The Tough Task Of Persuading A Climate Denier
What strategies are you using to persuade the climate deniers in your life to accept the reality around them?
Nature Climate Change
Developed Economies’ CO2 Emissions Efforts Are Beginning To Pay Dividends
The efforts of developing economies to cut carbon dioxide emissions and tackle climate change are beginning to pay off, according to new research led by the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia, with policies supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency development helping to reduce emissions in 18 developed economies.
Health Benefits Of Chinese Climate Goals Could Offset Costs By 2030
A new study from researchers at MIT has concluded that if China follows through on its climate policies targeting the reduction of CO2 emissions, the monetary savings stemming from air quality and human health will greatly exceed the cost of meeting those goals in the first place.
US May See Heavier Rains Increase By 5 Times, Research Finds
You know the saying — “When it rains, it pours.” However, this may actually be the future normal rather than a simple idiom. A recent report suggests extreme rain storms which occur on average once a season may increase 400% by century’s end. The study, published in the Nature Climate Change journal, said storms could increase by 5 times in a season within this century.
Global Warming Of 2.5 Degrees Could Risk Trillions In Global Financial Assets
A new report claims that global warming of 2.5°C by 2100 could put at risk an average of $2.5 trillion, or 1.8%, of the world’s financial assets. The report, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, by researchers at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London … [continued]
Readability Analysis Disses IPCC Policy Summaries
A report published today casts some doubt on the efficacy of current United Nations efforts toward worldwide climate change mitigation and adaptation. The reputed journal Nature Climate Change published the investigation. In it, an international team of researchers at KEDGE Business School (a French school of management), the University of … [continued]
Climate-Proofing The Western US Power Grid
New research from Arizona State University has raised the issue of climate-proofing the United States’ electricity infrastructure due to possible negative impacts from climate change presently taking place. According to EurekAlert, two Arizona State University engineers contend the electricity generation and distribution infrastructure in the Western United States must be … [continued]
EV Battery Costs Already ‘Probably’ Cheaper Than 2020 Projections
Originally published on The Carbon Brief. By Simon Evans The cost of electric vehicle battery packs is falling so rapidly they are probably already cheaper than expected for 2020, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change. Electric vehicles remain more expensive than combustion-engine equivalents, largely because of battery … [continued]
China’s 21st Century Dilemma: Development and Carbon Emissions
“Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.” That’s the paradox gripping China, the world’s most populous nation. A new seven-year study by researchers from the University of East Anglia relates China’s carbon dioxide emissions to the country’s accelerating economic growth. The results, published today in Nature Climate Change, illustrate … [continued]
No-Brainer Proven: Cap-And-Trade Saves 10x Its Cost In Health Benefits
Have you ever thought that the health benefits of reducing emitted carbon might pay for the costs associated with implementing clean air policies? A new study, published online Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change, has found that savings from health benefits dwarf the estimated $14 billion cost of a cap-and-trade … [continued]
