May 31 | Climate Now

The News for Thursday 31st of May 2018

"Meat and fish companies may be “putting the implementation of the Paris agreement in jeopardy” by failing to properly report their climate emissions, according to a groundbreaking index launched today"

Emissions reporting fail / Meat and fish multinationals 'jeopardising Paris climate goals' The Guardian

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Tropical / temperate inequality / Poorest hardest hit by even low end of Paris climate temperature goals The Sydney Morning Herald

"More temperate countries... [will be] much less affected than tropical ones such as Indonesia and [DR] Congo - even though the latter nations have been relatively small contributors historically to greenhouse gas emissions"

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Range shift / Tundra be dammed: Beaver colonization of the Arctic

Global Change Biology

"Beaver ponds and associated hydrologic changes are thawing permafrost... Beavers create dynamic wetlands and are agents of disturbance that may enhance ecosystem responses to warming in the Arctic."

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Japan / Coal plans to blow nation off Paris track -report

Carbon Pulse

"Japan’s plans to add 40% to its coal-fired power generation capacity will push the nation off track to meet its already inadequate Paris target unless it considers a raft of new energy policies such as carbon pricing, a report said Tuesday."

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Plain sailing / How traditional methods could deliver zero-emission shipping

The Conversation

"On May 10, the 43.5-metre schooner Avontuur arrived in the port of Hamburg. This traditional sailing vessel, built in 1920, transported some 70 tonnes of coffee, cacao and rum across the Atlantic."

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Geophysical Research / How Fast Are Glaciers Melting? Just Listen to Them

Scientific American

"New research finds the fizz of a thawing glacier can be distinguished from the burble of a softening iceberg, and that these telltale sounds are more intense in places where ice is melting faster."

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Headline #4 photo: Japan’s plans to add 40% to its coal-fired power generation capacity will push the nation off track to meet its already inadequate Paris target unless it considers a raft of new energy policies such as carbon pricing, a report said Tuesday.