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How the Latest IPCC Reports Can Strengthen Climate Litigation Efforts

Union of Concerned Scientists

The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released its sixth assessment of climate change, comprised of three separate reports presenting the latest science on climate change, related impacts, adaptation, vulnerability , and mitigation at a time when more and more people are pressing for climate action.

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Speaking of Water: Climatologist Curtis Riganti Discusses the US Drought Monitor

Circle of Blue

Curtis Riganti, climatologist at the National Drought Mitigation Center, speaks with Delaney Nelson, Circle of Blue reporting intern, about the latest U.S. Delaney talks to climatologist for the National Drought Mitigation Center for some insight into a future that is, quite literally, looking drier. Drought Monitor map.

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COP27 Global Methane Pledge Efforts Are Not Enough

Union of Concerned Scientists

One of the top agenda items at the 27 th annual UN Conference of the Parties (COP27) climate meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt—now in its second week—is how to implement the Global Methane Pledge launched at last year’s COP26 negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland. The planet has already warmed 1.1 degrees C by 2100. degrees C within reach.

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What’s Up With Water – November 8, 2021

Circle of Blue

Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. At the UN climate conference last week, Colombian officials said they would declare 30 percent of the country as protected land by next year. EuroNews reports that biodiversity advocates are praising the move.

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The Serious Risks Around Treatment of Biomethane in 45V

Union of Concerned Scientists

methane released from fossil fuel systems) could entirely undermine the climate benefits of the hydrogen tax credit and, worse, drive vast amounts of public dollars to subsidize what are ultimately still heavily-polluting fossil fuel-based projects, now just greenwashed as “clean.”

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Storm Elliott Knocked Out Fossil-Fuel Power. We’ve Been Here Before.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Erie County, New York—home to Buffalo—was devastated by a lake-effect storm that killed at least 46 people and left thousands without power for days. Aside from that category, fuel supply was the most common reason that ERCOT reported for unplanned gas plant outages.

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Are Fisheries Ready for Climate Change?

Ocean Conservancy

Take Action for Climate-Ready Fisheries. The ocean has buffered our planet from the impacts of climate change, absorbing much of the carbon dioxide we’ve emitted and a substantial amount of the heat from our warming atmosphere. We know these changes are happening, and we know they will get worse. While the U.S.