2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #50

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In Must-Watch Video, Greta Thunberg Warns Humanity 'Still Speeding in Wrong Direction' on Climate

The global crisis, says the youth leader, "cannot be solved without system change. That's no longer an opinion. That's a fact." 

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (C) takes part in a Fridays For Future protest in front of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen) in Stockholm on September 25, 2020. (Photo:  Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images)

Teen climate leader Greta Thunberg on Thursday reiterated her demand that humanity end its inaction on the planetary emergency as she warned—five years after the Paris agreement was signed—the world is "speeding in the wrong direction" in terms of emission reductions.

With nothing less than a total "system change" needed, the 17-year-old Swede told viewers in a new video that she's "inviting you to be part of the solution."

Thunberg shared the 3-minute video on Twitter Thursday—two days before the Paris climate agreement's five-year anniversary.

Note: The above video is embedded in the Greta Thunberg Tweet embedded in the original article posted on the Common Dreams website. 

Click here to access the entire article as originally posted on the Common Dreams website. 

In Must-Watch Video, Greta Thunberg Warns Humanity 'Still Speeding in Wrong Direction' on Climate by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Dec 10, 2020

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Sun, Dec 6, 2020

• Analysis: When might the world exceed 1.5C and 2C of global warming? by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Dec 5, 2020
• If Aridification Choked the Southwest for Thousands of Years, What Does The Future Hold? by Judy Fahys, InsideClimate News, Nov 30, 2020
• How Biden Can Ensure Every Federal Agency Is Fighting Climate Change by Brian Kahn and Dharna Noor, Earther/Gizmodo, Dec 3, 2020
• Teaching climate crisis in classrooms critical for children, top educators say by Oliver Milman, Environment, The Guardian, Dec 3, 2020

Mon, Dec 7, 2020

• How a Climate ‘Stress Test’ Can Foresee Collapsing Banks by Avery Ellfeldt, E&E News/Scientifc American, Dec4, 2020
• A Race Against Time to Rescue a Reef From Climate Change by Catrin Einhorn & Christopher Flavelle, Climate, New York Times, Dec 5, 2020
• The scariest thing about global warming (and Covid-19) by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Dec 4, 2020
• Why Winter Wildfires May Get Worse by Chelsea Harvey, E&E News/Scientific American, Dec 7, 2020

Tue, Dec 8, 2020

• Inside Clean Energy: The Energy Transition Comes to Nebraska by Dan Gearino, InsideClimate News, Dec 3, 2020
• As climate change threatens Pacific Islands, some atolls have been growing. Now scientists have figured out why by Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, Dec 7, 2020
• Climate crisis: November 2020 was world’s warmest on record by Harry Cockburn, Environment, The Independent (UK), Dec 7, 2020
• California’s Environmental Justice Policies Should Serve as A Model for the Biden-Harris Administration  by Ann Carlson, Legal Planet ( UC Berkeley School of Law & UCLA School of Law), Dec 4, 2020

Wed, Dec 9, 2020

• Emissions cuts in line with Paris Agreement would see benefits ‘within two decades’ by Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief, Dec 7, 2020
• Exxon Holds Back on Technology That Could Slow Climate Change by Kevin Crowley & Akshat Rathi, Bloomberg Green, Dec 7, 2020
• The Arctic is getting hotter, greener and less icy much faster than expected, report finds by Drew Kann, CNN, Dec 8, 2020
• Human-Made Stuff Now Outweighs All Life on Earth by Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, Dec 9, 2020

Thu, Dec 10, 2020

• The world’s rich need to cut their carbon footprint by a factor of 30 to slow climate change, U.N. warns by Brady Dennis, Chris Mooney & Sarah Kaplan, Climate & Environment, Washington Post, Dec 9, 2020
• The EU’s biggest oil producer has taken a huge step: It’s ending oil production by 2050 by Jariel Arvin, Vox, Dec 4, 2020
• The U.S. Risks Locking In a Climate Health Crisis in Response to COVID by Ploy Achakulwisut, Scientific American, Dec 8, 2020
• U.S. nets $46,000 on Trump's California oil, gas drilling auction by Nichola Groom, Environment, Reuters, Dec 10, 2020
• In Must-Watch Video, Greta Thunberg Warns Humanity 'Still Speeding in Wrong Direction' on Climate by Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, Dec 10, 2020

Fri, Dec 11, 2020

• UNEP: Net-zero pledges provide an ‘opening’ to close growing emissions ‘gap’ by Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief, Dec 9, 2020
• Japan and South Korea have started to ditch global coal projects. Will China follow suit? by Lili Pike, Vox, Dec 10, 2020
• Emphasizing 'opportunity' to help bridge divide on climate action, Commentary by Jeff Bearardelli, Articles, Yale Climate Connections, Dec 11, 2020
• Paris Agreement: aiming for 1.5°C target could slow global warming within next two decades by Christine McKenna, The Conversation UK, Dec 10, 2020

Sat, Dec 12, 2020

• Major Fossil Fuel PR Group is Behind Europe Pro-Hydrogen Push by Justin Mikulka, DeSmog, Dec 9, 2020
• Pandemic-Driven Drop in CO₂Emissions Imperceptible in Atmosphere by Benjamin Storrow, E&E News/Scientific American, Dec 12, 2020
• In Georgia, Buffeted by Hurricanes and Drought, Climate Change Is on the Ballot by James Bruggers, InsideClimate News, Dec 9, 2020
• 5 years after Paris: How countries’ climate policies match up to their promises, and who’s aiming for net zero emissions by Morgan Bazilian & Dolf Gielen, The Conversation US, Dec 10, 2020

Posted by John Hartz on Saturday, 12 December, 2020

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