Climate Changes Updates 21 October  2014

1. Sweden pledges $500m to Green Climate Fund

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/21/sweden-pledges-500m-to-green-climate-fund/

2. Drought risks adding a toxic mix to Lebanon’s security crisis –

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/21/drought-and-syrian-civil-war-threaten-lebanons-stability/#sthash.MM6Th8Se.dpuf

3. Earth on course for hottest year since 1880

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/21/earth-on-course-for-hottest-year-since-1880/

4. Marshall Islands poet says youth must lead climate fight

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/22/marshall-islands-poet-says-youth-must-lead-climate-fight/#sthash.7JlCOcEI.dpuf

5. Sweden rated as ‘world’s greenest country’

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/21/sweden-rated-as-worlds-greenest-country/

6. We need more transparency on climate finance

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/21/we-need-more-transparency-on-climate-finance/

7. Bonn climate talks: Four steps to support the world’s most vulnerable –

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/20/bonn-climate-talks-key-steps-to-support-the-worlds-most-vulnerable/#sthash.CLhfc3ae.dpuf

8. UK calls for aggressive ETS reform ahead of EU2030 deal –

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/20/uk-calls-for-aggressive-ets-reform-ahead-of-eu2030-deal/#sthash.RHVVG3jE.dpuf

9. These Two World Leaders Are Laughing While the Planet Burns Up

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119896/canada-australias-climate-change-record-leaders-deniers

10.                       Limiting global warming to 2°C: the philosophy and the science

http://theconversation.com/limiting-global-warming-to-2-c-the-philosophy-and-the-science-32074

11.                       Evangelical Christian pastors frame environmentalism in religious terms

http://national.deseretnews.com/article/2560/Evangelical-Christian-pastors-frame-environmentalism-in-religious-terms.html#HwAl2QlppHHqrqfP.99

12.                                                In Key Midterm Races, Democrats Sound Like Republicans on Climate Issue

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20141021/key-midterm-races-democrats-sound-republicans-climate-issue

13.                       Climate Change Has Coffee Growers In Haiti Seeking Higher Ground

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/10/20/357589088/climate-change-has-coffee-growers-in-haiti-seeking-higher-ground

14.                       El Niño Brings Floods, Risks — and Opportunities

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/el-nino-floods-risks-18206

15.                       Warming Earth heading for hottest year on record

http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Another-month-another-global-heat-record-broken-5834796.php

16.                       US, EU want UN to stress low cost of climate change fight – draft

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/21/climatechange-ipcc-idUSL6N0SF4RB20141021

17.                       Climate Change Authority to conduct second renewable energy target review

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/21/climate-change-authority-to-conduct-second-renewable-energy-target-review

18.                       US greenhouse gas emissions rise despite Obama’s new climate change push

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/21/us-fossil-fuel-obama-climate-change-energy-heat

19.                       Drought and climate change in the Horn of Africa require responsibility and resilience

http://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2014/10/drought-and-climate-change-horn-africa-require-responsibility-and-resilienc

20.                       DIRECTV Recognized As World Leader For Corporate Action On Climate Change

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/directv-recognized-as-world-leader-for-corporate-action-on-climate-change-2014-10-21

21.                       Why designers are on the front lines of climate change

http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/10/21/designers-can-help-cities-and-businesses-tackle-climate-change

22.                       Goats are SHRINKING because of climate change, researchers warn

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2802123/goats-shrinking-climate-change-researchers-find.html

23.                       Purdue professor named director of Climate Change Research Center

http://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_4972a405-e80c-52ad-bc03-7e2d5d3099da.html

24.                       Climate change requires a new abolition movement

http://peoplesworld.org/climate-change-requires-a-new-abolition-movement/

25.                       Canada Sucks At Fighting Climate Change More Than Any Other OECD Country: Report

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/10/21/canada-climate-change-ranking-oecd-report_n_6024844.html

26.                       Climate change warning stickers on SF gas pumps?

http://blog.sfgate.com/energy/2014/10/21/climate-change-warning-stickers-on-sf-gas-pumps/