‘Finance ministers from the 20 countries most vulnerable to climate change have formed a group to call for greater access to climate finance for adaptation and mitigation in the face of the most devastating effects of global warming.’

via Vulnerable nations unite to call for greater access to climate funds | Environment | The Guardian.

‘Scientists have confirmed that for only the third time ever recorded, bleaching is hitting coral reefs on a global scale.’

via Third Time’s a Disaster: Latest Coral Bleaching Hits Reefs Worldwide | TakePart.

PARIS—

‘A train is chugging its way across France this month to raise awareness about climate change and what is at stake during December’s climate summit in Paris.’

via France Uses ‘Climate Train’ to Raise Awareness.

‘Thousands of climate change campaigners have promised to blockade a major UN climate summit in Paris with what they say will be non-violent direct action on a scale Europe has not seen before.’

via Activists promise largest climate civil disobedience ever at Paris summit | Environment | The Guardian.

‘Mayors from around the world are gathering at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on Thursday to discuss climate change. It’s an effort to figure out how to combat climate change on a local level, and how to figure out what works.’

via Michael Bloomberg Takes Climate Fight To Cities | Here & Now.

‘LIMA, Peru (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Wednesday that failure to take urgent action on global warming will condemn humanity to the same fate as the Peruvian poultry that so many delegates to the group’s annual meeting are enjoying this week in a country famed for its cuisine.’

via IMF Chief: We’re cooked if we fail on climate change – Yahoo News.

‘A warmer atmosphere is capable of holding more water vapor – and thus, more rain (or snow, for that matter) is expected in the most extreme precipitation events. And that’s just what has been happening in the United States, according to the 2014 National Climate Assessment.’

‘Thus, you can certainly say for the South Carolina floods – as you can for the 2013 Boulder, Colo., floods, and the Texas and Oklahoma floods this year – that they are consistent with what we would expect in a warming world.’

via What the S.C. floods can tell us about climate change | The Charlotte Observer.

‘Leaders have acknowledged that in their quest to get all countries on board to cutting carbon, the Paris architecture has a built-in downside: Commitments are voluntary and based not on science but on what countries feel they can reasonably offer. The collective targets won’t keep temperatures below the 2-degree-Celsius “guardrail,” but diplomats say they hope the deal will create a strong system that encourages a routine ratcheting up of ambition.’

via Paris Climate Accord Aims to Speed Transition to Clean Power for All – Scientific American.

‘Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a pared-down climate change measure that will increase renewable energy generation and make buildings more energy efficient.’

via Gov. Brown signs climate change bill to spur renewable energy, efficiency standards – LA Times.

‘With both China and India having just announced major plans to curb their carbon emissions, the sound you hear is a tipping point tipping. Heading into the United Nations climate summit meeting in Paris in December, all the world’s largest industrial economies are now taking climate change more seriously. This includes the United States — except for some of the knuckleheads running to be our next president, which is not a small problem.’

via Stuff Happens to the Environment, Like Climate Change – The New York Times.