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<font size="+1"><i>November 16, 2017<br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://cop23.unfccc.int/news/10-science-must-knows-on-climate-change-presented-at-cop23">10
Science Must Knows on Climate Change Presented at COP23</a></b><br>
... presented to the Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change:<br>
Summary of "The 10 Science Must Have's"<br>
<blockquote>1. Much evidence suggests that the planet has entered a
new geologic epoch - called the Anthropocene. The rate of change
of the Earth system is accelerating as a result of humans' impact
on the planet's biology, chemistry, and physics. Earth's climate
has been remarkably stable since before the dawn of civilization.
This stability is at risk.<br>
<br>
2. Earth is approaching critical "tipping points". By crossing
these thresholds, the planet may see abrupt, and possibly
irreversible, shifts in the workings of the Arctic, Amazon, and
other parts of the globe.<br>
<br>
3. The record-breaking 2017 Atlantic hurricane season provides a
glimpse at the increased risks of extreme weather events that the
planet may experience in the future. These events include severe
flooding, heat waves and droughts.<br>
<br>
4. Changes are occurring quickly in the ocean, with accelerating
sea-level rise and ocean acidification.<br>
<br>
5. The economic costs of climate change are already being felt,
and the some of the world's poorest nations are bearing the
heaviest burden.<br>
<br>
6. Climate change will have a profound impact on human health by
placing new pressures on the food and water security in nations
around the world.<br>
<br>
7. Climate change is likely to exacerbate migration, civil unrest
and even conflict. In 2015, more than 19 million people globally
were displaced by natural disasters and extreme weather events,
and climate change will likely cause that number to grow.<br>
<br>
8. The world needs to act fast: If humans continue to emit
greenhouse gases at current rates, the remaining carbon budget to
reduce risk of exceeding the 2 degrees Celsius target will be
exhausted in around 20 years. Emissions should peak by 2020 and
approach zero by around 2050 if the world is serious about
reducing risk. As a simple rule of thumb, this means halving
global emissions every decade.<br>
<br>
9. A fossil-fuel free society is economically attractive:
renewable energy sources increasingly compete with fossil fuels,
even when these are priced at historic lows. Moreover, the
estimated costs of inaction range from 2-10% of GDP by 2100 by
some estimates, to a fall in projected global output by 23% in
2100 in others.<br>
<br>
10. Even if the world meets the Paris Agreement targets,
communities across the globe will still need to build resilience
and adapt to the changes already under way.<br>
</blockquote>
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href="https://cop23.unfccc.int/news/ten-must-knows-about-climate-change-at-cop23">prepared
text of the speech</a></b><br>
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href="https://cop23.unfccc.int/news/ten-must-knows-about-climate-change-at-cop23">https://cop23.unfccc.int/news/ten-must-knows-about-climate-change-at-cop23</a></font><br>
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<br>
<a href="http://unfccc.int/paris_agreement/items/9951.php"><b>Today,
at COP23 a high-level closing ceremony </b></a><br>
The Yearbook of Global Climate Action 2017 by the Climate Champions
will be presented to the Parties, providing an annual overview of
action in key GCA thematic areas, highlighting the achievements made
under the Marrakech Partnership, and showcasing progress in the
run-up to the Talanoa Dialogue. The <a
href="http://unfccc.int/paris_agreement/items/9951.php">Yearbook
will be made available online</a> after the launch.<br>
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href="http://unfccc.int/tools/GCA_Yearbook/GCA_Yearbook2017.pdf"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(20, 120, 183);
text-decoration: none;">Yearbook of Global Climate Action
2017</a> </i></strong><br>
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href="http://unfccc.int/files/paris_agreement/application/pdf/summary_for_policymakers_2017.pdf"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(20, 120, 183);
text-decoration: underline;">Summary for Policymakers 2017</a><span> </span>(991
kB)</strong></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/there-is-no-democratic-plan-to-fight-climate-change/543981/">Democrats
Are Shockingly Unprepared to Fight Climate Change</a></b><br>
ROBINSON MEYER<br>
There's no magic bill waiting in the wings - and no quick path to
arriving at one.<br>
There's a wrinkle in how the United States talks about climate
change in 2017, a tension fundamental to the issue's politics but
widely ignored.<br>
On one hand, Democrats are the party of climate change. Since the
1990s, as public belief in global warming has become strongly
polarized, the Democratic Party has emerged as the advocate of more
aggressive climate action. The most recent Democratic president made
climate policy a centerpiece of his second term, and the party's
national politicians now lament and oppose the undoing of his work.
Concern for the climate isn't just an elite issue, either:
Rank-and-file Democrats are more likely to worry about global
warming than the median voter.<br>
On the other hand, the Democratic Party does not have a plan to
address climate change. This is true at almost every level of the
policy-making process: It does not have a consensus bill on the
issue waiting in the wings; it does not have a shared vision for
what that bill could look like; and it does not have a guiding
slogan - like "Medicare for All" - to express how it wants to stop
global warming...<br>
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href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/there-is-no-democratic-plan-to-fight-climate-change/543981/">https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/there-is-no-democratic-plan-to-fight-climate-change/543981/</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://climateandsecurity.org/2017/11/15/release-leading-experts-issue-new-framework-for-managing-intersection-of-climate-and-nuclear-security/">RELEASE:
Climate and Nuclear Security Framework Issued by Leading Experts</a></b><br>
by Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia<br>
Working Group on Climate Nuclear and Security Affairs_Report
OneRELEASE: Leading Experts Issue First-of-its Kind Framework for
Managing the Intersection of Climate Change and Nuclear Security<br>
Washington, DC, November 15, 2017 - In its initial report released
today, the Working Group on Climate, Nuclear, and Security Affairs,
chaired by the Center for Climate and Security, has articulated a
first-of-its kind framework for understanding and addressing the
complex connections between climate change, security, and nuclear
issues. The report arrives as the 23rd Conference of the Parties
concludes its meeting in Bonn, Germany to plan implementation of the
Paris Climate Change Agreement, and in the aftermath of President
Trump's tour of Asia, during which nuclear weapons issues featured
prominently.<br>
In the first report in a planned series, the CNSA recommends
beginning with a few broad but clear steps to begin advancing U.S.
interests regarding intertwining climate, nuclear, and security
affairs. These include developing realistic planning scenarios,
improving communication regarding existential nuclear and climate
risks, and educating policy makers about the practical ways they can
protect America's capacities for navigating these challenges. For
example, the report suggests that U.S. governmental and
non-governmental leaders:<br>
Focus on potential crisis regions and game out ways in which
applying specific policies, technologies, normative structures, and
other measures can be stabilizing or destabilizing<br>
Promote more robust public and policy maker engagement on
existential risks like nuclear conflict and climate change<br>
Convey risks in relatable and immediate ways, for example
emphasizing ways to reduce threats to vulnerable infrastructure
across the country<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://climateandsecurity.org/cnsareport1/">https://climateandsecurity.org/cnsareport1/</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/15/climate-change-will-determine-humanitys-destiny-says-angela-merkel">Climate
change will determine humanity's destiny, says Angela Merkel</a></b><br>
Merkel, who as an environment minister chaired the first climate
summit 23 years ago, has been under pressure this week to phase out
Germany's large coal-fired power stations, which are likely to bust
Germany's climate targets.<br>
"We still use a lot of coal, particularly lignite," she said,
acknowledging the issue is controversial, but she said jobs had to
be taken into account too. She added that progress was expected in
the next few days as she settles the terms of a new governing
coalition with the Green and Liberal parties.<br>
However, Prof John Schellnhuber, at the Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact Research in Germany, and who has advised both Merkel
and the pope, said the 20,000 German jobs in coal would be lost to
mechanisation in any case, and were a small number compared to the
600,000 created in the wider economy each year.<br>
Macron set out unusual detail for a head of state in his speech,
saying France would close all its coal power plants by 2021 and
would ban all new exploration for fossil fuel in its territories. He
also said France would fund interconnectors and energy storage
technology to spread renewable energy around Europe and work to push
the cost of CO2 emissions to €30 a tonne, which would end the
viability coal and drive out gas.<br>
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href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/15/climate-change-will-determine-humanitys-destiny-says-angela-merkel">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/15/climate-change-will-determine-humanitys-destiny-says-angela-merkel</a><br>
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<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://icleiusa.org/localizing-the-paris-agreement/"><b>New
guidebook: Localizing the Paris Agreement: A Guide for Local
Governments</b></a><br>
Released by ICLEI USA this week at COP23, Localizing the Paris
Agreement: A Guide for Local Governments in Support of the U.S.
Nationally Determined Contribution is intended to help cities,
counties and regional authorities in the United States go beyond
pledges and move toward action on implementing the Paris Agreement.<br>
Included with U.S. context:<br>
• What does Paris ask of signatories?<br>
• What does the U.S. NDC call for?<br>
• The relationship between community GHG inventories and national
inventory<br>
• Localizing the NDC: Actions by sector<br>
• Prioritizing reduction measures<br>
• Reporting local climate actions<br>
• Climate adaptation and the NDC<br>
As the COP23 negotiations close, ICLEI-Local Governments for
Sustainability USA is proud to bring the outcomes home to the United
States where local authorities are forging ahead on commitments to
Paris.<br>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span
style="color:rgb(32,32,32)"><a
href="http://icleiusa.org/localizing-the-paris-agreement/"
target="_blank">Download the guide</a>, and please <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HizZBR0CMpX4gQfyRdTUYkcLnViYEe-rkYmnXw26eJE/edit">share
in your network</a>.</span></font><br>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a
href="http://icleiusa.org/localizing-the-paris-agreement/"
target="_blank">Download: Localizing the Paris Agreement</a></font><br>
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</b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/working-in-development/2017/nov/15/bigotry-against-indigenous-people-means-were-missing-a-trick-on-climate-change">Bigotry
against indigenous people means we're missing a trick on climate
change</a></b><br>
Prakash Kashwan<br>
Traditional farming strategies could protect humanity against global
warming and prevent deadly wildfires. Yet scientists seem determined
to ignore them<br>
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Guardian
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;">But it's arguable that these prejudices
also influence our science and policy. Take, for example, the
specialised method of rotational farming used by many indigenous
farmers all over the world but particularly in the global south.
Farmers use seasonal fires to clear and farm parcels of natural
landscapes and rotate their crops while the previously farmed
parcel is allowed to regain fertility and natural vegetation – a
method known as<span> </span></span><a
href="https://www.survivalinternational.org/about/swidden"
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agriculture</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;">. This technique helps preserve the soil
quality and creates variation that helps counter the dominance of
a few species and<span> </span></span><a
href="https://forestsnews.cifor.org/22137/rural-forests-nurture-healthy-socio-environmental-activity-scientists"
data-link-name="in body link" class="u-underline"
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biodiversity</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
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!important; float: none;">. It<span> </span></span><a
href="http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/371/1696/20150174"
data-link-name="in body link" class="u-underline"
style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); touch-action: manipulation;
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helps</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;"><span> </span>prevent larger wildfires
of the type that ravaged California recently, leaving<span> </span></span><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/16/california-wildfire-death-toll-recovery"
data-link-name="in body link" class="u-underline"
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people dead</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
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!important; float: none;"><span> </span>and causing financial<span> </span></span><a
href="https://psmag.com/environment/prescribed-burning-in-the-american-west"
data-link-name="in body link" class="u-underline"
style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); touch-action: manipulation;
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worth $30bn</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
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!important; float: none;"><span> </span>(£22.7bn). After decades
of neglect, the US Forest Service<span> </span></span><a
href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/science/wildfires-are-essential-the-forest-service-embraces-a-tribal-tradition-20170403"
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now embracing</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:
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!important; float: none;"><span> </span>the Native American
methods of fire management.</span><br>
And yet, despite these potential benefits to the environment, and
its crucial role in the wellbeing of many millions of indigenous
families throughout<span> </span><a draggable="true"
href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F4gcBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA292&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false"
data-link-name="in body link" class="u-underline"
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swidden is neglected in science and policy research related to
landscape conservation.<br>
The huge internationally financed programme of<span> </span><a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/dec/19/what-is-redd-climate-change-deforestation"
data-link-name="in body link" class="u-underline"
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transition: border-color 0.15s ease-out;">Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation</a><span> </span>(Redd)
encourages governments in developing countries to plant new forests
on "barren" lands to offset carbon emissions responsible for<span> </span><a
draggable="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/24/redd-papua-new-guinea-money-grow-on-trees"
data-link-name="in body link" class="u-underline"
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Swidden landscapes, which are left fallow for several years before
they are farmed again, are an easy target for governments and<span>
</span><a draggable="true"
href="https://news.mongabay.com/2015/08/will-redd-help-save-indonesias-forest-or-create-carbon-cowboys-instead/"
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to profit from Redd</a>, who may sow fast-growing and ecologically
harmful commercial plantations in swidden lands...<br>
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!important; float: none;">...This year, as we celebrate the
completion of a decade of the adoption of the<span> </span></span><a
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Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples</a><span
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Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: medium; font-style:
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!important; float: none;">, we would do well to incorporate
indigenous wisdom in our science and policy. Respecting indigenous
rights will also give humanity better protection against
catastrophic climate change.</span><br>
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Guardian
Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;
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!important; float: none;"></span><font size="-1"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/working-in-development/2017/nov/15/bigotry-against-indigenous-people-means-were-missing-a-trick-on-climate-change">https://www.theguardian.com/working-in-development/2017/nov/15/bigotry-against-indigenous-people-means-were-missing-a-trick-on-climate-change</a></font><br>
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<b><a
href="https://qz.com/1107935/spider-obsessed-artist-tomas-saraceno-is-spinning-the-architecture-for-climate-change/">A
spider-obsessed artist is collaborating with MIT to spin the
architecture for climate change</a></b><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://qz.com/1107935/spider-obsessed-artist-tomas-saraceno-is-spinning-the-architecture-for-climate-change/">https://qz.com/1107935/spider-obsessed-artist-tomas-saraceno-is-spinning-the-architecture-for-climate-change/</a></font><br>
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</b><b> </b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.wmagazine.com/story/pharrell-song-that-wont-be-released-for-100-years-climate-change">Pharrell's
Song That Won't Be Released for "100 Years" is a Statement About
Climate Change</a></b><br>
Pharrell Williams just dropped a new song, but you'll have to wait
until 2117 to hear it. That is, unless you were one of the 100
people he premiered it to - who were prohibited from recording it -
in Shanghai at a listening party thrown by Louis XIII cognac, which
teamed up with Pharrell on the project designed to raise awareness
for climate change. Fittingly dubbed "100 years," the song is a
statement about the disastrous effect humans have on the
environment, including a rising sea level. If humans continue to
contribute to the rising sea level, however, even in 100 years
people may not get to hear the song as it's currently being stored
in a clay vessel that will be destroyed should its storage unit ever
flood...<br>
If Pharrell's elaborate attempt to curb climate change doesn't sway
you to change your consumption habits and encourage everyone else
around you to do so as well, perhaps his words will. "I want to be
really clear that I am not a tree hugger," he told Vogue. "I think
it's important that every human being - from the most eco-aware
person to someone that's driving a diesel truck - always has a sense
of terrestrial awareness. That's what it boils down to."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.wmagazine.com/story/pharrell-song-that-wont-be-released-for-100-years-climate-change">https://www.wmagazine.com/story/pharrell-song-that-wont-be-released-for-100-years-climate-change</a><br>
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<br>
<font size="+1"><b>This Day in Climate History November 16, 2005 -
from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
November 16, 2005: The Washington Post reports, "A White House
document shows that executives from big oil companies met with Vice
President Cheney's energy task force in 2001 -- something long
suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week
by industry officials testifying before Congress.<br>
The document, obtained this week by The Washington Post, shows that
officials from Exxon Mobil Corp., Conoco (before its merger with
Phillips), Shell Oil Co. and BP America Inc. met in the White House
complex with the Cheney aides who were developing a national energy
policy, parts of which became law and parts of which are still being
debated."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501842.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501842.html</a><br>
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