“We are breaking records in this Chamber — and that is good news,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in opening remarks Friday. “But records are also being broken outside; record global temperatures. Record ice loss. Record carbon levels in the atmosphere. We are in a race against time.”

Source: US signs climate pact at UN signing ceremony for Paris COP21 agreement – CBS News

‘Four months after adopting the historic Paris climate accord, almost all of the nations of the world are expected to sign it at a ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Secretary of State John F. Kerry will represent the United States.’

Source: The Paris climate accord is about to be signed. Here’s what happens next – LA Times

‘Sen. Bernie Sanders pushed Hillary Clinton to take a position on taxing carbon last night, saying the world is on a “suicide course” that can’t be corrected without a massive response to climate change similar to America’s mobilization during World War II.’

Source: Clinton and Sanders Clash on Best Climate Action – Scientific American

‘…The geographical poles—the north and south tips of the axis that the Earth spins around—wobble over time due to small variations in the sun’s and moon’s pulls, and potentially to motion in Earth’s core and mantle. But changes on the planet’s surface can alter the poles, too.’

Source: Earth Is Tipping Because of Climate Change – Scientific American

‘The World Bank Group announced yesterday it plans to mobilize more than $40 billion in clean energy and climate-friendly investments by 2020 and enact a variety of measures to help developing countries meet their international pledges to curb climate change.’

Source: World Bank Wades into Climate Fight – Scientific American

‘Analysis of the first seven years of data from a NASA cloud-monitoring mission suggests clouds are doing less to slow the warming of the planet than previously thought, and that temperatures may rise faster than expected as greenhouse gas pollution worsens—perhaps 25 percent faster.’

Source: Clouds Won’t Save Us from Global Warming – Scientific American

‘…According to study co-author Frances Moore, a PhD candidate in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources at Stanford’s School of Earth Sciences, the actual figure should be $220, almost six times that which is currently being used.’

Source: Stanford Study: Carbon Cost Should Be Six Times Higher

‘The countries most vulnerable to climate change are among the poorest and least able to respond. How to resolve that dilemma and help these places adapt to a warming world remains among the knottiest problems facing climate financing.’

Source: Which countries are most at risk from climate change and how can we help? – LA Times

‘Five years after an earthquake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, Japanese authorities say a long-planned “ice wall” around the leaking facility can be turned on.’

Source: Ready, Set, Freeze: Japan Prepares To Switch On Fukushima ‘Ice Wall’ : The Two-Way : NPR

‘The year is 2020 and the world is on the cusp of a global food crisis. Throughout the next decade, the world will struggle to meet a host of escalating food security issues, price hikes and scarcity caused by population growth, rapid urbanization, extreme weather and political upheaval.’

Source: Operating in the dark: How climate change will affect food | GreenBiz