Today in climate change (29 September 2023)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

A Record Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Show U.S. Isn’t Ready for Climate Change https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-record-number-of-billion-dollar-disasters-show-u-s-isnt-ready-for-climate-change/

Rooftop solar meets all of South Australia demand in major new milestone https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solar-meets-all-of-south-australia-demand-in-major-new-milestone/

We need urban trees more than ever – here’s how to save them from extreme heat https://theconversation.com/we-need-urban-trees-more-than-ever-heres-how-to-save-them-from-extreme-heat-211414

Sherry Rehman: “It is high time Pakistan learns from its climate-induced challenges” https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/climate/sherry-rehman-high-time-pakistan-learns-from-climate-challenges/

Understanding the recent increase in multiyear La Niñas https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01801-6

Exclude fossil fuel firms from Cop28 if they only want to obstruct, says ex-UN chief https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/21/un-cop28-fossil-fuel-firms-climate-action

Barbados’ Blueprint for Climate Resilience https://ifc.shorthandstories.com/barbados-blueprint-for-climate-resilience/index.html

Climate change is coming for America’s property market https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/09/21/climate-change-is-coming-for-americas-property-market

Was the freak ‘medicane’ storm that devastated Libya a glimpse of North Africa’s future? https://theconversation.com/was-the-freak-medicane-storm-that-devastated-libya-a-glimpse-of-north-africas-future-213680

Long-lasting La Niña events more common over past century https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/long-lasting-la-nina-more-common/

How do we raise trillions of dollars to fight the climate crisis? The answer is staring us in the face https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/25/we-need-trillions-of-dollars-to-fight-the-climate-crisis-this-is-my-plan-to-raise-it

Visualizing a summer of extremes in 7 charts https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizing-a-summer-of-extremes

American football season is getting hotter. Young players are dying https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/24/football-player-heat-deaths-athlete

‘Our Fragile Moment’ finds modern lessons in Earth’s history of climate https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fragile-moment-book-earth-history-climate

How scientists are grappling with the uncertain future of Antarctica’s melting ice https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01764-8.epdf

‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/crazy-off-the-charts-records-has-humanity-finally-broken-the-climate

Swiss glaciers get 10% smaller in two years https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66950328

Energy agency says 1.5C climate goal still within reach due to record growth in solar power and EVs https://www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast-episode/energy-agency-says-1-5c-climate-goal-still-within-reach-due-to-record-growth-in-solar-power-and-evs/52iz27690

Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-european-union-climate-change-policy-and-politics-9781789906974.html

Why Rain Is Getting Fiercer on a Warming Planet https://www.wired.com/story/why-rain-is-getting-fiercer-on-a-warming-planet/

Global warming is advancing the season for intense tropical cyclones https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02800-5

Temperatures to soar 8C above average as ‘heat bubble’ brings scorcher to Australia’s east coast this weekend https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/29/australia-east-coast-weekend-weather-heatwave-sydney-melbourne-brisbane

New research reveals extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2023/september/nature-geoscience-extreme-heat.html

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