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<font size="+1"><i>April 26, 2017<br>
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style="font-weight: bold;">Most global investors recognise
financial risk of <b style="font-weight: bold;">climate
change</b>, report finds</span></a></h2>
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<blockquote> Global index reveals 60% of asset owners are now taking
some action, but warns there is still 'enormous resistance' to
managing climate risk<br>
For the first time a majority of global investor heavyweights
recognise the financial risks of climate change, according to the
results of a major global index rating how investors manage such
risks.<br>
But despite the advances, the Asset Owner Disclosure Project
chairman, John Hewson, has warned there is still an "enormous
resistance" to managing climate risk.<br>
The AODP releases its fifth global index on Wednesday, ranking the
world's largest 500 asset owners and, for the first time, the 50
largest asset managers on their performance managing financial
risks associated with climate change.<br>
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</i></font><font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/rapid-climate-change-arctic-21389">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/rapid-climate-change-arctic-21389</a></font><br>
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text-decoration: underline;"><span class="titletext"
style="font-weight: bold;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Climate
Change</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Altering
the Arctic Faster Than Expected</span></a></h2>
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<blockquote>Evidence continues to mount that climate change has
pushed the Arctic into a new state. Skyrocketing temperatures are
altering the essence of the region, melting ice on land and sea,
driving more intense wildfires, altering ocean circulation and
dissolving permafrost...<br>
A new report chronicles all these changes and warns that even if
the world manages to keep global warming below the targeted 2°C
threshold, some of the shifts could be permanent. Among the most
harrowing are the disappearance of sea ice by the 2030s and more
land ice melt than previously thought, pushing seas to more
extreme heights.<br>
The findings, released Monday in the <a
href="http://www.amap.no/swipa">Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost
in the Arctic (SWIPA)</a> assessment, come after a winter of
extreme discontent for the region. Sea ice receded a bit in
November, a rare occurrence, and hit a record-low maximum for the
third year in a row. Temperatures averaged 11°F above normal,
driven by sustained mild weather that was punctured by periods of
<a
href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/arctic-sea-ice-record-low-20903">almost
unheard of heat</a> when temperatures reached <a
href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/temperatures-soaring-north-pole-climate-change-20999">up
to 50°F above normal.</a><br>
This past winter is just the latest in a string of bizarre years
and the report, authored by 90 Arctic experts, is the latest in a
long line of <a
href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/arctic-ocean-atlantic-climate-change-21318">increasingly
dire warnings</a> for the fastest-warming region on the planet.
If carbon pollution isn't slowed, parts of the Arctic could warm a
whopping 16°F by the 2050s.<br>
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href="http://www.amap.no/swipa">http://www.amap.no/swipa</a></font><br>
<b><a href="http://www.amap.no/swipa">SNOW, WATER, ICE, PERMAFROST
IN THE ARCTIC (SWIPA)</a></b><br>
This subsite contains information products and materials
presenting the results of the Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in
the Arctic (SWIPA) assessment coordinated by AMAP and produced in
collaboration with IASC, WMO/Clic and IASSA<br>
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The results of the SWIPA assessment are presented in four printed
reports, targetting different audiences.<br>
Video <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/04/atmospheric-co2-just-exceeded-410-ppm.html">http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/04/atmospheric-co2-just-exceeded-410-ppm.html</a></font><b><br>
</b><b><a
href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/we-just-breached-the-410-parts-per-million-threshold-21372">Atmospheric
CO2 just exceeded 410 ppm – "It's pretty depressing that it's
only a couple of years since the 400 ppm milestone was toppled"</a></b><br>
<blockquote>The world just passed another round-numbered climate
milestone. Scientists predicted it would happen this year and lo
and behold, it has...<br>
On Tuesday, the Mauna Loa Observatory recorded its first-ever
carbon dioxide reading in excess of 410 parts per million (it was
410.28 ppm in case you want the full deal). Carbon dioxide hasn't
reached that height in millions of years. It's a new atmosphere
that humanity will have to contend with, one that's trapping more
heat and causing the climate to change at a quickening rate.<br>
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<blockquote>Confidence in the findings of the study came from the
match of the findings to one of the central principles of global
warming biology: Organisms (including toxic algae) will migrate
towards the Earth's poles as warming progresses.<br>
Climate change is predicted to cause a series of maladies for
world oceans including heating up, acidification, and the loss of
oxygen. A newly published study published online in the April 24
edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
titled "Ocean warming since 1982 has expanded the niche of toxic
algal blooms in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans,"
demonstrates that one ocean consequence of climate change that has
already occurred is the spread and intensification of toxic
algae...<br>
A team of scientists led by Dr. Christopher Gobler, marine science
professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at
Stony Brook University, used high resolution ocean temperature
data along with the growth response of two of the most toxic algae
in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans called Alexandrium
and Dinophysis. Their study demonstrates that since 1982, broad
stretches of these ocean basins have warmed and become
significantly more hospitable to these algae and that new 'blooms'
of these algae have become common in these same regions.
Alexandrium and Dinophysis are serious health concerns as they
make neurotoxins and gastrointestinal toxins that can cause
paralytic and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning in humans...<br>
"Toxic or harmful algal blooms are not a new phenomenon, although
many people may know them by other names such as red tides," said
Gobler. "These events can sicken or kill people who consume
toxin-contaminated shellfish and can damage marine ecosystems by
killing fish and other marine life."..<br>
The problem is worsening...<br>
"The distribution, frequency and intensity of these events have
increased across the globe and this study links this expansion to
ocean warming in some regions of the North Atlantic and North
Pacific Oceans," Gobler said...<br>
more at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://phys.org/news/2017-04-global-oceans-toxic.html#jCp">https://phys.org/news/2017-04-global-oceans-toxic.html#jCp</a><br>
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<font color="#666666" size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org/news/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate">https://www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org/news/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate</a></font><br>
<font color="#000099" size="+1"><b><a
href="https://www.planetarysecurityinitiative.org/news/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate">Insurgency,
terrorism and organised crime in a warming climate </a></b></font><br>
<blockquote> As the climate changes, so too do the conditions in
which non-state armed groups operate. The complex risks presented
by conflicts, climate change and increasingly fragile geophysical
and socio-political conditions can contribute to the emergence and
growth of non-state armed groups. A <a
href="https://www.newclimateforpeace.org/blog/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate">new
report, written by the Climate Diplomacy Initiative</a>,
examines the links between climate-fragility risks and non-state
armed groups.<br>
Terrorist groups such as the Islamic State and Boko Haram have
been dominating the headlines since 2013. Both groups have gained
international notoriety for their ruthless brutality and their
rise is posing new challenges for national, regional and
international security. Such Non-State Armed Groups (NSAG) are not
a new phenomenon. Today, however, we can observe an increasingly
complex landscape of violent actors with a range of hybrid
organizational structures and different agendas that set them
apart from 'traditional' non-state actors and result in new
patterns of violence...<br>
At the same time, there has been increasing acknowledgement within
the academic literature and among the policy community of the
relationship between climate change and security. However, most
research on climate change and security only touches upon the
topic of non-state armed actors and does not spell out the links
between climate change, fragility and NSAGs...<br>
Taking the state of play on the links between climate change and
fragility as a starting point, this report addresses the question
of how the impacts of climate change are a contributing factor in
the rise and growth of non-state armed groups. Four case studies
on Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region, ISIS in Syria, the Taliban
in Afghanistan, and urban violence and organized crime in
Guatemala span the whole spectrum of NSAGs and explore in depth
the specific role NSAGs play in the complex dynamics of climate
change and fragility...<br>
These case studies show that as the climate is changing, so too
are the conditions within which NSAGs operate. The complex risks
arising from climate change, fragility and conflict can contribute
to the emergence and growth of non-state armed groups. This does
not imply that there is a direct link between climate change and
NSAG-related violence and conflict. However, large-scale
environmental and climatic change contributes to creating an
environment in which non-state armed groups can thrive and opens
spaces that facilitate the pursuit of their strategies...<br>
<font color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.newclimateforpeace.org/blog/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate">https://www.newclimateforpeace.org/blog/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate</a></font><br>
<font color="#000099"><b><a
href="https://www.newclimateforpeace.org/blog/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate">Insurgency,
Terrorism and Organised Crime in a Warming Climate - A
Summary</a></b></font><br>
As the climate changes, so too do the conditions in which
non-state armed groups operate. The complex risks presented by
conflicts, climate change and increasingly fragile geophysical and
socio-political conditions can contribute to the emergence and
growth of non-state armed groups. Our new report examines the
links between climate-fragility risks and non-state armed groups.<br>
[Find the full report at <a
href="https://www.climate-diplomacy.org/publications/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate">Climate
Diplomacy</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.climate-diplomacy.org/publications/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate">https://www.climate-diplomacy.org/publications/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate</a>]<br>
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href="https://psmag.com/is-your-city-ready-for-global-warmings-coming-heat-waves-87383742cfa">https://psmag.com/is-your-city-ready-for-global-warmings-coming-heat-waves-87383742cfa</a></font><br>
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<blockquote> Cities will bear the brunt of future heat waves, but
good urban planning—and ancient Japanese cooling techniques—could
help reduce the threat...<br>
On Monday morning, scientists from Belgium, Holland, and the
United Kingdom appeared to present some of their latest work on
heat waves. The build-up of heat-trapping greenhouses in the
Earth's atmosphere <a
href="http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/scientists-strong-evidence-human-caused-climate-change-intensified-2015-heat-waves">vastly
increases the chances of heat waves</a>, and they are becoming
more frequent, more intense, longer, and <a
href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/global-warming-amplified-death-toll-during-2003-european-heat-wave">deadlier.</a>..<br>
Cities will feel the effects most of all because they already warm
up faster than the surrounding countryside as pavement and
concrete absorb incoming solar radiation. By 2050, the heat-stress
index for cities will increase twice as much as for adjacent rural
areas,<br>
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<blockquote>ALAMEDA, Calif., April 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Job One
for Humanity, a non-profit organization dedicated to stopping
global warming in the next 10 years, announced today the
publication of its flagship book and a unique chance for climate
activists to obtain a free copy.<br>
The book, Climageddon: The Global Warming Emergency and How to
Survive It by Lawrence Wollersheim, is available for immediate
download as an eBook from Amazon.com and will soon be available in
other electronic formats from other distributors. A print version
will be available some time in June.<br>
The eBook is priced at $9.95 but for a limited time any climate
activist who sends the publisher a selfie taken at an Earth Day
event, science or climate march will receive a free copy. Just
sending the selfie to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:SelfieEarthDay@joboneforhumanity.org">SelfieEarthDay@joboneforhumanity.org</a>
(included in the email, not as an attachment) will earn the
reward.<br>
"We wanted to express our gratitude to the thousands of volunteer
climate activists around the world who will focus attention on
this unprecedented emergency situation, rather than ask for yet
another contribution," Wollersheim, who is also Executive Director
of Job One for Humanity, said.<br>
The offer expires at midnight Pacific Time on April 30.<br>
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<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeOZSMrwnYw">(video 11
min) Potholer54 The latest climate error from Steve Crowder</a></b><br>
<font size="-1">My last video, showing several more Crowder errors,
my offers to debate Crowder, and my acceptance of his offer to go
on the show, and his refusal to set a topic are all at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrNmq">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrNmq</a></font>...<br>
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255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Helmuth has built his career on trying to better
understand how mussels experience temperature and other
environmental changes, and he argues it's essential to look beyond
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<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/26/us/industrial-group-plans-to-battle-climate-treaty.html">http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/26/us/industrial-group-plans-to-battle-climate-treaty.html</a></font><br>
<font size="+1"><b><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/26/us/industrial-group-plans-to-battle-climate-treaty.html">This
Day in Climate History April 26, 1998 </a> - from D.R. Tucker<br>
INDUSTRIAL GROUP PLANS TO BATTLE CLIMATE TREATY<br>
</b></font>The New York Times reports on an effort by the American
Petroleum Institute to attack the Kyoto Protocol with lies about
climate science.<br>
<blockquote>Industry opponents of a treaty to fight global warming
have drafted an ambitious proposal to spend millions of dollars to
convince the public that the environmental accord is based on
shaky science.<br>
Among their ideas is a campaign to recruit a cadre of scientists
who share the industry's views of climate science and to train
them in public relations so they can help convince journalists,
politicians and the public that the risk of global warming is too
uncertain to justify controls on greenhouse gases like carbon
dioxide that trap the sun's heat near Earth.<br>
An informal group of people working for big oil companies, trade
associations and conservative policy research organizations that
oppose the treaty have been meeting recently at the Washington
office of the American Petroleum Institute to put the plan
together...<br>
The draft plan calls for recruiting scientists to argue against
the Administration, and suggests that they include ''individuals
who do not have a long history of visibility and/or participation
in the climate change debate.''<br>
But among the plan's advocates are groups already linked to the
best-known critics of global-warming science.<br>
<font size="+1"><b> </b></font>It also calls for spending $5
million over two years to ''maximize the impact of scientific
views consistent with ours on Congress, the media and other key
audiences.''...<br>
It would measure progress by counting, among other things, the
percentage of news articles that raise questions about climate
science and the number of radio talk show appearances by
scientists questioning the prevailing views...<br>
A proposed media-relations budget of $600,000, not counting any
money for advertising, would be directed at science writers,
editors, columnists and television network correspondents, using
as many as 20 ''respected climate scientists'' recruited expressly
''to inject credible science and scientific accountability into
the global climate debate, thereby raising questions about and
undercutting the 'prevailing scientific wisdom.' ''<br>
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