Climate Letter #402

Climate science. A new study about the relationship between increases in carbon emissions and carbon sinks. The roughly 50% removal ratio has been amazingly steady for over five decades, providing a big assist in slowing the growth of global warming. The mechanisms are not yet fully understood, nor can we safely predict their continuation, which is a worry. Looking much further ahead, if and when we start drawing down the CO2 level will everything be reversed in such a way that natural “unsinks” materialize as an impediment?

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Entering the mind of a truly meticulous climate scientist. This lady sits on the front lines of everyday weather events. Her interview has the sound of someone who either refuses or cannot afford to be wrong. The conclusions she does reach are probably as solid as any source of information now available.
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Today’s solar panels can power the world—MIT. All of the necessary ingredients are in place, and economically viable. “The other main point the study makes is that it will take political will to finally wean the world off of fossil fuels.”  And that is a problem.
Comment: The necessary political will does exist in some small-scale locations, but for the most part is either missing or badly compromised. The other thing missing, in practically every major country, is greater input from the general public. Public pressure, when it exists, will shape the actions of those in power, but that is not happening. There are some good voices being heard, but not enough numbers of people are convinced about the gravity of the immediate situation. There is also a growing group of ex-deniers, called “lukewarmers,” who are now saying climate change is real but relatively harmless. You can read about them in this post:

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Meet the new British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. This is quite refreshing, and a surprise. Her appointment suggests that the new conservative majority will be much greener than anyone expected.
Carl

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