News links for February

 

1.          Adaptation

 

False banana: Is Ethiopia's enset a 'wondercrop' for climate change? - BBC News

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In Tonga, a volcano-triggered tsunami underscores islands' acute climate risk | Reuters

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‘Local is better’: battered Haiti looks to empower peasants to fight climate crisis | Haiti | The Guardian

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Technology has made buildings less climate-friendly: but we can look back in time for solutions

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The Maldives is being swallowed by the sea. Can it adapt?

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2.          Business and Industry

 

Big numbers - dollars and institutions - behind divestments from fossil fuels » Yale Climate Connections

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Brussels Airlines makes 3,000 unnecessary flights to maintain airport slots | The Bulletin

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Decarbonise or die, world’s biggest investor warns business chiefs

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2.1        Carbon offsetting

 

Carbon offsetting is not warding off environmental collapse – it’s accelerating it | George Monbiot | The Guardian

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'Growing pains': BNEF warns carbon offset market faces uncertain long term outlook | BusinessGreen News

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Norway underpaid Indonesia for forest protection results, study argues

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3.          Climate effects

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Human-caused long-term changes in global aridity | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

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3.1        Cyclones / Hurricanes / Typhoons

 

Filipinos count cost of climate crisis as typhoons get ever more destructive | Global development | The Guardian

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Future hurricanes will roam over more of the Earth, study predicts

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Increasing frequency of extremely severe cyclonic storms in the north Indian Ocean by anthropogenic warming and southwest monsoon weakening -

 

Swapna - - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library

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‘Swept away in their sleep’: relentless cycle of climate shocks plague southern Africa

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3.2        Drought

 

Beekeepers arrested in protest as Chile megadrought hits honey production | The Independent

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Biocrusts mediate a new mechanism for land degradation under a changing climate | Nature Climate Change

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Scientists warn of widespread drought in the 21st century

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3.3        Ecology

 

Fish growth slowed by high temperatures and plastic chemical BPA, research shows | Fish | The Guardian

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How the speed of climate change is unbalancing the insect world | | The Guardian

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The effects of defaunation on plants’ capacity to track climate change

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3.4        Economic effects

 

The rain in Spain causes financial pain – POLITICO

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U.S. crop insurance payouts rise sharply as climate change worsens droughts, floods | Reuters

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Why Climate Change Is Pushing Up Lumber Prices - The Atlantic

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3.5        Fires

 

A month of unprecedented U.S. weather disasters ends with Colorado fire catastrophe » Yale Climate Connections

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US plans $50B wildfire fight where forests meet civilization | AP News

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Wildfire Risk in California Drives Insurers to Pull Policies for Pricey Homes - WSJ

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3.6        Heat

 

2021 Was Earth’s Fifth-Hottest Year, Scientists Say - The New York Times

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Climate crisis: last seven years the hottest on record, 2021 data shows | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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‘Drastic’ rise in high Arctic lightning has scientists worried | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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We study ocean temperatures. The Earth just broke a heat increase record | John Abraham | The Guardian

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3.6.1     Wet-bulb (humid heat) extremes

 

How climate change is making parts of the world too hot and humid for humans - Washington Post

 

3.7        Ice

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TC - Brief communication: Increased glacier mass loss in the Russian High Arctic (2010–2017)

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4           Emissions

 

Plane Company To Operate 18,000 Empty Flights To Keep Landing Slots | IFLScience

 

Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve? | Annual Review of Environment and Resources

 

Why the Luster on Once-Vaunted ‘Smart Cities’ Is Fading - Inside Climate News

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4.1        Coal

 

Activists demand stop to Japan-funded coal plant in climate-vulnerable Bangladesh | Reuters

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China’s coal production hit record levels in 2021 | Coal | The Guardian

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Coal-based liquid hydrogen pivotal for green energy? The experts doubt it | Graham Readfearn | The Guardian

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4.2        Fluorocarbons

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China Moves to Freeze Production of Climate Super-Pollutants But Lacks a System to Monitor Emissions - Inside Climate News

 

 

4.3        Internet emissions contributions

 

Offsetting Bitcoin's carbon footprint would require planting 300 million new trees | Fortune

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Why the climate-wrecking craze for crypto art really is beyond satire | John Naughton | The Guardian

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4.4        Methane

 

Gas stoves in kitchens pose a risk to public health and the planet, Stanford study finds - The Washington Post

 

Methane in the atmosphere is at an all-time high – here's what it means for climate change

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5           Mitigation

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5.1        Albedo (reflectivity) interventions

 

Analysis: After sun-dimming setback, geoengineers seek a diplomatic fix | Reuters

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Dimming Sun's rays should be off-limits, say experts

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5.2        Carbon capture technologies

 

Climate change game changer: Aussie scientists discover how to turn carbon dioxide into a solid | Daily Mail Online

 

Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing

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5.3        Cleaner energy

 

An Energy Transition Needs Lots of Power Lines. This 1970s Minnesota Farmers’ Uprising Tried to Block One. What Can it Teach Us? - Inside Climate News

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Faster than expected': EV sales predicted to overtake fossil fuel cars within three years across Europe | BusinessGreen News

 

From Fertilizer to Fuel: Can ‘Green’ Ammonia Be a Climate Fix? - Yale E360

 

Indirect emissions from electric vehicle supply chains pale in comparison to emissions from fossil fuel-powered vehicles - pvbuzz.com

 

 

5.4        Negative emissions activities

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5.4.1     Agricultural drawdown

 

Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils: Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology: Vol 0, No 0

 

Off-season 'cover' crops expand as U.S. growers eye low-carbon future | Reuters

 

The global carbon sink potential of terrestrial vegetation can be increased substantially by optimal land management | Communications Earth & Environment

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5.4.2     Blue carbon

 

A conversation with blue carbon researcher Ariane Arias-Ortiz | NOAA Climate.gov

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5.4.3     Forest and habitat drawdown

 

Extreme weather, pests, fires, and drought threaten forests in Southeast U.S. » Yale Climate Connections

 

Protect, manage and then restore lands for climate mitigation | Nature Climate Change

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5.4.4     Oceans

 

BG - Climate pathways behind phytoplankton-induced atmospheric warming

 

Climate change brings record ocean warmth in 2021 - The Washington Post

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6           People

 

Climate change: Children push parents to be more conscious about global warming, research finds

 

Solving Climate Change Requires A New Social Contract | Time

 

The 1.5 degrees goal: Beware of unintended consequences » Yale Climate Connections

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6.1        Activism

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Activists Target Public Relations Groups For Greenwashing Fossil Fuels - Inside Climate News

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6.2        Belief systems about climate

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6.2.1     Degrowth

 

‘Degrowth’ Isn't Just About the Economy. It’s About Culture.

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Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being | Nature Climate Change

 

Germany’s green-on-green wind power battle – POLITICO

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6.3        Community

 

Amid climate change and a housing crisis, Earthships offer a solution - The Washington Post

 

Berlin is planning a car-free area larger than Manhattan

 

Climate change will limit choice for Winter Games hosts, says study | Reuters

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6.4        Food and crops

 

UN report: The world’s farms stretched to ‘a breaking point’ » Yale Climate Connections

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6.4.3     Famine

 

Liberia: Farmers Say Food Crisis is Looming from Climate Change – FrontPageAfrica

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‘We pray for rain’: Ethiopia faces catastrophic hunger as cattle perish in severe drought | Hunger | The Guardian

 

 

6.5        Health and safety

 

Global heating linked to early birth and damage to babies’ health, scientists find | Climate crisis | The Guardian

 

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6.6        Law

 

COP 26: The teenagers suing 33 countries - BBC News

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How Exxon is using an unusual law to intimidate critics over its climate denial | Environment | The Guardian

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Oil firms accused of scare tactics after claiming climate lawsuits ‘a threat to US’ | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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6.7        Media

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As Storms Intensify, the Job of TV Weather Person Gets More Serious - The New York Times

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Disaster flicks like ‘Don’t Look Up’ won’t spur climate change action. Here’s why. - The Washington Post

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Don’t Look Up: four climate experts on the polarising disaster film | Don't Look Up | The Guardian

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Scientists' letter to ad agencies: 'Drop your fossil fuel clients' | Ad Age Agency News

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7           Politics

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7.1        Climate Justice

 

Calls for Climate Justice Rise As Extreme Weather Repeatedly Shatters The Philippines - The Energy Mix

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Inaction on global warming amounts to racism – let me tell you why | Elise Yarde | The Guardian

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Increasing heat‐stress inequality in a warming climate - Alizadeh - - Earth's Future - Wiley Online Library

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World’s poorest bear brunt of climate crisis: 10 underreported emergencies | Global development | The Guardian

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7.2        National progress on emissions

 

Chile Writes a New Constitution, Confronting Climate Change Head On - The New York Times

 

7.2.1     China

 

Climate change: Renewable energy to meet over 70 per cent of China’s additional power needs in next three years, says IEA | South China Morning Post

 

Study forecasts China investment of $75 trillion in carbon neutrality - Asia Times

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7.2.2     Europe

 

Germany spells out ‘gigantic’ effort to cut emissions and boost renewables – POLITICO

 

 

7.2.3     Russia

How Climate and the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Undergirds the Ukraine-Russia Standoff - Inside Climate News

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8           Science

 

How ‘proxy’ data reveals the climate of the Earth’s distant past

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The meaning of net zero and how to get it right | Nature Climate Change

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8.1        Summations

 

Climate change: Huge toll of extreme weather disasters in 2021 - BBC News

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Global Temperature Report for 2021 – Berkeley Earth

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Hottest ocean temperatures in history recorded last year | Oceans | The Guardian

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Initiative for Leadership and Sustainability: Hot Air from Glasgow Means it's Time for Radical Leadership - say over 200 scholars

 

NOAA, NASA name 2021 sixth-hottest year on record » Yale Climate Connections