2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #49
A listing of 24 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, December 1, 2024 thru Sat, December 7, 2024.
Alternative listing prototype
Instead of a "Story of the Week" we added a listing by assigned category, so this installment will have the same list of articles twice, first by category and then by publication date. Please let us know in the comments which format you prefer, if the manually assigned categories actually fit the articles and if additional categories might make sense without getting too fine grained. To keep things simple, an article can only be assigned to one category.
Climate change impacts
- Doomsday Glacier collapse! Time for MORE human intervention?? by Dave Borlace, "Just have a Think" on Youtube, Dec 1, 2024
- An Arctic Hamlet is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when. by Norimitsu Onishi and Renaud Philippe, NYT > Climate and Environment, Dec 02, 2024
- Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck In this podcast episode, David Roberts talks with Kate Gordon, CEO of California Forward, about how climate change is breaking the insurance industry. by David Roberts, Volts, Dec 04, 2024
- How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US - visualized ‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say by Oliver Milman with graphics by Andrew Witherspoon, The Guardian, Dec 05, 2024
- Younger people at greater risk of heat-related deaths this century - study New research estimates a 32% increase in deaths of people under 35 if greenhouse gases not radically cut. by Oliver Milman, The Guardian, Dec 06, 2024
- Traditional Foods, and the Threats They Face, Take Center Stage at Navajo Summit Climate change is leading to a decline of many wild and farmed ingredients in traditional Diné staples, but presenters at the Food Gathering Summit hope that passing on recipes and legacies can help them persist. by Noel Lyn Smith, Inside Climate News, Dec 07, 2024
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Climate law and justice
Climate policy and politics
- As renewables rise, the world may be nearing a climate turning point "Global climate pollution hit a record high this year. But a new report finds signs of progress in the transition away from fossil fuels." by Dan Nuccitelli, Policy & Politics, Yale Climate Connections,, Dec 3, 2024
- Fannie and Freddie, the Big Mortgage Backers, Face Climate Risks Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which backstop most U.S. mortgages, know floods and fires are a growing problem. But little action has been taken. by Lydia DePillis, NYT, Dec 07, 2024
Climate Science and Research
- Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check Why future warming isn't as "locked in" as you might think by Andrew Dessler, The Climate Brink, Dec 02, 2024
- Study: Warming has accelerated due to the Earth absorbing more sunlight If it's a trend, then future warming will be at the high end of estimates. by John Timmer, Science - Ars Technica, Dec 05, 2024
- Record-low Antarctic sea ice can be explained and forecast months out by patterns in winds by Hannah Hickey, University of Washington, Phys.org, Dec 06, 2024
International Climate Conferences and Agreements
- Talks to produce global plastics pact end without agreement "Countries failed to break a stalemate over core issues for a new treaty, with a push to manufacture less plastic meeting resistance from oil-rich states" by Matteo Civillini, Climate Home News, Dec 1, 2024
- Protection deal for Amazon rainforest in peril as big business turns up heat "Exclusive: With Brazil’s politicians, agribusiness organisations and global traders piling on the pressure, the highly successful 2006 Soy Moratorium is under threat" by Jonathan Watts, Environment, The Guardian, Dec 3, 2024
- Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems by Josh Gabbatiss, Policy, Carbon Brief, Dec 3, 2024
Public Misunderstandings about Climate Science
Miscellaneous (Other)
- 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #48 A listing of 26 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 24, 2024 thru Sat, November 30, 2024. by Bärbel Winkler, Doug Bostrom & John Hartz, Skeptical Science, Dec 01, 2024
- How Plastics Fuel Climate Change by Adam Levy, "ClimateAdam" on Youtube, Nov 21, 2024
- Opinion: The U.S. betrayed its climate leadership, and the world is already suffering by Michael E. Mann, Los Angeles Times, Dec 2, 2024
- Quick climate dictionary: What actually is a carbon footprint? by Anna Turns, Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories, Dec 05, 2024
- Anti-Renewable Influencers Parrot Takes from Fictional Series `Landman` Right wing YouTuber Tim Pool is the latest to own ‘climate people’ with fake facts spouted by a grizzled TV oilman. by Mitch Anderson, DeSmog, Dec 06, 2024
Stories we promoted this week, by publication date:
Before December 1
December 1
- 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #48, Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler, Doug Bostrom & John Hartz. A listing of 26 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 24, 2024 thru Sat, November 30, 2024.
- Doomsday Glacier collapse! Time for MORE human intervention??, "Just have a Think" on Youtube, Dave Borlace.
- Talks to produce global plastics pact end without agreement, Climate Home News, Matteo Civillini. "Countries failed to break a stalemate over core issues for a new treaty, with a push to manufacture less plastic meeting resistance from oil-rich states"
December 2
- Top UN court to begin hearings on landmark climate change case, The Guardian, Rebecca Bush and Bethanie Harriman. ICJ to hear submissions from more than 100 groups in Pacific-led campaign to provide an advisory opinion on states’ obligations for climate harm
- Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check, The Climate Brink, Andrew Dessler. Why future warming isn't as "locked in" as you might think
- An Arctic Hamlet is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost, NYT > Climate and Environment, Norimitsu Onishi and Renaud Philippe. Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know they’ll have to move but don’t agree on when.
- Opinion: The U.S. betrayed its climate leadership, and the world is already suffering, Los Angeles Times, Michael E. Mann.
December 3
- Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court, The Guardian, Adam Morton and Australian Associated Press. Vanuatu leads the charge of several nations arguing developed nations have a legal responsibility beyond non-binding promises
- CAPP President Abandons `Net Zero` Message at Exclusive Industry Event, DeSmog, Mitch Anderson. Oil patch advocate Lisa Baiton called for more extraction and less regulation at Vancouver address that didn’t once mention climate change.
- Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems, Policy, Carbon Brief, Josh Gabbatiss.
- Protection deal for Amazon rainforest in peril as big business turns up heat, Environment, The Guardian, Jonathan Watts. "Exclusive: With Brazil’s politicians, agribusiness organisations and global traders piling on the pressure, the highly successful 2006 Soy Moratorium is under threat"
- As renewables rise, the world may be nearing a climate turning point, Policy & Politics, Yale Climate Connections,, Dan Nuccitelli. "Global climate pollution hit a record high this year. But a new report finds signs of progress in the transition away from fossil fuels."
December 4
December 5
- How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US - visualized, The Guardian, Oliver Milman with graphics by Andrew Witherspoon. ‘Tight correlation’ between premium rises and counties deemed most at risk from climate crisis, experts say
- Guest post: The conflicting practices in using land to tackle climate change, Carbon Brief, Guest author Dr Evelyn Beaury,. Removing CO2 from the atmosphere using land-based mitigation strategies is central to nearly every country’s net-zero target.
- Quick climate dictionary: What actually is a carbon footprint?, Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories, Anna Turns.
- Study: Warming has accelerated due to the Earth absorbing more sunlight, Science - Ars Technica, John Timmer. If it's a trend, then future warming will be at the high end of estimates.
December 6
- Younger people at greater risk of heat-related deaths this century - study, The Guardian, Oliver Milman. New research estimates a 32% increase in deaths of people under 35 if greenhouse gases not radically cut.
- Anti-Renewable Influencers Parrot Takes from Fictional Series `Landman`, DeSmog, Mitch Anderson. Right wing YouTuber Tim Pool is the latest to own ‘climate people’ with fake facts spouted by a grizzled TV oilman.
- Why do so many people ignore major threats like climate change?, Science & Health, Salon, Matthew Rozsa. "It’s an inherent struggle to get people to take climate change seriously. Psychologists explain why"
- Record-low Antarctic sea ice can be explained and forecast months out by patterns in winds, Phys.org, Hannah Hickey, University of Washington.
December 7
- Traditional Foods, and the Threats They Face, Take Center Stage at Navajo Summit, Inside Climate News, Noel Lyn Smith. Climate change is leading to a decline of many wild and farmed ingredients in traditional Diné staples, but presenters at the Food Gathering Summit hope that passing on recipes and legacies can help them persist.
- Fannie and Freddie, the Big Mortgage Backers, Face Climate Risks, NYT, Lydia DePillis. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which backstop most U.S. mortgages, know floods and fires are a growing problem. But little action has been taken.
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