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COP28: The world temperature is expected to reach 1.4 degrees C this year

A Greener Life

In its provisional State of the Global Climate report, they confirmed, that not only is 2023 on track to be the warmest year on record by a large margin, but they also expect we will reach 1.4 Even though there’s a month left of 2023, VMO feels confident enough to make the call that will leave us only 0.1

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We Crossed 1.5 C. Did We Breach the Paris Agreement?

Legal Planet

If you’re not a climate scientist—and maybe even if you are—reading news headlines this month has been confounding and a little scary. “In Climate Threshold ,” was the version at Forbes. degrees Fahrenheit) is a target to limit global-average heating that was adopted by nations in the 2015 Paris Agreement. C threshold?

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

On December 31, 2023, he retired from the Clean Air Council after serving as the organization's executive director and chief counsel for over 35 years. Michael Mann - Climate Champion Award PennFuture honored Dr. Michael E. In 2015, he continued to push for a fossil fuel-free lifestyle by adding geothermal energy to his home as well.

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ExxonMobil Accurately Projected Rising Temperatures While Publicly Disparaging Climate Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

2023 ) 2) ExxonMobil produced quality science internally, but cast doubt on it publicly ExxonMobil was producing quality science. Corporate leadership was informed about advances in climate science and incorporated those advances when its scientists built their own models. Source: Supran et al.,

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The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Union of Concerned Scientists

I moved to Merced in 2015 to study for my PhD, and I found a place I could call home. The 2024 State of the Air report I work every day on topics related to air in my role as a Senior Climate Scientist at UCS, through my volunteer grassroots work, and because I want to be a well-informed resident in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Colorado River Forecasts Not a ‘Crystal Ball’

Circle of Blue

From that baseline hydrologists feed their model, one by one, with historical weather observations from the years 1981 to 2015. The problem: there are more wet years in the 1981 to 2015 period than dry ones. The most probable elevation for July 2023 is 1,037 feet, when Mead would be 26 percent full.

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Courts Asked to Compel Government Action on Climate Change

Greenbuilding Law

Earlier this month 12 Italian citizens, Greenpeace Italy, and ReCommon filed a first of its kind lawsuit in Italy against the fossil fuel company ENI for past and potential future damages resulting from its contribution to climate change. And other states are considering making efforts to put those constitutional amendments before the voters.