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

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/06/obamas-climate-change-speech-three-words-less-coal-finally/66565/

4)   World Sees Climate Change, Financial Issues as Top Threats

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/world-sees-climate-change-financial-issues-as-top-threats/

5)   India, US agree to set up a new working group on climate change

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-06-25/news/40186678_1_climate-change-regime-developing-countries

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

http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/fact-box-on-obamas-climate-action-plan-20130625-2ov92.html

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

http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2276886/report-world-facing-climate-bomb-of-supergreenhouse-gases

16)                    Does Barack Obama really care about climate change?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/10141551/Does-Barack-Obama-really-care-about-climate-change.html

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

http://www.dailyplanetmedia.com/index.php/daily-news-archive/603-coal-burning-lifts-global-co2-to-record-high.html#.UcqkadiQDFw

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