“For the first time in human history more people live in cities than in rural areas. The United Nations expects 6.3 billion people or 68% of the world’s population to be living in urban areas by 2050, with the highest increase occurring in high growth markets. Many of these cities are located on the coast and are threatened by… Continue Reading
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Towers Watson Report – Extreme Risks 2013
News release: Focus on the extreme risks ‘that can kill you’ Towers Watson warns institutional investors: “Towers Watson’s extreme risks ranking has a new top three: Food/water/energy crisis, Stagnation and Global temperature change – while Sovereign default and Insurance crisis have both fallen five places and Depression loses the top spot for the first time since… Continue Reading
New study suggests coral reefs may be able to adapt to moderate climate change
News release: “Coral reefs may be able to adapt to moderate climate warming, improving their chance of surviving through the end of this century, if there are large reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, according to a study funded by NOAA and conducted by the agency’s scientists and its academic partners. Results further suggest corals have already adapted… Continue Reading
Drinking Water From The Potomac River – An endangered watershed?
This is a podcast of the The Kojo Nnamdi Show, recorded on October 28, 2013 – the conversation about the Potomac River and drinking water is here: “Three-fourths of our region’s drinking water comes from the Potomac, but there are new concerns about contaminants in the river. Kojo examines the challenges facing the source of our drinking… Continue Reading
CU-Boulder-led study shows unprecedented warmth in Arctic
News release: “Average summer temperatures in the Eastern Canadian Arctic during the last 100 years are higher now than during any century in the past 44,000 years and perhaps as long ago as 120,000 years, says a new University of Colorado Boulder study. The study [Unprecedented recent summer warmth in Arctic Canada, in Geophysical Research… Continue Reading
Loss and damage from climate change
News release: “An open access special issue of the International Journal of Global Warming brings together, for the first time, empirical evidence of loss and damage from the perspective of affected people in nine vulnerable countries. The articles in this special issue show how climatic stressors affect communities, what measures households take to prevent loss… Continue Reading
Latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report – Twelfth Session of Working Group I – Approved Summary for Policymakers. IPCC WGI AR5 SPM-2 27. September 2013 Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment -Report Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Summary for Policymakers – A. Introduction “The Working Group I contribution to the… Continue Reading
EPA Proposes Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants
Agency takes important step to reduce carbon pollution from power plants as part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: “he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed Clean Air Act standards to cut carbon pollution from new power plants in order to combat climate change and improve public health. In addition, EPA has initiated broad-based… Continue Reading
Environmental Concerns on the Rise in China
Pew survey – Many Also Worried about Inflation, Inequality, Corruption – September 19, 2013 “The Chinese public is increasingly concerned about the quality of the country’s air and water after a year in which China experienced numerous high-profile environmental problems. Meanwhile, even though most Chinese have rated their national economic situation positively in recent years,… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Climate Change, Environmental Satellites, Geostationary Weather Satellites, Homeland Security, Polar Weather Satellites
Climate Change – State Should Further Improve Its Reporting on Financial Support to Developing Countries to Meet Future Requirements and Guidelines, GAO-13-829, Sep 19, 2013 Environmental Satellites – Focused Attention Needed to Improve Mitigation Strategies for Satellite Coverage Gaps, GAO-13-865T, Sep 19, 2013 Geostationary Weather Satellites – Progress Made, but Weaknesses in Scheduling, Contingency Planning,… Continue Reading
Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future
CRS – Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey of Legal Issues Past, Present, and Future, Robert Meltz, Legislative Attorney, August 28, 2013 “This report surveys existing law for legal issues that have arisen, or may arise in the future, on account of climate change and government responses thereto. At the threshold of many climate-change-related… Continue Reading
Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective
“Human influences are having an impact on some extreme weather and climate events, according to the report Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective released September 5, 2013 by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Scientists from NOAA served as three of the four lead editors on the report. Overall, 18 different research… Continue Reading
