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Dr. Shaina Sadai Talks About COP27, Climate Justice, Sea Level Rise, and Corporate Accountability

Union of Concerned Scientists

An expert on sea level dynamics and climate justice within the UN negotiations, Dr. Sadai is working to ensure that her scientific studies get in the hands of decisionmakers who are shaping our world today. UCS’s new Hitz Family Climate fellow, Dr. Shaina Sadai , is stepping into this emerging area of work.

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Whales and Lobstermen Have a Common Enemy

Union of Concerned Scientists

The 2020 Maine Fishermen’s Forum was the last conference I and many others attended before the pandemic shutdown. He was on to something And the lobsterman was correct: we can blame carbon emissions for ocean acidification and warming in the Gulf of Maine. Sea levels are rising.

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Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

Legal Planet

What’s most remarkable is that the decision calls for a 45% reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions–of not only its own but also those of its customers–within less than a decade. gigatons CO 2 equivalent in 2020, about that of Japan. First, who can stand as a plaintiff? C following a peak (high confidence)….

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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

Sea level rise is also important in the region, causing saltwater intrusion and salinization. from Chapter 21 of NCA5 Changes like sea level rise are resulting in the loss of culturally significant locations for subsistence harvesting. Other risks include increasing tropical cyclones and sea level rise.

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Ask a Scientist: Calling Out the Companies Responsible for Western Wildfires

Union of Concerned Scientists

Phillips, who has a doctorate degree in ecology from the University of Georgia, was a Kendall fellow at UCS from 2018 to 2020 and then a researcher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. As a result, he was able to nail down the magnitude of what has been going into the atmosphere and its origin. Licker et al.

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AR6 of the best

Real Climate

Sea level rise is a big deal Use, abuse and misuse of the CMIP6 ensemble The radiative forcing bar chart has gone full circle Droughts and floods are complicated Don’t mention the hiatus. Sea Level Rise: The previous IPCC reports, notably AR4 and AR5 (to a lesser extent) , have had a hard time dealing with SLR.

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What is COP26 and why does it matter? The complete guide

A Greener Life

Those five years were up on 31 December 2020, but the pandemic prevented many countries coming forward. above pre-industrial levels, and greenhouse gas emissions are still on an upward trend. Poor countries were promised at the Copenhagen Cop in 2009 that they would receive $100bn a year by 2020. An increase of 1.5C