Please find below links to recent climate change news…
Climate-driven sea level rise combines with land subsidence in some of Africa’s fastest-growing cities https://eos.org/articles/sinking-cities-and-rising-waters
Compounding natural hazards and high vulnerability led to severe impacts from Horn of Africa flooding exacerbated by climate change and Indian Ocean Dipole https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-indian-ocean-dipole-compounding-natural-hazards-and-high-vulnerability-increased-severity-of-flooding-in-the-horn-of-africa/
The blue houses of Jodhpur: Traditional wisdom for a cooler future https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/blue-houses-jodhpur-traditional-wisdom-cooler-future
COP28 deal confirms what Australia already knows: coal is out of vogue and out of time https://theconversation.com/cop28-deal-confirms-what-australia-already-knows-coal-is-out-of-vogue-and-out-of-time-219906
Australia could be at 99 pct renewables by 2032, if green exports take off as hoped https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-could-be-at-99-pct-renewables-by-2032-if-green-exports-take-off-as-hoped/
Future Amplification of Multivariate Risk of Compound Drought and Heatwave Events on South Asian Population https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023EF003688
North Queensland’s record-breaking floods are a frightening portent of what’s to come under climate change https://theconversation.com/north-queenslands-record-breaking-floods-are-a-frightening-portent-of-whats-to-come-under-climate-change-220039
From laggard to leader? Why Australia must phase out fossil fuel exports, starting now https://theconversation.com/from-laggard-to-leader-why-australia-must-phase-out-fossil-fuel-exports-starting-now-219912
Scotland’s climate ‘changing faster than expected’ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-67752167
Researchers discover Himalayan glaciers are cooling down, potentially slowing down effects of climate change https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-15/new-report-shows-himalayan-glaciers-cooling-and-drying/103231372
‘Not conducive to our survival’: Pacific islands on the climate frontline respond to Cop28 deal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/20/not-conducive-to-our-survival-pacific-islands-on-the-climate-frontline-respond-to-cop28-deal
Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next https://www.wri.org/insights/cop28-outcomes-next-steps
Integrating climate change induced flood risk into future population projections https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43493-8
How COP28 failed the world’s small islands https://theconversation.com/how-cop28-failed-the-worlds-small-islands-219938
About 3 million Americans are already “climate migrants,” analysis finds. Here’s where they left https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-america-3-million-migrants-first-street-nature/
Imagining climate resilient futures: A layered Delphi panel approach https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328723000046
Canada to require all new cars to be zero-emission by 2035 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/19/canada-car-emissions-automaker-electric-2035
2023’s extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters https://theconversation.com/2023s-extreme-storms-heat-and-wildfires-broke-records-a-scientist-explains-how-global-warming-fuels-climate-disasters-217500
After a Decade of Planning, New York City Is Raising Its Shoreline https://e360.yale.edu/features/new-york-city-climate-plan-sea-level-rise
How El Niño and Climate Change Supercharged This Week’s East Coast Storm https://www.newsweek.com/how-el-nino-climate-change-supercharged-this-weeks-east-coast-storm-1854246
Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive, CSIRO analysis shows https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/21/solar-and-on-shore-wind-provide-cheapest-electricity-and-nuclear-most-expensive-csiro-analysis-shows
Amid a year of record-breaking climate disaster, the U.S. broke its record on oil production https://www.salon.com/2023/12/20/amid-a-year-of-record-breaking-climate-disaster-the-us-broke-its-record-on-oil-production/