2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #29
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, July 12 through Sat, July 18, 2020
Editor's Choice Pandemic shows climate has never been treated as crisis, say scientists Letter also signed by Greta Thunberg urges EU leaders to act immediately on global heating
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Greta Thunberg and some of the world’s leading climate scientists have written to EU leaders demanding they act immediately to avoid the worst impacts of the unfolding climate and ecological emergency.
The letter , which is being sent before a European council meeting starting on Friday, says the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that most leaders are able to act swiftly and decisively, but the same urgency had been missing in politicians’ response to the climate crisis.
“It is now clearer than ever that the climate crisis has never once been treated as a crisis, neither from the politicians, media, business nor finance. And the longer we keep pretending that we are on a reliable path to lower emissions and that the actions required to avoid a climate disaster are available within today’s system … the more precious time we will lose,” it says.
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Greta Thunberg calls for immediate action on 'existential crisis' of climate emergency – video Click here to access the entire article as originally posted on The Guardian website.
Pandemic shows climate has never been treated as crisis, say scientists
Articles Linked to on Facebook Sun, July 12, 2020
How public attitudes towards ‘CO2 removal’ differ in the UK and US Nature doesn’t trust us any more’: Arctic heatwave stokes permafrost thaw Investigation: The Problem with Big Oil’s ‘Forest Fever’ Global warming edges closer to Paris Agreement 1.5C limit
Mon, July 13, 2020
Gas curse: Mozambique’s multi-billion dollar gamble on LNG From Covid-19 to climate: what's next after the global oil and gas industry crash? Six Months on a Planet in Crisis: Greta Thunberg's Travel Diary from the U.S. to Davos 2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet
Tue, July 14, 2020
COVID-19 has thrown our planet a lifeline when it comes to climate change Article by Michael Shellenberger mixes accurate and inaccurate claims in support of a misleading and overly simplistic argumentation about climate change Hearing the under-sea whispers of a warming climate Excessive heat is scorching the South and Southwest, where coronavirus cases are surging G.A.O.: Trump Boosts Deregulation by Undervaluing Cost of Climate Change
Wed, July 15, 2020
On baseball's 'first pitch' and climate's long road ahead Explainer: How climate change is affecting wildfires around the world Under Fire: What Dr. Fauci Can Learn from Climate Scientists About Responding to Personal Attacks The Only Solution to Climate Change
Thu, July 16, 2020
June 2020: Earth's third-warmest June on record Skeptical Science New Research for Week #28, 2020 Sea Level 101, Part Two: All Sea Level is ‘Local' Coastal flooding in US will continue to increase as seas rise, report says Siberia’s 2020 heatwave made ‘600 times more likely’ by climate change
Fri, July 17, 2020
Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan Promotes Union Jobs, Electric Cars and Carbon-Free Power Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions Wildfires off to slow start in much of the West, but trouble expected starting in mid-July A conundrum: our continued presence on Facebook Pandemic shows climate has never been treated as crisis, say scientists
Sat, July 18, 2020
An effective climate change solution may lie in rocks beneath our feet Climate change: Summers could become 'too hot for humans' Oil and Gas Companies Announce a New CO2 Emissions Target What Does Net Zero Emissions Mean for Big Oil? Not What You’d Think Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 18 July, 2020
