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2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #23
Posted on 6 June 2020 by John Hartz
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The world must seize this opportunity to meet the climate challenge
As current and former central bankers, we believe the pandemic offers a unique chance to green the global economy
‘Over the last year, we have seen record temperatures across Europe, extreme rainfall in the US, and, for the first time ever, wildfires in the Arctic.’ Soaring temperatures in Paris, July 2019. Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images
we are currently in the midst of the most severe macroeconomic shock since the second world war. The disruption to our daily lives and subsequent impact on our economies has been enormous. We are seeing first-hand that a collective response is needed to defeat a common enemy, as authorities across the world courageously mobilise all available resources to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
This crisis offers us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rebuild our economy in order to withstand the next shock coming our way: climate breakdown. Unless we act now, the climate crisis will be tomorrow’s central scenario and, unlike Covid-19, no one will be able to self-isolate from it.
In the immediate response to the pandemic, governments have taken measures of unprecedented scale to keep economic and financial systems afloat. The IMF estimates that approximately $9tn of fiscal support has been provided across the world. This is necessary to limit acute and permanent damage. But as we consider the next stage of recovery, we must look beyond the immediate crisis and think more strategically about how we do it.
The world must seize this opportunity to meet the climate challenge, Opinion by Andrew Bailey, Mark Carney, François Villeroy de Galhau & Frank Elderson. Comment is Free, Guardian, June 5. 2020
• Andrew Bailey is governor of the Bank of England; François Villeroy de Galhau is governor of Banque de France; Frank Elderson is chair of the Network for Greening the Financial System and executive board member of the Nederlandsche Bank; Mark Carney is UN special envoy for climate action and finance.
Click here to access the entire opinion piece as originally published on The Guardian website.
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Sun, May 31, 2020
- Economic Giants Are Restarting. Here’s What It Means for Climate Change. by Somini Sengupta, Climate, New York Times, May 29, 2020
- Investors, scientists urge IEA head to take bolder climate stance by Matthew Green, Reuters, May 29, 2020
- Canadian Court Slams Trump Climate Advisor in Successful Libel Case by Richard Littlemore, DeSmog, May 27, 2020
- Climate concerns as Siberia experiences record-breaking heat by Luke Denne & Olivia Sumrie, Climate in Crisis, NBC News, May 29, 2020
- Climate Change Forecast: Rising Tide of Parasites in Warming Seas by Ruth Schuster, Science & Health, Haaretz, May 31, 2020
- Call of the wild: listen up, people, time is running out by David Leser, Environment, Sydney Morning Herald, May 29, 2020
Mon, June 1, 2020
- US south-west in grip of historic 'megadrought', research finds by Samuel Gilbert, Environment, Guardian, May 29, 2020
- The Rush to Stock Away Glacier Ice Before It All Melts by David Adam and Knowable, Science, The Atlantic Magazine, May 31, 2020
- Markets not paying attention to climate crisis, IMF says by Larry Elliott, Business, Guardian, May 29, 2020
- Climate change: How a green new deal really could go global by Justin Rowlatt, Science & Environment, BBC News, May 31, 2020
- Congress Investigates How Marathon Petroleum and Koch Network Influenced Clean Cars Rollbacks by Dana Drugmand, DeSmog, May 29, 2020
- The coming recession is the best reason to step up the pace of renewables investment, Opinion by Frank Jotzo, Comment if Free, Guardian, May 29, 2020
- Shareholders to Big Oil: Do more on climate change by Emily Pontecorvo, Grist, June 1, 2020
- Climate change comes to Duluth — one of America’s 'climate refuge cities' by Stephanie Hemphill, GreenBiz, June 1, 2020
Tue, June 2, 2020
- Ice Melt Linked to Accelerated Regional Freshwater Depletion, NASA's Global Climate Change, June 1, 2020
- Climate change: May was sunniest calendar month on record in UK by Roger Harriban, Science & Environment, BBC News, June 1, 2020
- Israel unveils 80 bln shekel plan to boost solar energy by Ari Rabinovitch, Reuters, May 1, 2020
- States Warn That Virus May Doom Climate Projects by Christopher Flavelle, Climate, New York Times, June 1, 2020
- New Study Shows Global Warming Intensifying Extreme Rainstorms Over North America by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Jun 2, 2020
- ‘Going in the Wrong Direction’: More Tropical Forest Loss in 2019 by Henry Fountain, Climate, New York Times, June 2, 2020
- Summers are growing longer due to climate change, while winters are dramatically shrinking by Brian Brettschneider, Capital Weather Gang, June 1, 2020
- Coronavirus delays work to protect the world’s poor from climate shocks by Chloé Farand, Climate Home News, June 2, 2020
Wed, June 3, 2020
- Imagine Hurricane Katrina during a pandemic. The US needs to prepare for that — now. by Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Gary Cecchine, Craig Fugate & Craig Bond, Coronavirus, Vox, May 27, 2020
- China says sticking to climate pledges despite coronavirus outbreak by Muyu Xu & Tom Daly, Reuters, June 2, 2020
- As Protests Rage Over George Floyd’s Death, Climate Activists Embrace Racial Justice by Ilana Cohen, Evelyn Nieves, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle & James Bruggers, InsideClimate News, June 3, 2020
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #22, 2020 by Doug Bostrom, Skeptical Science, June 3, 2020
- Most Trump environmental rollbacks will take years to be reversed by Dana Nuccitelli, Article, Yale Climate Connections, June 3, 2020
- In the Chesapeake Bay, saving seagrasses can fight ocean acidification by Alejandra Borunda, Science, National Geographic, June 2, 2020
Thu, June 4, 2020
- High risk of widespread wildfires across Europe this year, EU says by Francesco Guarascio, Reuters, June 2, 2020
- UK food giants mull Brazil boycott to protect forests by Jan Rocha, Climate News Network, June 1, 2020
- Entire 9th Circuit Court should hear climate change case brought by children, Opinion by Lisa Patel & Hannah Perrin, Guest Commentary, Cal Matters, June 3, 2020
- Climate justice is racial justice, Opinion by Keya Chatterjee, Thomson Reuters Foundation, June 3, 2020
- Which counters misinformation better: facts or logic? by John Cook, Cranky Uncle website, June 4, 2020
- The Pandemic Has Taken Cars Off Urban Streets. Will It Last? by Cheryl Katz, Yale Environment 360, June 1, 2020
- Earth’s carbon dioxide levels hit record high, despite coronavirus-related emissions drop by Andrew Freeman & Chris Mooney, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, June 4, 2020
- New Jersey is the first state to add climate change to its K-12 education standards by David Williams, CNN, June 4, 2020
Fri, June 5, 2020
- Taylor and Tate: Canine-human teams rescue Australia’s fire-ravaged koalas by Laurel Neme, Mongabay, May 28, 2020
- How South Korea, France, and Italy are using the Covid-19 response to fight climate change by Umair Irfan, Vox, Jun 4, 2020
- Despite the pandemic, frontline nations push ahead on stronger climate plans by Meagan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, June 4, 2020
- I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet., Opinion by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Post Everything, Washington Post, June 3, 2020
- World population facing water stress could ‘double’ by 2050 as climate warms by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, June 2, 2020xdv
- The History of Climate Science by John Mason, Skeptical Science, June 5, 2020
- Protesting During the Pandemic? 6 Safety Questions Answered by Thomas A Russo, Social Justice, Yes! Magazine, June 4, 2020
- Earth has hottest May on record, with 2020 on track to be one of the top 10 warmest years by Emma Newburger, Environment, CNBC, June 5, 2020
Sat, June 6, 2020
- 'No one can self-isolate from climate change'; UK, French c.banks urge action by William Schomberg, Reuters, June 5, 2020
- Keeping the World Focused on Climate Change Is a Nonstop Job by Akshat Rathi, Politics, Bloomberg News, June 5, 2020
- China’s power sector could be ‘10% cheaper in 2030’ with more renewables, Guest post by Jiang Lin & Gang He, Carbon Brief, June 3, 2020
- How Massachusetts v. EPA Forced the U.S. Government to Take On Climate Change by Sam-Evans Brown, NH Public Radio/InsideClimate News, June 4, 2020
- The world must seize this opportunity to meet the climate challenge, Opinion by Andrew Bailey, Mark Carney, François Villeroy de Galhau & Frank Elderson. Comment is Free, Guardian, June 5. 2020
- Melting ice opens doors for wider spread of contaminants, diseases by Kristen Pope, Article, Yale Climate Connections, June 4, 2020
- The Path Beyond Extinction and Escape: Return to Earth, Regenerate and Share by Vandana Shiva, Common Dreams, June 5, 2020
Yes!!!! This is an inflection point in which we could change the course of our world, which is heading toward a series of serious climate melt downs but no where it the old aphorism Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune more true than in politics. Politicians don't do the bidding of the rich and powerful because their political campaigns were supported in the last election. They do their bidding because they know that they won't be supported next time if they don't toe the line. Barack Obama toyed with the idea of not taking money from the vested interests and then folded. The only politician I am aware of that has actually adhered to this principle; that really understands the corrosive effect political contributions are having on every aspect of our life is Bernie Sanders. A huge movement is needed to bring him back into the fold. Otherwise we have another 4 years of Trump or 4 years of Biden. Look at Biden's voting record to see what this means. I know we are not supposed to bring politics into the discussion but politics, at this point in our history, is the only real game in town.
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Central banks seem to be speaking up more, and being more proactive, just a personal observation. Not entirely a bad thing. Perhaps this is because they sense the politicians have bad policies, because they have been bought out by special interest business groups :)