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It's Not Just America: Climate Policies Are Stumbling Worldwide

According to the UN, most major polluters are not on track to meet their Paris goals. But critics say that accounting may be too pessimistic.

The Atlantic

Brace Yourselves for El Niño Likely in 2019 - EcoWatch

There is a 75-80 percent chance of an El Niño developing by February, the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced. The last time we had an El Niño was in 2015-2016, which caused extreme weather-related events around the world and pushed atmospheric concentrations of CO2 to 400 parts per million for the first time.

EcoWatch

UN: Nations Must Triple Action to Avoid Disastrous Climate Change - EcoWatch

Despite national pledges to curb planet-warming emissions, the current pace of government action is "insufficient" to limit global warming to well below 2 C this century, much less the more ambitious 1.5 C target, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) determined in its 2018 Emissions Gap Report. "Increased emissions and lagging action

EcoWatch

At Least 1 Million Bees Found Dead in Cape Town - EcoWatch

Beekeepers in and around Cape Town, South Africa are facing significant losses of their pollinators in recent weeks. The mass deaths have been linked to an insecticide called fipronil that was likely incorrectly used by the area's wine farmers. About 100 hives were affected and between 1 million and 1.5 million bees died.

EcoWatch

UNEP: Limiting warming to 1.5C requires ‘fivefold’ increase in climate commitments | Carbon Brief

The world is far from being on track to meet its climate targets unless emission-reduction commitments are dramatically expanded, according to the latest UN Environment Programme (UNEP) emissions gap report.

Carbon Brief

EU's climate chief calls for net-zero emissions by 2050

The European Union's climate chief called for the bloc to take the lead and aim for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in its climate strategy published on Wednesday, ahead of key U.N. talks on curbing global warming.

U.S.

Brazil reneges on hosting UN climate talks under Bolsonaro presidency

Reversal comes two months after country agreed to host COP25 conference in 2019 – and one month after far-right climate sceptic won election

the Guardian

France plans to triple wind power capacity by 2030

France plans to triple its onshore wind power capacity by 2030 and multiply by five its solar power generation, enabling it to boost the share of renewables in its energy mix to 40 percent, according to the energy plan presented on Tuesday.

U.S.

As a warming world wreaks havoc, Trump wages war on climate science | John Podesta

The US administration’s politicization of science has led to big budget cuts for data and analysis. Others must fill the gap

the Guardian

Stratospheric Connection to the Abrupt End of the 2016/2017 Iberian Drought

Outstanding stratospheric and tropospheric conditions occurred in late winter 2018, with a persistent SSW and extreme Iberian precipitation The rainy conditions were associated with an extremely pe...

AGU Journals

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First sun-dimming experiment will test a way to cool Earth

Researchers plan to spray sunlight-reflecting particles into the stratosphere, an approach that could ultimately be used to quickly lower the planet’s temperature.

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President Trump Overlooks an Investment Opportunity in Climate Change (Published 2018)

Spending money on decarbonization could bring efficiencies, employment and advances in technology that could offset the costs.

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What We Heard at a Climate Change Deniers' Meeting at Parliament

"Children are completely indoctrinated into one point of view at schools up and down the country," said one of the speakers from the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

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Malaysia's Petronas sets up team for renewable energy push

Malaysian state-owned oil and gas firm Petroliam Nasional Berhad, or Petronas, has set up a new business within the group to make a push into renewable energy, the head of the new venture said on Tuesday.

U.S.

Hundreds of students striking over climate change descend on parliament

Students miss school to call on politicians to take emergency action ‘because this is our future’

the Guardian

DC lawmakers vote for 100 percent clean power by 2032

The D.C. City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted "yes" in a preliminary vote to require 100 percent of electricity in the district to come from renewable sources by 2032.

TheHill

You've Heard of the Anthropocene? Welcome to the Hellocene

It sounds like a bad disaster movie, but climate change isn’t an abstract threat for our grandchildren. It’s here now

Scientific American Blog Network

EU clears 600 million euros in aid for solar power in France

The European Union regulators approved on Tuesday 600 million euros ($679 million) worth of French state aid for innovative solar power installations, saying it would support the bloc's climate ambitions.

U.S.

Gore announces celebrity guests for 24-hour climate special

A slew of Hollywood stars and musicians — including Sting, David Crosby, Claire Danes and Tea Leoni — will join Al Gore as the former vice president hosts a 24-hour broadcast special focused on what he calls the “climate crisis.”

TheHill

Quebec youth launch climate lawsuit against the Canadian government

Environnement Jeunesse is leading a legal action on behalf of under-35s to demand faster emissions cuts, in line with a 1.5C global warming limit

Climate Home News

The Baseless Claim That Climate Scientists Are ‘Driven’ by Money (Published 2018)

Critics of a major United States climate report, including the president and conservative pundits, have dismissed its findings with several inaccurate claims.

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