Climate Letter #498

High-tide flooding on the US east coast.  Miami has just seen the worst that residents can remember.  Sea level rise is very much a factor.  All three videos have interesting things to say.

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How Brazil and Indonesia are handling emission pledges.  Both are being closely watched because of their relatively large size in the developing-nation category and because both have vast ranges of forest that have suffered greatly from excessive clearing.  Brazil’s approach, including sizable efforts of reforestation, is for now the more positive of the two.
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Some timely advice for Democratic political candidates.  This looks quite objective, realistic and rational.  In a practical sense, it also means some of the traditional party platform appeals would need to be given reduced priority in order to make room for attending to a more urgent need.  That might be difficult to do, yet worth a try.
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A video overview of the emissions reduction problem.  The speaker is very sharp in this fast-paced 11-minute video.  He demonstrates the problem of switching from an existing plus 5C pace to a plus 2C pace based on lowering CO2 emissions within a limited time frame.  Lots of benchmarks to keep in mind.  If it is actually going to happen you would need to bet on the possibility of a panic-driven change with no holds barred starting at some point within the next 10-15 years, based on the emergence of completely intolerable climate effects already in evidence at that time.  You might spot one of his alternative scenarios that displays itself in that way, but without giving away the causes behind it.
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An economist with an unusual view of energy pricing and economic outlook.  Gail Tverberg always has an interesting way of looking at things, with plenty of data backup.  Here she makes a case that the peak of “affordable oil” has already been reached and surpassed, causing a global slowdown that has only been uplifted by the creation of monumental debt excesses, which are now no longer possible.  One gets the idea that this should open the door to more rapid acceptance of the kinds of energy that prove to be cheaper than oil, which are coming on fast.
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A whole new way to harvest solar energy.  The proof of principle is the work of engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  As development continues they believe the potential is very exciting in terms of cost and efficiency.
Carl

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