US Election 2020 – Global Crisis Local Impacts
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Climate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsHealth & SafetyMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Heglar: Climate Crisis ‘Hurts Black People First and Worst’
Calls to “press pause” on climate action in order to fight racism more effectively simply further the whitewashing of a crisis that is systemically ... -
Heat, Pollution Put Black Mothers at Greater Risk of Poor Birth Outcomes
A sweeping review of birth outcomes in the U.S. since the early 2000s has found that exposure to extreme heat and air pollution during ... -
Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
30% of U.S. Shale Drillers ‘Technically Insolvent’ as Analyst Places Economic Recovery Three to Five Years Away
Nearly one-third of shale oil and gas drillers in the United States are “technically insolvent” at today’s oil prices, as crashing demand drives the ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaEuropeHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryMethaneMiddle EastOil & GasShale & FrackingUnited States
Abandoned Wells Emerge as Massive, Largely Unmeasured Methane Risk
The United States is emerging as a focal point of one of the larger problems arising from oil and gas production: the leaky wells ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrive to 1.5Heat & TemperatureIPCC ReportSoil & Natural Sequestration
Standard Climate Models May Understate GHGs from Permafrost Melt by 14%
Standard climate models may be underestimating greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrost by missing one of the key pathways for carbon dioxide entering the ... -
BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingPathways to 1.5SolarWind
Next Six Months Will Determine Success of Green Recovery, IEA Warns
The world’s governments can either spend the next three years and US$3 trillion entrenching the greenhouse gas emission cuts that accompanied the pandemic lockdown ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Heat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC Report
Climate Models for Upcoming UN Report Show ‘Incredibly Alarming’ Risk of Runaway Warming
The climate community and the general public are in for some “incredibly alarming” worst-case scenarios as modelling for the United Nations’ next major climate ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionHeat & Temperature
Extreme Arctic Temperatures, Siberian Wildfires Driving Up CO2 Emissions
Last week’s 30°C temperatures in the Arctic Circle have observers fearing a repeat of 2019’s devastating summer of apocalyptic wildfires. -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCoalDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Electricity GridEnergy Access & EquityEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationHydrogenInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasTransit
Government Stimulus Packages Lock In Fossil Growth, Squander Opportunity for Green Recovery, Global Assessment Warns
Too many governments are squandering the opportunity to build a green recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, directing dollars to technologies that ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Drive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyInsurance & LiabilityInternationalLegal & RegulatoryMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & Flooding
Climate Impacts of Hurricane Harvey Pegged at $67 Billion
In a finding that could radically alter future calculations of the social cost of carbon, researchers say new methods of event attribution have now ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Yeampierre: No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice
The exploitative calculus that drives climate change is a mirror to the rapaciousness of slavery—and climate activists who still can’t see the connection between ... -
Cleantech Sector Still Falls Short on Diversity, Equity
Clean energy organizations across the U.S. are doing some soul-searching as protests roll across the country in the wake of the death of George ... -
No Way to Solve Climate without Anti-Racist Response, U.S. Marine Biologist Argues
Racism derails the effort to fight the climate emergency, and the only way for white people to maintain a habitable planet is to become ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionDrive to 1.5International Agencies & StudiesIPCC Report
417.1 ppm: Atmospheric CO2 Levels Reach Three-Million-Year High
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have reached a three-million-year high, at 417.1 parts per million (ppm), despite the 17% drop in daily emissions brought about ... -
2.0°C Would Shift Once-in-a-Century Storms to Once in Five Years, Canadian Study Concludes
Researchers at Environment and Climate Change Canada have established an unequivocal correlation between climate change and the increasing number of extreme rainfall events in ...
