News Roundup
‘…Given humanity’s focus on the near and now, the greatest challenge posed by global warming is figuring out how to spur meaningful changes in energy norms based on a risk with this time scale.’
via An Update on Risks of Abrupt Jolts from Global Warming – NYTimes.com.
‘The European Union should set a single target to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 40 percent in 2030, according to Johannes Teyssen, chief executive officer of Germany’s largest utility, EON SE. (EOAN)’
via EU Needs Single Carbon Goal for 2030, EON’s Teyssen Says – Bloomberg.
‘Hitachi Ltd. (6501) unveiled an energy-storage system that the company said will support wind and solar power and allow users to sell electricity into deregulated markets such as California.’
via Hitachi Announces Storage Technology for Renewable Energy – Bloomberg.
‘A study attributes two-thirds of industrial greenhouse gas emissions over the last 150 years to fuels extracted by firms such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Saudi Aramco and Pemex.’
via 90 companies worldwide produced fuels driving climate change – latimes.com.
‘The Norwegian military announced on Tuesday that it’s putting its soldiers on a new diet. In an effort aimed not at cutting waistlines, but combating climate change, the army is imposing a vegetarian diet once a week for its troops. The goal is to cut its consumption of environmentally unfriendly foods, like meat, as the UN Food and Agriculture Organization attributes 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions to livestock farming.’
via Norway’s military imposes vegetarian diet to help fight climate change..
‘China clashed with the U.S. and European Union over the commitments each should take in a new climate change agreement that envoys aim to reach by 2015.’
via China Clashes With U.S., EU on Roles in New Climate Deal – Bloomberg.
‘In an effort to compensate for the failure of central governments to address the dangers of climate change with comprehensive national policies, cities, states and regions have developed their own strategies to rein in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.’
‘WARSAW — Discord and rivalry between Beijing and Washington have factored in international discussions of global warming since the United Nations climate treaty was established in 1992, contributing to the foundering of the 2009 talks in Copenhagen and much rough sailing since.’
via U.S. and China Find Convergence on Climate Issue – NYTimes.com.
‘A group of 133 developing nations have walked out of a key part of the climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, amidst a conflict over how countries who have historically emitted the most greenhouse gases should be held financially responsible for some of the damage caused by extreme weather in nations with low carbon emissions. The United States, Australia, Canada and other industrialized countries are pushing for the issue — known as loss and damage — to be put off until after the 2015 climate talks in Paris.’
‘WARSAW, Nov 21 Reuters – Nitrous oxide N20 emissions could almost double by 2050 if more aggressive action is not taken, undermining global efforts to curb climate change, the United Nations’ Environment Programme UNEP said on Thursday.’
via Nitrous oxide emissions could double by 2050 -UNEP | Reuters.