Resources for reliable climate change news

f you haven’t already read it, I highly recommend the book (and website) DRAWDOWN: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming. The website is www.drawdown.org.

NOAA

https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/climate-education-resources

350.org

http://www.350.org

 

WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE

https://www.wri.org/tags/climate-change

 

ARCTIC NEWS

http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/

 

THE ASPEN INSTITUTE

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/topics/climate/

 

CLIMATE COMMUNICATION

https://www.climatecommunication.org/who-we-are/about-us/

 

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND

http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/

 

CLIMATE CENTRAL

https://www.climatecentral.org/

 

THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT

https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog

 

A LIST OF 53 INTERNET SITES FOR CLIMATE NEWS

https://publichealthonline.gwu.edu/blog/sources-for-climate-news/

 

Climate Change threatens the world’s food supply

Climate change is putting pressure on the ability of humanity to feed itself, according to a new United Nations report that was prepared by more than 100 experts from 52 countries and, unanimously approved. The report warns that the world's land and water resources are being exploited at "unprecedented rates" and "the cycle is accelerating." Climate change has already degraded lands, caused deserts to expand, permafrost to thaw, and made forests more vulnerable to drought, fire, pests and disease. "The stability of food supply is projected to decrease as the magnitude and frequency of extreme weather events that disrupt food chains increases," the report said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/climate/climate-change-food-supply.html

July 2019 the "hottest month in recorded human history"

“July has rewritten climate history, with dozens of new temperature records at [the] local, national and global level,” Petteri Taalas, secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization, said in announcing the month’s historic implications. “This is not science fiction. It is the reality of climate change. It is happening now, and it will worsen in the future without urgent climate action."

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/08/05/heres-how-hottest-month-recorded-history-unfolded-around-globe/

The UN says we have 11 years left until "irreversible damage." →

Addressing the UN General Assembly on March 28, 2019, MARÍA FERNANDA ESPINOSA GARCÉS (Ecuador), President of the General Assembly, warned the Assembly that “we are the last generation that can prevent irreparable damage to our planet”.  Worldwide, thousands of students are mobilizing around the message that we do not have a planet B and there is no future without a planet, she said, calling for their pleas not to fall on deaf ears.  Against that backdrop, she stressed the need to act.  “Eleven years is all we have ahead of us to change our direction,” she said, citing the findings of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.  “2019 must be the year of climate action at all levels,” she stressed.

She called for a change in global patterns of consumption.  Every year 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted as some 2 billion people suffer of hunger and malnutrition.  Development in harmony with nature is possible and sustainability efforts must incorporate cities — where 70 per cent of global carbon emissions are produced.  “I invite you all to commit to 2020 being the last year carbon emissions increase due to human activities,” she said, noting that achieving the Sustainable Development Goals requires meeting climate benchmarks.  Inaction in the face of climate change will lead to deteriorating global health standards.  She concluded by calling for an intergenerational approach to climate change.  Children, adults and older persons all live in the same house and must look after it by working together.  “Climate justice is intergenerational justice,” she said, adding that States must act collectively and responsibly.