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Countries failed to agree first steps on solar geoengineering at the UN. What went wrong?

Legal Planet

Back in 2019, at the last face-to-face Assembly, the Swiss proposed a resolution to assess the science and possible governance of ‘climate altering techniques’ aka geoengineering. Wider involvement The most striking development compared to 2019 was that this time around many more countries got involved.

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Confronting the Climate Crisis with Scientist Activism: the Essential Role of Rule Breakers

Union of Concerned Scientists

Ricardo Salvador, UCS Food and Environment Program Director, arrested with Jane Fonda protesting climate change on Nov. Ricardo Salvador Why break the rules: The moral dilemma of the “ well-behaved ” scientist Science must be objective. But what of scientists? Climate scientists, what would you risk for that reward?

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Science denial is still an issue ahead of COP28

Real Climate

But the effect of greenhouse gases is not even investigated in the paper – which suggests the title is politically motivated. This warming was predicted not only by independent university and government scientists, but also by scientists from the oil company Exxon. Is it sheer incompetence or is it politically motivated?

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Danger Season in South America: Climate Change Brings Unbelievable Record Heat

Union of Concerned Scientists

In fact, a recent study examined parts of this heat wave—from late November up until December 11, 2022—and found that climate change made the event 60 times more likely. As a climate scientist, I’m used to reading attribution numbers on the order of magnitude of 15, 20, or maybe 30 times more likely.

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UK’s fossil fuel bonanza

A Greener Life

Despite being in the same political party that created it, the UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, is in the process of completely changing the country’s energy policy. The new license offering which will run until June next year is the first since 2019-2020 after it was put on hold due to a climate compatibility check.

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Climate Reality vs. Public Perception: Will Toxic Haze and the 2023 Danger Season Make a Difference?

Union of Concerned Scientists

A 2019 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that temperatures initially considered remarkable are unremarkable about five years later. Climate scientists are not sitting on their 99.9 Part of that is that humans in the U.S. The survey found that that only 58 percent of people in the U.S.

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What Happened During the Montana Youth Climate Trial

Legal Planet

What we heard in plaintiffs’ case was not justiciable controversy, but rather a weeklong hearing of political grievances that properly belongs to the legislature, not a court of law,” said Assistant Attorney General Michael Russell. The admission says a lot about political will. I’m kidding, but only slightly.)