Top news of the week: 28.07.2020.
#ClimateCrisis #publichealth #climate #fracking #ActOnClimate #oilandgas #BIPOC #ParisAgreement #SDG13
Future Of Climate
Global heating: study narrows range of probable temperature rises
Scientists predict rise of between 2.6C and 3.9C compared with earlier forecasts of 1.5C to 4.5C
Thanks in part to that annual report — and to mounting pressure from a coalition of climate activist groups — some large financial firms are reckoning with how their dealings are contributing to climate change. https://t.co/ESTpxYs6LY via @grist
OpenMorgan Stanley is starting to come clean about climate change
The finance giant is the first U.S.-based bank to agree to disclose how its investments and loans are affecting climate change.
RT @Earthworks: 4. There’s no time for half-measures and more #climate contradictions from @GovernorTomWolf. He must change course and take meaningful steps to #ActOnClimate & protect communities from #oilandgas pollution. https://t.co/LYetr9f9H2 @PhillyInquirer #fracking #publichealth
OpenGovernor Wolf has a choice to make about climate change | Opinion
He can either lead our state, or he can pursue political expediency at the cost of his climate legacy and the health of Pennsylvanians he’s sworn to protect.
The U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accord systemically affects #BIPOC communities the most. This is an act of environmental racism. https://t.co/v9LQx6hUWg
OpenThe US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord is a racist act
The Paris agreement threw a lifeline to millions of people of color facing a premature death. Trump is tearing that away
RT @piersforster: Our new paper: Why low-end 'climate sensitivity' can now be ruled out https://t.co/5cf9TNwrR7
OpenGuest post: Why low-end ‘climate sensitivity’ can now be ruled out
Our findings, published in Reviews of Geophysics, narrow the likely range in “equilibrium climate sensitivity” (ECS) – a measure of how much the world can be expected to warm for a doubling ...
'We have no market, but lots of lobsters': a Maine lobsterwoman fights for her livelihood https://t.co/i0HlPGueV9
Open'We have no market, but lots of lobsters': a Maine lobsterwoman fights for her livelihood
The fishery is buffeted by the climate crisis and other problems but the coronavirus pandemic has opened a new front
RT @CarbonBrief: NEW - Guest post: Who should be responsible for removing CO2 from the atmosphere? | @CFyson @CA_Latest https://t.co/ljiaqwgQEH https://t.co/u2ELzThQZj
OpenGuest post: Who should be responsible for removing CO2 from the atmosphere?
The need to remove CO2 from the atmosphere is, in many ways, a looming hot potato for climate policy. Some worry that it could be seen as a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for delaying ...
RT @thekarmaimpact: A new tool from @CDP estimates how much a business’ reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would support the Paris Agreement on climate change. By @brucerule #SDG13 https://t.co/asyFAWGYNy
Open‘Temperature Ratings’ Estimate Effectiveness of Companies’ Climate Change Plans
CDP debuts new tool to help investors weigh global warming efforts