Offshore oil supply containers are strewn about after Hurricane Ida’s storm surge swept through Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg If anyone should be attuned to the real-world impacts of global warming, it’s the policy makers and business heads that have to deal with the fallout. But even the most well-intentioned can fail to grasp just how bad things could get if climate goals aren’t met. At least that’s the impression I get. That’s why I reached out to Andy Pitman and Sonia Seneviratne , two of the world’s top experts on the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Their fields of study focus on extremes and compound events. Both worry that institutions are too focused on outcomes we can predict with high confidence. There isn’t enough appreciation of the risks associated with new weather patterns we don’t yet understand. Warming of about 1.2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels […]