01/12/2018

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In-depth Q&A: The UK Climate Projections 2018 | Carbon Brief
In-depth Q&A: The UK Climate Projections 2018 | Carbon Brief

At the Science Museum on Monday, environment secretary Michael Gove launched the latest set of climate change projections for the UK. Produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre, the UK Climate Projections 2018 – or “UKCP18” – is the “most comprehensive picture yet of how the climate could change” in the UK.
Carbon Brief Carbon Brief
Poland plans new coal mine as climate talks loom
Poland plans new coal mine as climate talks loom

Poland will start investing in a new coal mine next year in the south of the country, Deputy Energy Minister Grzegorz Tobiszowski said on Thursday, a few days before U.N. climate talks start there in one of the country's most polluted cities.
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Climate change strike: thousands of school students protest across Australia
Climate change strike: thousands of school students protest across Australia

‘Strike 4 Climate Action’ brings thousands of students together in defiance of prime minister’s warning
the Guardian the Guardian
Even Republicans at odds with Trump's climate posture, poll finds
Even Republicans at odds with Trump's climate posture, poll finds

But many people still don’t agree with the consensus science that shows humans are the dominant cause of climate change
the Guardian the Guardian
Why is climate change so hard to tackle?
Why is climate change so hard to tackle?

A problem of unprecedented scope and intractability, to which current responses are unequal | Leaders
The Economist The Economist
An interaction between climate change and infectious disease drove widespread amphibian declines
An interaction between climate change and infectious disease drove widespread amphibian declines

Climate change might drive species declines by altering host–parasite interactions. The thermal mismatch hypothesis could identify host species that are vulnerable to disease under climate change bec...
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Global Warning
Global Warning

While reporting on the British prime minister’s whistle-stop tour of Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland this week to promote her Brexit plan, Tommie Gorman, RTÉ’s Northern editor, quoted the
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Is another genetic revolution needed to offset climate change impacts for US maize yields? - IOPscience
Is another genetic revolution needed to offset climate change impacts for US maize yields? - IOPscience
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The world's poorest countries know the Paris Agreement needs strong rules
The world's poorest countries know the Paris Agreement needs strong rules

On behalf of one billion people on the front lines of climate change, we will be pushing for accountability at UN climate talks in Katowice, Poland
Climate Home News Climate Home News
Activists launch another legal challenge against Cuadrilla fracking permit in High Court
Activists launch another legal challenge against Cuadrilla fracking permit in High Court

Friends of the Earth say government agency failed in duty to promote use of 'best available techniques' to reduce environmental impact
The Independent The Independent
Climate Scientist Michael Mann Releases Emails Ahead of University of Arizona Response to E&E Legal - DeSmog
Climate Scientist Michael Mann Releases Emails Ahead of University of Arizona Response to E&E Legal - DeSmog

By Michael Mann Nearly a decade ago, in late 2009, a server at the University of East Anglia was hacked and thousands of emails from the university’s Climatic Research Unit were subsequently released in the run-up to the Copenhagen climate talks. Within these thousands of emails, climate change deniers attempted to cherry-pick a few sentences to…
DeSmog DeSmog
Japan's 2017/18 CO2 emissions drop to 8-year low
Japan's 2017/18 CO2 emissions drop to 8-year low

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions dropped 1 percent to an eight-year low in the financial year ended March, government figures showed on Friday, as the country shifts focus to renewable energy and higher utilisation of nuclear plants.
U.S. U.S.
Ocasio-Cortez to join Bernie Sanders for climate change town hall
Ocasio-Cortez to join Bernie Sanders for climate change town hall

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will join Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) next week for a town hall on climate change.
TheHill TheHill
Renewable Quotas Don’t Cut CO2 Emissions on Their Own
Renewable Quotas Don’t Cut CO2 Emissions on Their Own

Incentives for renewables must be accompanied by phasing out fossil fuels to reduce greenhouse gases
Scientific American Scientific American
Bitter Legal Fight Between Climate Deniers Ends With $630,000 Transfer to New Group Targeting Climate Scientists and Campaigners - DeSmog
Bitter Legal Fight Between Climate Deniers Ends With $630,000 Transfer to New Group Targeting Climate Scientists and Campaigners - DeSmog

A bitter court battle between climate science deniers known for pursuing scientists with legal demands for their emails has ended with a former Trump EPA official releasing $630,000 to his former colleagues. A dispute over the assets, legal status and ultimate control of the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic (FMELC) began in late 2017, sparking two…
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Mental health added to impact of climate change as global damage grows
Mental health added to impact of climate change as global damage grows

Rising temperatures are leading to increased levels of stress, worsening anxiety and depression, and even suicide in the most extreme cases in Australia.
The Sydney Morning Herald The Sydney Morning Herald
The ticking bomb of climate change is America's biggest threat | Michael H Fuchs
The ticking bomb of climate change is America's biggest threat | Michael H Fuchs

It’s time for the United States to treat climate change as the national security challenge it is
the Guardian the Guardian
Opinion | To Help Prevent the Next Big Wildfire, Let the Forest Burn
Opinion | To Help Prevent the Next Big Wildfire, Let the Forest Burn

California needs to abandon the idea that trees are always worth saving and that fire is always a threat. Instead, it should let modest wildfires burn.
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Vestas sees U.S. demand for wind turbines peaking in 2020
Vestas sees U.S. demand for wind turbines peaking in 2020

Wind turbine maker Vestas sees U.S. demand peaking in 2020 as government incentives, which have spurred investments in the sector, are phased out.
U.S. U.S.
Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Doctrine Is Undermined by Climate Change (Published 2018)
Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Doctrine Is Undermined by Climate Change (Published 2018)

Rising temperatures undermine the president’s vision of an energy-dominant America, affecting coal-fired power plants, oil production and the electrical grid, a federal report says.
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The practical solution hidden in the EU’s 2050 climate-neutral strategy
The practical solution hidden in the EU’s 2050 climate-neutral strategy

When it comes to long-term transport decarbonisation, the European Commission has a short attention span, writes Emmanuel Desplechin. It should be encouraging solutions that work today, like sustainable biofuels.
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Climate change and migration in Bangladesh – one woman's perspective
Climate change and migration in Bangladesh – one woman's perspective

Sahia and her husband hoped to start a life in Singpur, a village in Bangladesh. But the riverside community found climate change made putting down roots impossible.
The Conversation The Conversation
Queensland flying fox species decimated by record heatwave
Queensland flying fox species decimated by record heatwave

‘As far as we know, [the spectacled flying fox] has never suffered heat deaths before,’ ecologist says
the Guardian the Guardian
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