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Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people

Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the displacement of hundreds of millions of climate refugees is inevitable but would take place over a much more manageable timeline if carbon emissions were immediately reduced, as opposed to continuing with current rates of fossil fuel burning.

How much green pressure do oil companies feel from financial markets?
Cluster of windmills in an open sea.

Image: iStock/Tom Buysse

How much green pressure do oil companies feel from financial markets?

Wharton professor Arthur van Benthem explores whether one company’s transformation into a wind energy superpower signals a changing landscape for oil companies.

From Kleinman Center for Energy Policy