Top news of the week: 30.06.2021.
Climate
Bipartisan infrastructure deal omits major climate change measures
The narrow infrastructure deal leaves President Biden's proposals on climate change to a separate bill that Democrats would try to pass using reconciliation.
In-depth Q&A: Will China’s emissions trading scheme help tackle climate change?
After a decade of preparation, China’s national emissions trading scheme (ETS) officially enters the operational phase in 2021, with trading due to start by the end of this month.
Global Warming Cauldron Boils Over in the Northwest in One of the Most Intense Heat Waves on Record Worldwide
The latest in a seemingly endless series of heat waves around the world hit the Pacific Northwest last weekend and will continue through the week, showing that even regions with cool ...
Is climate change amping up the Pacific Northwest heat wave? Yes — and it’s time to stop asking.
Scientists say the burden of proof for connecting heat waves and global warming has changed.
Guest post: How attribution can fill the evidence ‘gap’ in climate litigation
We show how climate change attribution – the field of research that quantifies how human-caused climate change alters the likelihood and intensity of severe extreme weather events – could ...
Water-related disasters throw up complex challenges, threaten lives and jobs
The global climate crisis is “exacerbating and intensifying” water-related disasters, jeopardizing lives and livelihoods, the UN chief said on Friday at a major sustainable development ...
ESG: Climate Change
Does the rally in emerging markets from the pandemic lows of 2020 represent a tactical or strategic rally? This report unpacks that question and other important issues institutional ...
For Florida’s corals, no escape from climate change
Some corals will be able to migrate poleward to escape rising temperatures. But Florida’s corals have nowhere to go.