News links for March

 

1.          Adaptation

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As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers

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UN chief calls for extreme weather warning systems for everyone on Earth | Extreme weather | The Guardian

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1.1         International Aid

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'Betrayal': US approves just $1bn climate finance for developing countries in 2022

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How can climate finance reach war zones and help to build peace?

 

 

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2.          Business and Industry

 

Swiss Re cuts fossil fuel cover for oil, gas to protect climate | Reuters

 

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2.1        Carbon offsetting

 

Australia’s carbon credit scheme ‘largely a sham’, says whistleblower who tried to rein it in | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

 

Australia’s carbon credit scheme could take years to recover from price plunge, analysts say | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

 

Voluntary carbon markets will only deliver a third of CO2 removals by 2030

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2.2      Carbon pricing  

 

Global carbon permit auctions raised $58 bln in 2021 -study | Nasdaq

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Ukraine invasion sends carbon markets on rollercoaster ride

 

 

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2.3      Finance

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EXCLUSIVE Dutch bank ING ends financing for new oil and gas projects | Reuters

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3.          Climate effects

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A drowning world: Kenya’s quiet slide underwater | Kenya | The Guardian

 

 

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3.1        Cyclones / Hurricanes / Typhoons

 

Trends in Global Tropical Cyclone Activity: 1990–2021 - Klotzbach - 2022 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library

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3.2        Drought

 

The 'whys' beyond the 'what' of the severe western U.S. drought » Yale Climate Connections

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3.3        Ecology

 

Some Birds Are Laying Eggs Much Earlier in Response to Climate Change - Yale E360

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3.3.1     Coral reefs

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3.3.1.1.   Great Barrier Reef

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Adapt, move, or die: repeated coral bleaching leaves wildlife on the Great Barrier Reef with few options

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Another mass bleaching event is devastating the Great Barrier Reef. What will it take for coral to survive?

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Great Barrier Reef authority confirms unprecedented sixth mass coral bleaching event | Great Barrier Reef | The Guardian

 

Interactive: Can the Great Barrier Reef survive climate change? | Carbon Brief

 

The worst has happened to the Great Barrier Reef - again - and my heart is breaking

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3.3.2     The Amazon

 

Climate crisis: Amazon rainforest tipping point is looming, data shows | Amazon rainforest | The Guardian

 

Declining ‘resilience’ pushing Amazon rainforest towards tipping point - Carbon Brief

 

Is the Amazon rainforest on the verge of collapse?

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3.4        Fires

 

Spatial and temporal expansion of global wildland fire activity in response to climate change | Nature Communications

 

Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires | UNEP - UN Environment Programme

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3.5        Heat

 

Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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Precipitation trends determine future occurrences of compound hot–dry events | Nature Climate Change

 

Scientists are already certain 2022 will be among ten hottest years on record | The Independent

 

Stratospheric ozone depletion and tropospheric ozone increases drive Southern Ocean interior warming | Nature Climate Change

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3.5.1.     Heat - Antarctica

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A heat wave and snowfall: Why researchers are puzzled by Antarctica's recent weather

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How this month produced a mind-boggling warm-up in eastern Antarctica (and the Arctic) » Yale Climate Connections

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3.6.        Ice

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3.6.1     Antarctic ice

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Change and variability in Antarctic coastal exposure, 1979–2020 | Nature Communications

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Sea Ice Around Antarctica Reaches a Record Low - The New York Times

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Conger ice shelf has collapsed: what you need to know, according to experts

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3.6.2     Arctic ice

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Climate change: Wildfire smoke linked to Arctic melting - BBC News

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3.7.      Rain, floods and hail

 

Climate change in India is making big dams dangerous

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Eastern Australian states hit by major flooding after ‘rain bomb’ weather event | Flooding | The Guardian

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Global flood losses hit $82 bln last year, as study highlights UK risk | Reuters

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Hailstorms and climate change: What to expect » Yale Climate Connections

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The PM calls this a natural disaster – it’s not natural, it’s climate change smashing down our doors | Eddie Lloyd | The Guardian

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3.8     Secondary climate effects

 

Climate change is making armed conflict worse. Here’s how. - The New York Times

 

Climate change rekindles Cold War tensions in the Arctic | News | The Times

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3.9      Waves

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Trends in Europe storm surge extremes match the rate of sea-level rise | Nature

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4           Emissions

 

Demographics of emissions | Nature Climate Change

 

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4.1        Land based emissions

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4.1.1.    Deforestation and habitat

 

Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought, study finds | Deforestation | The Guardian

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Doubling of annual forest carbon loss over the tropics during the early twenty-first century | Nature Sustainability

 

Frontiers | The Unseen Effects of Deforestation: Biophysical Effects on Climate | Forests and Global Change

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4.2        Methane

 

‘Imminent’ tipping point threatening Europe’s permafrost peatlands - Carbon Brief

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New coal mine projects seen swelling global methane emissions by a fifth | Reuters

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Tropical methane emissions explain large fraction of recent changes in global atmospheric methane growth rate | Nature Communications

 

U.S. regulators slow consideration of climate impact of new gas projects | Reuters

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4.3        Oil

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Saudi Aramco to increase oil production to meet global demand | Aramco | The Guardian

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4.4        Particulate pollution

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Brown carbon from biomass burning imposes strong circum-Arctic warming - ScienceDirect

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5           Mitigation

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5.1        Cleaner energy

 

Space-based solar power: UK government backs plan for orbiting array | New Scientist

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Understanding the promise and peril of fusion power: Chimera or climate panacea? » Yale Climate Connections

 

What to know about hydrogen in the fight to curb climate change - The Washington Post

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Climate change and lithium mining influence flamingo abundance in the Lithium Triangle | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

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5.2        Negative emissions activities

 

5.2.1     Forest and habitat drawdown

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How wild animals can help control the climate crisis | Rewilding | The Guardian

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Photosynthesis: Global rate is increasing due to rising CO2 levels | New Scientist

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The world’s forests do more than just store carbon, new research finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability | Nature Geoscience

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6           People

 

The Guardian view on ghost flights: a symptom, not the disease | Editorial | The Guardian

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6.1        Activism

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Activists stage global climate protest, slam Ukraine war | AP News

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Tens of thousands take part in climate protests across France | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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6.2        Food and crops

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Relocating croplands could drastically reduce the environmental impacts of global food production | Communications Earth & Environment

 

Toolkit: Food Systems in Nationally Determined Contributions - Global Alliance for the Future of Food

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6.2.1     Famine

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War in Ukraine is compounding a hunger crisis in East Africa, charities warn

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6.3        Indigenous peoples

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Indigenous peoples across the globe are uniquely equipped to deal with the climate crisis - so why are we being left out of these conversations?

 

Indigenous storytellers are overcoming hurdles to advance climate justice globally

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6.4        Women

Virtual conferences exclude most African women – how can we be heard? | Memory Kachambwa | The Guardian

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7           Politics

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7.1        Climate Justice

 

UN climate change report: Inequality must be at center of climate adaptation - Vox

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7.2        National progress on emissions

 

G20’s US$14-trillion economic stimulus reneges on emissions pledges

 

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7.2.1     China

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China invests in more renewable power by 2025, but is still ramping up oil and gas production | Euronews

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China vows new incentives to cut pollution, CO2, but says 'stability' paramount | Reuters

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7.2.2     Europe including UK

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EU countries support plan for world-first carbon border tariff | Reuters

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7.2.3     Less developed countries

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How is the climate crisis affecting North Korea? | The Independent

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7.2.4    United States

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TAfter US fails to pay its debt, UN's flagship climate fund warns of austerity

 

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7.3        Ukraine War

 

12 books on climate, conflict, and oil » Yale Climate Connections

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How to cut Russian fossil fuel imports, carbon emissions and energy bills at the same time – EURACTIV.com

 

In a rush to replace Russian gas, the EU has damaged its own climate change strategy

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Op-Ed: The Ukraine war is a decision point — banks should stop funding the fossil fuel industry forever - Los Angeles Times

 

Opinion | We’re in a Fossil Fuel War. Biden Should Say So. - The New York Times

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Ukraine war set to delay EU sustainable farming plans | Reuters

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UN chief: Don't let Russia crisis fuel climate destruction | AP News

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Want to fight Russian aggression in Ukraine and beyond? Decarbonize

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War shakes Europe path to energy independence, climate goals | AP News

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8           Science

 

Shifts in El Niño May Be Driving Climates Extremes in Both Hemispheres - Inside Climate News

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Smoke from Black Summer bushfires depleted ozone layer, study finds | Environment | The Guardian

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Volcanoes and Climate: Sizing up the Impact of the Recent Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Volcanic Eruption from a Historical Perspective | SpringerLink

 

Wildfire smoke destroys stratospheric ozone

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8.1        Summations

 

Climate change: Despite 30 years of progress, the world is still heading towards disaster – Dr Richard Dixon | The Scotsman

 

Guest post: Why estimates of the ‘cost’ of climate action are overly pessimistic - Carbon Brief

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Opinion | The world must take urgent measures to adapt to climate change. But that won’t be enough. - The Washington Post

 

Past the warning stage on climate | The Monthly

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This climate crisis report asks: what is at stake? In short, everything | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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