Today in climate change (14 September 2018)

climatePlease find below links to recent climate change news…

Japan resilient, but climate change making disasters worse: experts https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/japan-resilient-but-climate-change-making-disasters-worse-10695052

Bangkok Meet Fails to Finalize Draft on Climate Change Rules https://www.voanews.com/a/bangkok-meet-fails-to-finalize-draft-on-climate-change-rules/4563843.html

Climate Change Likely Iced Neanderthals Out Of Existence https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/modern-humans-didnt-kill-neanderthals-weather-did-180970167/

Climate is the new driver of global conflict https://www.times-standard.com/2018/09/06/climate-is-the-new-driver-of-global-conflict/

Health impacts key focus of new Queensland climate change strategy http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-11/health-impacts-key-focus-of-new-queensland-climate-change-plan/10225616

Climate experts explain what to watch at this week’s Global Climate Action Summit https://www.brookings.edu/blog/planetpolicy/2018/09/10/around-the-halls-climate-experts-explain-what-to-watch-at-this-weeks-global-climate-action-summit/

Although majorities in all age groups recognize the reality of climate change, awareness is highest among young adults https://scholars.unh.edu/carsey/337/

Faces of climate change in the Solomon Islands https://undp-adaptation.exposure.co/faces-of-climate-change

‘Climate change moving faster than we are,’ says UN Secretary General https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45471410

The Most Honest Book About Climate Change Yet https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/william-vollmann-carbon-ideologies/568309/

The period from now until 2020 is critical to the success of the Paris Agreement on climate change http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/events/2018/climate-2020.html

The UK’s green watchdog will be powerless to halt global warming when we leave the European Union https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/09/observer-letters-climate-change-brexit-threat?CMP=share_btn_tw

New El Niño weather event likely this winter says WMO https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45471409

Climate Change Supercharges Hurricane Florence as 1.5 Million Evacuate in Carolinas & Virginia https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/11/climate_change_supercharges_hurricane_florence_as

Latest edition of ‘Climate Change’ https://link.springer.com/journal/10584/150/1/page/1

For decades, global hunger was on the decline. Now it’s getting worse again — and climate change is to blame https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/11/decades-global-hunger-was-decline-now-its-getting-worse-again-climate-change-is-blame/?utm_term=.2399e1ce18d6

More Australians fear climate change as Morrison government dumps emissions legislation https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/more-australians-fear-climate-change-as-morrison-government-dumps-emissions-legislation-20180911-p5031o.html

Three quarters (76%, up from 71% 2017) of Australians accept that climate change is occurring http://www.tai.org.au/content/climate-nation-2018

Estimating the potential impact of climate change on Hurricane Florence https://you.stonybrook.edu/kareed/2018/09/12/estimating-the-potential-impact-of-climate-change-on-hurricane-florence/

Climate Change Is Not Up for Debate. Why Do So Many Teachers Act Like It Is? https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/09/11/climate-change-is-not-up-for-debate.html

When sea levels attack https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/when-sea-levels-attack-2/

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I am a Principal at Water Technology Pty Ltd, an Australian-based coastal, environment and natural hazards company - see https://www.watertech.com.au/. I specialise in the community aspects of disaster risk reduction and emergency management. Samples of my research and projects can be accessed at https://works.bepress.com/neil_dufty/ Check out my latest book 'Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement' at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119569796/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6 I am also a published fiction writer specialising in short stories and poems - see https://neilduftyfiction.com/

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