Climate Change Update

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels

As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at the COP28 climate talks? https://theconversation.com/as-disasters-and-heat-intensify-can-the-world-meet-the-urgency-of-the-moment-at-the-cop28-climate-talks-217063

Building African cities that cope with climate shocks – experts outline what it will take https://theconversation.com/building-african-cities-that-cope-with-climate-shocks-experts-outline-what-it-will-take-204965

2023 shatters climate records, with major impacts https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/2023-shatters-climate-records-major-impacts

Fossil fuel giants play home ground advantage as climate COP despairs about 1.5°C https://reneweconomy.com.au/fossil-fuel-giants-play-home-ground-advantage-as-climate-cop-despairs-about-1-5c/

Clearing Skies: Opening a New Path on Climate and the Future https://e360.yale.edu/features/systemic-adaptation

Provisional State of the Global Climate in 2023 https://wmo.int/resources/publications/provisional-state-of-global-climate-2023

We’re in an El Niño – so why has Australia been so wet? https://theconversation.com/were-in-an-el-nino-so-why-has-australia-been-so-wet-219111

CSIRO stresses ‘faster reduction’ in emissions than government target https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/csiro-report-emissions-reduction-net-zero/

Earth Just Had the Hottest 12-Month Span in Recorded History https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-just-had-the-hottest-12-month-span-in-recorded-history/

Atlantic Hurricanes Are Intensifying Faster https://eos.org/articles/atlantic-hurricanes-are-intensifying-faster

Climate change worsened Chinese extreme heat and flooding event in 2020: Study https://www.preventionweb.net/news/climate-change-worsened-chinese-extreme-heat-and-flooding-event-2020-study

Growth of Chinese fossil CO2 emissions drives new global record in 2023 https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-growth-of-chinese-fossil-co2-emissions-drives-new-global-record-in-2023/

Cruel summer ahead – why is Australia so unprepared? https://theconversation.com/cruel-summer-ahead-why-is-australia-so-unprepared-219015

Global Cooling Pledge https://www.unep.org/events/unep-event/launch-global-cooling-pledge

The Future of Extreme Heat in Cities: What We Know — and What We Don’t https://www.wri.org/insights/future-extreme-heat-cities-data

Wind and solar output surges past 20 gigawatts for first time on Australia’s main grid https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-output-surges-past-20-gigawatts-for-first-time-on-australias-main-grid/

The Global Cooling Watch report demonstrates the potential and the pathways to achieve near-zero emissions from cooling https://www.unep.org/resources/global-cooling-watch-2023

Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/06/earth-on-verge-of-five-catastrophic-tipping-points-scientists-warn

UK government is not prepared for climate disasters, says spending watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/06/uk-government-is-not-prepared-for-climate-disasters-says-spending-watchdog

Bangladesh wins Global Center on Adaptation Award for Local Climate Leadership at COP28 https://www.undp.org/bangladesh/press-releases/bangladesh-wins-global-center-adaptation-award-local-climate-leadership-cop28

Five ways communities are adapting to the climate crisis https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/five-ways-communities-are-adapting-climate-crisis

As Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen touches down in Dubai for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) the Climate Council says firm commitments and leadership are needed from the Albanese Government https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/three-key-tests-for-australia-bowen-arrives-global-climate-stage/

The key point that COP28 is ignoring https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/12/the-key-point-that-cop28-is-ignoring/

2023 is officially the hottest year ever recorded, and scientists say “the temperature will keep rising”https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2023-hottest-year-ever-recorded-scientists-temperatures/

Ancient climate analysis suggests CO2 causes more warming than thought https://www.newscientist.com/article/2407270-ancient-climate-analysis-suggests-co2-causes-more-warming-than-thought/

Drought data shows “an unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale”: UN https://www.unccd.int/news-stories/press-releases/drought-data-shows-unprecedented-emergency-planetary-scale-un

Australia’s set to sizzle this weekend. Here’s how hot it will be, and how to avoid heat stroke https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australias-set-to-sizzle-this-weekend-heres-how-hot-it-will-be-and-how-to-avoid-heat-stroke/8b3mkcrhp

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Solar power to the people: California program brings clean energy to Oakland https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/18/solar-power-oakland-california-low-income

Research shows subsidies and discounts for two-wheeled EVs can drive active transport https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-19/unlocking-the-potential-of-e-bikes-and-scooters/103120546

GeoTalk: meet Andreas Kvas, researcher of Earth’s gravity affected by climate change! https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2023/11/17/geotalk-meet-andreas-kvas-researcher-of-how-earths-gravity-is-affected-by-climate-change/

Greenland Joins the Paris Agreement on Climate Change https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/greenland-joins-paris-agreement-climate-change

Earth facing dire sea level rise — up to 20m — even if climate goals met https://globalnews.ca/news/10098366/sea-level-rise-20-metres-report-climate-change/

COP28: Your Guide to the 2023 UN Climate Conference https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/tackle-climate-change/climate-change-stories/cop-climate-change-conference/

Disturbing model suggests New York will more regularly see ‘100-year flooding’ https://www.silive.com/climate/2023/11/disturbing-model-suggests-new-york-will-more-regularly-see-100-year-flooding.html

Major US climate disasters occur every three weeks, report finds https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03554-w

Solar smashes more records, as coal power sent to another new low https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-smashes-more-records-as-coal-power-sent-to-another-new-low/

Emissions Gap Report 2023 https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2023

Study links volcanic eruptions in 540s, 1450s, 1600s to global cooling events https://watchers.news/2023/11/19/study-links-volcanic-eruptions-in-540s-1450s-1600s-to-global-cooling-events/

‘Where did I go wrong?’ The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarm https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/20/where-did-i-go-wrong-the-scientist-who-tried-to-raise-the-climate-alarm

Climate Equality: A planet for the 99% https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/climate-equality-a-planet-for-the-99-621551/

Global surface temperature breaches 2℃ mark above baseline https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/global-surface-temperature-breaches-2%e2%84%83-mark-above-baseline/

Controversies of carbon dioxide removal https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-023-00493-y

UNEP at the climate COP28 https://www.unep.org/unep-climate-cop28

Humanity is still ‘breaking all the wrong records’ in fast-warming world https://www.carbonbrief.org/unep-humanity-is-still-breaking-all-the-wrong-records-in-fast-warming-world/

The perceived feasibility of behavior change is positively associated with support for domain-matched climate policies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259033222300492X

Adapting to Climate Change in Scotland https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/adapting-to-climate-change-progress-in-scotland/

New tool helps Vanuatu accelerate adaptation to climate change https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2023/November/Vanuatu-Climate-Futures-Portal

If we do it right, we can replant trees and shrubs to store carbon – and restore biodiversity https://theconversation.com/if-we-do-it-right-we-can-replant-trees-and-shrubs-to-store-carbon-and-restore-biodiversity-216734

Is it too late to keep global warming below 1.5 °C? The challenge in 7 charts https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-03601-6/index.html

Climate loss-and-damage funding: how to get money to where it’s needed fast https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03605-2

14% of Americans say there is no solid evidence that climate change is happening https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/08/09/why-some-americans-do-not-see-urgency-on-climate-change/ps_2023-08-09_climate-change_00-01/

Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/climate-change-urgent-threat-pregnant-women-and-children

In September we went past 1.5 degrees. In November, we tipped over 2 degrees for the first time. What’s going on? https://theconversation.com/in-september-we-went-past-1-5-degrees-in-november-we-tipped-over-2-degrees-for-the-first-time-whats-going-on-218228

Too many renters swelter through summer. Efficient cooling should be the law for rental homes https://theconversation.com/too-many-renters-swelter-through-summer-efficient-cooling-should-be-the-law-for-rental-homes-214483

Our new high-resolution climate models are a breakthrough in understanding Australia’s future https://theconversation.com/our-new-high-resolution-climate-models-are-a-breakthrough-in-understanding-australias-future-216739

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Renewables predicted to avert risk of blackouts as scorching summer looms for Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/15/renewables-predicted-to-avert-risk-of-blackouts-as-scorching-summer-looms-for-australia

The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/

Heat planning in small and medium-sized cities: A collaborative application of PIRS™ for heat in Kent, WA, USA https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42532-023-00166-6

World behind on almost every policy required to cut carbon emissions, research finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/14/world-behind-on-almost-every-policy-required-to-cut-carbon-emissions-research-finds

‘The science is irrefutable’: US warming faster than global average, says report https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/14/us-national-climate-assessment-global-warming-report

Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-nine-tipping-points-that-could-be-triggered-by-climate-change/

Michael Mann: Yes, we can still stop the worst effects of climate change. Here’s why. https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/yes-we-can-still-stop-the-worst-effects-of-climate-change-heres-why

The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)01859-7/fulltext

Brazil: Health warnings as country gripped by ‘unbearable’ heatwave https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67422663

Climate-heating gases reach record highs, UN reports https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/15/climate-heating-gases-reach-record-highs-un-reports

Brits do not feel prepared for climate change, warn councils https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/brits-do-not-feel-prepared-climate-change-warn-councils

El Niño reaches ‘strong’ intensity, scorching 2024 ahead for the planet https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-16/holder-nsw-el-nino-set-to-peak-as-one-of-the-strongest/103104264

New research reveals extreme fluctuations between drought and flooding are devastating millions of lives https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2023/november/flooding-and-drought.html

Frontline Heroes: Predicting Climate Extremes in Africa https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/11/14/frontline-heroes-predicting-climate-extremes-in-africa/

Canada must stop treating climate disasters like unexpected humanitarian crises https://theconversation.com/canada-must-stop-treating-climate-disasters-like-unexpected-humanitarian-crises-216153

Climate actions centered on Indigenous knowledge can improve resilience https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/11/14/national-climate-assessment/

If Australia is serious about climate, it must get serious about coal mine emissions https://reneweconomy.com.au/if-australia-is-serious-about-climate-it-must-get-serious-about-coal-mine-emissions/

Understanding the Contributions of Paleo-Informed Natural Variability and Climate Changes to Hydroclimate Extremes in the San Joaquin Valley of California https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF003909

A strong El Niño in the Pacific Ocean is coinciding with a similarly strong climate pattern in the Indian Ocean, suggesting South-East Asia and Australia will soon experience heat, drought and wildfires https://www.newscientist.com/article/2401228-twin-ocean-climate-anomalies-may-trigger-heat-and-drought-in-2024/

4 Reasons Why Ice Loss Is A More Urgent Problem Than You Think https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2023/11/16/4-reasons-why-ice-loss-is-a-more-urgent-problem-than-you-think/

United States, Other Greenhouse Gas Emitters Failing to Cut Emissions Fast Enough to Meet Climate Goals https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/national-climate-assessment-united-states-greenhouse-gases-fossil-fuels-climate-change-cop28

Please find below links to the latest climate change news…

‘Silent killer’: more than half of heatwave deaths are in disadvantaged areas – now Australian councils are fighting back https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2023/oct/29/silent-killer-more-than-half-of-heatwave-deaths-are-in-disadvantaged-areas-now-australian-councils-are-fighting-back

Analysis: Africa’s extreme weather has killed at least 15,000 people in 2023 https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-africas-extreme-weather-have-killed-at-least-15000-people-in-2023/

Extreme weather in a changing climate https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acfb23

Three ways Australia can cut global emissions – and become a green superpower https://reneweconomy.com.au/three-ways-australia-can-cut-global-emissions-and-become-a-green-superpower/

Global temperatures remain consistent with climate model projections https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/global-temperatures-remain-consistent

Recent acceleration in global ocean heat accumulation by mode and intermediate waters https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42468-z

Assessing the size and uncertainty of remaining carbon budgets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01848-5

Climate adaptation projects sometimes exacerbate the problems they try to solve – a new tool hopes to correct that https://theconversation.com/climate-adaptation-projects-sometimes-exacerbate-the-problems-they-try-to-solve-a-new-tool-hopes-to-correct-that-213969

Carbon emissions threaten 1.5C climate threshold sooner than thought – report https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67242386

Extreme weather is outpacing even the worst-case scenarios of our forecasting models https://theconversation.com/extreme-weather-is-outpacing-even-the-worst-case-scenarios-of-our-forecasting-models-216562

The US’s largest offshore wind farm just got the green light https://electrek.co/2023/10/31/us-largest-offshore-wind-farm-just-got-the-green-light/

A monster eddy current is spinning into existence off the coast of Sydney. Will it bring a new marine heatwave? https://theconversation.com/a-monster-eddy-current-is-spinning-into-existence-off-the-coast-of-sydney-will-it-bring-a-new-marine-heatwave-216625

The climate crisis has a price — and it’s $391 million a day https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/24/the-climate-crisis-has-a-price-and-its-391-million-a-day.html

‘People don’t need to die in the heat’: Charts show dire future summer forecasts https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/bushfires-climate-change-extreme-heat-el-nino-20231031-p5egb8.html

Storms or sea-level rise – what really causes beach erosion? https://theconversation.com/storms-or-sea-level-rise-what-really-causes-beach-erosion-209213

Treasurer Jim Chalmers pumps up his role in Australia’s energy transition https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-03/michelle-grattan-chalmers-energy-policy-productivity-commission/103058036

How will I experience climate change? https://myclimatefuture.info/

Pioneering scientist says global warming is accelerating. Some experts call his claims overheated https://apnews.com/article/global-warming-climate-change-accelerating-worse-92facd6145ab9ab32281ff5d641517f0

Listen to a global mosaic of climate adaptation solutions https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/podcast/listen-global-mosaic-climate-adaptation-solutions

Extreme weather is landing more Australians in hospital – and heat is the biggest culprit https://theconversation.com/extreme-weather-is-landing-more-australians-in-hospital-and-heat-is-the-biggest-culprit-216440

Please find below links to the latest climate change news…

Surging renewable energy sees record supply to Australia’s electricity grid https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/surging-renewable-energy-sees-record-supply-to-australias-electricity-grid

Renewables are on the rise in the United States https://environmentamerica.org/articles/renewables-are-on-the-rise-in-the-united-states/

Climate scientist rings alarm bells on the state of our planet — and the political obstacles preventing action https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2023/10/21/a-dangerous-path

Half of the world is past a peak in fossil power https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/half-of-the-world-has-passed-peak-fossil-power/

Urgent action needed to address climate change threats to coastal areas https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/urgent-action-needed-to-address-climate-change-threats-to-coastal-areas

Could the UK’s tides help wean us off fossil fuels? https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67170625

World Rapidly Approaching Peak Fossil Fuels, Analysts Say https://e360.yale.edu/digest/peak-fossil-fuels-peak-emissions

Unavoidable future increase in West Antarctic ice-shelf melting over the twenty-first century https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01818-x

State of the climate: Global temperatures throughout mid-2023 shatter records https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-global-temperatures-throughout-mid-2023-shatter-records/

Championing nature and Indigenous wisdom: Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week sets the stage for COP28 https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/lac-sets-the-stage-for-cop28/

Drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/18/drought-amazon-capital-climate-manaus-forest-fires-air-quality-rivers

Unavoidable future increase in West Antarctic ice-shelf melting over the twenty-first century https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01818-x

A locally time-invariant metric for climate model ensemble predictions of extreme risk https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-data-science/article/locally-timeinvariant-metric-for-climate-model-ensemble-predictions-of-extreme-risk/F26C359A109C3A738DC50AA08E8CFEBA

Climate catastrophe in Sikkim Himalaya: Twin track resilience strategy https://www.unescap.org/blog/climate-catastrophe-sikkim-himalayas-twin-track-resilience-strategy

Clean energy is officially ‘unstoppable’ now https://www.theverge.com/23930058/forecast-clean-renewable-unstoppable-international-energy-agency

The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad080/7319571

Earth’s ‘vital signs’ worse than at any time in human history, scientists warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/24/earth-vital-signs-human-history-scientists-sustainable-future

Valleys in Antarctica haven’t seen sunlight for over 14 million years, but that may change https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/environment/2023/10/25/antarctica-retreat

Beyond The Hockey Stick: What We’re Missing When We Talk About Climate Change https://time.com/6328017/climate-change-hockey-stick/

An ancient river landscape preserved beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42152-2

Himalayan communities are under siege from landslides – and climate change is worsening the crisis https://theconversation.com/himalayan-communities-are-under-siege-from-landslides-and-climate-change-is-worsening-the-crisis-215202

Heatwaves, droughts, other extreme weather events increasingly influencing adaptation policies https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/news/heatwaves-droughts-other-extreme

Global energy-related CO2 emissions could peak as soon as this year – and by 2025 at the latest https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-co2-emissions-could-peak-as-soon-as-2023-iea-data-reveals/

How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2023 https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-the-greenland-ice-sheet-fared-in-2023/

Hallucinatory world: Governments blind as multiple catastrophes besiege human civilisation https://johnmenadue.com/hallucinatory-world-governments-blind-as-multiple-catastrophes-besiege-human-civilisation/

What Does ‘Unavoidable’ West Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Mean for the Bay Area? https://www.kqed.org/science/1984927/what-does-unavoidable-west-antarctic-ice-shelf-melt-mean-for-the-bay-area

Cyclones – earlier, stronger, lingering longer https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/explainer-cyclones-earlier-stronger-lingering-longer/

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Bushfires one day, floods the next: why Australia can expect more ‘compound events’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/06/bushfires-floods-australia-compound-events-gippsland

Could superpowered plants be the heroes of the climate crisis? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/15/superpower-plants-absorb-carbon-co2-climate-crisis

The toll of heat deaths in the Phoenix area soars after the hottest summer on record https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/toll-heat-deaths-phoenix-area-soars-after-hottest-103974509

How one boatshed tells the story of Victorian coastal areas preparing for sea level rises https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-17/boatshed-rising-sea-levels-concern-for-coastal-infrastructure/102969454

SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/suvs-emit-more-climate-damaging-gas-than-older-cars-do-study-finds

A cleaner snow future mitigates Northern Hemisphere snowpack loss from warming https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41732-6

Topping the charts: September 2023 was Earth’s warmest September in 174-year record https://www.noaa.gov/news/topping-charts-september-2023-was-earths-warmest-september-in-174-year-record

South Australia: This is what a 90 per cent wind and solar grid looks like https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-this-is-what-a-90-per-cent-wind-and-solar-grid-looks-like/

Enhanced multi-year predictability after El Niño and La Niña events https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42113-9

Interactive: Glacier retreat shows impact of climate change https://interaktiv.tagesanzeiger.ch/2022/gletscher-prognosen/

Enhancing Climate Resilience in Bangladesh’s Coastal Towns: A Collaborative Endeavor https://gca.org/enhancing-climate-resilience-in-bangladeshs-coastal-towns-a-collaborative-endeavor/

Fighting Against Time and Tropical Cyclones: the Struggle of Coastal Communities in the Pacific https://storyteller.iom.int/stories/fighting-against-time-and-tropical-cyclones-struggle-coastal-communities-pacific

Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-15/climate-change-adaptation-united-states-emissions

Three decades of EU climate policy: Racing toward climate neutrality? https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.863

Australia must urgently adapt to extreme weather or face soaring premiums, insurers warn https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/18/australia-must-urgently-adapt-to-extreme-weather-or-face-soaring-premiums-insurers-warn

Labor’s EV strategy ‘hamstrung’ by delayed fuel efficiency standard, advocates say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/18/labors-ev-strategy-hamstrung-by-delayed-fuel-efficiency-standard-advocates-say

More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble https://theconversation.com/more-than-200-scientists-from-19-countries-want-to-tell-us-the-southern-ocean-is-in-trouble-215529

‘Greater than 99% chance’ 2023 will be hottest year on record https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-greater-than-99-chance-2023-will-be-hottest-year-on-record/

ESD Ideas: Translating historical extreme weather events into a warmer world https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/14/1081/2023/

Global study warns water security threatened by droughts and heat waves worldwide https://phys.org/news/2023-10-global-threatened-droughts-worldwide.html

Will the Earth breach its 1.5C guardrail sooner than we thought? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/oct/19/will-the-earth-breach-its-15c-guardrail-sooner-than-we-thought

Push for more workplace heat awareness ahead of El Niño summer https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-news-forecasts-should-australia-have-a-heat-temperature-cut-off-for-outdoor-workers/c006557a-2740-4056-b4fb-0cda9dbc2f5a

Climate Network Analysis Helps Pinpoint Regions at Higher Risk of Extreme Weather https://publishing.aip.org/publications/latest-content/climate-network-analysis-helps-pinpoint-regions-at-higher-risk-of-extreme-weather/

Cracking the code of 2022’s unprecedented heat waves and droughts https://phys.org/news/2023-10-code-unprecedented-droughts.html

The dams are full for now – but Sydney will need new water supplies as rainfall becomes less reliable https://theconversation.com/the-dams-are-full-for-now-but-sydney-will-need-new-water-supplies-as-rainfall-becomes-less-reliable-214071

Status of global coastal adaptation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01834-x

Data and local knowledge key to climate resilience https://www.gndr.org/data-and-local-knowledge-key-to-climate-resilience/

Improving the quantification of climate change hazards by hydrological models: a simple ensemble approach for considering the uncertain effect of vegetation response to climate change on potential evapotranspiration https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/27/3663/2023/

Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-rapidly-intensify-climate-warm-oceans-atlantic-1d301ac6ce12946a6ff98d38b6980922

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Scientists Examine Dangerous Global Warming ‘Accelerators’ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17022023/climate-feedback-loop-accelerators/

Dubai Civil Defence Programme Maps Impact Of Fires On Climate Change https://menafn.com/1107208475/Dubai-Civil-Defence-Programme-Maps-Impact-Of-Fires-On-Climate-Change

Impact of 2050 tree shading strategies on building cooling demands https://journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10.5334/bc.353

Revising the Bureau’s ENSO Alert System: Adapting Indices in a Changing Climate http://www.bom.gov.au/research/publications/researchreports/BRR-083.pdf

Influence of urban extent discrepancy on the estimation of surface urban heat island intensity: A global-scale assessment in 892 cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623031906

Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/09/climate-crisis-cost-extreme-weather-damage-study

Misogyny, authoritarianism, and climate change https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/asap.12347

Rebalance attention from global target setting toward national climate politics and policy https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk7428

Study finds that US 143 billion per year of the costs of extreme events is attributable to climatic change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41888-1

Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108146119

Bureau of Meteorology says more heatwaves and fewer cyclones forecast for Queensland during severe weather season https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/queensland-severe-weather-forecast-bureau-of-meteorology/102952726

The U.S. just had its 7th-warmest September on record https://www.noaa.gov/news/us-just-had-its-7th-warmest-september-on-record

Recent Increase in a Recurrent Pan-Atlantic Wave Pattern Driving Concurrent Wintertime Extremes https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/104/9/BAMS-D-21-0295.1.xml

Positive IOD keeps getting stronger https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/positive-iod-keeps-getting-stronger/1554561

Greatly enhanced risk to humans as a consequence of empirically determined lower moist heat stress tolerance https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2305427120#

Impact of 2050 tree shading strategies on building cooling demands https://journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10.5334/bc.353

Climate target overshoot could lead to centuries-long global fish habitat loss: study https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-10-11/climate-overshoot-loss-fish-habitat-irreversible-warming/102940790

Sectoral water use responses to droughts and heatwaves: analyses from local to global scales for 1990–2019 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acf82e

Why Australia urgently needs a climate plan and a Net Zero National Cabinet Committee to implement it https://theconversation.com/why-australia-urgently-needs-a-climate-plan-and-a-net-zero-national-cabinet-committee-to-implement-it-213866

Climate-driven extreme heat may make parts of Earth too hot for humans https://www.psu.edu/news/health-and-human-development/story/climate-driven-extreme-heat-may-make-parts-earth-too-hot-humans/

Climate hazards aren’t restricted by borders – African countries have taken a big step to address this https://theconversation.com/climate-hazards-arent-restricted-by-borders-african-countries-have-taken-a-big-step-to-address-this-213779

Glacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving hazards in a warming world https://theconversation.com/glacial-lake-outburst-floods-in-alaska-and-the-himalayas-show-evolving-hazards-in-a-warming-world-214829

Globally, September 2023 was the warmest September — and the largest monthly anomaly of any month — since records began in 1850 https://berkeleyearth.org/september-2023-temperature-update/

El Niño active; positive Indian Ocean Dipole strengthens http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/

Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/stockholm-ban-petrol-and-diesel-cars-city-centre-2025-swedish-capital-pollution

Quantifying Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Human Deaths to Guide Energy Policy https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/16/6074

Observational and model evidence together support wide-spread exposure to noncompensable heat under continued global warming https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg9297

Thermal and Optical Remote Sensing: Evaluating Urban Green Spaces and Urban Heat Islands in a Changing Climate https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/6691

New modeling method helps scientists understand extreme heat waves https://new.nsf.gov/news/new-modeling-method-helps-scientists-understand

Scientists have proposed a new ocean–sea ice–atmosphere observing system between the Ross Sea and Casey station https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2023/new-antarctic-observing-system-proposed/

October 2023 El Niño update: big cats https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/october-2023-el-nino-update-big-cats

Australia’s resources minister sees a gas-fired future just as international experts chart the fossil fuel’s decline https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/oct/12/australias-resources-minister-sees-a-gas-fired-future-just-as-international-experts-chart-the-fossil-fuels-decline

Three ex-hurricanes hit Ireland in recent weeks. What’s going on? https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/1012/1409210-ex-hurricanes-ireland-storm-agnes-ophelia-nigel-tropical-cyclones/

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Type of storm that drenched New York is up to 20% wetter due to climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/02/new-york-city-flooding-rain-storm-climate-change

Can Florida’s Coast Survive Its Reliance on Development? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01944363.2023.2249866

Faced with more frequent flooding and worse to come, the Philadelphia environmental justice community of Eastwick is grappling with difficult questions about its future https://e360.yale.edu/features/chronic-flooding-eastwick-philadelphia

A warming planet is creating a booming, and dangerous, disaster-restoration industry https://grist.org/accountability/a-warming-planet-is-creating-a-booming-and-dangerous-disaster-restoration-industry/

The loss of our glaciers over the 21st century: a future we can control https://www.thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/earth-space/the-loss-of-our-glaciers-over-the-21st-century-a-future-we-can-control

Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system https://theconversation.com/too-hard-basket-why-climate-change-is-defeating-our-political-system-214382

DeBriefed 29 September 2023: Focus on carbon offsets; UK expands oil and gas; IEA’s path to 1.5C unpacked https://www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-29-september-2023-focus-on-carbon-offsets-uk-expands-oil-and-gas-ieas-path-to-1-5c-unpacked/

How lessons from Earth’s past can help us save the planet https://www.kalw.org/show/your-call/2023-10-02/how-lessons-from-earths-past-can-help-us-save-the-planet

Annual Twin Cities Marathon canceled due to extreme heat https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/01/us/twin-cities-marathon-canceled-weather/index.html

Lessons from California on how to adapt to sea level rise https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/09/26/lessons-from-california-on-how-to-adapt-to-sea-level-rise

As the world warms, intense tropical cyclones are starting earlier, study finds https://phys.org/news/2023-09-world-intense-tropical-cyclones-earlier.html

Australia’s national area-average mean temperature was 2.43 °C warmer than the 1961–1990 average, the third-warmest on record (since 1910) for September http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/aus/summary.shtml

Japan experiences hottest September on record https://watchers.news/2023/10/03/japan-experiences-hottest-september-on-record/

The global costs of extreme weather that are attributable to climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41888-1

Climate change is narrowing and shifting prescribed fire windows in western United States https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00993-1

Ice cores reveal Antarctica is warming twice as fast as global average https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-ice-cores-reveal-antarctica-is-warming-twice-as-fast-as-global-average/

Australia’s emissions must decline more steeply to reach climate commitment: OECD https://theconversation.com/australias-emissions-must-decline-more-steeply-to-reach-climate-commitment-oecd-214851

‘Absolutely perverse’: climate scheme could reward Australian coalmines while emissions rise https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/03/labor-coalmine-safeguard-mechanism-climate-scheme-emissions-benefits

Climate solutions are necessary. So we’re dedicating a week to highlight them https://www.npr.org/2023/10/02/1197590139/climate-change-solutions

Researchers call for urgent emissions cuts as Antarctic sea ice ‘drops off a cliff’ https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/499335/researchers-call-for-urgent-emissions-cuts-as-antarctic-sea-ice-drops-off-a-cliff

Are we making progress towards a net zero future? https://www.climateforesight.eu/articles/are-we-making-progress-towards-a-net-zero-future/

Apostolic Exhortation Laudate Deum of the Holy Father Francis to all people of good will on the climate crisis https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/10/04/231004a.html

New Zealand records hottest September on record https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/04/new-zealand-october-temperature-record-heat-september

Deep learning shows how global warming affects daily rainfall https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02803-2

Heat Islands https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-26588-4_36

Can AI help build climate resilience in the Caribbean? Let’s look at housing https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/can-ai-help-build-climate-resilience-caribbean-lets-look-housing

Study Identifies Jet-Stream Pattern That Locks in Extreme Winter Cold, Wet Spells https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/10/04/study-identifies-jet-stream-pattern-that-locks-in-extreme-winter-cold-wet-spells/

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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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French ski resort closes permanently because there’s not enough snow https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/travel/france-ski-resort-closes-la-sambuy-climate-scn/index.html

Antarctic sea-ice at ‘mind-blowing’ low alarms experts https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66724246

Record Heat Deaths in Arizona Spur Push for Disaster Assistance https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/record-heat-deaths-in-arizona-spur-push-for-disaster-assistance-86352a62

‘Medicane’ storms to increase as climate change heats Mediterranean https://www.inkl.com/news/medicane-storms-to-increase-as-climate-change-heats-mediterranean/WMRYqATNkmy

Young people to take 32 European countries to court over climate policies https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/14/young-people-to-take-32-european-countries-to-court-over-climate-policies

Climate change undermines nearly all sustainable development goals https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/climate-change-undermines-nearly-all-sustainable-development-goals

The Libya floods: a climate and infrastructure catastrophe https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/09/the-libya-floods-a-climate-and-infrastructure-catastrophe/

Earth’s land masses have a higher chance of becoming wetter than drier as temperatures rise https://news.agu.org/press-release/as-earth-heats-up-rain-pours-down/

Seven megatrends that will shape the next 20 years https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2022/July/Seven-megatrends-that-will-shape-the-next-20-years

Monitoring El Nino in a warming climate https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/monitoring-el-nino-in-a-warming-climate/1512801

Intense September heat toppling records in SE Australia https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/intense-september-heat-toppling-records-in-se-australia/1513224

Wind and solar remain the lowest cost new build electricity generation sources despite inflationary pressures https://www.csiro.au/en/news/all/news/2023/july/gencost

California sues five of the world’s largest oil companies — ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips and Chevron https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-17/california-sues-oil-exxonmobil-shell-bp-conocophillips-chevron/102866110

Rooftop solar eats up all demand in South Australia, world’s most renewable grid https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solar-eats-up-all-demand-in-south-australia-worlds-most-renewable-grid/

People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/18/people-who-work-from-home-all-the-time-cut-emissions-by-54-against-those-in-office

The BoM has finally declared an El Niño. What does it mean – and why did it take so long? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/19/what-is-el-nino-weather-pattern-climate-event-australia-bushfires-temperature-summer

Governments must step up to fund methane-hunting space camera https://www.context.news/net-zero/opinion/governments-must-step-up-to-fund-methane-hunting-space-camera

Libya floods: how climate change intensified the death and devastation https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02899-6

Climate-induced rising sea levels are forcing residents of this tiny Panama island to leave https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-11/carti-sugtupu-residents-leave-panama-island-hit-by-rising-seas/102839860

How weather ‘blocks’ have triggered more extreme heatwaves and floods across Europe https://theconversation.com/how-weather-blocks-have-triggered-more-extreme-heatwaves-and-floods-across-europe-213304

Germany to Surpass 50 Percent Renewable Power This Year, Official Says https://e360.yale.edu/digest/germany-50-percent-renewable-power

Mission Zero: How Today’s Climate Choices will shape Australia https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/missionzero/

Climate change played major role in Libya floods https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66854670

“We should lead:” Australia urged to fast track net zero to 2035, as El Niño declared https://reneweconomy.com.au/we-should-lead-australia-urged-to-fast-track-net-zero-to-2035-as-el-nino-declared/

NT desert ranger groups call for extension of carbon credits program to support fire mitigation https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-21/savanna-carbon-credits-market-traditional-fire-mitigation-nt/102870062

Net zero by 2035 would be ‘monumentally’ hard for Australia to achieve. But these experts argue it’s critical https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-21/experts-say-net-zero-should-be-by-2035-for-australia/102881722

Interplay of climate change-exacerbated rainfall, exposure and vulnerability led to widespread impacts in the Mediterranean region https://www.preventionweb.net/news/interplay-climate-change-exacerbated-rainfall-exposure-and-vulnerability-led-widespread

From Carbon Sink to Source: The Stark Changes in Arctic Lakes https://e360.yale.edu/features/greenland-lakes-climate-change

Australia should wipe out climate footprint by 2035 instead of 2050, scientists urge https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/20/australia-should-wipe-out-climate-footprint-by-2035-instead-of-2050-scientists-urge

Climate scientists and Pacific activists call on Australia to ramp up ambitions ahead of UN summit https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-20/australia-called-to-ramp-up-climate-ambitions-nyt-ad/102876940