a significant role. next!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/hurricane-melissa-climate-change-9.6960554
Millions of people across the Caribbean are trying to deal with the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa, which tore through the region this week, slamming into Jamaica as a Category 5 storm. Now, several groups have done a rapid analysis to determine what role climate change could have played.
I suspect not enough people understand it's the rate of change of CO2 that matters.
"In a landmark decision last week, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that countries have obligations to protect the environment from greenhouse gas emissions and are legally accountable if they fail to act with due diligence.
Here, Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva looks at what the ruling means for climate change action in the Pacific."
https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/a-victory-for-pacific-people/
“The ICJ ruling has effectively reshaped the global climate change landscape by giving more power to small states, especially those in the Pacific, to hold the big polluting countries politically, morally, and financially accountable.” — Professor Steven Ratuva.
"Trump EPA" is a misnomer.
more like Trump EDA (where D is for Destruction)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/epa-trump-greenhouse-gas-emissions-1.7598717
The Trump administration plans to rescind a long-standing finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health. It would end limits on pollution from vehicle tailpipes, power plants, smokestacks and other sources.
the United Nations' highest court — the ICJ — has found that countries can be held legally responsible for their greenhouse gas emissions, in a ruling highly anticipated by Pacific countries long frustrated with the pace of global action to address climate change:
The world is on track for between 1.9 and 3.7°C of warming by 2100
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2465472-the-world-is-on-track-for-between-1-9-and-3-7c-of-warming-by-2100/
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