Climate Letter #856

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Carl Campbell
La Paz, Bolivia, is desperately short of water, from a feature article in Popular Science magazine.  It is the result of the complete meltdown of the glacier that once fed ample supplies to this city of 800,000, situated at an elevation of 12,000 feet.  The temperature increases at high elevations have exceeded those in regions lower down, leaving all of South America’s glaciers at risk of total decline within just a few decades.

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Persistent drought is causing even greater problems for people in southern Madagascar.  Adding to the tragedy is the fact that humanitarian agencies do not have enough funding to provide the help that is intended.  This is an island nation where 90% of the total population of 28 million survives on income of less than two dollars a day.  (LA Times)
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A research report covering coral reef die-off in the Indian Ocean.  The story provides new information about problems that affect the ability of reefs to recover, which is getting more and more tenuous.
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Singapore is planning to levy a true emissions tax starting in 2019.  It is not all-inclusive, and is modest in size, but is at least a step in the right direction that others can follow and improve upon.  Proceeds will be used to help fund industry measures to reduce emissions.
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Why was Russia hoping to see Trump become the US president?  It has occurred to me for a long time that Putin simply liked Trump’s threats to either bring down or greatly weaken the Paris accord, the objectives of which are destined to diminish his much-needed income from future oil and gas exports.  There could be deeper and more intriguing reasons, as portrayed in the unconfirmed theories in this report.  I am posting it because a potentially massive drilling program in the Arctic could by itself all but eliminate any hope of meeting a reasonably effective target for CO2 emissions, not to mention environmental damage, and must therefore be widely and vigorously opposed.
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A footnote pertaining to the Paris accord:
Carl

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