News: Archive for November, 2013
‘(CNN) — With his country grappling with the damage from “hell-storm” Haiyan, a Philippines official launched a hunger strike Tuesday to pressure a U.N. climate change conference for concrete steps to fight global warming.’
via Philippines U.N. delegate Sano announces climate change hunger strike – CNN.com.
‘Twenty of the nation’s top climate scientists have sent a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown, telling him that his plans supporting increased use of the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” will increase pollution and run counter to his efforts to cut California’s global warming emissions.’
via Top climate scientists call for fracking ban in letter to Gov. Jerry Brown – San Jose Mercury News.
‘The Philippines has been hit by 24 typhoons in the past year but the power of Haiyan was off the scale, killing thousands and leaving millions homeless. Is there even worse devastation to come?’
via Is climate change to blame for Typhoon Haiyan? | Environment | The Guardian.
‘Climate change will disrupt not only the natural world but also society, posing risks to the world’s economy and the food and water supply and contributing to violent conflict, an international panel of scientists says.’
via Report on climate change depicts a planet in peril – latimes.com.
‘The typhoon that struck the Philippines produced an outpouring of emotion on Monday at United Nations talks on a global climate treaty in Warsaw, where delegates were quick to suggest that a warming planet had turned the storm into a lethal monster.’
via Typhoon in Philippines Casts Long Shadow Over U.N. Talks on Climate Treaty – NYTimes.com.
‘Representatives of more than 190 countries gathered in Warsaw on Monday to continue debating how to deal with climate change beyond 2020, even as nations are falling further behind on their collective goal of reining in greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet.’
‘Climate change will pose sharp risks to the world’s food supply in coming decades, potentially undermining crop production and driving up prices at a time when the demand for food is expected to soar, scientists have found.’
via Climate Change Seen Posing Risk to Food Supplies – NYTimes.com.
‘BRUSSELS, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Once a clear environmental leader, the European Union is likely to set a more cautious tone for the global debate on a U.N. climate deal when it unveils a new chunk of green energy law early next year.’
via EU more cautious as nations approach 2030 climate targets | Reuters.
‘CEBU, Philippines — One of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded now appears to have devastated cities, towns and fishing villages with heavy loss of life when it played a deadly form of hopscotch across the islands of the central Philippines on Friday.’
via Devastation Feared Across Central Philippines in Typhoon’s Wake – NYTimes.com.
‘WASHINGTON — Dan Utech, a long-time Washington insider, has been named as President Obama’s new advisor on energy and climate change, a White House official said.’
via Obama appoints new energy and climate change advisor – latimes.com.