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>> Back to October 2021 Issue<\/a><\/div>\n

\"InvestingMy book, Investing in a New Climate<\/em> is not about doom and gloom, but about adapting to change. Climate change is about the shifting of circumstances we have long taken for granted. To survive \u2014 and succeed \u2014 we must adapt. We must learn how to live and how to plan ahead within the realm of reasonable extrapolation of a changing global climate. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal and, since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented. The atmosphere and oceans have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, the sea level has risen, and the concentration of greenhouse gases has increased.<\/p>\n

We need to think about a new normal. This new normal has to do with a changing climate, but not solely the meteorological climate. The concept of the changing climate also has to do with what a new meteorological climate means to economies, industries, and financial markets around the world. The meteorological climate is one catalyst, but I am talking about Climate with a big \u201cC.\u201d Adapting to the changing climate also includes advances in technology such as in medicine, energy, transportation, artificial intelligence, and computing.<\/p>\n

Climate change is inevitable \u2014 a static climate is short-lived. There is no doubt that the Earth is getting warmer. We can put our head in the sand and not accept that change is taking place, or we can take a proactive and sensible approach to dealing with the changing climate.<\/p>\n

What can we do?<\/h2>\n

First, get a handle on the facts of what\u2019s happening. Second, determine what we can do about it in our own lives. And finally, put together a plan to help mitigate changes and to adapt to the inevitable changes. Some things we can do are understand economic trends, look at industrial impacts and modify our lifestyles. We need to analyze our current investments and consider updating our investment portfolios. Should we invest in northern European agriculture industries, companies that build dikes, and\/or water purification technologies? Perhaps we should not retire to a seashore that is about to be underwater.<\/p>\n