Extreme disasters and policy change: These are the biggest climate stories of 2022

ABC News / Disney ^ | December 28, 2022 | ByJulia Jacobo

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Climate change -- and the drastic need to curb greenhouse gas emissions -- has been at the forefront of international conversation in 2022.

Governments and businesses this past year have devoted more resources to getting countries to net-zero emissions by 2030 by enacting legislation to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage the use and development of renewable energy.

This effort is to avoid the disastrous outcomes scientists have been predicting for decades about global warming.

Despite those efforts, the impact of climate change was evident in the number of devastating natural disasters that plagued the planet this year, according to scientists.

Here are the top 10 climate headlines from 2022:

* Billion-dollar disasters keep occurring

* Dozens killed in historic flooding in Kentucky

* Severe tornadoes ripped across the South

* Megadrought persists

* Summer heat waves and drought 'revealing' artifacts

* Extreme climate protests

* Historic climate legislation and funding continues to be passed

* Hurricanes devastate Florida

* Mississippi River drops to historic low levels

* Nuclear fusion achieved

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Weather.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[ken in texas]

Wow, that’s quite a list. We must be pretty tough to have survived all that. /s

[rktman]

“...drastic need...”. 🐎💩

[gibsonguy]

ABC/Disney🤡

[freedumb2003]

Translation: we are not taxing people enough to stop global warming. They seem to have enough money to pay for fuel oil and gas to stay warm during these winter chills.

[Swirl]

Weather happens!

[rktman]

Neither get my money directly so...... 😎👍

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I've noticed a trend where the press has stopped giving the credentials, experience, expertise, and education of their writers. All you get now is a name and a list of other articles they have written. It's the same with Julia here -- NOTHING about her.

I found a profile of our intrepid Disney fantasy reporter on LinkedIn. It's easy to see why they don't provide credentials in the articles...

University of Florida. Bachelors of Science, Journalism and Communications. 2007 - 2011
Activities and societies: Society of Professional Journalism, UF Surf Club

Bartram Trail High School. 2003 - 2007
Activities and societies: Secretary of Interact, Miss Bartram Trail Pageant Contestant, Spanish Club, Spanish Honor Society, Spanish Conversation Club, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta

[Ronald77]

I sure hope they don’t tax me for farting.

[VinnieCCT]

"This effort is to avoid the disastrous outcomes scientists have been predicting (with not a single prediction coming true) for decades about global warming"

Fixed it.

[GOPJ]

We didn’t have hurricanes here in Florida before Al Gore ‘discovered’ Global Warming.,.. Nope, just calm breezes.

[volunbeer]

Isn’t it amazing how we did not have natural disasters prior to Al Gore making 100 million plus for “global warming”?

Good thing he was here to warn us all about how the planet would end 30, 20, and 10 years ago. Wait, what?

[ModelBreaker]

I’m sure if you scrolled down, she would be a PhD physicist also.