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It details how this burden disproportionately affects low-income, Black, and Latinx households, often forcing them to choose between energy payments and basic necessities. The document proposes a suite of regulatory solutions, including shutoff moratoriums, arrearage management programs, expanded outreach for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), and the implementation of fuel cost-sharing structures to protect ratepayers from volatile fossil fuel prices. 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It details cumulative threats including ship strikes, fisheries bycatch, ghost gear, underwater noise, and climate change. The document advocates for the implementation of connected networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) to meet the global 30x30 target, while proposing specific regional initiatives like the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) and the Global Oceans Treaty (BBNJ) to protect whales in international waters.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000632#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Whales provide significant ecological and economic value by capturing carbon and fertilizing the ocean, which supports phytoplankton and the global commercial fishing industry, valued at over US$150 billion.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000632#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Ship strikes are a primary cause of human-induced mortality for blue, fin, humpback, and gray whales, with risks concentrated in high-traffic areas such as the US West Coast and the Gulf of Panama.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000632#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Fisheries bycatch and 'ghost gear' (abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear) pose severe risks; the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is composed of at least 46% fishing gear.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000632#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate change is altering whale behavior and survival, evidenced by an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) between 2019 and 2022 where 606 gray whales stranded along the North American west coast due to malnutrition.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000632#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) is a regional cooperation mechanism between Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador, with Mexico's Revillagigedo National Park also joining, to protect approximately 500,000 km² of migratory routes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000632#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In the Southern Ocean, industrial krill fishing overlaps with critical foraging areas for baleen whales, and there is a mismatch between the large-scale management units used by CCAMLR and the actual spatial scale of predator foraging.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000632#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Bering Strait is a critical corridor for over one million marine predators, but it faces increasing risks from shipping traffic, which nearly doubled between 2009 and 2019.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000632#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Technological solutions such as 'ropeless' (on-demand) fishing and real-time mapping tools like WhaleWatch and Whale Safe are being tested to reduce entanglements and ship strikes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000632#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The proposed BBNJ agreement (Global Oceans Treaty) is essential for designating MPAs in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ), where whales spend up to three-quarters of their time.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000632#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","marine heatwave","carbon sequestration","plastic pollution"],"geography_discussed":["Bering Strait","United States","Mexico","Canada","Hawaii","Costa Rica","Panama","Colombia","Ecuador","Peru","Chile","Antarctic Peninsula","Southern Ocean","World"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["technical report","conservation strategy","spatial analysis"]},{"id":"rmi-000644","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/rmi-000644","title":"Small Changes Could Yield Big Savings for Georgia Electricity Customers","publisher":{"name":"RMI","organization":"rmi"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2022-11-18","source_url":"https://rmi.org/resources/small-changes-could-yield-big-savings-for-georgia-electricity-customers/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Georgia electricity customers face high energy burdens, particularly low-income households and people of color, despite relatively low electricity rates. 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It highlights that tropical cyclones are the costliest weather disasters in the U.S., with 73% of billion-dollar storms since 1980 having undergone rapid intensification. The text notes that while landfalling hurricane frequency in the continental U.S. remained stable from 1900-2017, economic losses have risen due to increased population and wealth along the Gulf and East Coasts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000246#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Tropical cyclones are the most expensive and lethal weather events in the U.S., with eight of the ten most costly disasters in U.S. history being hurricanes. Since 1980, tropical cyclones causing at least $1 billion in damage have totaled $1.19 trillion in losses.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000246#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Rapid intensification—defined as a wind speed increase of at least 30 kt (approx 35 mph) in 24 hours—is common among major hurricanes (category 3-5), affecting about 80% of them. Between 1980 and 2021, 170 landfalling Atlantic tropical cyclones experienced this process, and 73% of U.S. tropical cyclones causing over $1 billion in damage underwent rapid intensification.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000246#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Human-caused climate change is increasing the intensity of hurricanes. Since 1979, the global probability of a tropical cyclone becoming a major hurricane (category 3 or higher) has increased by approximately 5% per decade. Warming sea surface temperatures have likely driven a significant increase in extreme rapid intensification events (50+ kt in 24 hours) globally from 1990 to 2021.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000246#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Economic losses from hurricanes in the continental U.S. have increased significantly from 1900 to 2017, despite the frequency of landfalling hurricanes remaining unchanged. This increase is attributed to higher population growth and regional wealth along the East and Gulf Coasts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"climcent-000246#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["tropical cyclone","sea level rise","climate change","extreme weather event","storm surge"],"geography_discussed":["Atlantic Ocean","Louisiana","Texas","Florida","Hawaii","Puerto Rico","United States Virgin Islands","World"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["fact sheet"]},{"id":"rmi-000792","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/rmi-000792","title":"Regulatory Process Design for Decarbonization, Equity, and Innovation","publisher":{"name":"RMI","organization":"rmi"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2022-07","source_url":"https://rmi.org/app/uploads/dlm_uploads/2022/07/regulatory_process_design_for_decarbonization_equity_and_innovation.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report argues that traditional US public utilities commission (PUC) processes are too slow and restrictive to meet urgent decarbonization and equity mandates. It recommends four primary reforms: setting clear proceeding objectives, expanding stakeholder roles in solution development, reducing information asymmetry by unlocking utility data, and initiating new inclusive processes such as regulatory sandboxes and updated benefit-cost analysis frameworks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000792#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Traditional PUC processes, including rate cases and planning proceedings, are often too slow to meet the pace of decarbonization required by state statutes or executive orders, with some commissions having only three or four opportunities to review integrated resource plans (IRPs) by 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000792#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Setting clear goals and objectives at the start of a proceeding ensures decisions align with a commission's broader strategy, prevents legal challenges by basing decisions on state law, and keeps proceedings on schedule by defining the scope.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000792#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nonutility stakeholders face significant financial and procedural barriers to participation; at least 16 states offer some form of intervenor compensation to mitigate these resource constraints, though only six programs appear to be actively in use.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000792#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Information asymmetry exists when utilities restrict access to modeling assumptions and data, which can bias decisions in favor of the utility and potentially delay the closure of fossil fuel plants despite economic cases for doing so.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000792#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To reduce information asymmetry, some commissions in Oregon and New Mexico have required utilities to provide intervenors with licenses to the modeling software used in proceedings.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000792#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Regulatory sandboxes allow utilities and third parties to test innovative business ideas and products in small-scale, low-risk trials with expedited approvals and reduced procedural requirements.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000792#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Connecticut's Innovative Energy Solutions (IES) program is a regulatory sandbox that uses a four-phase process (Ideation, Prioritization, Deployment, and Assessment) to scale innovative grid solutions with a $25M overall budget for the first cycle.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000792#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Maryland is developing a unified benefit-cost analysis (BCA) framework for distributed energy resources (DERs) to ensure consistency in valuing different resources and to align with climate and energy policies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000792#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Arizona Corporation Commission disallowed over $200M in cost recovery for the Four Corners Power Plant, citing an \"overwhelming asymmetry of information\" and the utility's intentional manipulation of resource analysis.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000792#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["decarbonization","electrical grid","energy justice","distributed generation","greenhouse gas emissions reduction","Performance-based regulation"],"geography_discussed":["Colorado","Oregon","New York","New Mexico","Hawaii","Massachusetts","Michigan","California","Arizona","Connecticut","Maryland","North Carolina"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","regulatory review","case study"]},{"id":"sei-002432","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-002432","title":"Redefining prosperity","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2022-05","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/redefining-prosperity-stockholm50backgroundpaper.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines the limitations of GDP as a measure of progress, noting that the pursuit of material gain leads to social inequity and environmental degradation. It identifies systemic roadblocks to redefining prosperity—including national reliance on GDP for revenue, cultural associations of success with consumption, and business models based on consumerism. The authors propose a suite of actions, such as the adoption of complementary well-being indicators, the potential introduction of wealth taxes to decouple growth from resource use, and a shift in corporate marketing to reshape societal values. Case studies from countries like Bhutan, Australia, and the UK illustrate various ways beyond-GDP indicators have been implemented.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002432#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The current global development paradigm is unsustainable because straining planetary boundaries further could lead to catastrophic consequences with very little possibility of reversal.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002432#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"GDP is an insufficient measure of prosperity because it ignores social relationship quality, health, and longevity, while failing to account for the depletion of natural, human, and social capital.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002432#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"National governments face a significant roadblock in moving beyond GDP because their revenue models rely heavily on taxes from formal transactions, making GDP growth the primary method to increase funds.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002432#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"International political relations based on realism hinder the shift toward well-being, as a nation's global influence is still tied to its economic size and military strength.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002432#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Absolute decoupling of economic growth from resource footprints has not been achieved by any country in the last 50 years, according to a 2016 study.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002432#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Wealth taxes are proposed as a tool to both generate government revenue in a slower-growth economy and reduce the disproportionately high resource footprint of the wealthy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002432#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Case studies show that beyond-GDP indicators typically complement rather than replace GDP, serving symbolic, political, or instrumental roles depending on the jurisdiction.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-002432#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["planetary boundary","sustainable development","gross domestic product","natural capital"],"geography_discussed":["Bhutan","Australia","Belgium","Germany","United Kingdom","Canada","New Zealand","Scotland","United States","Maryland","Vermont","Utah","Hawaii","Denmark","Sweden","South Africa"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","conceptual framework","case study"]},{"id":"rmi-000577","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/rmi-000577","title":"Shining a Light on Utility Performance in Hawaii’s Clean Energy Transition","publisher":{"name":"RMI","organization":"rmi"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2022-04-07","source_url":"https://rmi.org/resources/shining-a-light-on-utility-performance-in-hawaii/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document details the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission's (PUC) adoption of a performance-based regulation (PBR) framework featuring nearly 40 metrics and scorecards for Hawaiian Electric. It argues that PBR helps overcome traditional 'cost of service' regulatory incentives that hinder clean energy investments. The brief provides three primary lessons: the value of using non-financial scorecards for emergent outcomes like transportation electrification and customer equity, the necessity of using proxies and iterative analysis when precise data is unavailable (such as for LMI Energy Burden), and the importance of diverse stakeholder engagement to ensure a comprehensive portfolio of performance mechanisms.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000577#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved a PBR portfolio consisting of nearly 40 metrics and scorecards to increase transparency and hold Hawaiian Electric accountable for social and policy goals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000577#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Publicly reported metrics and scorecards can motivate utility improvement in emergent areas—such as customer engagement, customer equity, and transportation electrification—even when insufficient data exists to design financial performance incentive mechanisms (PIMs).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000577#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To address the lack of precise data for low- to moderate-income (LMI) energy burden, the PUC utilized proxies, including 150 percent of the Hawaii Federal Poverty Limit for income and average electricity bills or typical consumption estimates for expenditures.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000577#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"When historical data is missing for target setting, targets can be anchored by policy goals, utility commitments (such as the Fleet Electrification Scorecard), planning assumptions, or peer utility performance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"rmi-000577#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Performance-based regulation","energy transition","energy access","greenhouse gas emissions"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","case study"]},{"id":"catf-001067","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/catf-001067","title":"Testimony Before the United States Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources FULL COMMITTEE HEARING ON CLEAN HYDROGEN","publisher":{"name":"Clean Air Task Force","organization":"clean-air-task-force"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2022-02-10","source_url":"https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/10142650/mike-fowler-testimony-enr.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The testimony asserts that while electrification is critical, approximately 60% of U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions come from sectors like heavy industry and long-haul transport that are difficult to electrify. Hydrogen is presented as a versatile, carbon-free energy carrier capable of addressing these gaps. The author highlights specific opportunities in long-haul trucking, aviation, marine shipping, and ironmaking, while noting that the U.S. may require between 8 and 18 quads of hydrogen per year by 2050 for full decarbonization. To achieve this, the document advocates for federal R&D, the development of Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and the implementation of production tax incentives to reduce costs through scaling.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001067#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"A significant portion of U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions arise from sectors that are difficult to decarbonize through electrification alone, specifically heavy surface transportation, shipping, aviation, and heavy industries such as chemicals and steel.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001067#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) offer substantial advantages over battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for long-haul Class 8 trucks, including a drivetrain weight reduction of approximately 15,000 pounds and significantly faster refueling times.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001067#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The aviation and marine shipping sectors are identified as requiring zero-carbon fuels due to the extreme weight and size limitations of current battery technology for long-distance travel.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001067#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Ammonia, produced from low-carbon hydrogen, is presented as a primary decarbonization candidate for transoceanic shipping due to its superior volumetric energy density compared to hydrogen.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001067#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Hydrogen can decarbonize the industrial sector, particularly ironmaking, by replacing carbon-based reducing agents with hydrogen to produce water instead of CO2.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001067#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Projections for U.S. hydrogen demand by 2050 vary by source, with CATF modeling suggesting a requirement of 8 to 18 quads per year, while other analyses suggest around 9 to 10 quads.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001067#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The scale of renewable energy required to produce clean hydrogen for high-demand sites is immense; for example, replacing jet fuel at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport would require over 24 GW of solar installations, exceeding the current total photovoltaic capacity of four southeastern U.S. states combined.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001067#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub program is viewed as a critical mechanism to overcome the 'chicken-and-egg' problem of supply and demand by creating localized networks of production and end-use.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"catf-001067#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["hydrogen","decarbonization","heavy transport","aviation","Green ammonia","electrolysis","carbon capture and storage","direct air capture"],"geography_discussed":["California","Singapore","Hawaii","Europe"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy recommendation","technical assessment"]},{"id":"ccnow-000044","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/ccnow-000044","title":"Who says it's a climate emergency?","publisher":{"name":"Covering Climate Now","organization":"covering-climate-now"},"document_type":"fact sheet","language":"en","date_published":"2022-01-06","source_url":"https://coveringclimatenow.org/resource/fact-sheet-who-says-its-a-climate-emergency/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document catalogues endorsements of the term 'climate emergency' across different sectors. It notes that nearly 14,000 scientists from 156 countries have signed a warning stating 'planet Earth is facing a climate emergency'. In the media, The Guardian updated its style guide to recommend terms like 'climate emergency, crisis or breakdown', and Noticias Telemundo adopted 'climate emergency' over 'climate change' in 2019. Politically, 23 national governments, including Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and the European Union, have declared a climate emergency, alongside 2,060 towns, cities, and counties globally. 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It advocates for 'connectivity conservation' through the establishment of blue corridors and networks of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to safeguard migratory routes across national and international waters.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Whales contribute to global climate regulation by capturing carbon and fertilizing the ocean with excrement, which fuels phytoplankton that produce more than half of the world's oxygen.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The extinction risk for cetaceans is described as \"real and imminent,\" with one-third of the world's cetaceans classified by the IUCN as Threatened and six of the 13 great whale species listed as Endangered or Vulnerable.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Fisheries bycatch, specifically entanglement in fishing gear and ghost nets, is the most significant global threat to the survival of cetacean populations, with an estimated 300,000 cetaceans killed annually.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Shipping traffic is a leading cause of human-induced mortality for several whale populations due to vessel strikes and underwater noise pollution, which can disrupt communication and feeding behavior.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate change is altering the distribution and abundance of prey, such as Antarctic krill, and shifting the timing of biological events like migration, which may impose high energetic costs on whales.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The North Atlantic right whale is Critically Endangered, with a population of approximately 336 individuals as of 2020, and may face extinction in less than 30 years.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In the Bering Strait, shipping traffic has nearly doubled between 2009 and 2019, increasing the risk of oil spills, ship strikes, and noise pollution in a key migratory corridor.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea humpback whale is critically endangered with fewer than 250 mature animals, and over 60% of photo-identified individuals off Oman show scars from fishing gear entanglement.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Mediterranean Sea is one of the world's busiest seas, hosting 20% of seaborne trade, which leads to high ship strike rates, particularly in the Pelagos Sanctuary where the rate is 3.25 times higher than elsewhere in the region.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The report advocates for the '30x30' goal: protecting 30% of the global ocean by 2030 through networks of MPAs and Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wwf-000571#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change","carbon sequestration","ocean acidification","nature-based solutions"],"geography_discussed":["Bering Strait","Hawaii","United States","Mexico","Chile","Peru","Panama","Costa Rica","Ecuador","Colombia","Southern Ocean","Indian Ocean","Oman","Sri Lanka","Mediterranean Sea","Greece","Argentina","Brazil","Canada"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["threat assessment","policy recommendation","spatial analysis"]},{"id":"climcent-000150","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/climcent-000150","title":"2021 Winter Package","publisher":{"name":"Climate Central","organization":"climate-central"},"document_type":"fact sheet","language":"en","date_published":"2021-11-23","source_url":"https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/2021-winter-package","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Analysis of 246 U.S. locations from 1970 to 2021 shows that 98% experienced an increase in average winter temperatures, with the Great Lakes and Northeast regions seeing the most significant warming. 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