Another week of GW News, June 24, 2012

My first novel Water was published in Canada May, 2007. The American release was in October. An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.

-het

P.S. Recent postings can be found in the week archive and the ancient postings can be accessed here, which should open to this.

I notice moyhu has set up a monster index to old AWoGWN on AFTIC.

"Any progress that you hear about in press conferences is about progress to water down the text to avoid commitment and to --- in reality, governments are clearly here to do nothing and to commit to doing nothing." -Daniel Mittler

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The things that pass for humour nowadays:

And for those interested in exploring the nether reaches of Poe's Law:

Hope you had a swinging solstice:

The Rio+20 conference went down this week:

NGO reports on the Rio Summit:

The Rio People's Summit ran in parallel to the UNFCCC function:

Looking ahead to COP18 and future international climate negotiations:

There was a G20 meeting in Mexico this week too, but they didn't talk about the climate:

Global Witness released a report on the wages of activism thsi week:

Who's getting the subsidies?

So, If we put a price on nature, will it deal with externalities and lead to greater conservationor will it lead to greater exploitation or what?

The world inches toward creating a global legal framework for ecological crime:

John Cook and friends continue their point-counterpoint articles:

A note on theFukushima disaster:

Not much good news coming out of Fukushima:

Post Fukushima, nuclear policies are in flux around the world:

The Arctic melt continues to garner attention:

An Arctic sanctuary?

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

The state of the world's fisheries is a concern:

Food Prices are still problematic:

An odd report -- cyanide poisoning via Tifton 85 Bermudagrass after the drought:

So, are these land grabs Colonialism V2.0?

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

Regarding labelling GM food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion, 10 billion, 15 billion?

In the Atlantic:

In the Caribbean:

In the Western Pacific, Guchol zapped Japan, while Talim threatened, then faded:

In the Eastern Pacific:

As for GHGs:

And the temperature record:

Yes we have feedbacks:

While in the paleoclimate:

And on the ENSO front:

And the State of the Oceans:

What's new on the extinction front?

Oh look! The Anthropocene came up again:

What's up with volcanoes this week?

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

This week in the New Normal -- extreme weather:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

These 100, 200, 500 year storms are becoming all too frequent:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

On the mitigation front, consider transportation & GHG production:

While in the endless quest for zero energy, sustainable buildings and practical codes:

As for carbon sequestration:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

What's new in models?

What developments in the ongoing struggle for Open Science?

F. Herbert Bormann obituary:

Meanwhile at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

The Robin Hood tax, aka the Tobin tax, aka the Bank tax, aka the Financial Transaction tax keeps coming up:

On the international political front, tensions continue as the USA and Israel lean on Iran:

In the Rare Earths' tussle:

South China Sea tension persists:

Climate Change is a threat multiplier exacerbating existing conflicts in food, energy, water, race, ideology ... etc.:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world:

What are the activists up to?

Polls! We have polls!

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

So, If we put a price on nature, will it deal with externalities and lead to greater conservation
or will it lead to greater exploitation or what?

A note on the Fukushima disaster:

Another week; another bad policy. This week Harper made a move to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Corporations will be able to nullify any law or regulation they find inconvenient: