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<p><i><font size="+1"><b>August 10, 2021</b></font></i></p>
[Here it is: 41 pages - succinct, mostly readable, professional
language ]<br>
Approved Version - Summary for Policymakers - IPCC AR6 WGI<br>
<b>IPCC Climate Change 2021 - The Physical Science Basis</b><b> </b><b>Summary
for Policymakers</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_SPM.pdf">https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_SPM.pdf</a><br>
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[NYTimes has the best headline]<br>
<b>A Hotter Future Is Certain, Climate Panel Warns. But How Hot Is
Up to Us.</b><br>
Some devastating impacts of global warming are now unavoidable, a
major new scientific report finds. But there is still a short window
to stop things from getting even worse.<br>
By Brad Plumer and Henry Fountain - - Aug. 9, 2021<br>
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Nations have delayed curbing their fossil-fuel emissions for so long
that they can no longer stop global warming from intensifying over
the next 30 years, though there is still a short window to prevent
the most harrowing future, a major new United Nations scientific
report has concluded.<br>
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Humans have already heated the planet by roughly 1.1 degrees
Celsius, or 2 degrees Fahrenheit, since the 19th century, largely by
burning coal, oil and gas for energy. And the consequences can be
felt across the globe: This summer alone, blistering heat waves have
killed hundreds of people in the United States and Canada, floods
have devastated Germany and China, and wildfires have raged out of
control in Siberia, Turkey and Greece.<br>
<br>
But that’s only the beginning, according to the report, issued on
Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of
scientists convened by the United Nations. Even if nations started
sharply cutting emissions today, total global warming is likely to
rise around 1.5 degrees Celsius within the next two decades, a
hotter future that is now essentially locked in.<br>
At 1.5 degrees of warming, scientists have found, the dangers grow
considerably. Nearly 1 billion people worldwide could swelter in
more frequent life-threatening heat waves. Hundreds of millions more
would struggle for water because of severe droughts. Some animal and
plant species alive today will be gone. Coral reefs, which sustain
fisheries for large swaths of the globe, will suffer more frequent
mass die-offs.<br>
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“We can expect a significant jump in extreme weather over the next
20 or 30 years,” said Piers Forster, a climate scientist at the
University of Leeds and one of hundreds of international experts who
helped write the report. “Things are unfortunately likely to get
worse than they are today.”<br>
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Not all is lost, however, and humanity can still prevent the planet
from getting even hotter. Doing so would require a coordinated
effort among countries to stop adding carbon dioxide to the
atmosphere by around 2050, which would entail a rapid shift away
from fossil fuels starting immediately, as well as potentially
removing vast amounts of carbon from the air. If that happened,
global warming would likely halt and level off at around 1.5 degrees
Celsius, the report concludes.<br>
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But if nations fail in that effort, global average temperatures will
keep rising — potentially passing 2 degrees, 3 degrees or even 4
degrees Celsius, compared with the preindustrial era. The report
describes how every additional degree of warming brings far greater
perils, such as ever more vicious floods and heat waves, worsening
droughts and accelerating sea-level rise that could threaten the
existence of some island nations. The hotter the planet gets, the
greater the risks of crossing dangerous “tipping points,” like the
irreversible collapse of the immense ice sheets in Greenland and
West Antarctica.<br>
<br>
“There’s no going back from some changes in the climate system,”
said Ko Barrett, a vice-chair of the panel and a senior adviser for
climate at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. But,
she added, immediate and sustained emissions cuts “could really make
a difference in the climate future we have ahead of us.”<br>
<br>
The report, approved by 195 governments and based on more than
14,000 studies, is the most comprehensive summary to date of the
physical science of climate change. It will be a focal point when
diplomats gather in November at a U.N. summit in Glasgow to discuss
how to step up their efforts to reduce emissions...<br>
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The new report is part of the sixth major assessment of climate
science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which
was created in 1988. A second report, set to be released in 2022,
will detail how climate change might affect aspects of human
society, such as coastal cities, farms or health care systems. A
third report, also expected next year, will explore more fully
strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and halt global
warming.<br>
more at -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/climate/climate-change-report-ipcc-un.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/climate/climate-change-report-ipcc-un.html</a><br>
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[First Dog on the Moon is an amusing looking cartoon]<br>
<b>It should not come as a surprise that climate change is worse
than we thought and also getting worser</b><br>
First Dog on the Moon<br>
"We don't need hope, we need action"<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/09/it-should-not-come-as-a-surprise-that-climate-change-is-worse-than-we-thought-and-also-getting-worser">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/09/it-should-not-come-as-a-surprise-that-climate-change-is-worse-than-we-thought-and-also-getting-worser</a><br>
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[BBC video report]<br>
<b>Climate change IPCC report is 'code red for humanity', UN
scientists say - BBC News</b><br>
Aug 9, 2021<br>
BBC News<br>
Heating from humans has caused irreparable damage to the Earth that
may get worse in coming decades, a UN climate report has concluded.<br>
Humanity's damaging impact on the climate is a "statement of fact",
UN scientists have found in unprecedented research combining more
than 14,000 studies.<br>
The past five years have been the hottest on record since 1850.
Extremes including heatwaves have become more frequent and more
intense since the 1950s, while cold events have become less frequent
and less severe.<br>
The authors also show that a rise in sea levels approaching 2m by
the end of this century "cannot be ruled out".<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdJmyhqElTc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdJmyhqElTc</a><br>
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[Best, brief, spoken word analysis]<br>
<b>IPCC 2021 Report: Hottest Decades Coming, Extreme Weather, and
Tipping Points with Dr. Ed Hawkins</b><br>
Aug 9, 2021<br>
The Climate Pod<br>
#ipccreport #climatechange2021 #ar6 #climateemergency #cop26<br>
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The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released
part of a major report on the current state of the climate crisis,
AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Hundreds of
climate scientists were tasked with providing a physical science
basis for policymakers to understand the past, present, and future
of global warming. This is the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report on the
state of the climate crisis. <br>
<br>
Dr. Ed Hawkins, one of the lead authors of the report, joins the
show to explain some of the report's biggest findings, what it means
for our climate future, and what we should learn to act now to avoid
the worst consequences yet to come. Dr. Hawkins is a professor of
climate science at the University of Reading and internationally
known for the creation of the climate stripes, which are the
visualization of warming over time. Everywhere you look you see Dr.
Hawkins' climate stripes, on social media with #ShowYourStripes, on
t-shirts, even during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL5r3XEL5PA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL5r3XEL5PA</a><br>
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[graphic technique -- show your stripes]<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.climatecentral.org/showyourstripes">https://www.climatecentral.org/showyourstripes</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/2019-warming-stripes-how-temperatures-have-trended-in-your-region">https://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/2019-warming-stripes-how-temperatures-have-trended-in-your-region</a><br>
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[Commentary]<br>
<b>IPCC reveals how we are changing the climate</b><br>
Aug 9, 2021<br>
ClimateAdam<br>
The first major IPCC report for seven years sheds light on the past,
present and future of climate change. But what do we now know about
global warming, and how will it reshape the path we choose over the
next decades and centuries? I break down my key take aways from the
IPCC AR6 WG1 (6th assessment report, working group 1).<br>
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Support ClimateAdam on patreon: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://patreon.com/climateadam">http://patreon.com/climateadam</a><br>
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<p>[The Full IPCC report - thousands of pages]<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Full_Report.pdf">https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Full_Report.pdf</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ipcc.ch/">https://www.ipcc.ch/</a><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/">https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/</a><br>
<b>Full report
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Full_Report.pdf">https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Full_Report.pdf</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-IPsCWVIRA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-IPsCWVIRA</a><br>
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[Democracy Now video]<br>
<b>Greta Thunberg: New IPCC Report Is a Wake-Up Call for All About
the Escalating Climate Emergency</b><br>
Aug 9, 2021<br>
Democracy Now!<br>
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says the latest report from
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should serve as a
“wake-up call” for governments to do more to lower emissions. In its
first major report in nearly a decade, the IPCC says the Earth could
face runaway global warming unless drastic efforts are made to
eliminate greenhouse gases and that humans are “unequivocally to
blame for the climate crisis,” which is already causing widespread
and rapid changes. “The climate crisis is not going away,” Thunberg
said. “It’s only escalating, and it’s only growing more intense by
the hour.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4SgyttmU9g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4SgyttmU9g</a>
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[Most important now - from VOX]<br>
<b>How to fight climate despair</b><br>
We’re not powerless, even if it feels that way.<br>
<br>
By Anna North Aug 6, 2021, 8:00am EDT<br>
Summer 2021 has been a season of disasters.<br>
<br>
In June, a heat dome descended over the Pacific Northwest, sending
temperatures soaring 30 to 40 degrees above normal. It was so hot
that plants scorched in the soil, roads cracked, and streetcar
cables melted in temperatures that reached over 115 degrees
Fahrenheit.<br>
<br>
Then, in July, extreme floods ripped through northwest Europe,
leaving at least 199 dead. The same happened in China’s Henan
province, where subways flooded, roads collapsed, and at least 99
people died. And last week, yet another heat dome swept the US,
putting 17 states under some form of heat advisory.<br>
<br>
Scientists and activists have been warning about climate change for
decades — and plenty of people around the world have experienced its
effects long before now. John Paul Mejia, for example, became a
climate organizer as a Miami high school student, after seeing what
Hurricane Irma did to “people who both looked like me, and came from
the same background as I did.” (Climate change didn’t cause
Hurricane Irma, but it did worsen its impacts.)..<br>
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<b>Here are some ways Americans can think about — and act on —
climate change</b><br>
Giving up on our climate is not an option, experts and advocates
say. As Mejia puts it, “cynicism serves no purpose but to uphold the
status quo.”<br>
<br>
Instead, people who’ve been steeped in climate action for years or
decades have some advice for those who might feeling powerless today
in the face of the problem.<br>
<br>
<b>Don’t try to do everything. Do what you can.</b><br>
Individual “green” behaviors aren’t enough to stop climate change on
their own. And not all people have the same ability to reduce their
carbon footprints. Many Americans can’t afford solar panels or
insulation for their hot water heaters — many others don’t live in
places where they can control such things. Time is also a factor —
reducing waste in a society designed to produce a lot of it is
labor-intensive, and that labor often falls disproportionately on
women, as Alden Wicker reported at Vox.<br>
<br>
So rather than beating ourselves up when we fall short of
environmental perfection — or criticizing others when they do — we
can choose the most meaningful actions that are doable for us.
Things like reducing consumption of animal products, driving less,
and taking fewer airplane flights likely have the biggest impact on
our personal carbon use.<br>
<br>
Everyone’s capabilities are different. Overall, “it’s important to
find the ways that you can reduce your consumption, that work for
your lifestyle and within your means,” Heglar said.<br>
<br>
And it’s important to remember that those consumption decisions are
just the beginning. “It’s a good starting point, but it’s a really
dangerous stopping point,” Heglar said. People need to exercise
their power as consumers, but remember that they have power as
citizens and community members, too.<br>
<br>
<b>Think communally</b><br>
The most important step, many say, is collective action. In America,
“we have such a myth of individualism,” said Humboldt State’s Ray,
also the author of A Field Guide to Climate Change: How to Keep Your
Cool on a Warming Planet. That myth can make people feel “that they
have no power, because they can’t do anything against such as
something so big as climate change.” For many in climate movements,
the antidote to that feeling — and the way to build real power — is
to band together.<br>
<br>
At the Sunrise Movement, for example, that means advocating for a
Green New Deal, alongside other priorities like climate investment
in the infrastructure deal currently before Congress. The movement
has hosted marches across the country in recent months to bring the
Biden administration’s attention to the problem, as well as reaching
out to more than 6.5 million voters in the 2020 election. “Since the
winds of change are blowing,” Mejia says, “why don’t we make them
sail in our direction?”<br>
<br>
The Sunrise Movement is just one of many groups working on climate
advocacy today, and for some, getting involved with collective
action can seem as daunting as reducing your individual carbon
footprint: Where do you even start? For Heglar, the answer is
simple: “You do what you’re good at, and you do your best.”<br>
<br>
“If you’re good at organizing, organize. If you’re good at taking
care of people, take care of people who do other things, Heglar
said. And “no matter who you are, build community.”<br>
<br>
Around the world, people are already working on communal solutions
to environmental degradation, and have been for generations, whether
that’s Indigenous firefighting practices or the fight to protect the
rainforest in Colombia. And for Americans looking for ways to join
together to help one another and the planet, there are many options,
like local mutual aid groups that help communities cope with the
impact of climate change, such as by providing water and sunscreen
during heat waves. Local Buy Nothing groups can help people reduce
waste by giving away and sharing used items.<br>
<br>
Putting pressure on elected officials is one of the most important
collective actions people can take. People can urge their
representatives in Congress, state legislatures, and city
governments to support climate investments, public transit, and
clean energy standards, for example. The Natural Resources Defense
Council has a guide to lobbying your legislator.<br>
<br>
Getting involved in communities doesn’t just multiply your impact —
it can also stave off despair. Ray has seen this in her classes at
Humboldt State, in which she encourages students to build trust,
express their feelings about climate change, and essentially
practice for going out into the wider world. “The alleviation of
anxiety that happens when you’re working towards a common goal, even
if it’s a really depressing one, in community is actually very
joyful and very fulfilling,” she said.<br>
<br>
<b>Think long-term</b><br>
Just as no one person can fix climate change, the crisis isn’t going
to be solved overnight — and it may not be “solved” in a
conventional way at all. In order to confront this fact, people need
to think of fighting climate change as a long-term process they
engage with over time, Heglar said.<br>
<br>
We should see the problem “in the same realm that you would see
reproductive justice or racial justice or any other justice issue,”
she explained. “You would never say, what’s the one thing I can do
about racism?”<br>
<br>
Especially since the uprisings last summer following the murder of
George Floyd, more Americans — especially white people — are
beginning to internalize the idea that the fight against racism will
be a long-term struggle, one that probably won’t ever be “over,” but
that they have a responsibility to keep committing to, again and
again. And racial justice activists have experience working for a
cause that can seem hopeless, and confronting an existential risk to
themselves and their families — but they keep doing the work anyway.<br>
<br>
It’s also important to remember that for many communities the world
over, facing a major threat to the present and future is nothing
new. Anti-colonial and abolitionist movements “have had long
traditions of movement resilience that have a lot to teach the
climate movement,” Ray noted, including the message that climate
change is not “the first and only existential threat we’ve ever
faced.”<br>
<br>
Indeed, social movements from the opposition to apartheid in South
Africa to Indigenous rights activism here in the US have “seen a lot
of reason for despair, and no evidence for hope, and have still
figured out how to fight the fight,” Ray said.<br>
<br>
<b>Seek joy, but allow for grief</b><br>
The fight against climate change can be slow, difficult, and
painful. But in order to stay committed for the long haul, people
need to think about the positive too, Ray said, to “actively
discipline into your life the cultivation of joy.”<br>
<br>
That could mean something as simple as reading news about
environmental success stories or successful activism in your local
community. Ray is involved in a local group with the Just Transition
movement, which works toward an equitable shift away from fossil
fuels, and says “the newsletter that they send me is enough to keep
me going.”<br>
It’s also okay to feel the awfulness of the world. After all,
climate change for many Americans today means risk to themselves or
their loved ones, or destruction of their homes or places they’ve
come to love. And part of acknowledging climate anxiety and grief,
for people not yet personally affected by disasters, can be asking
yourself, “If I am hurting so much, what is happening to people who
are less privileged?” Kritee, a senior climate scientist at the
Environmental Defense Fund, recently told the New York Times.<br>
<br>
People who have been involved in climate science or activism for
years still feel sorrow, despair, or rage, Heglar said. In fact, “I
feel comforted by the fact I can still feel that way, because it
means I’m not desensitized,” she said. “I never want to be that
person who can look at the world burn and feel fine.”<br>
<br>
But when climate grief or despair become overwhelming, the key is to
reach out to others in your community. “You are not the only one
feeling this way,” Heglar said, adding that “it benefits the fossil
fuel industry when you think you are. So find the other people who
are feeling it too.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.vox.com/22595896/climate-change-fire-heat-wave-anxiety">https://www.vox.com/22595896/climate-change-fire-heat-wave-anxiety</a>
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[Rebecca Leber also from VOX]<br>
<b>ExxonMobil wants you to feel responsible for climate change so it
doesn’t have to</b><br>
A new study reveals how the oil company used “cutting-edge
propaganda” to focus on fossil fuel consumption.<br>
By Rebecca <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Leber@rebleberrebecca.leber@vox.com">Leber@rebleberrebecca.leber@vox.com</a> Updated May 13, 2021<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.vox.com/22429551/climate-change-crisis-exxonmobil-harvard-study">https://www.vox.com/22429551/climate-change-crisis-exxonmobil-harvard-study</a><br>
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<p>CBS News reports on a new study linking rising temperatures to
more violence.<br>
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