Climate Letter #542

As talks proceed, where do the oceans fit in?  This is an editorial complaining that Paris is not paying enough attention to how climate change is adversely affecting the “health” of oceans, and what that means here and now as well as in the future.  The arguments are sobering and quite cogent.

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A report on worldwide plans for building coal-fired power stations.  There are 2440 of them in the works, and the emissions they would add are totally inconsistent with the current program to limit global warming. Many different countries are involved, each of which has control over its own affairs, and all of the projects no doubt have serious supporters.  This is one of the more difficult puzzles being confronted in Paris.
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A summary of several other “tricky details” being confronted in Paris.  Voluntary pledges are the main event, but the level of commitment is certain to vary from very strong to very weak.  The best solution of all, in my view, does not lie with enforcement, or verification, but is to find new ways to encourage the continued strengthening of deep and true commitments from every country, always voluntary.  That can best be accomplished with strong and unusually persuasive leadership.  (For many reasons, China would be ideal in that role.)
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Specifics of Republican obstructionism.  It is not all just talk.  Here is what Republicans in Congress are doing in order to derail the transition from dirty fossil fuels to clean renewables.  It’s a policy that only makes sense as a way to please special interest friends who make big contributions in return.
Does that relationship work?  Here is an example from the inside.
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Big business everywhere, including the US, is generally shifting in ways that are favorable for renewables.  There are plenty of opportunities opening up to earn new profits, or just to reduce operating costs, and on top of that the public relations effect is almost always positive.  This post has much to say about it.
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For Exxon junkies.  If you followed the shameful Exxon story, as reported here not long ago, the group that did the main study has a few more interesting documents to share.  Note how Exxon’s original research provides strong support for today’s mainstream climate science.
Carl

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