Please find below links to recent climate change news…
Stranded assets: Chinese fossil car production plunges amid surging EV demand https://thedriven.io/2024/03/15/stranded-assets-chinese-fossil-car-production-plunges-amid-surging-ev-demand/
World’s most powerful tidal turbine eyes US debut with Orbital Marine https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-most-powerful-tidal-turbine-eyes-us-debut-with-orbital-marine
How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy https://e360.yale.edu/features/china-renewable-energy
WA had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-03-18/wa-summer-heat-broke-records-but-media-downplayed-climate-change/103572922
Climate hazards don’t have to become climate disasters https://www.undrr.org/zero-climate-disasters
Publication: Reality Check: Lessons from 25 Policies Advancing a Low-Carbon Future https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/3770b59a-617f-4636-8aa1-adbe6db7db34
Australian Alps face world’s largest loss of snow by end of century, research shows https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/15/australian-alps-face-worlds-largest-loss-of-snow-by-end-of-century-research-shows
Rio De Janeiro hits record 62.3 °C (144.14 °F) thermal sensation, Brazil https://watchers.news/2024/03/18/rio-de-janeiro-hits-record-62-3-c-144-14-f-thermal-sensation-brazil/
Severe wildfires in southern China claim 4 lives, spawn huge pyroCb clouds https://watchers.news/2024/03/18/severe-wildfires-in-southern-china-claim-4-lives-spawn-huge-pyrocb-clouds/
The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Global Climate report confirms 2023 broke every single climate indicator https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-20/wmo-climate-records-broken-global-temperature/103604076
Heatwaves are killing more of our patients than any other natural disaster https://www.ausdoc.com.au/opinion/heatwaves-kill-more-of-our-patients-than-any-other-natural-disaster/
46C summer days and ‘supercell’ storms are Britain’s future – and now is our last chance to prepare https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/19/summer-storm-britain-future-tories-labour-climate
South Sudan closes schools in preparation for 45C heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/18/south-sudan-closes-schools-in-preparation-for-45c-heatwave
How does public perception of climate protest influence support for climate action? https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-023-00096-9
Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation https://apnews.com/article/inflation-climate-change-food-prices-heat-6e5297e12868aaf797529bb755268818
The heat index — how hot it feels — is rising faster than temperature https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/03/19/the-heat-index-how-hot-it-feels-is-rising-faster-than-temperature
Frequency of heat days systematically underestimated in many studies https://medienportal.univie.ac.at/en/media/recent-press-releases/detailansicht-en/artikel/frequency-of-heat-days-systematically-underestimated-in-many-studies/
Proposing a new indicator, the “Potential Maximum Storm Tide” (PMST) to estimate the risk of coastal flooding under climate change https://eos.org/editor-highlights/where-and-how-sea-level-rise-threatens-coastal-areas-and-communities
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