Why is Hurricane Beryl of so much global scientific concern? Inside Story

A hurricane rips through the Caribbean - causing devastation, but alarm too among climate scientists.
It's the fiercest and earliest ever Atlantic storm - a direct result of global warming, experts say.
Why is this storm causing so much concern globally?

Presenter: Nick Clark

Guests:

Daniel Gilford -- Meteorologist and atmospheric scientist who focuses on how climate change affects hurricanes and local communities

Rhea Marie Pierre -- Caribbean Delegation Spokesperson for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Naderev 'Yeb' Sano -- Southeast Asia Executive Director of Greenpeace and a climate justice activist

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[kwailcamp]

The people in the countries that dont experience these terrible weather phenomenon dont really understand how awful it is to live in places where you have to expect these terrors 6 months out of every year

[hybridepigenes]

We been having this conversation for 30 years. Things don't change because money! Money=power. As it is now completely obvious that power is stupid. So money=stupid power. This is the equation that will drive us to extinction.

[islandgal]

The people from Union Island did not go to Jamaica. They went to Kingstown ( the capital of St Vincent and the Grenadines), not Kingston(the capital of Jamaica).

[stacy-mariebennett]

Thank you Rhea Marie for speaking on our behalf. I live in Jamaica. None of the rich countries that caused this problem care. All they are interested in is giving us more loans to mitigate a problem they caused. They should be making hard lifestyle changes so the poor, non "first" world populations can stop being killed, displaced or disenfranchised. So we can have a chance at life.

[caribbeansource]

The reporter got it mixed up....Wrong information on the union people being rescued by Jamaica capital, the people were transported to Kingstown capital of st.vincent is Kingstown 🇻🇨 the capital of Jamaica is Kingston.

[x]

Not sure why Rhea was interrupted so much more than the others. Everything she said was spot on

[jujutsucryin]

I live in California. Every year there is always at least one day in the summer that breaks a record for being hotter than that day in the previous year. You can't tell me it's normal to go days and weeks in triple digit temperatures that continue to climb. Today it was 111 deg. Fahrenheit

[bryanotieno]

Sending condolences to the families who have lost loved ones

[northernouthouse]

Us homeowners are facing difficulty in renewing home insurance policies as insurance companies pull out of markets. Its 2024 and the climate crisis already has a foothold in north America. Deny the climate crisis at your own risk.

[aaronjennings]

Hurricane Beryl left nearly the entire population of Union Island, which is approximately 2, 500 people, homeless

[zarkano]

As a scientist who's worked in the great outdoors all my life, I will unequivocally say that the worst is yet to come and sooner rather than later.

Despite being a chaotic system, the worlds weather was relatively stable and generally predictable before we started pumping the atmosphere full of CO2 and other pollutants. The tipping point (the point where we might have been able to reverse some of the effects of global warming) has already been passed and is accelerating well beyond even the most extreme predictions of just a few years ago.despite denials from industry and government. They do not want the ordinary person to understand the true scope of peril we're heading for. Last year, 400, 000 deaths were attributed to hunger and disease caused by heat events from global warming. By 2030, a short 6 years from now, the figure will rise to 700, 000 per year.

Very soon, the feedback loop will kick in, further increasing warming and further disrupting the tenuous stability of our weather. The results will be far more devastating (catastrophic actually) than we're led to believe. Climate extremes will soon be the norm, definitely within the lifetime of our children and grandchildren. Some years will be normal and some years will be apocalyptic. That will be the new equilibrium. The world will see mass migrations of humans and animals on a scale never seen before. The very rich have already built distant, remote homes to escape to. Many more have floating palaces to house them in any crisis and some are even building spaceships as they recognize that there's a reckoning coming.

The alarm bells have been ringing for some time now but we're too busy doing money-worship to take heed. And we collectively seem to think Global Warming will somehow end magically. Mother Earth will ultimately recover...by shaking parasitic humans off her surface. Humankind will not.

[michaelrichie]

When will the oil companies and other major polluters be economicly held responsible for this climate devastation?

[davisurdaneta]

Not just huricanes, strong storms and heatwaves that are becoming prevalent in recent years but if you follow the news lately, severe air turbulence has been happening quite often lately. If no concrete collective action will be taken, these phenomnon will be getting worse.

[maggiewilliams]

This young lady is the only one talking with what we want to hear.

[CaRiBgAl]

..i live in Barbados...I'm tired of us having this conversation over & over with little action from the countries who most put us in this position in the 2st place..

[DragonGod-ke]

I'm proud to hear a 🇹🇹 accent on the international stage like this, job well done Rhea Marie Pierre 👏🏾.

[georgesos]

"Dont look up!", only real life...
We are doomed. No? Read the comments.

[letzsnuggzz]

A few years ago, the Barbadian prime minister spoke about the responsibility that industrial nations who were truly driving this climate crisis, have to smaller island nations like those in the Caribbean, South Asia and Oceania. While people & governments in industrial nations deny the existence of climate change, as they consume high levels of energy and their companies spew out tonnes of air pollution. These island nations are suffering the brunt of global warming, due to the increase in number and ferocity of these hurricanes and typhoons.

She was right. If governments are unwilling to properly regulate these polluting industries and stick to environmental goals. Then those countries are financially responsible for what their actions are leading to and compensation is necessary.

[wallychambe]

I am in my 70's have been saying the seasons are running at least a month early maybe two compared to 20 years ago!!

[stephenforde]

Please note Kingstown is St. Vincent while Kingston is Jamaica. Those who came from Union Island when to Kingstown, St. Vincent.