2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #46
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‘Planet at a crossroads’: climate summit makes progress but leaves much to do
The UN negotiations in Bonn lay the groundwork for implementing the landmark Paris deal, but tough decisions lay ahead
Representatives of Act Alliance hand out chocolate coins, promoting the need for climate finance for adaptation. Photograph: Kiara Worth/ENB/IISD
The world’s nations were confident they were making important progress in turning continued political commitment into real world action, as the global climate change summit in Bonn was drawing to a close on Friday.
The UN talks were tasked with the vital, if unglamorous, task of converting the unprecedented global agreement sealed in Paris in 2015 from a symbolic moment into a set of rules by which nations can combine to defeat global warming. Currently, the world is on track for at least 3C of global warming – a catastrophic outcome that would lead to severe impacts around the world.
The importance of the task was emphasised by Frank Bainimarama, Fiji’s prime minister and president of the summit: “We are not simply negotiating words on a page, but we are representing all our people and the places they call home.”
‘Planet at a crossroads’: climate summit makes progress but leaves much to do by Damian Carrington, Guardian, Nov 17, 2017
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Sun Nov 12, 2017
- New research, Oct 30 - Nov 5, 2017 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Nov 10, 2017
- How Responsible Is Each Country When an Extreme Climate Event Strikes? by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Nov 9, 2017
- A Huge Plume of Magma Is Bulging Against Antarctica by Rafi Letzter, LiveScience/Scientfic America, Nov 11, 2017
- Trump’s top environmental pick says she has ‘many questions’ about climate change by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington, Post, Nov 8, 2017
- COP23: Fake Donald Trump marches in Carnival-themed climate protests in Bonn by Jennifer Collins, Deutsche Welle (DW), Nov 11, 2017
- Pope Slams 'Shortsighted' Human Activity for Warming and Calls for Global Outlook From World Leaders, AP/The Weather Channel Canada, Nov 10, 2017
- Congo basin’s peaty swamps are new front in climate change battle by John Vidal, Observer/Guardian, Nov 11, 2017
- As U.S. Sheds Role as Climate Change Leader, Who Will Fill the Void? by Lisa Friedman, New York Times, Nov 12, 2017
Mon Nov 13, 2017
- New research shows why forests are absolutely essential to meeting Paris Climate Agreement goals by Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay, Nov 9, 2017
- Solar Boom in Trump Country: It’s About Economics and Energy Independence by Lindsey Gilpin, InsideClimate News, Nov 10, 2017
- Lessons From Hurricane Harvey: Houston’s Struggle Is America’s Tale by Michael Kimmelman, Climate, New York Times, Nov 12, 2017
- Natural gas emissions will blow Europe's carbon budget at current levels by Arthur Neslen, Guardian, Nov 7, 2017
- Global CO2 Emissions to Hit Record High in 2017 by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Nov 13, 2017
- McKibben: We need action to match the scale of the problem by Charlotta Lomas, Deutsche Welle (DW), Nov 9, 2017
- Over 15,000 Scientists Just Issued a 'Second Notice' to Humanity. Can We Listen Now? by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Nov 13, 2017
- Will we be ‘wiped out?’ How climate change is affecting California by Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee, Nov 13, 2017
Tue Nov 14, 2017
- Repair or Renovate? Puerto Rico Faces Stark Power Grid Options by Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American, Nov 13, 2017
- Do the opposite thing you did 18 months ago”: EPA staffers on the agency in the Trump era by Rachel Leven, Energy & Environment, Nov 10, 2017
- State of the climate: 2017 shaping up to be warmest ‘non-El Niño’ year by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Nov 9, 2017
- Singing activists interrupt U.S. coal-focused event at United Nations climate conference by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 13, 2017
- Global Warming Really Did Make Hurricane Harvey More Likely by Robinson Meyer, Atlantic, Nov 13, 2017
- On climate and global leadership, it's America Last until 2020 by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Nov 13, 2017
- COP23: The 10 Science ‘Must Knows’ on Climate Change by Earth League & Future Earth, futurearth, Nov 13, 2017
- US will become a net oil exporter within 10 years, says IEA by Adam Vaughn, Guardian, Nov 13, 2017
Wed Nov 15, 2017
- Floating Cities, No Longer Science Fiction, Begin to Take Shape by David Gelles, New York Times, Nov 13, 2017
- Analysis: Global CO2 emissions set to rise 2% in 2017 after three-year ‘plateau’ by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Nov 13, 2017
- Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World? by Elizabeth Kolbert, Annals of Science, The New Yorker, Nov 20, 2017 Print Edition
- Unregulated solar geoengineering could spark droughts and hurricanes, study warns by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, Nov 14, 2017
- Forget Donald Trump. Can anybody solve climate change? by Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee, Nov 14, 2017
- Growing number of global insurance firms divesting from fossil fuels by Jonathan Watts, Guardian, Nov 15, 2017
- Koch-Funded Group Prods Trump’s EPA to Say Climate Change Not a Risk by Ari Natter, Bloomberg News, Nov 15, 2017
- These are the melting glaciers that might someday drown your city, according to NASA by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 15, 2017
Thu Nov 16, 2017
- On Gender Day at Climate Meet, Some Progress, Many Hurdles by Stella Paul, Inter Press Service (IPS), Nov 15, 2017
- Global insurance plan aims to defuse potential climate damage 'bombshell' by Damian Carrington, Guardian, Nov 14, 2017
- Manage climate risks or face much more hunger by 2050 – U.N. by Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Nov 15, 2017
- 2°C: 'We have a 5 percent chance of success' by Charlotta Lomas, Deutsche Welle (DW), Nov 16, 2017
- An Inconvenient Sequel – the science, history, and politics of climate change by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Nov 16, 2017
- October 2017 was the second warmest October on record, NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Nov 16, 2017
- In Bonn, Trump’s Answer to Global Warming? Drill, Baby, Drill! by Elizabeth Kolbert, Daily Comment, The New Yorker, Nov 15, 2017
- Europe steps in to cover US shortfall in funding climate science by Matt McGrath, BBC News, Nov 15, 2017
Fri Nov 17, 2017
- $2 billion investment in forest restoration announced at COP23 by Mike Gaworecki, Mongaby, Nov 15, 2017
- Canada partners with U.S. climate resistance by Mike De Souza, National Observer, Nov 13, 2017
- Twenty countries join global alliance to phase out coal by 2030 by Nina Chestney & Stine Jacobsen, Reuters, Nov 16, 2017
- The U.S. Flooded One of Houston’s Richest Neighborhoods to Save Everyone Else by Shannon Sims, Bloomberg Businessweek, Nov 16, 2017
- Extreme Harvey-Like Rains in Texas 6x More Likely Today Than 25 Years Ago by Jeff Masters, Category 6, Weather Underground, Nov 16, 2017
- A More Conciliatory Tone on Climate from the U.S. at Global Talks by Lisa Friedman & Brad Plumer, New York Times, Nov 17, 2017
- ‘Planet at a crossroads’: climate summit makes progress but leaves much to do by Damian Carrington, Guardian, Nov 17, 2017
- 'Ringing alarm bells': Australia near the bottom of the heap for climate action by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 15, 2017
Sat Nov 18, 2017
- Pope Francis denounces climate change deniers, AP/CBS News, Nov 16, 2017
- 3 things we learned at this week’s U.N. climate change meeting, Analysis by Joshua Busby, Washington Post, Nov 17, 2017
- COP23 video: Does Donald Trump make limiting global warming to 1.5C impossible? by Leo Hickman & Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief, Nov 15, 2017
- Assessing the Global Climate in October 2017, NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, Nov 17, 2017
- Does NASA Data Show That Global Warming Isn’t Causing a Sea Level Rise? Fact Check Science by Alex Kasprak, Snopes, Aug 1, 2017
- Polluting UK coal plants export power to France as cold weather bites by Adam Vaughn, Guardian, Nov 18, 2017
- UN Climate Talks Wrap Up with World Leaving Trump Behind by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Nov 16, 2017
- Global warming: NASA tool predicts which city will flood first; Mangalore, Mumbai at risk by Malavika Vyawahare, Hindustan Times, Nov 16, 2017
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 18 November, 2017
