The Central Pacific hurricane season is already underway, and the state is preparing for damage. The Central Pacific hurricane season has started, and this year, the Nature Conservancy has purchased $2 million in insurance coverage to protect against potential damage to the coral reefs in Hawaii. This represents the first time the Nature Conservancy has purchased this type of policy. This insurance coverage is the first of its kind in the United States, in an important move that acknowledges the impact of climate change on increasingly common and destructive hurricanes…
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Nature Conservancy purchases an insurance policy to cover Hawaii’s coral reefs
The nonprofit is the first organization to obtain coverage for the coral’s repair following coastal storms. Coastal storms in Hawaii have been damaging already threatened coral reefs and the Nature Conservancy nonprofit has now purchased an insurance policy to repair that damage. State officials cannot afford to implement the repairs that the coverage will pay the nonprofit to do. This first-of-its-kind insurance policy approach to climate change is an effort to obtain the necessary funding to help the coral reefs in Hawaii to keep up with the worsening storms. This…
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