Real Climate

JANUARY 12, 2024

As the climate monitoring groups add an additional dot to their graphs this week, there is some disquiet among people paying attention about just how extraordinary 2023 really was. Mitigation of CO 2 and CH 4 emissions is a worthwhile to reduce future climate risk regardless of whether we are at 1.4 But right now, it’s a puzzle.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

The United Nations climate panel issued a blunt and urgent warning to the world on Monday. Climate change is a threat to human well-being and the health of the planet. This IPCC report , one of eight to be published in the sixth assessment cycle, examined the societal risks and vulnerabilities from a changing climate.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

This week, Circle of Blue reports on how water fits into the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference. When diplomats and government ministers converge on Glasgow this fall, they hope to rekindle pivotal negotiations on global climate that were dampened during the pandemic. degrees Celsius.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Yet there was one issue where they did agree: climate change. We already know that idealists like Pope Francis support climate action. Kissinger spoke at length about climate change in a 2009 speech. Kissinger also viewed climate change as an economic threat.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

When it comes to preparing for and responding to climate-related disasters, we cannot continue business as usual nor disregard recommendations by experts. to have a clear, coherent, and coordinated approach to building the climate resilience communities need. What is National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act (NCARS)?

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And in both cases, the electric grid and climate change are part of the equation. Until very recently, Australia’s government was never able to get its act together in terms of climate change. Climate change is a global issue, and we all have things to learn from each other as we seek to respond. Download as PDF.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Graphic by Danielle Anz At the United Nations climate conference known as COP28, it was easy to come to the realization that we must confront every aspect of the climate crisis, and we must do it right now. This agreement emphasizes the imperative to adapt agricultural practices to a warming world.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 19, 2024

Cyclical climatic systems like El Niño are a factor, but the science is clear: Alberta’s climate is changing and water scarcity will be an ongoing issue as a result of climate change, which is primarily driven by the combustion of fossil fuels.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 3, 2024

Although there are many efforts underway to reduce emissions as much as possible to slow climate change, due to the excess emissions we’ve already produced, we will continue to experience the impacts of our changing climate. The list is intended to be representative and not necessarily comprehensive of all adaptation resources.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 16, 2021

John Cochrane recently posted an important blog post sketching out his claim that climate change will only have a small impact on world GNP over the next 75 years. He argues that the trend growth (3% growth for 60 years) will swamp the effect of climate change). GNP accounts do not capture the "paradise lost" for such individuals.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In light of Native American Heritage Day last Friday, we should also be thinking about the future of the tribes in the era of climate change. Tribes face serious challenges from climate change, but also some potential opportunities. In terms of climate impacts, many tribes are at high risk. The Navajos, the Seminoles.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 16, 2024

I’m currently in Istanbul, Türkiye, with my colleague Adam Markham , for the opening session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seventh assessment cycle. While the global understanding of climate change is well-established, the world’s response remains sluggish. What will be included in the report?

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Law Columbia

JULY 27, 2023

As the frequency and number of climate change cases continue to rise, a robust body of legal precedent is forming, shaping a well-defined field of climate law. The Report builds upon previous reports from 2017 and 2020 , providing a comprehensive update on the current state of, and trends in, climate change litigation worldwide.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Sea level rise presents numerous climate justice issues. Some of the venues where people are addressing the injustices of climate change are UN climate negotiations, the courts, and community organizing efforts around the world. Climate justice research can help inform these conversations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2022

Deadly heatwaves, extreme drought, food and water shortages, catastrophic flooding, rapidly intensifying tropical storms, raging wildfires—around the world, climate change is exacerbating extreme conditions and their harsh toll on people and ecosystems. The fearsome toll of climate impacts is already clear, leading U.N.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2024

Beyond this year’s measurements, it’s critical to consider what our snow levels mean for water management in a warming climate, and what needs to change so we can better prepare for the future. The compounding effect of wildfires on snow processes adds urgency to the need for comprehensive climate adaptation strategies.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

In preparing to teach a course on climate law, I was really struck by how broad and rich the field has become. climate policy. Standing based on climate impacts C. Climate science F. Climate justice II. Climate change under other federal statutes. SEC rules on disclosure of climate-related risks.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 8, 2022

The disaster has experts questioning how well Australia is prepared for climate change. This week, Circle of Blue highlights a recent report from the United Nations climate panel. . In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – or IPCC – issued a blunt warning to the world: You’re running out of time.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The National Adaptation Forum is a bi-annual convening for adaptation professionals to innovate, network, and focus on established and emerging climate adaptation issues of the day. … Continue reading 6th National Adaptation Forum May 14-16, 2024, St. Paul, MNMore information and to register.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 28, 2023

The ARA is comprehensive, science-based legislation that covers many topics related to environmental and climate concerns in agriculture, including conservation on both agricultural and pasture land, renewable energy, and food loss and waste. On top of these trends, the impacts of climate change are accelerating. New paradigm?

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 23, 2021

Suppose we bring climate change under control and deal with its fallout. Untamed climate change means an dangerous, ugly future for all of us on “Spaceship Earth.” I’m asking about something different, however: how will the world be better off than it would have been if climate change had never been a problem?

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In recent years, the idea of climate change adaptation has received more and more attention and has become even more urgent with the unfolding of a number of extreme weather-related calamities. I wrote a piece on climate change adaptation last year here on RealClimate, and many of the issues that I pointed to then are still relevant.

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Real Climate

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

As we’ve discussed previously , the CMIP6 ensemble contains a dozen models (out of ~50) with climate sensitivities that are outside the CMIP5 range, and beyond the very likely constraints from the observations. Climate Models", Journal of Climate , vol. They seem to be doing (surprisingly) well! Dezfuli, J. Fasullo, P.J.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The definitions below were developed by Jamie Stroble, TNC Washing Director of Climate Adaptation and Resilience and Keith Chaffee-Ellis, TNC Washing Marketing Manager with input from local colleagues. It is a living document that best reflects how climate change is broadly discussed across the US.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2023

In a few days, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will release its latest synthesis report that provides a comprehensive assessment of the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change, including its causes, impacts, and potential solutions. Approaching 1.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Human-caused climate change is redistributing species across the globe, re-ordering ecological communities, and even driving genetic changes in some populations. We need to better understand these changes, and to adapt biodiversity conservation strategies to take them into consideration. Photo: T.R.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Support climate change adaptation and mitigation research. The escalating effects of climate change on agriculture, including wildfires, floods, and droughts, are already affecting agricultural production. Without further ado, here are our three recommendations! But these priorities shouldn’t just remain research priorities.

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Real Climate

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The fifth international conference on regional climate ( ICRC 2023 ), organised by World Climate Research Programme’s ( WCRP ) coordinated downscaling experiment ( CORDEX ), has just completed. Provision of climate information to society One session was devoted to the interaction with society.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

from Chapter 4 of the Fifth National Climate Assessment The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) was released on November 14, 2023. As those paying attention to agriculture know, climate impacts have become increasingly apparent since the last assessment was published in 2018.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 9, 2023

His research focuses on the intersection of digitalization and climate change, environmental degradation, and the future of food production. Advocates of precision agriculture often frame technology as a seamless solution to the problems that ecological crisis and climate change pose to food systems. Visser earned his Ph.D.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Next month, Egypt will host the United Nations’ 27th annual international climate negotiations, known as the Conference of the Parties, or in this case COP27. While there is enormous potential for UN climate negotiations to transform climate action, meaningful progress has been delayed in part by the fossil fuel industry’s deceptive tactics.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The floods are just the latest strain on the country, which is already facing widespread hunger, civil conflict, and other climatic stressors. The downpours illustrate how the world’s poorest countries are the most vulnerable to global climate change, U.N. agencies say. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — October 25, 2021.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Each year since 1995, the countries of the world have gathered to negotiate what to do about climate change. They do so under the auspices of the Framework Convention on Climate Change , the universally adopted climate change treaty that sets a goal of avoiding dangerous interference with the climate system.

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Environmental and Urban Economics

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Climate change adaptation refers to our individual and collective ability to cope with Mother Nature’s more intense weather punches in terms of extreme heat, drought, fire, flood and many other place based risks. FEMA (and thus committed to no generous ex-post bailouts to shocked places) how much faster would adaptation occur?”

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Environmental and Urban Economics

JULY 31, 2022

In a "make versus buy" economy, one can either pay God to not face the 93 degree day in Seattle or one can use a suite of adaptation strategies to cope with the high heat. Basic economic logic teaches us that one's willingness to pay to avoid the heat is bounded by what it would cost you to adapt to the heat.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 11, 2023

Ahead of a high-profile UN conference, political forecasters issue water warnings. Five of the top six risks over the next decade fit that category: failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or adapt to a warming climate; extreme weather; biodiversity and ecosystem collapse; and, in general terms, “natural resource crises.”

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 12, 2022

Each year since 1995, with the exception of 2020, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) has hosted a Conference of Parties (COP), where members of the UNFCCC negotiate issues relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other matters relating to climate change.

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