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*Trump Declared President: Donald Trump was elected the 45th president
of the United States*
<http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d1f5797e59060083034310930&id=bc0f97cf50&e=95b355344d>
*(ClimateNexus)* <http://climatenexus.org/>defying all polls and
predictions. Trump, who has been critical of international and
domestic climate programs including the Paris Agreement, did not
mention climate change in his first speech after being declared the
winner. The Paris climate deal, which entered into force on November
4, is overwhelmingly supported by major businesses, cities and civil
society groups in the US. Though the outcome has cast a shadow over
COP22, participants said they are committed to pushing climate
action forward. Katherine Egland of the NAACP said, “In the
tradition of an old civil rights rallying song, the climate movement
is like a tree that's standing by the water -- we shall not be
moved!” (*News: *Bloomberg
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Nature
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*Commentary: *Climate Home, Thomas Hale op-ed
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Vox, Brad Plumer column
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Slate, Will Oremus analysis
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The National, LeAnne Graves analysis
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Grist, Rebecca Leber analysis
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New York Times editorial
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$; Wall Street Journal, Holman Jenkins Jr op-ed
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*Climate*Conference Aims To Put Paris Agreement Into Action
<http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/08/501194848/climate-conference-aims-to-put-paris-agreement-into-action>
NPR -8 hours ago
Leaders from 195 countries are meeting in Morocco to discuss how to
reduce global*greenhouse gas*emissions. The United Nations*climate
change*conference began Monday and runs through Nov. 18. It is the
first major*climate*meeting since the Paris ...
Why scientists are so worried about*sea-level rise*in the second
half of this century
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/07/why-scientists-are-so-worried-about-sea-level-rise-in-the-second-half-of-this-century/>
Washington Post -19 hours ago
Even as negotiators meet in Marrakech, Morocco to take the next
steps to avert dangerous human-caused*climate change*- and, even as
the U.S.
*Sea Levels Will Rise Faster Than Ever, Atlantic coast will be
hardest hit*
<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sea-levels-will-rise-faster-than-ever/>
The Atlantic coast of North America will be one of the worst-hit
areas as melting glaciers cause the sea level to rise over the next
century, a new study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences finds....However, that rise is not
expected to be uniform, as gravity and the movement of the ocean
will play a role in how the water is distributed, and some areas
will be hit worse than others. New York and other cities along the
East Coast could see seas rise by more than 3 feet by the end of the
century if the Earth warms by 4 or 5 degrees beyond preindustrial
levels....If the rate of carbon emissions continues unabated, the
authors said, the globe would warm by 2 degrees and cause
significant sea-level rise by 2040. It would be worse along the East
Coast of North America and Norway, which are expected to experience
a sea-level rise of about a foot. The relative speed of the sea's
rise means many areas won't have time to adapt, researchers found.
And from there, warming would accelerate even faster....It's the
full scope of the current glacial loss that concerns political
leaders and policymakers because it has already presented a pressing
need to be addressed, he said...."This near-term time scale is the
time of greatest concern to decisionmakers," he said. "Research that
reaches out to 2100 and beyond is scientifically exciting, but
really of secondary importance to the people who are trying to make
sense of the science for decisionmaking."... If warming exceeds 2
degrees by 2100, as some climate scientists worry it might, about 80
percent of the global coastline could experience a rise in sea
levels of 6 feet. Such a rapid rise in sea levels is unprecedented
since the dawn of the Bronze Age about 5,000 years ago, according to
the study.
Fleeing*climate change - "Climigration"
*
<http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/11/fleeing-climate-change/>
Harvard Gazette -10 hours ago
In one of the most dreaded science-fiction scenarios, entire
communities are forced to abandon their homes because rising sea
levels, droughts, and storm surges, driven by*climate change*,
endanger their lives. It's already happening in Alaska,
where*....the full legal concept of a refugee means that the person
cannot depend on their national government to protect them. The
government is either persecuting them or failing to address the
persecution they*'*re experiencing. When we talk about climate
change and its impact on people, most people expect that their
government is going to want to protect them, and most national
governments do. In the early part of my work, I created the word
*"*climigration*"* to describe the population displacement that was
happening in Alaska. It means that people are being forced to leave
their homes, but they*'*re staying within their country of origin,
they*'*re not crossing international borders.**..In the early part
of my work, I created the word *"*climigration*"* to describe the
population displacement that was happening in Alaska. It means that
people are being forced to leave their homes, but they*'*re staying
within their country of origin, they*'*re not crossing international
borders.*
<http://www.npr.org/2016/11/08/501073160/climate-change-the-forgotten-issue-of-this-years-election>
*Climate Change*: The Forgotten Issue Of This Year's Election
<http://www.npr.org/2016/11/08/501073160/climate-change-the-forgotten-issue-of-this-years-election>
NPR -10 hours ago
"We tend to be very focused on the short term," explains George
Marshall, Director of Projects at*Climate*Outreach and author of
Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to
Ignore*Climate Change*. "We tend to discount [...] things happening*...*
*
*
Business Leaders Support Steps to Rescue*Climate*
<http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/business/energy-environment/business-leaders-support-steps-to-rescue-climate.html>
New York Times -Nov 6, 2016
The rules governing emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases
blamed for*climate change*are going to get stricter, he said....If
so, that is bad news for the future of vehicles powered by
emissions-producing gasoline and other fossil fuels...."You know
that the only technology that will allow the industry to continue to
prosper is zero emissions or very low emissions, " he said....Given
that premise, electric cars, which do not emit CO2, would be the
only available large-scale solution...While governments may make the
rules, the responsibility will likely fall on businesses to
implement energy- and emissions-reducing changes in how they operate
and the products they provide to society...."We believe technology
is the backbone of the changes that will solve the world's big hairy
problems," Ms. Thompson said....Rob Bernard, chief environmental
strategist at Microsoft, said the world was on the cusp of what he
called a fourth industrial revolution and that there was a "healthy
paranoia" in most executive suites that if companies did not make
better use of resources they would find themselves out of
business....The tech companies say they can make a big contribution
through digital strategies, including those that save energy or
manage it better. "We believe technology is the backbone of the
changes that will solve the world's big hairy problems," Ms.
Thompson said.
See also:*Technofideism and Climate Change By Naomi Oreskes Feb 25,
2015 <https://slideslive.com/38893068/technofideism-and-climate-change>*
Technofideism - the belief that technology and 'markets' will fix
problems such as global warming. 25 years of data suggests there is
no evidence for this. See
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/the-collapse-of-western-civilization/5673714#transcript...https://slideslive.com/38893068/technofideism-and-climate-change
*Climate*Tax' on Meat and Dairy Would Sink Emissions and Diseases:
Study
<http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/11/08/climate-tax-meat-and-dairy-would-sink-emissions-and-diseases-study>
Common Dreams (press release) -4 hours ago
A 40 percent fee on beef and a 20 percent fee on dairy would counter
the industries' impact on*climate change*, as livestock release
significant greenhouse gases while exacerbating deforestation, and
would encourage people to consume less of each—which ...
*Study: Carbon tax on food could cut GHG missions by 9%
<http://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/study-carbon-tax-on-food-could-cut-ghg-missions-by-9/>*
A food tax based on a product's carbon footprint would bring
benefits not only for the climate, but also for public health,
according to a British study published on Monday (7 November). ...
From field to fork,.. food is responsible for around a quarter of
the world's greenhouse gas emissions. .. set to rise steeply in line
with population growth, and further driven by the westernisation of
the diet in developing countries....Faced with the growing gap
between food security and the fight against climate change,
researcher Marco Springmann and his colleagues from the University
of Oxford *modelled the efficiency of a global food tax, according
to its carbon footprint*. ... published in the journal Nature
Climate Change.....*Based on a price of $52 per tonne of CO2
equivalent,* the researchers evaluated the climate and health
benefits that would arise as a result of the changes to consumption
habits that such a tax would encourage....Prices for the most
greenhouse gas (GHG) intensive foods (beef, lamb, dairy products,
vegetable oils) would increase by between 15% and 40%, and global
consumption would fall by between 6% and 13%. The tax would raise
the price of fruits and vegetables by less than 3%, not
significantly affecting consumption. ... As a result, the
researchers estimated that global GHG emissions would fall by one
gigatonne of CO2 equivalent per year, or 9.3% of current emissions
from food production. Put another way, this is equal to 10% of the
effort needed by 2020 to keep global warming below
+2°C....Reductions in beef consumption would account for two thirds
of this emissions cut, and dairy products a further quarter. Middle
income countries would be responsible for around three quarters of
the total gains, while changes to consumption habits in high income
countries would contribute just 8-9%....For public health, the tax
would be a double-edged sword. According to the study, it would
prevent 107,000 deaths per year, notably from cardiovascular
disease. But more precisely, it would save 146,000 lives in 115 of
the 150 countries analysed, while causing 29,000 extra deaths from
malnutrition in 31 other countries....For the greatest positive
effect, the researchers recommended applying the tax to all food
products, either with an exception for fruits and vegetables, which
could be reduced in price, or financial compensation for consumers
in the poorest countries....This scenario could save 510,000 lives
each year without any country being left worse off. And it would
prevent the emission of 919 megatonnes of CO2 equivalent per year,
or 8.6% of the global total linked to food.
.... see also: *Mitigation potential and global health impacts from
emissions pricing of food commodities*
<http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate3155.html>
http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate3155.html
Abstract:
The projected rise in food-related greenhouse gas emissions could
seriously impede efforts to limit global warming to acceptable
levels. Despite that, food production and consumption have long been
excluded from climate policies, in part due to concerns about the
potential impact on food security. Using a coupled agriculture and
health modelling framework, we show that the global climate change
mitigation potential of emissions pricing of food commodities could
be substantial, and that levying greenhouse gas taxes on food
commodities could, if appropriately designed, be a health-promoting
climate policy in high-income countries, as well as in most low- and
middle-income countries. Sparing food groups known to be beneficial
for health from taxation, selectively compensating for income losses
associated with tax-related price increases, and using a portion of
tax revenues for health promotion are potential policy options that
could help avert most of the negative health impacts experienced by
vulnerable groups, whilst still promoting changes towards diets
which are more environmentally sustainable.
*WSJ- China Doubles Down on Coal Despite Climate Pledge $
<http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-doubles-down-on-coal-despite-climate-pledge-1478520063>*
Coal would still make up more than half of the country's energy mix
by 2020, according to latest plan....BEIJING—China's government said
it would raise coal power capacity by as much as 20% by 2020,
ensuring a continuing strong role for the commodity in the country's
energy sector despite a pledge to bring down pollution levels. In a
new five-year plan for electricity released Monday, the National
Energy Administration said it would raise coal-fired power capacity
from around 900 gigawatts last year to as high as 1,100 gigawatts
by...http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-doubles-down-on-coal-despite-climate-pledge-1478520063
*(Reuters) Moody's warns of climate change impact on sovereign ratings
<http://www.reuters.com/article/markets-ratings-climatechange-idUSL8N1D841H>*
(Nov 7) Countries' creditworthiness could be increasingly
affected by climate change, with African and South Asian sovereigns
most susceptible to the economic effects of global warming, ratings
agency Moody's said on Monday...."Climate change is expected to
become an increasingly dominant factor in our analysis of the credit
profiles of those sovereigns that are most susceptible to its
effects over the coming decades," it said in a new report....Climate
change has ramifications for countries' credit profiles through
potential economic impact, damage to infrastructure, rising social
costs, and population shifts, Moody's said....For example, gradual
desertification in Israel, Lebanon and Jordan caused by global
warming is leading to land degradation and infertility. Authorities
in Lebanon, rated B2 negative by Moody's, predict the economic
damage from climate change could reach more than $80 billion by
2040, or 1 1/2 times its current GDP....Mozambique, which suffered
heavy floods last year and is already on the brink of default at a
rating of Caa3 , was calculated to be the most susceptible of any
country Moody's rates....Jamaica and Belize, small countries with
high debt and Caa2 ratings, are seen as the next two most
vulnerable, while India is also seen as highly at risk from climate
change, with 48 percent of its workforce in the agricultural
sector....Governments are the first line of defence in responding to
climate change, Moody's said. It found institutional strength was
correlated with lower susceptibility to climate change....This
leaves many emerging markets in a double bind of higher
susceptibility to climate change combined with a weaker capacity to
prepare for and mitigate the risks....Moody's main rival Standard &
Poor's has also looked at the rating ramifications of climate change
in recent years, calling it a "global mega-trend" that would affect
sovereign credit risk through this century....
Climate Change Growing Increasingly Bad—and Increasingly Unfair ...
<http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/11/08/climate-change-growing-increasingly-bad-and-increasingly-unfair>
Common Dreams (press release) -9 hours ago
There is no equity when it comes to who is most affected most by
climate change, researchers said Tuesday, as a pair of new reports
were unveiled, highlighting ...
*This day in Climate History November 9, 2011 *
<http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/09/fossil-fuel-infrastructure-climate-change>*<http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/09/fossil-fuel-infrastructure-climate-change>
From D.R. Tucker -------------
*
November 9, 2011: The Guardian reports: "The world is likely to
build so many fossil-fuelled power stations, energy-guzzling
factories and inefficient buildings in the next five years that it
will become impossible to hold global warming to safe levels, and
the last chance of combating dangerous climate change will be 'lost
for ever,' according to the most thorough analysis yet of world
energy infrastructure."
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/09/fossil-fuel-infrastructure-climate-change
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