2015 SkS Weekly News Roundup #48

A chronological listing of the news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook page during the past week.

Sun, Nov 22

India backs 2 degree global warming limit - French ministry source by Emmanuel Jarry, Reuters, Nov 21, 2015
Climate change boosted Australia’s 2010 floods by Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Nov 21. 2015
Unmitigated Climate Change to Shrink Global Economy by Ben Gruber, Reuters/Climate Central, Nov 21, 2015
Senate Republicans Just Promised To Undermine The Paris Climate Negotiations by Samantha Page, Climate Progress, Nov 19, 2015
Conflict makes countries more vulnerable to climate change - index by Megan Rowling, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Nov 22, 2015
Yes, the Paris climate change conference can save the planet, Op-ed by Ed Miliband, The Guardian, Nov 22, 2015
Alberta launches $3 billion climate change strategy with carbon tax by Darcy Henton & Chris Varcore, Calgary Herald, Nov 22, 2015

Mon, Nov 23

The Most Intense El Niño Ever Observed Is Already a Worldwide Disaster by Eric Holthaus, Slate, Nov 18, 2015
Don't let Paris attacks stop COP21 climate change deal, pleads Obama by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Nov 22, 2015
In-depth: UK pledges coal phase out by 2025, but uncertainty remains by Sophie Yeo, Carbon Brief, Nov 19, 2015
Climate change: Trump says 'it's called weather', Obama says it 'will define this century' by Michael Vincent, ABC News (Australia), Nov 23, 2015
More than 2,000 academics call on world heads to do more to limit global warming by Emma Howard, The Guardian, Nov 23, 2015
Extreme Weather Tied to Over 600,000 Deaths Over 2 Decades by Nick Cummin Bruce, New York Times, Nov 23, 2015
Paris climate summit should start a day early, say officials by Ed King, Climate Home, Nov 23, 2015
Why are so many Americans skeptical about climate change? A study offers a surprising answer. by Joby Warrick, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 23, 2015

Tue, Nov 24

Top lawmaker rebutted on climate study accusation by Lisa Rein, Federal Eye, Washington Post, Nov 23, 2015
Alliance of 78 big firms urges carbon pricing to slow warming by Alister Doyle, Reuters, Nov 23, 2015
AP FACT CHECK: Most GOP candidates flunk climate science by Seth Borensein, AP, Nov 22, 2015
Global Warming Key Driver of 2015’s Record Heat by Andrea Thompson, Climate Central, Nov 24, 2015
Study drives a sixth nail into the global warming ‘pause’ myth by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%. The Guardian, Nov 24, 2015
The $100 Billion Climate Question by John Upton, Climate Central, Nov 23, 2015

Wed, Nov 25

Why Climate Skeptics Are Wrong by Michael Shermer, Scientific American, Dec 1, 2015 (Print Edition)
COP21: Malawi's battle to hold on to forests by Roger Harrabin, Science & Environment, BBC News, Nov 24, 2015
COP 21: 2015 likely to be warmest on record, says UN weather body Matt McGrath, Science & Environment, BBC News, Nov 25, 2015
Developing countries will need $270bn more to adapt to climate change – study by Emma Howard, The Guardian, Nov 24, 2015
Two-faced Exxon: the misinformation campaign against its own scientists by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%. The Guardian, Nov 24, 2015
India opposes deal to phase out fossil fuels by 2100 at climate summit by Tommy Wilkes, Reuters, Nov 24, 2015
Fossil fuel companies risk wasting $2tn of investors' money, study says by Damien Carington The Guardian, Nov 24, 2015
Global warming ‘pause’ was a myth all along, says new study by Stephan Lewandowsky, The Conversation, Nov 24, 2015

Thu, Nov 26

Video: How Could Paris Climate Talks Ratchet Up To Success? by Elle Johnston, Climate Interactive, Nov 12, 2015>
GOP Threatens To Disrupt Obama's Climate Agenda At Paris Summit by Laura Barron-Lopez, The Huffington Post, Nov 25, 2015
Climate Refugees and a Collapsing City by Sohara Mehroze Shachi, Inter Press Service (IPS), Nov 25, 2015
Hottest five-year period on record is 2011-2015, says WMO by Roz Pidcock, The Carbon Brief, Nov 25, 2015
Indonesia: fires threaten to send even modest climate ambitions up in smoke by Sonny Mumbunan, The Conversation US, Nov 25, 2015
Interactive: the Paris climate deal, The Carbon Brief, Nov 25, 2015
Pope Francis delivers stern warning ahead of Paris climate conference by Faith Karimi, CNN, Nov 26, 2015

Fri, Nov 27

Paris climate talks: powerful business lobbies seek to undermine deal by Pascoe Sabido, The Guardian, Nov 27, 2015
Christiana Figueres: the woman tasked with saving the world from global warming by Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, Nov 27, 2015
COP21: the tipping point for global warming? by Lara Marlowe, The Irish Times, Nov 26, 2015
Carbon prices - work in progress, not panacea, for rich and poor by Barbara Lewis and Susanna Twidale, Reuters, Nov 27, 2015
Bill Gates Expected to Create Billion-Dollar Fund for Clean Energy by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Nov 27, 2015
Destruction of Brazil's Amazon forest jumps 16 pct in 2015, by Marcelo Teixeira, Reuters, Nov 27, 2015

Sat, Nov 28

How Europe's Good Environmental Intentions are Inadvertently Destroying America's Forests by Reynard Loki, AlterNet, Nov 23, 2015
Scientists say Paris climate pledges aren’t enough to save the planet’s ice by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Nov 28, 2015
Paris Climate Talks Avoid Scientists’ Idea of ‘Carbon Budget’ by Justin Gillis, New York Times, Nov 28, 2015
Obama’s Legacy at Stake in Paris Talks on Climate Accord by Coral Davenport, New York Times, Nov 28, 2015
COP21: Pope's adviser urges Catholics to join climate marches by Matt McGrath, BBC News, Nov 28, 2015

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 28 November, 2015

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