News: Archive for September, 2015
‘Poorer nations suffering from extreme weather disasters, so much so that their citizens are seeking refugee in safer terrains outside their borders, want rich nations like the United States to pay for reparations and to relocate populations.’
via Poor nations want U.S. to pay reparations for extreme weather.
‘MACTAN, Philippines—The World Bank’s special envoy on climate change on Friday expressed confidence that industrialized countries will open their wallets when they gather in Paris later this year to bankroll a global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.’
via World Bank Confident Funding to Back Climate-Change Deal Will Be Secured – WSJ.
‘…Two new studies deepen the fear that global warming could shut down the circulation of the oceans, much as the movie portrays, dropping vast stretches of Asia into drought and exposing the whole Northern Hemisphere to severe ice and snow.’
via Climate scientists fear ‘Day After Tomorrow’ scenario | MSNBC.
‘…The findings upend estimates, put forward a decade ago, that the seas surrounding the continent were approaching a saturation point and would not be able to continue to absorb increasing amounts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.’
via Climate change: Antarctic Ocean increases absorption of CO2 – Yahoo News.
“…The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) already estimates that sea levels will rise between 2 and 3 feet by the end of this century. That may well be correct, Caldeira says. But he and his colleagues chose to ask the natural follow-up: What happens after this century? The short answer: The world will continue to warm, and sea level rise will begin to speed up, at least for the next 1,000 years.”
‘The U.N. concluded its latest round of climate talks on Friday in Bonn, Germany. At the five-day meeting, leaders were meant to agree on the preliminary text of a climate change agreement leaders are expected to sign later this year in Paris. But aid activists and others say that wasn’t long enough to settle disagreements that could ultimately scuttle the deal.’
via U.N. climate talks marred by frustrations, setbacks in run-up to Paris | Washington Examiner.
‘Climate change advocates at a conference in Bonn, Germany this week lamented the slow pace of crucial negotiations on how to curb global warming—but several leaders said they remained optimistic that a final deal is within reach.’
via Climate Change Negotiators Are Undeterred by Slow Progress | TIME.
‘SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Democrats in California, which already has the toughest climate-change rules in the U.S., are pushing to strengthen them drastically, an effort that has spurred business groups to mount an intense opposition campaign.’
‘Negotiators from almost 200 nations at the climate conference in Bonn, Germany, are moving toward establishing a specific, long-term climate change mitigation goal ahead of December’s crucial climate talks in Paris. Although many have lamented the “snail’s pace†at which this week’s talks have so far been held, representatives of developed economies at Bonn have reportedly agreed to contentious provisions seeking to address loss and damage in poor nations caused due to extreme weather events.’
via Climate Change: Negotiators In Bonn Mull Loss And Damage Options Ahead Of Paris Talks.
‘…The weird thing is that Klein and the prime minister, Tony Abbott, are in complete agreement on one fundamental thing: both believe that seriously tackling climate change is incompatible with capitalism as we know it.’