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Your Weather Ain’t Like Mine: The Disparate & Differential Impacts of Global Warming. Presented on Behalf of the Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change A Project of the Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Your Weather Ain’t Like Mine: The Disparate & Differential Impacts
of Global Warming
Presented on Behalf of the Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change
A Project of the Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies
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Deaths per Day in St. Louis
Increase (in %) ofdeaths duringheatwaves
People of color already twice as likely to die in
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One Scary Scenario: Los Angeles in 2090
Potential for a Nine-Fold Increase in Heat Death rate for African-Americans
Low Income People Spend Higher % of Income on
Energy
And these figures are from 2006!
Energy Transitions/Shocks can entail huge economic
losses1973-1974: OPEC embargoes U.S., 25% cut in supply oil prices quadruple
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U.S. national oil bill grows $100 billion in 1974-1975
Resulting recession reduces GDP by $750 billion in 1974-1975
The First OPEC Oil Shock
East Antarctic Ice Sheet Melts
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Melts
Florida Today
Changing Agricultural and Land Use Patterns Mean Job and Economic Changes
Share of World Population
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"Developed Nations"
"Developing Nations"
A Question of Global Equity
Cumulative Contribution on Climate Change to Date
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"Developing Nations"
A Question of Global Equity
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