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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

My top 3 impressions up-front: The sea level projections for the year 2100 have been adjusted upwards again. The IPCC gives more consideration to the large long-term sea-level rise beyond the year 2100. And here is the key sea-level graphic from the Summary for Policy Makers: Source: IPCC AR6, Figure SPM.8.

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What’s Up With Water — August 16, 2021

Circle of Blue

Meltwater from Greenland’s ice sheets have caused about a quarter of the rise in the world’s sea levels. The report shows that certain trends such as rising seas and shrinking ice sheets will continue even if carbon pollution is halted immediately. Like rising temperatures, ice loss in Greenland will have global consequences.

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Policy News: October 8, 2021

ESA

California Governor vetoes tropical deforestation bill. Landscape ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore receives 2021 MacArthur fellowship. by Zack Colman, PoliticoPro, 10/6/2021. by Zack Colman, PoliticoPro, 10/6/2021. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology meets for the first time in the Biden administration.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

June 15, 2021). June 16, 2021). On June 14, 2021, the U.S. On June 23, 2021, Chevron Corporation filed notice in the district court of its voluntary dismissal of third-party complaints against the energy company Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil ASA). June 14, 2021). June 28, 2021). June 25, 2021).

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The AMOC: tipping this century, or not?

Real Climate

For the AMOC (and other climate tipping points ), the only action we can take to minimise the risk is to get out of fossil fuels and stop deforestation as fast as possible. The key point to me is: these different indicators provide rather consistent AMOC reconstructions, as we showed in Caesar et al. What does it all mean?

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

Most SIDS have made a very small contribution to the overall global emissions that cause climate change, contributing less than 1% of global carbon emissions (Mead, 2021) yet are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Sources Cited: Álvarez-Berríos, N. Wiener, S. McGinley, K. Lindsey, A. B., & Gould, W.