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Donald Trump Finally Said Something Concrete About*Climate* Policy
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-climate-change-policy_us_581f57bde4b0e80b02caa351>
Huffington Post -9 hours ago
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has said very little about
climate change during this campaign. We’ve mostly had to rely on his
numerous pre-candidacy tweets declaring it a “bullshit”
“hoax.”....But last week Trump finally did say something real about
climate change ― that he would cut all federal spending on the issue
in order to save $100 billion over two terms in office. Bloomberg
BNA caught this particular nugget buried in the “New Deal for Black
America” plan Trump released last week, which pledges to “cancel all
wasteful climate change spending.”
Frequently asked questions on*climate change*and disaster
displacement
<http://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2016/11/581f52dc4/frequently-asked-questions-climate-change-disaster-displacement.html>
UNHCR -9 hours ago
Displacement linked to climate change is not a future hypothetical –
it’s a current reality.....As activities get underway in Marrakech
at COP22, the 22nd Conference of Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on*Climate Change*, <http://cop22.ma/en/> here
are answers to some frequently asked questions about*climate
change*and displacement. 1. How many people are already displaced by
climate change?....Displacement linked to climate change is not a
future hypothetical – it’s a current reality. An annual average of
21.5 million people have been forcibly displaced by weather-related
sudden onset hazards – such as floods, storms, wildfires, extreme
temperature – each year since 2008. Thousands of others flee their
homes in the context of slow-onset hazards, such as droughts or
coastal erosion linked to sea level rise. There is high agreement
among scientists that climate change, in combination with other
drivers, is projected to increase displacement of people in the
future....Climate change is also a “threat multiplier” in many of
today’s conflicts, from Darfur to Somalia to Iraq and Syria. The
Arab Spring is commonly seen as leading to Syria’s conflict, but
people tend to forget the five-year drought in Syria’s northeast
that preceded the war and the displacement of some 1.5 million
people. Climate change sows seeds for conflict, but it also makes
displacement much worse when it happens. *...UNCHR would like to see
the following addressed in Marrakech:....Sufficient resources are
provided for the successful and timely implementation of the work of
the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) Task Force on
displacement.....Human mobility is mainstreamed into States’
planning tools, such as Nationally Determined Contributions
(NDCs).....States commit to support communities already displaced in
the context of disasters, and also take actions to prevent and
reduce the risk of future displacement.....The resilience of
populations most at risk is strengthened to allow them to remain
where they are....Countries are supported with technical advice to
prepare for relocating populations out of harm’s way, as a last
resort, and in full consultation with all affected populations.
see http://cop22.ma/en/
*
To deal with*climate change*we need a new financial system
<https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/05/how-a-new-money-system-could-help-stop-climate-change>
The Guardian -21 hours ago
When it comes to*global warming*, we know that the real problem is
not just fossil fuels - it is the logic of endless growth that is
built into our economic system.
McKibben: 'We have to be fast in the race against*climate change*'
<http://www.dw.com/en/mckibben-we-have-to-be-fast-in-the-race-against-climate-change/a-36236467>
Deutsche Welle -5 hours ago
Duetsche Welle: How do you see the current state of the world in
terms of*climate change*? Bill McKibben: 2016 is the hottest year we
have ever recorded on the Earth.
Katharine Hayhoe,*climate* evangelist, takes to the web to convert
nonbelievers
<https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/06/katharine-hayhoe-climate-scientist-evangelical-christian>
The Guardian -5 hours ago
It's stepped up a notch since the academic launched a new web series
in recent weeks, Global Weirding - a twist on the term*global
warming*- to explain to doubters why*climate change*is causing ever
more peculiar, dangerous weather and it's our fault*...
*
The Myth of Bipartisanship—It's Time to Get Tough With the Right
<http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/50-solutions/the-myth-of-bipartisanship-its-time-to-get-tough-with-the-right-20161105>
YES! Magazine -10 hours ago
[it is so nice when an important concept fits into one headline - 12
words] The*politics of global warming*is an emblematic example:
Gerzon claims that hyperpartisans on both sides have turned “even a
science-based issue like climate change into an attack-counterattack
battlefield....the rise of Trump, a misogynistic White nationalist
proto-authoritarian, is the refutation of everything Gerzon argues.
The problem is not hyperpartisanship; it is a rabid right wing that
has abandoned even the semblance of governing, believing that a
functioning government is inherently a liberal victory. The solution
is to stop rewarding Republican intransigence by treating it as
standard partisan fare. It is time to condemn, rather than coddle,
the vicious pathologies that have animated Trumpism and far too much
of the right for far too long. It was assumed that GOP voters were
motivated by conservative principles; Trump shows that the core of
the right is in reality reactionary White men who feel they are
losing control of “their” country. Trump has made it clear he
understands what is at stake— but do the pundits understand?
US Election Looms Large Over UN*Climate*Talks
<http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/us-election-looms-large-climate-talks-43337832>
ABC News -4 hours ago
U.N.*climate*talks open Monday against the backdrop of a U.S.
election that could have a major impact on America's role in the
global agreement to reduce*greenhouse gas*emissions. Given Hillary
Clinton and Donald Trump's diverging views on*climate**...*
*(video lecture) "Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change" – the
Earth101 lecture Michael E. Mann
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iEj76iX-xE>*
This lecture ... review(s) ... the now-solid evidence for a human
influence on the climate of recent decades. Such evidence includes
instrumental measurements available for the past two centuries,
paleoclimate observations spanning more than a millennium, and
comparisons of the predictions from computer models with observed
patterns of climate change. The lecture will then address future
likely impacts of human-induced climate change including possible
influences on sea level rise, severe weather, and water supply. The
lecture will conclude with a discussion of solutions to the climate
change problem....Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of
Atmospheric Science at Penn State University, with joint
appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and
Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). He is also director of the
Penn State Earth System Science Center (ESSC).
The historic Paris*climate change*agreement just became
international law
<http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-11-05/historic-paris-climate-change-agreement-just-went-effect>
PRI -17 hours ago
Dubbed the Paris Agreement, it is the first-ever deal binding all
the world's nations, rich and poor, to a commitment to cap*global
warming*caused mainly by the burning of coal, oil and gas. "A
historic day for the planet," said the office of President*...*
How much do teachers shape kids'*climate change*beliefs?
<http://theweek.com/articles/652711/how-much-teachers-shape-kids-climate-change-beliefs>
The Week Magazine -4 hours ago
As the discussion around*climate change*shifts from theoretical
predictions to real consequences, there remains a gap between the
scientific community and the general public: While the vast majority
of scientists believe humans are responsible for our ...
*This day in Climate History November 7, 1973 *
<http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=4034>* From D.R. Tucker
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November 7, 1973: President Richard Nixon announces "Project
Independence, <http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=4034>" an
effort intended to "...insure that by the end of this decade,
Americans will not have to rely on any source of energy beyond our own."
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=4034
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