Today in climate change (17 February 2023)

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

Natural disasters, boosted by climate change, displaced millions of people in U.S. in 2022 https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/natural-disasters-boosted-climate-change-displaced-millions-americans-rcna69732

Myth-buster: Why two degrees of global warming is worse than it sounds https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/myth-why-two-degrees-of-global-warming-is-worse-than-it-sounds/

‘It’s inequality that kills’: Naomi Klein on the future of climate justice https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/13/its-inequality-that-kills-naomi-klein-on-the-future-of-climate-justice

New Zealand minister decries climate crisis ‘lost decades’ in wake of Cyclone Gabrielle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/new-zealand-minister-delivers-furious-speech-about-lost-decades-spent-bickering-over-climate-crisis

Wind and solar help South Australia escape tyranny of soaring gas prices https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-help-south-australia-escape-tyranny-of-soaring-gas-prices/

Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/14/rising-seas-threaten-mass-exodus-on-a-biblical-scale-un-chief-warns

Vulnerability and loss and damage following the COP27 of the UN framework convention on climate change https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-023-02033-2

Climate ‘teleconnections’ may link droughts and fires across continents https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-teleconnections-droughts-fires

Temps to approach 50C in Australia this weekend https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/temps-to-approach-50c-in-australia-this-weekend/1100905

Reversals in Temperature-Precipitation Correlations in the Northern Hemisphere Extratropics During the Holocene https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL099730

Join the Cool Coalition: Cities are warming twice as fast as the global average https://coolcoalition.org/pilot-projects/nature-for-cool-cities-challenge/

New modelling shows future impacts of rising sea levels https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/new-modelling-shows-future-impacts-of-rising-sea/101975888

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, December 2022 https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-december-2022/

Are disaster seasons real? It’s time to reframe our thinking https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/are-disaster-seasons-real-its-time-to-reframe-our-thinking/

Modeling the Greenland Ice Sheet’s Committed Contribution to Sea Level During the 21st Century https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JF006914

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NeilDufty

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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