Climate Change Updates September 3, 2013

• Europe needs Pacific allies in fight against climate change http://www.smh.com.au/comment/europe-needs-pacific-allies-in-fight-against-climate-change-20130903-2t2b7.html
• NZ focus at climate change talks http://www.3news.co.nz/NZ-focus-at-climate-change-talks/tabid/1160/articleID/311629/Default.aspx
• Kerry: Climate change ‘irrefutable’ http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/319881-report-kerry-calls-climate-change-science-irrefutable-alarming
• Climate change makes pests move north from the tropics – study http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/02/climate-change-crop-pests
• Climate change likely to steer away Sandy-like super storms, study says http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/02/climate-change-sandy-storm
• How many climate migrants will there be? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23899195
• How Climate Change Politics Are Ruining African Agriculture http://www.policymic.com/articles/61801/how-climate-change-politics-are-ruining-african-agriculture
• Requiem … for climate change journalism http://theconversation.com/requiem-for-climate-change-journalism-17748
• Are trees in Central Europe defying climate change? http://phys.org/news/2013-09-trees-central-europe-defying-climate.html
• Rising anxiety as climate change dominates 44th Pacific Islands Forum http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-09/02/c_132684227.htm
• Ahead of G20 summit, Ban calls for leadership towards building more sustainable future http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45741#.UibCotK-o7p
• Forum to debate climate, regionalism and development http://islandsbusiness.com/news/44th-pacific-islands-forum/2663/forum-to-debate-climate-regionalism-and-developmen/
• Tibet: life on the climate front line http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/ee1f3f80-1029-11e3-a258-00144feabdc0.html#slide0
• Climate change ‘driving spread of crop pests http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23899019
• Prehistoric climate change due to cosmic crash in Canada http://www.sciencecodex.com/prehistoric_climate_change_due_to_cosmic_crash_in_canada-118527
• Climate change ‘increases bushfire risk’ http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/1747805/climate-change-increases-bushfire-risk/?cs=298

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Climate Changes Updates 3 September 2013

1)   Sandy’s ‘freaky’ path may be less likely in future

http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Sandy-s-freaky-path-may-be-less-likely-in-future-4781376.php

2)   Black Families Still More Vulnerable to Extreme Weather

http://www.ebony.com/news-views/post-katrina-blacks-families-still-more-vulnerable-to-extreme-weather-405#ixzz2dtZe0INR
Population growth increases climate fear

http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Population-growth-increases-climate-fear-4781833.php

3)   Learn from Europe’s mistakes on environment

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20130903_Learn_from_Europe_s_mistakes_on_environment.html

4)   Britain’s debate over fracking ignites popular resistance

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/britains-debate-over-fracking-ignites-popular-resistance/2013/09/02/f2621f0c-0f22-11e3-a2b3-5e107edf9897_story.html

5)   Climate at five minutes to midnight: IPCC head

http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/news/climate-five-minutes-midnight-ipcc-230852329.html

6)   EU climate chief says Pacific threat shows action needed

http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/eu-climate-chief-says-pacific-threat-shows-action-needed_873537.html

7)   Climate change experts meet in St Lucia

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Climate-change-experts-meet-in-St-Lucia_14988312

8)   Climate change likely to steer away Sandy-like superstorms, study says

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/02/climate-change-sandy-storm

9)    Prehistoric climate change due to cosmic crash in Canada

http://www.sciencecodex.com/prehistoric_climate_change_due_to_cosmic_crash_in_canada-118527

10)                     Requiem … for climate change journalism

http://theconversation.com/requiem-for-climate-change-journalism-17748

11)                     Climate change makes pests move north from the tropics – study

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/02/climate-change-crop-pests

12)                     NZ focus at climate change talks

http://www.3news.co.nz/NZ-focus-at-climate-change-talks/tabid/1160/articleID/311629/Default.aspx

13)                     Europe needs Pacific allies in fight against climate change

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/europe-needs-pacific-allies-in-fight-against-climate-change-20130903-2t2b7.html#ixzz2dtf3A4b1

• IPCC chief Pachauri says climate fight “five minutes to midnight”

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/09/03/ipcc-chief-pachauri-says-climate-fight-five-minutes-to-midnight/

• Comment: it’s time to make the UN climate talks more accessible

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/09/03/comment-its-time-to-make-the-un-climate-talks-more-accessible/

• EU biofuels policy will push ‘thousands’ of Africans into poverty

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/09/03/eu-biofuels-policy-will-push-thousands-of-africans-into-poverty/

• Comment: we can’t ignore costs of loss and damage from climate change

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/09/03/comment-we-cant-ignore-costs-of-loss-and-damage-from-climate-change/

• UK lobbying law could stifle climate change debate

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/09/03/uk-lobbying-law-could-stifle-climate-change-debate/