Top news of the week: 01.12.2020.
#scicomm #ClimateDialogues #biodiversity #climatechange #Gender
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RT @zcolman: NEW: government keeps pumping mortgage money into communities facing climate change danger as risks catch up with the real estate market.
Policymakers & government-backed lenders are aware of the problem, but feel unempowered to act.
I dive deep here:
https://t.co/94icLljrPt https://t.co/2YylHk8ONk
OpenHow climate change could spark the next home mortgage disaster
Taxpayers are backing more than a trillion dollars in home mortgages, but the agencies buying them are neglecting to consider climate risks.
Wilton Gregory, soon to be the first African American Catholic cardinal, has distinguished himself among archbishops with his embrace of Pope Francis's landmark encyclical on the environment and climate change. https://t.co/rBrGUMY3lK via @insideclimate
OpenThe First African American Cardinal Is a Climate Change Leader
Wilton Gregory, as archbishop of Atlanta, asked for an action plan in 2015 to help boost Pope Francis’s encyclical on climate change.
RT @CarbonBrief: NEW - Guest post: Why climate change will cause more ‘strong’ Indian Ocean Dipole events | @CSIRO https://t.co/GN2xixkghY https://t.co/GuMVBKrNMe
OpenGuest post: Why climate change will cause more ‘strong’ Indian Ocean Dipole events
Strong positive Indian Ocean Dipole events, similar to the one seen in 2019, are projected to increase in a warmer climate.
RT @DrSimEvans: ++NEW++
After 6mths, dozens of i/vs, several spreadsheets & buckets of sweat, our *mega* @CarbonBrief Q&A on hydrogen is finally here!
Do we need hydrogen to solve climate change?
OK…but how much? From where? What for?
By me + @Josh_Gabbatiss
https://t.co/soqcEUIUvl
1/ https://t.co/LbsUELzgjy
OpenIn-depth Q&A: Does the world need hydrogen to solve climate change?
For the purposes of achieving net-zero emissions, hydrogen production will need to be switched from grey to green and blue.
RT @Knutti_ETH: 1/ New post on "The perils of counter-intuitive design in IPCC graphics" in @CarbonBrief
This confirms that designing graphics for @IPCC_CH is tricky.
#scicomm
https://t.co/D68iRZptRj
OpenGuest post: The perils of counter-intuitive design in IPCC graphics
The periodic assessment reports of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) play a crucial role for policymakers, providing regular scientific assessments on climate change ...
RT @ChloeFarand: The tight choreography of the UK setting its own 2030 climate plan/NDC in the three day gap between it formally receives a recommendation from its advisors on 9 Dec and an ambition summit on 12 Dec...
https://t.co/xcmEwYC0hW
OpenUK scrambles to decide first post-Brexit climate pledge to the Paris Agreement
The Cop26 host is on a tight timeline to set a 2030 carbon-cutting target separate from the EU's, ahead of an ambition summit on the fifth anniversary of Paris
The 4th day of the @UNFCCC #ClimateDialogues considered the long-term global goal, #biodiversity & #climatechange adaptation, the Technical Examination Processes on mitigation and adaptation, and the enhanced Lima Work Programme on #Gender, among others.
https://t.co/85bRDAwG4q
OpenUN Climate Change Dialogues 2020
On Thursday, 26 November 2020, IISD, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, covered online the UN Climate Change Dialogues 2020, which run from 23 November to 4 ...
RT @LSE_LACC: Public prosecutors, political parties, and NGOs are paving the way for vital climate change litigation in Brazil: https://t.co/gwYBjCCCQg
@JoanaSetzer (@GRI_LSE), @caiosborges (@climaesociedade) and @GuiJSLeal analyse the legal fightback against growing environmental damage... https://t.co/fY7VanZMxH
OpenPublic prosecutors and climate change litigation in Brazil
Though the Bolsonaro government's approach to land-use and the environment has intensified damage to Brazil's crucial biological communities, a growing fightback is also laying the ...