Climate Changes Updates 24-25 June 2013
1) Obama lays out climate action plan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23032890
2) Climate change threatens New England birds
http://www.pressherald.com/news/climate-change-threatens-n_e_-birds_2013-06-25.html
3) Obama’s Climate Change Speech in Just Three Words: Less Coal, Finally
4) World Sees Climate Change, Financial Issues as Top Threats
5) India, US agree to set up a new working group on climate change
6) Congress Not Likely To Pass Sweeping Climate Legislation
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=195272190&ft=1&f=2
7) Migrating Animals Add New Depth to How the Ocean ‘Breathes’
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624144822.htm
8) Vegetation On Earth: Stunning Satellite Imagery Depicting Vegetation Around the World
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624141820.htm
9) Surprise Species at Risk from Climate Change
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130624075848.htm
10) Fact box on Obama’s climate action plan
11) EU deal on cars could halve CO2 emissions by 2025
http://www.edie.net/news/6/EU-deal-could-see-halving-of-car-CO2-emissions-by-2025-/
12) Unilever calls on its brands to become ‘green leaders’ for social change
http://www.edie.net/news/5/Unilever-calls-on-its-brands-to-become–green-leaders–for-social-change-/
13) Nissan carbon emissions up by 5.5%
http://www.edie.net/news/6/Nissan-carbon-emissions-up-by-5-5–/
14) Solar power still better than nuclear in the fight against climate change
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/jun/24/solar-nuclear-power-climate-change
15) Report: World facing “climate bomb” of super-greenhouse gases
16) Does Barack Obama really care about climate change?
17) Did climate change cause the Alberta flooding?
http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/did-climate-change-cause-alberta-flooding.html
18) President Obama acts on climate change by enforcing the law
http://www.skepticalscience.com/president-obama-acts-on-climate-change-caa.html
- Least Developed Countries climate adaptation fund gets $200m boost –
http://www.rtcc.org/least-developed-countries-climate-adaptation-fund-gets-200m-boost/
- Insurance firms press governments on climate adaptation –
http://www.rtcc.org/insurance-firms-press-governments-on-climate-adaptation/
- Arnie: Environmentalists should learn from my eco Hummers –
http://www.rtcc.org/arnie-environmentalists-should-learn-from-my-eco-hummers/
22) Obama promises to ‘cut carbon pollution’ in new Climate Action Plan
http://www.rtcc.org/obama-promises-to-cut-carbon-pollution-in-new-climate-action-plan/
- Why poorest nations can take control of our climate destiny –
http://www.rtcc.org/why-poorest-nations-should-take-control-of-our-climate-destiny/
24) A Looming Climate Shift: Will Ocean Heat Come Back to Haunt us?
http://www.skepticalscience.com/A-Looming-Climate-Shift-Will-Ocean-Heat-Come-Back-to-Haunt-us.html
25) America’s Top 10 Climate Change Polluters
http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/americas-top-10-air-polluters-130625.htm
26) Looking back from 2030: how the climate war was won
http://theconversation.com/looking-back-from-2030-how-the-climate-war-was-won-14052
27) Coal burning lifts global CO2 to record high
28) News
- President Obama to Release Climate Strategy June 25
- Secretary Kerry Calls for U.S. and India to Collaborate on Climate Solutions
- Study: U.S. Tax Code Has Not Yet Been Effective Tool to Reduce Carbon Emissions
- Climate Change Impacts Will Not Be Evaluated in Northwest Coal Terminal Applications
- Secretary of Energy Moniz Discusses Climate Change with House Science Committee
- Mayors Pledge to Prepare Cities for Extreme Weather
- Shenzhen Becomes First Chinese City to Implement Cap and Trade System
- G8 Leaders Reiterate Commitment to Address Climate Change
- World Bank Study Highlights Risks to Impoverished and Coastal Regions
- Study Finds that Climate Goals Can Be Achieved Profitably
- 2012 the Second Most Expensive Year for U.S. Extreme Weather
- Climate Change Raising Liability to the National Flood Insurance Program
- Ice Melt in Antarctica Largely Caused from Below
- Phasing Out Short Lived Climate Pollutants Could Prevent A Half Degree of Warming by 2050
- British Scientists Meet to Discuss UK’s Wet Weather
- Other Headlines