Climate Changes Updates 29 October 2013

1)  How global warming could boost green energy in an unexpected way

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2013/1028/How-global-warming-could-boost-green-energy-in-an-unexpected-way-video

2)  Warming bolsters Alberta grizzlies

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Warming+bolsters+Alberta+grizzlies/9093854/story.html

3)  After Sandy, feds right to step in on climate change: Editorial

http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2013/10/after_sandy_feds_are_right_to.html

4)  America’s growing inequality helped scuttle the global climate change initiative

http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1028-reynolds-inequality.html

5)  Hurricane Sandy anniversary a reminder we need to keep fighting climate change

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/10/28/opinion/hurricane-sandy-anniversary-a-reminder-we-need-to-keep-fighting-climate-change/?ref=OpinionBox

6)  Three Major Ski Resort CEOs Talk Climate Change

http://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/adventure-ethics/Three-Major-Ski-Resort-CEOs-Talk-Climate-Change.html

7)  Calamity Calling: Climate change expert says Earth is having its ‘Independence Day’ moment (Q&A)

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/131024/calamity-calling-earths-independence-day-moment-interview

8)  Climate change may make coastal flooding like Sandy’s more frequent

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57609494/climate-change-may-make-coastal-flooding-like-sandys-more-frequent/

9)  Climate change pact signed by California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia

http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_24406734/california-oregon-washington-and-british-columbia-sign-climate

10)                    EU environment ministers call for action on climate

http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/70197

11)                   Landscapes debate could reinvigorate U.N. climate talks in Warsaw – negotiator

http://www.eco-business.com/news/landscapes-debate-could-reinvigorate-un-climate-talks-warsaw-negotiator/

• North American West Coast Governments Sign Climate Change Pact
  http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/28/north-american-west-coast-signs-climate-change-pact/#OWgk4YBCAYxPrCcr.99

13)                   Solar-powered aircraft on a global clean energy mission

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-28/science/43461232_1_solar-impulse-renewable-energy-mission

14)                   Communities can monitor forests ‘as well as experts’

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24713215

 

• Climate change threatens £3 trillion of UK pension assets –

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/10/29/climate-change-threatens-3-trillion-of-assets-in-uk-pensions/

• Comment: UN must ensure Climate Fund decisions are transparent –

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/10/29/comment-un-must-ensure-climate-fund-decisions-are-transparent/

• British Columbia and US Pacific states announce climate pact

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/10/29/british-columbia-and-us-pacific-states-announce-climate-pact/

18)                   Paleontologist Presents Origin of Life Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131029133124.htm

19)                   Sandy’s path of destruction felt in the Caribbean too

http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/46613

20)                   Researchers link melting Arctic Sea ice to increased summer rainfall in Northwest Europe

http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/46610

21)                   European ministers push for tougher EU climate goals

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/european-ministers-push-for-tougher-eu-climate-goals-20131029-2wcl4.html#ixzz2jBEy2G00

22)                   Antarctic drilling project to get to core issues of climate change

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/antarctic-drilling-project-to-get-to-core-issues-of-climate-change-20131028-2wc4d.html#ixzz2jBF2M1Ay