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*Hillary Clinton formally accepted the Democratic Party's nomination * 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/us/politics/hillary-clinton-dnc-transcript.html>
...to be the next US president. She used her acceptance speech to make 
the following point: *"I believe in science. I believe that climate 
change is real and that we can save our planet while creating millions 
of good-paying clean energy jobs."*...The contrast with Donald Trump, 
her Republican rival, could not be more stark. To highlight just how 
different their respective positions are on energy and climate change, 
Carbon Brief published an interactive tracker this week 
<ttps://www.carbonbrief.org/us-election-tracker-republicans-democrats-energy-climate>, 
which we will continue to update in the run-up to the vote in November.  
We are also tracking the positions expressed by their running mates and 
policy advisors, as well as the party manifestoes, or "platforms" as 
they are referred to in the US. 
https://www.carbonbrief.org/us-election-tracker-republicans-democrats-energy-climate

    <http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54576>

    UN warns of more*heatwave*deaths as*climate change*pushes up
    temperatures <http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54576>

UN News Centre 	 -‎16 hours ago‎ 	

28 July 2016 - Warning of a possible rise in*heatwave*deaths due 
to*climate change*, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk 
Reduction (UNISDR) today called for measures to reduce mortality from 
this natural hazard....The warning came days after the World 
Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced that global temperatures for 
the first six months of this year reached new highs, setting 2016 on 
track to be the hottest-ever on record, and the temperature hit 54 
degrees Celsius in Kuwait last week....“Millions of people around the 
world should be receiving heat-related warnings and advisories if we are 
to avoid a repeat of the thousands of deaths which occurred last year 
from heatwaves notably in Asia and Europe,” said Robert Glasser, the UN 
Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk 
Reduction....From 2005 to 2014, an average of 25 major heatwaves were 
recorded each year resulting in an annual average death toll of 7,232. 
In 2015, the hottest year on record, there were 3,275 reported deaths 
from heatwaves in France, 2,248 in India, and 1,229 in Pakistan.

    This Year, Every Vote Is a Vote for or Against*Climate Change*
    <http://www.wired.com/2016/07/year-every-vote-vote-climate-change/>

WIRED 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

In the decades since scientists first warned a US president 
that*greenhouse gas*emissions would doom us all, no political party has 
ever presented itself as taking the issue seriously during a 
presidential election.

*Six Conflict Prevention Takeaways from New Climate and Conflict 
Research* 
<https://climateandsecurity.org/2016/07/28/six-conflict-prevention-takeaways-from-new-climate-and-conflict-research/>
CENTER FOR CLIMATE & SECURITY ...National Academy of Scientists 
...researchers at the Potsdam Institute titled, Armed-conflict risks 
enhanced by climate-related disasters in ethnically fractionalized 
countries.  This is the latest in a growing body of research looking at 
the links between climate change and conflict. ... The authors...find 
evidence in global datasets that risk of armed-conflict outbreak is 
enhanced by climate-related disaster occurrence in ethnically 
fractionalized countries.  Although we find no indications that 
environmental disasters directly trigger armed conflicts, our results 
imply that disasters might act as a threat multiplier in several of the 
world’s most conflict-prone regions....Coverage of this study focused on 
the increased evidence that climate-related disasters and conflict are 
linked, particularly in ethnically fractionalized societies, and that 
violence may be more likely as climate impacts continue to accelerate.

    Pipeline Expansion Threatens US*Climate*Goals, Study Says
    <https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28072016/natural-gas-pipeline-expansion-fracking-fossil-fuels-threatens-us-climate-change-goals>

InsideClimate News 	 -‎20 hours ago‎ 	

Proposed new and expanded pipelines that would pump natural gas from the 
fracking hub in the Appalachian Basin to power plants and other 
consumers throughout much of the eastern half of the U.S. will commit 
the country to high carbon emissions. That level will be too high for 
the U.S. to meet its climate goals, according to a report by the 
environmental advocacy group Oil Change International....Collectively, 
the 19 pending pipeline projects would enable a doubling of natural gas 
production from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations of 
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, according to the study published 
last Friday on the group's website....The current 
U.S.*climate*target—which may not be enough to help achieve the 
international goal of limiting*global warming*to below 2 degrees Celsius 
—is an emissions reduction of 83 percent from 2005 levels by 2050. The 
study concludes that going*...*

    The global philosopher: Who should pay for*climate change*?
    <http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36900260>

BBC News 	 -‎Jul 27, 2016‎ 	

Most climate scientists think the world is getting warmer and that 
humans are at least in part responsible. Almost every country in the 
world has pledged to make efforts to stabilise greenhouse gas 
concentrations in the atmosphere in order to prevent dangerous 
"interference with the climate system". But exactly how to do this 
raises interesting questions about fairness....One brilliantly 
innovative way to deal with*global warming*emissions is carbon trading. 
Here, broadly, is the idea. Countries (or states, or companies), are 
given an allowance to emit a certain amount of the gases that 
cause*climate change*- ...These three issues hardly exhaust the 
philosophy of climate change and the environment. There are all sorts of 
other issues. We might ask ourselves whether, as individuals, we have 
any responsibility for the future, since the impact any one of us can 
have is negligible. We might wonder whether our obligation to people yet 
unborn is less important than our obligation to those already alive.
Should the Rich World Pay for Climate Change? 
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lw4cx>   Audio debate 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lw4cx

    <https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/07/28/scientists-rally-to-predict-arctic-sea-ice-melt>

    Scientists Rally to Predict*Arctic*Sea Ice Melt
    <https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/07/28/scientists-rally-to-predict-arctic-sea-ice-melt>

News Deeply 	 -‎11 hours ago‎ 	

Every month throughout the summer, scientists submit and update their 
predictions for the September minimum sea ice extent. What started as an 
informal operation in 2008 has grown into an important tool for the 
research community...The Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) was launched 
in 2008, releasing its first report on June 10 of that year. Then, as 
now, the predictions spanned a large range, some lower than the 
September 2007 minimum, some higher. But no one suggested the September 
sea ice extent would return to the 7 million square kilometers (2.7 
million square miles) it maintained between 1978 and 2000...Scientists 
studying the age of the Arctic sea ice have found that it has become 
younger and thinner since the 1970s. In March, the NSIDC reported that 
70 percent of the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean had been formed in 
the past year and 30 percent consisted of multiyear ice. In the 
mid-1980s, most of the ice was at least two years old.

    Dear corporate Canada: it's time to pay for your part in*climate
    change*
    <https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/jul/28/canada-emissions-climate-change-justin-trudeau-corporate-business>

The Guardian 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

Canada’s Justin Trudeau intends to unveil a program this fall that will 
require big polluters in business to pay for their carbon emissions...By 
2030, Canada intends to see its*greenhouse gas*emissions fall 30% from 
the 2005 levels of 749 megatonnes. To get there, the country expects its 
businesses to play an important role in a new plan...Carbon prices vary 
considerably around the world, from less than $1 per tonne of emissions 
in countries such as Mexico to $130 per tonne in Sweden, with 85% of 
countries pricing carbon at below $10. Thurber believes Canada will set 
the price at around $15 per tonne....“It’s been pretty well established 
that that’s a level that drives some abatement activities but the 
economic impact is fairly minor,” he said. “It’s big enough to be 
meaningful but it’s not going to cripple them in the slightest.”

    Blasting "McCarthy-Like Overreach," State AGs,*Climate*Groups Won't
    Comply With GOP Subpoenas
    <http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/27/blasting-mccarthy-overreach-state-ags-climate-groups-wont-comply-gop-subpoenas>

Common Dreams (press release) 	 -‎Jul 27, 2016‎ 	

"We're going to keep fighting this subpoena and keep ramping up our 
campaign to hold Exxon and their friends accountable for their decades 
long campaign to mislead the public about the threat of*climate 
change*," said May Boeve, 350.org executive*...*

*China: A Nation Submerged (YouTube Video from CCTV News)*
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av_Gq14YfMo>Two thirds of China was 
affected by flooding in recent months..  CCTV has too much video of the 
flooding rescue and recovery operations  From the YouTube channel of 
Understanding Climate Change <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av_Gq14YfMo>.

    *Climate Change*Modeling is Closer than You Think
    <http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2016/07/28/421596.htm>

Insurance Journal 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

Sousounis and other modelers say the industry, and particularly the 
public sector, is coming to them for more information on impacts 
from*climate change*- Are rising sea levels putting more properties at 
risk? Are droughts being made worse? *...But lately it seems that more 
cat modelers are being asked if they can include the effects of climate 
change in their models, and at least one modeling firm is now gearing up 
to offer just that.**Boston-based AIR Worldwide is developing better 
tools to help its clients understand the risks of climate 
change...“Insurers, reinsurers, financial institutions, and policymakers 
are being asked increasingly tough questions about their resilience to 
the possible effects of a changing climate. AIR takes an active role in 
climate research and is committed to helping clients understand, 
measure, and manage the associated uncertainties.”...The firm says its 
scientists are collaborating with organizations like The Met Office, 
Geosciences Australia and the Association of British Insurers to 
quantify the financial impacts of climate change...*

*(humor?) Oil industry supporters are getting ever more creative with 
their memes 
<A%20Canadian%20advocate%20for%20oil%20sands%20recently%20learned%20just%20how%20fickle%20the%20internet%20can%20be.,,Robbie%20Picard,%20a%20former%20Alberta%20oil%20sands%20worker,%20posted%20a%20homemade%20meme%20to%20the%20Canada%20Oil%20Sands%20Community%20Facebook%20page%20this%20week.%20It%20showed%20two%20women%20kissing,%20and%20read:,,In+Canada+lesbians+are+considered+hot%21+In+Saudi+Arabia+if+you%E2%80%99re+a+lesbian+you+die%21+Why+are+we+getting+our+oil+from+countries+that+don%E2%80%99t+think+lesbians+are+hot?%21+Choose+equality%21+Choose+Canadian+oil%21>*
A Canadian advocate for oil sands recently learned just how fickle the 
internet can be...Robbie Picard, a former Alberta oil sands worker, 
posted a homemade meme to the Canada Oil Sands Community Facebook page 
this week. It showed two women kissing, and read:  In Canada lesbians 
are considered hot! In Saudi Arabia if you’re a lesbian you die! Why are 
we getting our oil from countries that don’t think lesbians are hot?! 
Choose equality! Choose Canadian oil!

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