more quickly is the change in architecture and infrastructure, rethinking and rebuilding structures so that they can withstand increasingly extreme weather events and other changes to our landscape. These changes and adaptations can be everything from relocating whole communities to developing new buildings that can withstand the coming heat waves and floods, from strengthening water and energy infrastructures to repairing current roads and bridges so that they facilitate evacuation and survive disaster.
The video below showcases the cost of carbon in Europe, specifically global warming’s impact on infrastructure. But, as it’s plain to see in the video, the impact isn’t limited to infrastructure or the continent.
The 2013 flood damage in Europe is estimated to have cost 17 billion Euros. (Tweet this Stat)
Moscow’s mortality rate increased 60% during the record 2010 heat wave. (Tweet this Stat)
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