Climate change made US flooding more intense: comment

“Climate change doesn’t care whether you believe in it or not. In a country whose federal government is trying to halt the transition to clean energy, people lost their lives in rainfall made more intense by climate change and fuelled by higher Gulf of Mexico sea temperatures made 14 times more likely.

"But the world is pressing on to tackle climate change without the US federal government – in common with many leaders at sub-national level in the US. With 85% of the clean energy investment globally originating outside America, those who remain committed to the clean energy transition are the ones that will continue to benefit from its jobs and growth as Trump turns investors away from his door.

"The UK’s net zero industries add £83 billion to the UK economy each year, employing nearly a million people, and growing year on year [2]. Two fifths of the UK’s food supplies come from overseas, with climate impacts everywhere hitting harvests and driving up prices [3]. Net zero emissions is the only solution to halting climate change and avoiding ever more costly and dangerous impacts long into the future.”