Another Week of GW News, November 25, 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 An Introductionto the novel is available, along with the Unpublished Forewordand the Launch Talk(which includes some quotations), An overview of my writing is available here.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.

"I have yet to meet a climate scientist who does not believe that global warming is a worse problem than they thought a few years ago. The seriousness of this change is not appreciated by politicians and the public." -Jeremy Grantham

Another Week of GW News, November 25, 2012

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November 25, 2012

Here's a wee chuckle for ye:

Looking ahead to COP18 and future international climate negotiations:

WRI released their Global Coal Risk Assessment this week:

The Alliance of Institutional Investors, who manage $22.5 trillion in assets, released on open letter:

The European Environment Agency released Climate change, impacts and vulnerability report thsi week:

The UNEP released their Emissions Gap Report this week:

The World Bank released their Climate Change Report this week:

Late comment on PwC report:

Late comment on IEA-WEO report:

And on the Bottom Line:

There is still a bit of chatter about PDSI and that Sheffield paper:

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?

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:

That Damoclean sword still hangs overhead:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

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

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

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

It has been a bleesedly quiet week in the hurricane wars, with only the unreported Boldwin [Tropical Cyclone 02S] churning in the South Indian Ocean:

Meanwhile on the GHG front:

As for the temperature record:

How to deal with Risk:

And on the ENSO front:

What's new on the extinction front?

What's new in biomimicry?

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:

Emerging diseases accompany ecological change:

This week in notable weather:

On the tornado front:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are a bellwether of the ocean's health:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuelsSecond, put a price on carbonAnd elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

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

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

More DIY science:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around. See also :

The debate over the optimal strategy [carbon trading, carbon offsets, auction vs. allocation, cap and trade, cap and dividend, tradable energy quotas and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs returns?

South [& East] China Sea tension persists:

Quid pro EU-ETS delay?

In the global competition for Rare Earths and other natural resources:

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?

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

Regarding science education:

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

Looking forward to 2014, 2016 election:

Post election chatter:

The Keystone XL saga grinds slowly. And it grinds woe:

With the deficit hawks panicking about the fiscal cliff, there has been talk of a carbon tax solution:

The GOP War on Women continues. See also:

Post Sandy commentary:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

While in the UK:

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:

First, stop subsidizing fossil fuels
Second, put a price on carbon
And elsewhere on the mitigation front: