Please find below links to recent climate change news…
Australia to invest $125m in Pacific island off-grid and community scale renewables https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-to-invest-125m-in-pacific-island-off-grid-and-community-scale-renewables/
Will Hydrogen Hubs Be a Clean Energy Boom or Boondoggle? https://e360.yale.edu/features/east-coast-hydrogen-hub
Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/athanasiou-interview-climate-justice/
The Amazon is teetering on the edge of a climate tipping point https://www.newscientist.com/article/2453873-the-amazon-is-teetering-on-the-edge-of-a-climate-tipping-point/
Melting glaciers leave homes teetering in valley of jagged mountains https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgly8y1j12o
Artificial intelligence reveals past climate extremes by reconstructing historical records https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53464-2
Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south https://theconversation.com/meltwater-from-greenland-and-the-arctic-is-weakening-ocean-circulation-speeding-up-warming-down-south-238302
World’s 1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-world-temperature-target
Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-to-blame-for-dozens-of-impossible-heatwaves-studies-reveal
South America is becoming warmer, drier, and more flammable https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01654-7
The cost of inaction: Quantifying the impact of climate change on health in low- and middle-income countries https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/cost-inaction-quantifying-impact-climate-change-health-low-and-middle-income-countries
Study Finds Humidity Diminishes Daytime Cooling Gains in Urban Green Spaces https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/study-finds-humidity-diminishes-daytime-cooling-gains-urban-green-spaces
Projected increase in the frequency of extremely active Atlantic hurricane seasons https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq7856
Ahead of G20 Summit in Brazil, Guterres urges bloc to take the lead on peace, climate and other challenges https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157096
To Cope with Extreme Heat, Paris Will Swap Parking Spaces for Trees https://e360.yale.edu/digest/paris-trees-parking-spaces
When Rome’s fountains run dry https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/when-romes-fountains-run-dry/
Paris agreement is working, Australian minister tells Cop29, but much deeper cuts needed by 2035 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/paris-agreement-is-working-australian-minister-tells-cop29-but-much-deeper-cuts-needed-by-2035
“Quiet revolution:” Wind and solar slash electricity emissions by 40 pct in just 10 years https://reneweconomy.com.au/quiet-revolution-wind-and-solar-slash-electricity-emissions-by-40-pct-in-just-10-years/
Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinks https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08326-8
Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters – a look at how insurance companies set rates and coverage https://theconversation.com/americans-face-an-insurability-crisis-as-climate-change-worsens-disasters-a-look-at-how-insurance-companies-set-rates-and-coverage-241772
The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-the-evolving-science-of-extreme-weather-attribution/
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-studies/index.html
Challenging future projected for children in 2050 in world transformed by extreme climate crises, population shifts, and tech disparities https://www.unicef.org/eca/press-releases/challenging-future-projected-children-2050-world-transformed-extreme-climate-crises
Australian author Richard Flanagan wins $97,000 Baillie Gifford Prize but declines prize money https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-20/richard-flanagan-baillie-gifford-prize-for-non-fiction/104623462
What’s Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures? https://e360.yale.edu/features/gavin-schmidt-interview
Water is an integral part of the global climate agenda https://wmo.int/media/news/water-integral-part-of-global-climate-agenda
Heat stress and the labour force https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00606-1
Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-pollution-carbon-dioxide-rising-worsening-df9814ea7e39dd214fd3042f299af914
‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/21/canada-arctic-herschel-island-qikiqtaruk-climate-permafrost-tundra-ecology-aoe
It’s not normal for the East Coast to be on fire https://www.vox.com/climate/384323/drought-new-york-east-coast-wildfires-water
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