Climate Letter #918

What the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) is saying about the Paris accord.  This organized group of 48 countries represents a population of about one billion.  They consider the Paris process to be a lifeline for survival, with particular emphasis on the objective of staying within the 1.5C limitation.  They want all world leaders to increase their level of ambition, as clearly heard by all who were at the meeting in Bonn.

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A summary of what else has been going on at the Bonn talks, which are ending today.  There has been an unusual degree of cooperation and positive feeling involved in setting the future agenda.  Apparently the small number of US delegates were simply quiescent as they await final decisions to be made in Washington about further participation.
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Climate would significantly benefit from more use of wood in construction of large buildings.  This article makes a strong case for wood as a replacement for concrete and steel.  “By substituting concrete and steel with wood from sustainably managed forests, the building industry could curb up to 31% of global carbon emissions.”  Over time this activity would further help by locking up carbon that would otherwise be subject to decay.
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What does the future of nuclear power look like?  Fred Pearce has put together a study that covers all the basics.  He sees a few positive signs of life but mainly concludes that the industry is a 20th century dinosaur, largely unloved and on the way out.
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A new reason for not giving up on hydrogen as a clean source of power.  The latest development is a much cleaner and less costly method of producing the gas, created by a Japanese group.
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Another Japanese group has achieved a major improvement in the construction of lithium-air batteries.  Their electric storage capacity is said to be 15 times greater than the capacity of conventional lithium-ion batteries.  Interestingly, no explanation has been found which can explain such an extraordinary result.
Carl

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