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    India Ratifies Paris*Climate Change*Agreement
    <http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/02/496305658/india-ratifies-paris-climate-change-agreement>

NPR 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    India has formally joined the Paris*climate change*agreement,
    handing over its country's official ratification documents to the
    United Nations on Sunday....The climate change plan was initially
    agreed upon by more than 180 countries at the Paris climate
    conference in 2015, but under its terms, it will not become binding
    until it is ratified by 55 countries that contribute a total of at
    least 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions....The
    55-country requirement has already been fulfilled — India is No. 62
    — but the emissions percentage still falls short.


    Medical staff in dark about policies to mitigate health risks
    of*climate change*, study says
    <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/03/medical-staff-in-dark-about-policies-to-mitigate-health-risks-of-climate-change-study-says>

The Guardian 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    While some states have begun developing climate and health policies,
    65% said they were not aware of any such policies...  Australian
    health professionals overwhelmingly say they don't know of any
    policies that deal with the health implications of*climate change*,
    despite the World Health Organisation saying "*climate change*is the
    greatest threat to global health in thein the 21st century".
    *...*"*Overwhelmingly, the seemingly well-informed group could not
    identify many policies at national or state levels specifically
    targeting the health effects of climate change,*"* the report said....*


*TED Radio Hour Anthropocene - Peter Ward: Are We Headed Into Another 
Mass Extinction? <http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/>*

      Some scientists say we're in a new geological age where humans are
    having an unprecedented impact on Earth. This hour, TED speakers ask
    what this means for the future of our planet, and our species.

*(YouTube video) The trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great 
Acceleration <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlEK6HJBk8>*

    The Anthropocene: Where on Earth are we going? Climate change
    communication by Will Steffen from the Australien National
    University (ANU), Canberra & Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC),
    Sweden (2015).

*(TV fiction) CBS Madam Secretary "Sea Change" - climate change theme 
for current series <http://www.cbs.com/shows/madam-secretary/>*

    Preview
    <http://www.cbs.com/shows/madam-secretary/video/8A3987DF-B045-1ED9-0999-821DFE5CEBEE/madam-secretary-sea-change-preview-/>,
    Sneak
    <http://www.cbs.com/shows/madam-secretary/video/GEA7GZt2f1lRpfUWV7ov8xtSI8xBFoY2/madam-secretary-sea-change-sneak-peek-2-/>
    Peeks
    <http://www.cbs.com/shows/madam-secretary/video/Zm4gGVN4WzE9ylWjnTQ5XoJID1rOi0jx/madam-secretary-sea-change-sneak-peek-3-/>
    ...a big storm hits Bahrain. The meteorological event is significant
    <http://tvline.com/2016/10/02/madam-secretary-recap-season-3-premiere-sea-change/>
    because a) it kills an ensign at the U.S. naval base there, and b)
    it highlights that the administration/party's unwillingness to
    officially recognize a climate change crisis means that all of the
    fat cats with have sweet, no-bid contracts to work on the bases have
    zero incentive to raise those bases in order to keep up with rising
    sea levels....Once Elizabeth becomes aware of this situation, she
    presses Dalton to do something about it. But he has zero interest in
    changing the status quo — and ticking off some of his biggest
    donors, who happen to have a few of those no-bid contracts — so he
    lays into his potential VP. "What good is bold idealism if it all
    but guarantees the loss of a second term?" he angrily asks her. "I’m
    talking about doing what's right," she counters. His response? "And
    I'm talking about winning."


    Do Christians, others think 'climate change' is manmade?
    <http://www.onenewsnow.com/science-tech/2016/10/02/do-christians-others-think-climate-change-is-manmade>

OneNewsNow 	 -‎10 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

    Just before United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed
    the UN General Assembly last week, dubbing so-called "climate
    change" as "the defining challenge of our time," the Barna Group
    asked Americans what they thought about the controversial topic and
    whether they believe man is responsible for the phenomena. Are
    Humans Responsible for Global Warming? Barna Research
    <https://www.barna.com/research/humans-responsible-global-warming/#.V-3hJiSfy_4%20>
    With climate change being taught and promoted in the schools, media
    and entertainment industry as black-letter law, rather than a theory
    – in the same fashion as Darwinian macroevolution – the Barna Group
    was not surprised to find that those showing skepticism as to
    whether climate change is manmade are far outnumbered by those who
    claim human responsibility....asked whether humans caused climate
    change and/or global warming, seven in 10 adults say either yes,
    absolutely (42 percent), or yes, possibly (29 percent)," Barna
    researchers reported. "Skeptics make up around one-fifth of all
    Americans, answering either no, probably not (10 percent), or no,
    definitely not (11 percent). Another one in 11 are not sure (9
    percent)...."[F]ewer than one in five evangelicals (19 percent)
    believe humans absolutely caused climate change and/or global
    warming -- to compare, this is less than half the national average
    (42 percent),"


*Climate change worsens NE Brazil's drought 
<http://climatenewsnetwork.net/climate-change-worsens-ne-brazils-drought/>*

    The drought affecting Brazil's huge north-eastern region threatens
    to render it completely arid – and scientists say the warming
    climate is to blame....But climate scientists now warn that the
    droughts are getting worse and could lead to the desertification of
    the region, making it impossible to sustain agriculture....The
    latest drought, which began in 2012 and has lasted five years, is
    the worst for over a century....Without water for animals, crops and
    their own consumption, hundreds of thousands of people will have to
    leave the rural areas and go to the towns and cities....This
    alarming but very possible scenario is almost completely ignored by
    politicians, who over the decades have used the droughts to further
    their own careers.

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