Climate Changes Updates 4-7  December  2014

1.    Green Climate Fund to start funding projects in 2015 – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/04/green-climate-fund-to-start-funding-projects-in-2015/#sthash.WQ6DAIVH.dpuf

2.    UK solar “competitive without subsidies” by 2020

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/04/uk-solar-competitive-without-subsidies-by-2020/

3.    LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 4: UN COP20 climate change summit – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/04/live-in-lima-day-4-un-cop20-climate-change-summit/#sthash.bVNXvD21.dpuf

4.    China outlines vision for 2015 UN climate change deal – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/04/china-outlines-vision-for-2015-un-climate-change-deal/#sthash.uFemxe0w.dpuf

5.    Big oil must pay for climate change harm to world’s poorest – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/04/big-oil-must-pay-for-climate-change-harm-to-worlds-poorest/#sthash.F8yWPe8K.dpuf

6.   Yeb Sano: I will not be ashamed to cry for my people – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/04/yeb-sano-i-will-not-be-ashamed-to-cry-for-my-people/#sthash.wVo0eVbu.dpuf

7.    LIVE IN LIMA – DAY 5: UN COP20 climate change summit – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/05/live-in-lima-day-5-un-cop20-climate-change-summit/#sthash.NLZHp9eO.dpuf

8.   IETA: Carbon markets need to matter more in Lima

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/05/ieta-carbon-markets-need-to-matter-more-in-lima/

9.   Climate adaptation costs could hit $1trn a year by 2050 – UN – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/05/climate-adaptation-costs-could-hit-1trn-a-year-by-2050-un/#sthash.qSjVC93f.dpuf

10.                       China-Latin alliance could set tone for Lima climate summit – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/05/china-latin-alliance-could-set-tone-for-lima-climate-summit/#sthash.ckswt51D.dpuf

11.                       Leisurely in Lima: COP20 climate talks show little urgency – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/05/leisurely-in-lima-cop20-climate-talks-show-little-urgency/#sthash.e7WS5C6q.dpuf

12.                       Latin American coalition to restore 20 million hectares of forest – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/07/latin-american-coalition-to-restore-20-million-hectares-of-forest/#sthash.OZgcJRrG.dpuf

13.                       Typhoon Hagupit focuses minds in week two of UN climate talks – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/07/typhoon-hagupit-focuses-minds-in-week-two-of-un-climate-talks/#sthash.mhRh0KYg.dpuf

14.                       Lost in Lima: Why climate finance figures can’t be trusted – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/07/lost-in-lima-why-climate-finance-figures-cant-be-trusted/#sthash.LMQeXyUJ.dpuf

15.                       Five burning issues for Lima climate talks next week – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/07/five-burning-issues-for-lima-climate-talks-next-week/#sthash.AzOvXKL9.dpuf

16.                      Oil-rich Arab emirates duck climate finance obligations – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/06/oil-rich-arab-emirates-duck-climate-finance-obligations/#sthash.1HsvYPZM.dpuf

17.                       Why unborn children must be part of the UN climate deal – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/06/why-unborn-children-must-be-part-of-the-un-climate-deal/#sthash.GnyCt6Ja.dpuf

18.                      Oil companies at climate talks dismiss ‘carbon bubble’ fears – See more at: http://www.rtcc.org/2014/12/06/oil-companies-at-climate-talks-dismiss-carbon-bubble-fears/#sthash.qi0Bc1Fi.dpuf

19.                      Michael Gove bars Tory minister Amber Rudd from Lima climate change talks

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/07/gove-bars-rudd-climate-change-minister-lima-talks-counter-terror-vote

20.                       Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/07/us/politics/energy-firms-in-secretive-alliance-with-attorneys-general.html?_r=1

21.                       George Osborne oversees biggest fossil fuel boom since North Sea oil discovery

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/06/george-osborne-fossil-fuel-energy-environment

22. Writing China: The People’s Republic of Chemicals

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/12/06/writing-china-the-peoples-republic-of-chemicals/?mod=chinablog&mod=chinablog

23.                       Will Cuomo meet his self-imposed fracking deadline?

http://www.stargazette.com/story/news/local/new-york/2014/12/06/fracking-decision-deadline/20016295/

24.                       Ohio’s natural gas boom brings flurry of pipeline construction

http://www.toledoblade.com/business/2014/12/07/Ohio-s-natural-gas-boom-brings-flurry-of-pipeline-construction.html

25.                       GOP gains put nuclear power back on the table

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/226209-gop-gains-put-nuclear-power-back-on-the-table

26.                      Clock ticking at climate summit in record hot year: Lima

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/12/06/clock_ticking_at_climate_summit_in_record_hot_year_lima.html

27.                       Who’s pledged money and who hasn’t to the Green Climate Fund for poor countries

http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/113d379fe3a341268125f6202b6128f9/LT–Green-Climate-Fund

28.                      Peru climate change talks slowed by clashes of rich and poor nations

http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-climate-talks-20141207-story.html

29.                      The old man and the rising sea

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/12/02/the-old-man-and-the-rising-sea-2/

30.                       UN POLL REVEALS: GLOBAL POPULATION NOT CONVINCED BY CLIMATE CHANGE SCAREMONGERING

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/12/07/UN-Poll-Reveals-Global-Population-Not-Convinced-by-Climate-Change-Scaremongering

31. Small countries take the lead on climate change

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-1207-sunday-climate-change-20141207-story.html

32.                       Climate change: NSW to become hotter, more fire danger days

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-nsw-to-become-hotter-more-fire-danger-days-20141205-120zdp.html

33.                       UN report urges more funds for climate change adaptation, warns on temperature rise

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49528#.VIUlG_mUcy4

34.                       Do More to Address Climate Change

http://flatheadbeacon.com/2014/12/07/address-climate-change/

35.                       Even climate change experts and activists are in denial about climate change

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/12/04/even-climate-change-experts-and-activists-are-in-denial-about-climate-change/

36.                      This one Hillary quote about climate change is very, very important

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/12/04/this-one-hillary-quote-about-climate-change-is-very-very-important/

37.                       ‘Can Climate Change Cure Capitalism?’: An Exchange

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2015/jan/08/can-climate-change-cure-capitalism-exchange/

38.                      Dwindling Ice in Antarctica Spurs Questions Over Climate Change and The Point of No Return

http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/1725/20141206/dwindling-ice-in-antarctica-spurs-questions-over-climate-change-and-the-point-of-no-return.htm

39.                      Why Increasing Antarctic Sea Ice Doesn’t Mean Climate Change Isn’t Happening

http://www.businessinsider.com/antarctic-sea-ice-climate-change-2014-12

40.                      Climate change heating up research at UA

http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2014/12/climate-change-heating-up-research-at-ua

41.                       Climate change will make more politicians into environmentalists

https://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/climate-change-will-make-more-politicians-into-environmentalists-bruce-n-gyory-1.9678527

42.                       Cities in Climate Change Danger, Warns Captain Planet

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/cities-climate-change-danger-warns-capitan-planet/

43.                                                Climate change threatens vital NASA launch pads

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-threatens-vital-nasa-launch-pads/

44.                      Heads in the sand in climate change protest

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/63915759/Heads-in-the-sand-in-climate-change-protest

45.                       Ed Miliband lambasts PM for ‘ignoring advice on climate change’

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ed-miliband-lambasts-pm-for-ignoring-advice-on-climate-change-9908487.html

46.                      Latest IPCC Findings Undermine Climate Change Claims

http://oilprice.com/The-Environment/Global-Warming/Latest-IPCC-Findings-Undermine-Climate-Change-Claims.html

47.                       New “Star Trek” Global Warming Solution Beams Heat Into Outer Space

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/04/new-coating-beams-global-warming-heat-into-space/

48.                      Church of England challenges BP and Shell over global warming

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/04/church-of-england-challenges-bp-shell

49.                      Cutting carbon pollution is the key to curbing global warming

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/dec/05/cutting-carbon-pollution-key-to-curbing-global-warming

50.                       Global warming’s solution in wind energy, report says

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20141204/News/141209694

51.                       Letter: Global warming skepticism is growing only among those who don’t understand climate science

http://www.roanoke.com/opinion/letter-global-warming-skepticism-is-growing-only-among-those-who/article_82b0526e-b0d8-5ce8-85ab-d254082d48b1.html

52.                       Global Warming 36 Year Update: Atmosphere has warmed an average of 0.14 C per decade, or just over one-half degree C (0.91 degrees Fahrenheit).

http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/04/global-warming-36-year-update-atmosphere

53.                       What Matthew McConaughey has to say about gravity and global warming

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/05/wonkbook-what-matthew-mcconaughey-has-to-say-about-gravity-and-global-warming/

54.                       Latam countries launch plan to store carbon, fight global warming

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/07/climatechange-lima-restoration-idUSL6N0TR0KB20141207

55.                       UN climate change talks: Global warming negotiators can’t stand the heat

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/climatechange/11277544/UN-climate-change-talks-Global-warming-negotiators-cant-stand-the-heat.html

56. Recent global warming trends: significant or paused or what? – See more at: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/12/recent-global-warming-trends-significant-or-paused-or-what/#sthash.isAQHfsq.dpuf