A recap of extreme weather events around the globe in 2015. These are presented month by month in a short, fast-moving video. The true list is of course much longer.
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The “Arctic Report Card” for 2015 is presented here in a 4-minute video. Much wonderful photography included.
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What does the hardnosed realist Kevin Anderson have to say about the Paris conference? Everything he says is correct, echoing remarks made by James Hansen and others who had higher hopes, but are they missing something?
My comment: What Paris managed to accomplish was an admission by nearly all national leaders that climate scientists are right, and something of a drastic nature should be done about it. These are big governments speaking, most of them under the thumb of a combination of special business interests and populations that have other priorities. Doing something real, like setting an effective carbon tax, was not within their reach. Their admission, however, should make it easier for others, like small governments, or corporations with a different kind of interests, to act on their own and make real changes with fewer restraints. This group is in fact rapidly multiplying, motivated in part by idealism, but even more so by seeing all of the other advantages to be gained by exploiting new technologies. These are becoming available over a broad range at a pace that most of us are unable to comprehend. It’s a fact that whenever people can save money and get a better product in return we can depend on them to produce demand, at the level of mass markets. Thus, things are falling into place for key elements of climate action at many levels to be accomplished by popular demand! This has hardly begun, and the issues that concern timing remain truly uncomfortable, but I believe this is the course of action toward which our hopes can best be directed. The next two stories provide some bits of what has already been accomplished, that we should see much more of.
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Some views on what is going on with renewables. In short, they keep getting cheaper and/or they keep getting better, as reported here by several people who are close to the scene. The conclusion—“When you look at all of these benefits of clean technology, even if global warming didn’t exist, why wouldn’t we switch to these options?”
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Major improvement claimed in the manufacture of flow batteries. Inexpensive organic materials can replace dependence on vanadium. “The new battery is expected to cost about 60 percent less than today’s standard flow batteries.” Flow batteries, because of their bulkiness, are designed for use in stationary applications, which can include everything from large power grids to small homes. This is not yet ready for market, but sounds like a really significant technological breakthrough.
Carl