2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #25
A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, June 14 through Sat, June 20, 2020
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World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert
International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent post-lockdown surge in emissions
The cooling tower of a coal-fired power plant in Datteln, Germany. Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images
The world has only six months in which to change the course of the climate crisis and prevent a post-lockdown rebound in greenhouse gas emissions that would overwhelm efforts to stave off climate catastrophe, one of the world’s foremost energy experts has warned.
“This year is the last time we have, if we are not to see a carbon rebound,” said Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.
Governments are planning to spend $9tn (£7.2tn) globally in the next few months on rescuing their economies from the coronavirus crisis, the IEA has calculated. The stimulus packages created this year will determine the shape of the global economy for the next three years, according to Birol, and within that time emissions must start to fall sharply and permanently, or climate targets will be out of reach.
“The next three years will determine the course of the next 30 years and beyond,” Birol told the Guardian. “If we do not [take action] we will surely see a rebound in emissions. If emissions rebound, it is very difficult to see how they will be brought down in future. This is why we are urging governments to have sustainable recovery packages.”
World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert by Fiona Harvey, Environment, Guardian, June 18, 2020
Click here to access the entire article as originally published on The Guardian website.
Articles Linked to on Facebook
Sun, June 14, 2020
- Climate worst-case scenarios may not go far enough, cloud data shows by Jonathan Watts, Environment, Guardian, June 13, 2020
- Jet stream: Is climate change causing more ‘blocking’ weather events? by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, June 12, 2020
- Arizona’s Emergency Responders Face a Roaring Wildfire Amid a Worsening Pandemic by Rebecca Leber, Mother Jones, June 12, 2020
- Inside Clean Energy: The Racial Inequity in Clean Energy and How to Fight It by Dan Gearino, InsideClimate News, June 11, 2020
Mon, June 15, 2020
- Climate change 'threat multiplier' ignored in national environment laws by Mike Foley, Environment, Sydney Morning Herald, June 14, 2020
- Brazil's military fails to tame rising Amazon deforestation in May by Jake Spring, Reuters, June 12, 2010
- May 2020: Earth's warmest May on record by Jeff Masters, Eye On the Storm, Yale Climate Connections, June 12, 2020
- A War Against Climate Science, Waged by Washington’s Rank and File by Lisa Friedman, Climate, New York Times, June 15, 2020
Tue, June 16, 2020
- Emissions from 13 dairy firms match those of entire UK, says report by Damian Carrington, Environment, Guardian, June 15, 2020
- Unilever to invest 1 bln euros in climate change fund over 10 years by Siddharth Cavale, Reuters, June 15, 2020
- Covid-19 pandemic is 'fire drill' for effects of climate crisis, says UN official by Fiona Harvey, Environment, Guardian, June 15, 2020
- From national parks to the deep sea, plastic pollution is showing up wherever scientists look by John Metcalfe. Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, June 14, 2020
Wed, June 17, 2020
- Australia has a problem with climate change denial. The message just isn't getting through by Greg Jericho, Business, Guardian, June 15, 2020
- Pandemics, policing, and a just transition by David Pellow, The Daily Climate, June 16, 2020
- Siberia’s persistent, freakishly mild weather is reverberating around the world by Andrew Freedman & Isabelle Khurshudyan, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, June 15, 2020
- Emissions Are Surging Back as Countries and States Reopen by Brad Plumer & Nadja Popovich, Climate, New York Times, June 17, 2020
Thu, June 18, 2020
- How much do people around the world care about climate change? We surveyed 80,000 people in 40 countries to find out by Simge Andi & James Painter, The Conversation UK, June 18, 2020
- Mayors of central European capitals call for tougher EU climate goals by Agnieszka Barteczko & Kate Abnett, Reuters, June 17, 2020
- World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert by Fiona Harvey, Environment, Guardian, June 18, 2020
- Hoosiers sheltering in place this spring took to creating 'victory gardens' for climate change by London Gibson, Environment, Indianapolis Star, June 18, 2020
Fri, June 19, 2020
- Climate Change Is Killing Americans. Health Departments Aren’t Equipped to Respond by Dean Russell, Elisabeth Gawthrop, Veronica Penney, Ali Raj & Bridget Hickey, Columbia Journalism Investigations & the Center for Public Integrity, June 16, 2020
- The Iciest Waters Around Antarctica Are Less Icy by Henry Fountain, Climate, New York Times, June 17, 2020
- IEA: ‘Green’ coronavirus recovery would keep global emissions below 2019 peak by Josh Gabbatiss, Carbon Brief, June 18, 2020
- The Truth about Scientific Models, Opinion by Sabine Hossenfelder, Scientific American, June 18, 2020
- Article in The Guardian misleads readers about sensitivity of climate models by narrowly focusing on single study, Edited by Nikki Forrester, Article Reviews, Climate Feedback, June 18, 2020
Sat, June 20, 2020
- Across America, Five Communities in Search of Environmental Justice by Kristoffer Tigue, Nicholas Kusnetz, Judy Fahys, Ilana Cohen & David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, June 17, 2020
- European investors threaten Brazil divestment over deforestation by Jake Spring, Reuters, June 19, 2020
- Black environmentalists are organizing to save the planet from injustice by Rachel Ramirez, Justice, Grist, June 16, 2020
- COVID-19 is the quiz, climate change the final exam by Jeff Masters, Eye on the Storm, Yale Climate Connections, June 16, 2020
Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 20 June, 2020
