Climate Changes Updates 14-18 June 2013
1) Are Britons rights to moan about the weather?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22937252
2) Met Office experts meet to analyse ‘unusual’ weather patterns
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22937375
3) Climate change overseas likely to affect UK food supplies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22913559
- Governor’s Raid on Greenhouse Gas Pollution Fund Sets Back Environmental Groups –
5) China takes cautious step towards carbon emissions trading
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/china-carbon-trading-idUKL3N0ET2P220130618
6) What to do about climate change
7) Global Warming and Our Inconvenient Minds
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/global-warming-and-our-inconvenient-minds/
8) Obama considers sweeping climate plan
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-climate-20130618,0,1769572.story
9) Veteran of climate talks begins to feel slight momentum toward progress
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059982916
10) Climate Change Impact of Individual Transportation Choices Reported in New Study
11) Predators Affect the Carbon Cycle, Study Shows
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617160902.htm
12) Underwater Springs Reveal How Coral Reefs Respond to Ocean Acidification
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617160851.htm
13) Pesticides Significantly Reduce Biodiversity in Aquatic Environments
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617160752.htm
14) Jet Stream Changes Cause Climatically Exceptional Greenland Ice Sheet Melt
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617111255.htm
15) ‘Cold Snap’ 116 Million Years Ago Triggered Marine Ecosystem Crisis
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130616155209.htm
16) Study of Oceans’ Past Raises Worries About Their Future
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130614111606.htm
17) Mixed week for climate action
http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/mixed-week-for-climate-action-20130619-2ohoz.html
18) Climate change gets religious
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-gets-religious-20130618-2of1c.html
19) Government silent on climate coal report
20) Obama readies climate action plan
http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/obama-readies-climate-action-plan-20130615-2oagb.html
21) Emission setbacks add to climate summit pressure
22) G8 summit: international climate policy and sustainable economic development ‘mutually reinforcing’
23) Climate change abroad bigger threat to UK business than domestic dangers
24) Update: UN climate change talks start making progress
http://www.enn.com/energy/article/46102
25) How can agriculture best adapt to changing climate?
http://www.enn.com/agriculture/article/46098
26) Bonn talks make “concrete progress” towards global climate deal
27) PwC: UK companies must act now to limit ‘unavoidable’ climate risks
28) Climate bond market doubles to $346bn in 2012
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2274971/climate-bond-market-doubles-to-usd346bn-in-2012
29) Reduction in Arctic sea ice ‘could be cause of strange weather’
30) Climate change to cause more deaths: report
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-06/17/c_132461433.htm
- 48 US mayors commit to protecting communities from climate change –
http://www.rtcc.org/48-us-mayors-commit-to-protecting-communities-from-climate-change/
- G8 leaders commit to 2015 climate change treaty
http://www.rtcc.org/g8-leaders-commit-to-2015-climate-change-treaty/
- Climate change drops off G8 summit agenda
http://www.rtcc.org/climate-change-drops-off-g8-summit-agenda/
- UN chief asks youth groups for help with climate challenge
http://www.rtcc.org/un-chief-asks-youth-groups-for-help-with-climate-challenge/
35) Climate Change Could Endanger More Animals Than We Thought
36) Australian media failures promote climate policy inaction
http://theconversation.com/australian-media-failures-promote-climate-policy-inaction-15197
37) Think politics is frustrating? Welcome to climate negotiations
http://theconversation.com/think-politics-is-frustrating-welcome-to-climate-negotiations-15164
38) News
- RGGI Auction Raises $124 Million
- California Cut Black Carbon Concentrations 90 Percent Since 1966
- Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Help Local Communities Prepare for Extreme Weather Events
- Bloomberg Releases $20 Billion Plan to Reduce New Yorkers’ Risk to Climate Change
- International Climate Talks Hit a Snag in Germany
- Mexico Releases National Climate Plan
- 7.7 Percent of CO2 Emissions Are Covered under Carbon Pricing Systems
- Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions Driving Low-Carbon Projects in Developing Countries
- Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rise 1.4 Percent in 2012
- Utilities and Federal Government among Top 100 U.S. GHG Emitters in 2011
- Climate Change Increases River Flood Risk in Asia, East Africa, Andes
- Stalagmites Reveal Information about Rainfall Patterns 100,000 Years Ago
- Carbon Emissions Moving to Poor Areas of China
- Other Headlines