News: Archive for October, 2015
‘…Monday’s report said the rich could afford to shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energies, while helping others, and have more responsibility because they have benefited from burning coal, oil and natural gas since the Industrial Revolution.’
via Rich nations lag in ‘fair share’ of climate action – study – Yahoo News.
‘In his address, Kerry joined a chorus of climate change advocates who paint the negotiations as an opportunity to transition the world to a low-carbon economy in which investment dollars flow into renewable energy sources and other technology to stem global warming.’
via Kerry Urges Strong Agreement on Climate Change Ahead of Paris Conference | TIME.
‘HOUSTON — The Obama administration shut the door Friday on drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Ocean over the next two years, canceling auctions for drilling rights in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas.’
via U.S. Blocks Alaskan Arctic Drilling for 2 Years – The New York Times.
‘OSLO (Reuters) – A draft agreement that ditches cherished ideas of almost 200 nations about how to fight climate change could spark “fireworks” at a final round of negotiations to design a U.N. agreement to be held in Paris in December.’
via As U.N. climate deal looms, pressure on nations to ditch demands – Yahoo News.
‘Ten major international energy companies declared their support for a climate agreement to be reached at a United Nations summit in Paris starting next month.’
via Big Oil Companies Declare Support for Global Climate Agreement – Bloomberg Business.
‘Tokyo Electric Power Co. is scheduled to complete a seaside wall at its wrecked Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station at the end of the month…’
via Fukushima Nuclear Power Disaster Cleanup Four Years Later: Q&A – Bloomberg Business.
‘The risks of climate change—increasingly severe storms, crop failures and flooding of coastal cities—need no embellishment. Nonetheless, Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England and chairman of the global Financial Stability Board, recently warned that climate change poses another danger: a financial collapse triggered by a sharp decline in the value of investment in fossil fuels.’
‘…The leaders of 10 gas and oil companies issued a statement calling for an “effective†agreement at the United Nations climate change summit in December, recognising that current greenhouse emissions were inconsistent with the goal of limiting global warming to 2C.’
via Oil bosses call for a strong deal at Paris climate talks | Environment | The Guardian.
‘Abrupt transitions of regional climate in response to the gradual rise in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are notoriously difficult to foresee. However, such events could be particularly challenging in view of the capacity required for society and ecosystems to adapt to them.’
via Catalogue of abrupt shifts in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change climate models.
‘…The result — that out of 37 abrupt changes detected in these climate simulations, fully 18 of them occurred at temperature levels less than 2 degrees Celsius of warming — is simultaneously dramatic and yet also difficult to assess’