Today in climate change (10 April 2020)

Please find below a list of links to recent climate change news…

Australia’s path to net-zero emissions lies in rapid, stimulus-friendly steps https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/04/australias-path-to-net-zero-emissions-lies-in-small-stimulus-friendly-steps?CMP=share_btn_tw

Cure for coronavirus-hit economy could be in renewables https://www.smh.com.au/politics/queensland/cure-for-coronavirus-hit-economy-could-be-in-renewables-garnaut-20200311-p5494c.html

Be prepared: Key lessons from the coronavirus pandemic and climate change https://grist.org/climate/be-prepared-key-lessons-from-the-pandemic-and-climate-change/

Sorry to disappoint climate deniers, but coronavirus makes the low-carbon transition more urgent https://theconversation.com/sorry-to-disappoint-climate-deniers-but-coronavirus-makes-the-low-carbon-transition-more-urgent-135419?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

Report maps out ways to reach climate targets and regenerate economy https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/report-maps-out-ways-to-reach-climate-targets-and-regenerate-economy-20200403-p54gwl.html

Climate Disasters Make Vulnerable Countries More Susceptible To War https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/04/climate-disasters-make-vulnerable-countries-more-susceptible-to-war/

Let’s have a worthy debate about sea level rise https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/391548-lets-have-a-worthy-debate-about-sea-level-rise

NASA Study Adds a Pinch of Salt to El Niño Models https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2967/nasa-study-adds-a-pinch-of-salt-to-el-nino-models/

Stanford researchers forecast longer, more extreme wildfire seasons http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=71180

Natural variability or climate change? Stakeholder and citizen perceptions of extreme event attribution https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378019307939?dgcid=author

Earth scorched in the first 3 months of 2020 https://mashable.com/article/climate-change-2020-records/

The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2189-9

Coronavirus pandemic threatens climate monitoring, WMO warns https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/04/01/coronavirus-pandemic-threatens-climate-monitoring-wmo-warns/

Extreme, high temperatures may double or triple heart-related deaths http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=71090

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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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