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|'''How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain'''

[[File:Shipping-Containers Alamy.jpg|thumb|center|[https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-climate-change-is-disrupting-the-global-supply-chain BY JACQUES LESLIE • MARCH 10, 2022 Yale360]]]

~~Of all of~~ climate ~~change’s threats~~ to ~~supply chains, sea level rise lurks~~ as ~~potentially~~ the ~~biggest~~. ~~But even now~~, ~~years before sea level rise begins inundating~~ ports and other ~~coastal~~ infrastructure~~, supply chain disruptions caused~~ by ~~hurricanes~~, ~~floods~~, ~~wildfires~~, ~~and other forms~~ of ~~increasingly extreme weather are jolting~~ the ~~global economy~~. ~~A sampling~~ of ~~these disruptions from just last year suggests~~ the ~~variety~~ and ~~magnitude of climate change’s threats:~~

Scientists say that such climate-related disruptions are bound to intensify in coming years as the world warms. In addition, ports, rail lines, highways, and other transportation and supply infrastructure will be threatened by increases in sea level of an estimated 2 to 6 feet — and perhaps more — by 2100. Around 90 percent⁠ of the world’s freight moves by ship, and, according to Becker, inundations eventually will threaten most of the world’s 2,738⁠ coastal ports, whose wharves generally lie just a few feet to 15 feet above sea level. But to most port managers, the threat still feels remote. The rate of future sea level rise is so uncertain⁠ and solutions so elusive that only a few⁠ port managers have taken action to counter the threat, and only a fraction have tried to assess it.

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 |'''How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain'''
 [[File:Shipping-Containers Alamy.jpg|thumb|center|[https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-climate-change-is-disrupting-the-global-supply-chain BY JACQUES LESLIE • MARCH 10, 2022 Yale360]]]
-  Of all of climate change’s threats to supply chains, sea level rise lurks as potentially the biggest. But even now, years before sea level rise begins inundating ports and other coastal infrastructure, supply chain disruptions caused by hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and other forms of increasingly extreme weather are jolting the global economy. A sampling of these disruptions from just last year suggests the variety and magnitude of climate change’s threats:
+  Scientists say that such climate-related disruptions are bound to intensify in coming years as the world warms. In addition, ports, rail lines, highways, and other transportation and supply infrastructure will be threatened by increases in sea level of an estimated 2 to 6 feet — and perhaps more — by 2100. Around 90 percent⁠ of the world’s freight moves by ship, and, according to Becker, inundations eventually will threaten most of the world’s 2,738⁠ coastal ports, whose wharves generally lie just a few feet to 15 feet above sea level. But to most port managers, the threat still feels remote. The rate of future sea level rise is so uncertain⁠ and solutions so elusive that only a few⁠ port managers have taken action to counter the threat, and only a fraction have tried to assess it.