Climate Alarm: Extreme Weather & Coral Bleaching

🌊 Intensifying Weather Events

• NASA’s GRACE satellite indicates a doubling in frequency and severity of droughts and floods over the last five years compared to the 2003–2020 baseline. This “hydro‑climatic whiplash” challenges water management, infrastructure resilience, and insurance risk models
• Experts warn that climate change—more than El Niño—drives this upsurge in extreme events 

🐠 Global Coral Bleaching

• 2023–2025 marks the most severe global coral bleaching event recorded. Approximately 84 % of reefs are affected, heightening concerns about marine biodiversity, coastal protection, and fisheries sustainability

🇰🇷 Policy Response

• World Environment Day 2025 (June 5) spotlighted the “Beat Plastic Pollution” campaign, emphasizing actions toward a circular economy

Why this matters: Rapid acceleration of climate impacts demands radical adaptation and mitigation measures. Governments, insurers, and infrastructure planners must pivot quickly. Ecosystem collapse—like coral bleaching—could undermine millions of coastal livelihoods.