World risks descending into a climate ‘doom loop’, warn thinktanks
The world is at risk of descending into a climate “doom loop”, a thinktank report has warned. It said simply coping with the escalating impacts of the climate crisis could draw resources and focus away from the efforts to slash…
House GOP Erases ‘Environmental Justice’ From Committee Docs; Dems Freak
The phrase “environmental justice” — which Democrats use to describe the remedy to the outsize exposure of poor and marginalized communities to harm from hazardous waste, resource extraction, and extreme weather — is missing from new House Energy and Commerce…
2023 should be the year climate change is mainstreamed into India’s development decisions – Economic Times
There is no dearth of worrying questions at the end-of-the-year conferences on India’s future prospects. How well have we emerged from the Covid-19 crisis? What do the growing signs of global economic headwinds imply for India, not least because of…
Decoder: How are food and climate change connected? – News-Decoder
Food systems contribute greatly to climate change. Cooling the planet might require shaking up our meal plans. Substitute meat brands at a supermarket in Westchester County, New York, 16 February 2021. (STRF/STAR MAX/IPx) This article is the fifth in a…
Ocean Policy Research Institute publishes “Climate Security: Global Warming and a Free and Open Indo-Pacific” – PR Newswire
TOKYO, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF) is pleased to announce the publication of the English version of “Climate Security: Global Warming and a Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” originally published…
COP27: Global loss and damage assessment needs a major overhaul; here is why
Estimations of loss and damage after weather events do not account for non-economic consequences
World Bank president clarifies stance on climate change in Stanford talk – The Stanford Daily
World Bank Group President David Malpass explained how current global economic trends endanger the future of developing countries to students and faculty at a Sept. 28 event co-hosted by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and the King…
Only 10 of 46 Least Developed Countries mention loss and damage explicitly in NDCs: Study
IIED urges countries to revise their NDCs before CoP27 and mention losses and damages
Big Oil is too optimistic that their plans for a slow transition away from carbon would be good enough to halt global warming – MarketWatch
Several major oil BRN00, -0.59% companies, including BP BP, +1.03% and Shell SHEL, +0.62%, periodically publish scenarios forecasting the future of the energy sector. In recent years, they have added visions for how climate change might be addressed, including scenarios…
Will a freeze in US–China climate talks threaten global action – Nature.com
US climate envoy John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, China’s representative on climate change have met regularly. Now China has suspended these talks.Credit: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters via Alamy Cooperation between the United States and China on global warming has been dealt a…
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