I generally agree with this, but one with addition/clarification: it's likely that climate change is driving the extreme conditions that the United States, and

I generally agree with this, but one with addition/clarification: it's likely that climate change is driving the extreme conditions that the United States, and the world, are seeing far from the coast, such as historic flooding in the midwest and historic fires in the west. It's also quite possible that the rate at which such extreme weather events are getting worse is increasing. Sea level rise is brutal, and will cause enormous impacts to many millions of people. Weather weirding stands a good chance of bringing epic damage to many millions more.