"Pricing El Niño is not the same as preventing its loss of life. Yet, many of those acting on its forecasts are using them to move money, not people, out of harm’s way," writes Justin S. Mankin in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4huP0HI

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Strong El Niños have been forecast, usually the summer before, for decades. Financial markets respond rationally, minimizing exposure in regions at risk. But hedging, at best, is $ logic that obscures human costs &, at worst, pulls $ from places that need it most. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The White House plans to amend the National Climate Assessment to question RCP8.5. Last week, I, @jsmankin.bsky.social, and @vsrikrish.bsky.social commented that this proposal is "scientifically unsupported and procedurally deficient". You can see our comment here: essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10....

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I was just at the @sabincenter.bsky.social Second Conference on Attribution Science and Climate Law. @jsmankin.bsky.social and I (and other attendees) were interviewed by reporter Lesley Clark about the vibes in the science community. www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

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