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    • NASA – February 2021 was the 14th warmest February recorded






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    • Ed Hawkins - 8 more years of data and improvements to our understanding of how past temperatures were measured, particularly over the ocean, means our estimates of past warming have increased by a significant amount.: https://twitter.com/ed_hawkins/statu...13000729608192










    • Climate crisis: recent European droughts 'worst in 2,000 years'


    The series of severe droughts and heatwaves in Europe since 2014 is the most extreme for more than 2,000 years, research suggests.

    The study analysed tree rings dating as far back as the Roman empire to create the longest such record to date. The scientists said global heating was the most probable cause of the recent rise in extreme heat.

    The heatwaves have had devastating consequences, the researchers said, causing thousands of early deaths, destroying crops and igniting forest fires. Low river levels halted some shipping traffic and affected the cooling of nuclear power stations. Climate scientists predict more extreme and more frequent heatwaves and droughts in future.

    The study also found a gradual drying of the summer climate in central Europe over the last two millennia, before the recent surge. The scientists ruled out volcanic activity and solar cycles as causes of this long-term trend and think subtle changes in Earth’s orbit are the cause.

    “We’re all aware of the cluster of exceptionally hot and dry summers we’ve had over the past few years,” said Prof Ulf Büntgen, of Cambridge University, who led the study. “Our results show what we have experienced is extraordinary. The series is unprecedented for the last 2,000 years.” The available data ends in 2018, but 2019 and 2020 also had very hot European summers.

    The scientists said changes in the position of the jet stream and the circulation of air over the continent caused the droughts, and that climate change was probably the underlying driver. “Climate change [means] extreme conditions will become more frequent, which could be devastating for agriculture, ecosystems and societies as a whole,” said Büntgen.

    Prof Mrislav Trnka, of the CzechGlobe research centre in Brno, who was part of the study team, said the sharp increase in droughts was particularly alarming for agriculture and forestry. “Unprecedented forest dieback across much of central Europe corroborates our results,” he said.

    Dr Friederike Otto, of Oxford University, said a lack of historic data often hindered the clear identification of the drivers of observed events, making the new work important and useful. “It corroborates from a long-term perspective that the huge increase in heat extremes observed over Europe in the summer, which has clearly been attributed to human-induced climate change, does indeed change the nature of summer in Europe,” she said.

    The study, which was published in the journal Nature Geoscience, analysed 27,000 growth rings from 147 oak trees. Living oaks were used for the last century, then timber from old buildings such as churches. For the middle ages, the researchers used oak that had been preserved in river deposits or gravel beds, and for the Roman period they used remains such as wood used to construct wells.

    Previous climate reconstructions from tree rings used width and wood density to determine temperature. The Büntgen-led study used measurements of carbon and oxygen isotopes to show how much water was available to the trees, giving a record of droughts. This showed that the high frequency of recent European droughts was unprecedented, even compared with severe historical droughts such as the Renaissance drought in the early 16th century.: Climate crisis: recent European droughts 'worst in 2,000 years' | Climate change | The Guardian -

    This hydroclimatic anomaly is probably caused by anthropogenic warming and associated changes in the position of the summer jet stream.: Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability | Nature Geoscience
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    • Copernicus - Surface air temperature for March 2021




    The global temperature for March 2021 was 0.2ºC higher than the 1991-2020 average. In seven other occasions the month of March was warmer than in 2021 and they all occurred since 2010.

    The global-mean temperature for March 2021 was higher than the average for 1991-2020, but less extreme than for most months in the last six years. March 2021 was:

    • 0.19°C warmer than the 1991-2020 average for March
    • more than 0.4°C cooler than March 2016, the warmest March on record
    • cooler than each March from 2015 to 2020
    • also cooler than March 2010.

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    • Richard Betts - CO2 is now 50% higher than pre-industrial levels


    When I first started in climate science nearly 30 years ago we used “doubled CO2” as a standard scenario for future projections

    Back then it seemed like a very long time away

    But now we’re halfway there: https://twitter.com/richardabetts/st...01414146990081 - Met Office: Atmospheric CO2 now hitting 50% higher than pre-industrial levels | Carbon Brief



    • Zack Labe - Methane (CH₄; potent greenhouse gas) tied a preliminary *record high* value in December 2020 (1892.3 ppb). Note there is a seasonal cycle.


    December 2019's global methane abundance was 1874.6 ppb.: https://twitter.com/ZLabe/status/1379829591926210562 - Global Monitoring Laboratory - Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases



    • NASA climate official says agency has 'renewed emphasis' on practical science applications


    NASA is seeing a “renewed emphasis” on practical applications of science under the Biden administration, the agency’s acting senior climate advisor Gavin Schmidt said Friday.

    “The federal government doesn’t pivot on a dial quite as much as one thinks it should sometimes, but I think there is this renewed emphasis on making sure that the science that is being done is being done in the service of practical things that we need to be doing,” Schmidt, who is also director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, said in an interview.

    He added that when the agency needs to work on making its projections include real-world impacts.

    “We want to know that the impact of that policy or not that policy would be on not just climate, but also air quality and also public health and also ecosystems,” he said. “We haven’t done that to the extent that we really could be.”: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-en...s-on-practical

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    Scientific American magazine announced Monday that it would stop using the term "climate change" in articles about man-made global warming and substitute "climate emergency" instead.

    "Journalism should reflect what science says: the climate emergency is here," Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti said in a Monday post about the magazine's decision.

    To make his point, Fischetti pointed to the mounting number of weather-related disasters that most scientists agree stem from climate change.


    "A hurricane blasts Florida. A California dam bursts because floods have piled water high up behind it. A sudden, record-setting cold snap cuts power to the entire state of Texas," Fischetti wrote. "These are also emergencies that require immediate action. Multiply these situations worldwide, and you have the biggest environmental emergency to beset the earth in millennia: climate change."


    The oldest continuously published magazine in the U.S., Scientific American is not alone it its decision to highlight what it sees as an emergency requiring immediate action. It joined the Columbia Journalism Review, the Nation, the Guardian, Noticias Telemundo, Al Jazeera, Japan's Asahi Shimbun and Italy's La Repubblica in releasing a statement about the change in language.


    "The planet is heating up way too fast. It’s time for journalism to recognize that the climate emergency is here," the statement said, adding, "Why 'emergency'? Because words matter. To preserve a livable planet, humanity must take action immediately."

    Citing grave threat, Scientific American replaces 'climate change' with 'climate emergency'

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    NASA – March 2021 was the 8th warmest March recorded





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    NOAA – March 2021 was the 8th warmest March recorded



    NOAA – 2021 year to date is the 9th warmest recorded



    National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) formerly known as National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) | NCEI offers access to the most significant archives of oceanic, atmospheric, geophysical and coastal data.

    Extra:

    Japan's cherry blossoms hit earliest peak in 1,200 years due to warming temperatures

    The famous blossoms in Kyoto, Japan, peaked on March 26, the earliest date in 1,200 years, according to data collected by Osaka University.

    The flowerings have been occurring earlier and earlier in recent decades, according to the records, which go back to 812 AD in imperial court documents and diaries.:

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    US’ China policy at inflection point

    April 18, 2021 by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

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    China-France-Germany climate summit, Beijing, April 16, 2021


    "Considerin the US media build-up as President Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry set out for China, the 4-day visit turned out to be an uneventful affair. Perhaps, the chances of President Xi Jinping participating in the signature event in Washington — the Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22/23 hosted by US President Joe Biden — may have somewhat improved. The joint statement following the talks in Shanghai between Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, his nominal counterpart, says the two countries “look forward” to the event. Kerry’s only interaction with Chinese leadership was via a videoconference with Xie’s boss in Beijing, Vice Premier Han Zheng, Standing Committee member of the Politburo of CCP.

    Ironically, Han happens to be in charge of Hong Kong affairs, an issue that roils the Biden Administration. Even as Kerry landed in Shanghai, Secretary of State Antony Blinken issued yet another vitriolic statement condemning “Beijing’s assault” on “freedoms and autonomy” in Hong Kong.

    Beijing has uncovered the footprints of Five Eyes in Hong Kong, which puts US intelligence in a quandary. (Australia, UK and Canada are also on China’s crosshairs.) On Thursday, the Chinese intelligence flagged “colour revolution” as China’s biggest national security threat. In fact, Han was on record last month that Beijing’s electoral reforms for Hong Kong are no longer about whether the political system there was democratic or not, but about preventing subversion.

    Han reportedly described the overhaul in Hong Kong as “a war against subversion”, saying that Beijing had no choice but to “act decisively” to protect national security and China’s sovereignty. Suffice to say, Blinken spoiled Kerry’s party with his intemperate statement that drew attention to the seamy side of life.

    Be that it may, some broader conclusions need to be drawn in the context of Kerry’s visit. Three things emerged. First, although Kerry himself is highly regarded in Beijing — activist against Vietnam War, diplomat and statesman committed to friendship with China — the escalating US-China rivalry did cast a shadow on his visit. Beijing knows Kerry is a roving diplomat with cabinet rank and a sitting member of Biden’s National Security Council. Yet, the visit turned out to be sub-optimal.

    The point is, Kerry’s visit also coincided with a shift in the Chinese attitudes following the Anchorage meeting last month. A more resolute Chinese fist is pushing back at the US, while red lines are being marked on the ground. Amazingly, the large-scale PLA exercises last week near Taiwan have been openly called “a rehearsal of a reunification-by-force operation” and a “clear warning” to the US against further provocative moves. (here and here).

    Second, Biden’s usurpation of transatlantic leadership on climate change may have ruffled French feathers. Indeed, Paris Agreement has been the apogee of France’s international diplomacy in recent times, which President Trump contemptuously desecrated — and Biden now is cheekily stealing from the repertoire of Elysee Palace.

    As the Chinese spokesperson Hu Chunying tweeted Friday with biting sarcasm,

    “It is the US that announced exit from the Paris Agreement in 2017, stopped implementing its NDCs, and impeded global efforts to achieve goals of the Agreement. Its return is by no means a glorious comeback but rather a truant getting back to class.”


    The French diplomats know that climate change is the grand theme of international diplomacy through the 21st century and that Washington is besotted with it. At any rate, the tantalising idea of a trilateral summit on climate involving just France, Germany and China appeared from nowhere and the three countries simply warmed up to it. Indeed, the summit took place on Friday — 6 days before Biden’s star-studded event. The symbolism is stunning.

    Third, all this, however, goes far beyond symbolism and calls attention to certain faultiness in international politics today devolving upon the rise of China as superpower. Simply put, Kerry’s visit turned out to be one of those precipitate moments that aviators keenly look for, when highly sensitive radar installations across the western world and the Asia-Pacific got switched on abruptly to reveal their hidden locations that have been largely in the domain of conjecture so far.

    It began rather innocuously on April 7 when Xi had a call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ostensibly to smoothen the wrinkles that appeared lately in China-EU cooperation due to Brussels joining hands with the US, UK and Canada to impose token sanctions against 4 Chinese officials in Xinjiang — to which Beijing forthwith responded with its own sanctions on 10 officials and four entities in Europe who “severely harm China’s sovereignty and interests and maliciously spread lies and disinformation.”

    Simply put, both Xi and Merkel have since realised that the expanding EU-China relationship has become an eyesore for the Biden administration and a firewall needs to be put around the partnership to sequester it from evil eye. The Xinhua report on their conversation cited Merkel as stressing the importance of the EU “upholding independence in its foreign relations.” Merkel offered “to play a positive role” in strengthening the EU-China dialogue and cooperation, which “is not only in the interests of both sides, but also beneficial to the world.”

    Merkel has once again stepped in to ward off Washington’s predatory attempts to undermine EU-China relations. Exactly 9 days later, this German thrust conceivably fructified as the French-German-Chinese summit. Having said that, Xi, Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron were also intensely conscious that they were realigning the partnership between Europe and China attuned to the post-pandemic era under new compulsions and reworked national priorities — and all this, of course, against the backdrop of the Biden administration’s containment strategy against China.

    The discussions at the trilateral summit on April 16 spilled over from climate change to the entire spectrum of world politics — China-Europe relationship “from a strategic height”; anti-pandemic cooperation; “vaccine nationalism”; debt relief for Africa; multilateralism and free trade; and, “major international and regional issues” and so on, apart from the “high-level opening-up and creation of a fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for foreign-invested enterprises, including French and German companies” in China.


    The Xinhua reported Merkel as saying that Europe is willing “to strengthen policy communication and alignment” with China, while taking note that China’s economy realised a recovery growth first, which is “good news for the world.” She stressed that Germany “values the opportunities” that Germany-China and Europe-China cooperation presents, and is “willing to deepen mutually beneficial economic and trade cooperation with China, strengthen communication on issues such as the digital economy and network security, and treat enterprises from all countries equally and avoid trade barriers.” Merkel also noted that the EU-China investment agreement will take effect at an early date.

    Suffice to say, the Franco-German-Chinese summit proclaimed loudly and unequivocally that Europe has an entirely different agenda toward China from what Biden and his team would be espousing. That is, plainly put, in external relations, Europe attaches primacy to its post-pandemic economic recovery where China’s cooperation is an imperative need.

    In essence, the trilateral summit has exposed that the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific concept aimed at containment of China is not gaining traction in the two major European capitals — Berlin and Paris. The fault lines underscore that the US’ containment strategy has reached a strategic inflection point.

    When two close allies of Washington who are also the power houses within the European Union, start ploughing their own independent road to Beijing, it sends out a big message internationally that the US’ transatlantic leadership, which Biden administration vowed to secure as the anchor sheet of its China policy, is adrift in the middle of nowhere.

    Blinken’s shrill rhetoric is all that remains as policy after one hundred days of the Biden presidency.

    https://www.indianpunchline.com/us-c...lection-point/
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    Its return is by no means a glorious comeback but rather a truant getting back to class.”

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    FFS don't tell me Bill and Ben are going to fill this thread with mindless fucking waffle as well?

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    • Arctic sea ice at maximum extent for 2021 was tied with 2007 for seventh lowest in the 43-year satellite record


    Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.77 million square kilometers (5.70 million square miles) on March 21, 2021, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The 2021 maximum is tied with 2007 for seventh lowest in the 43-year satellite record.: National Snow and Ice Data Center |




    Homeowners are lifting their houses to address flood risk




    Biden White House removes Trump-era scientist from overseeing climate report

    White House officials have transferred Trump-appointed scientist Betsy Weatherhead from her position overseeing the US government's report on the effects of climate change, a senior administration official told CNN.

    The move is part of a larger effort by the Biden administration to clean house of President Donald Trump's political appointees in scientific roles. The EPA recently wiped out the entire Scientific Advisory Board put in place by Trump administration.

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    A bit patchy north of Canada, the darker areas may be islands?

    The largest chunk missing, if one takes the circle at the southern tip of Greenland as an indicator, is from southern Greenland to south-western Norway and eastwards to northern Russia.

    Presumably the north-easterly flowing Gulf Stream keeps that open every year?

    Alternatively the Russian nuclear-powered ice-breaking fleet and Chinese tankers/enormous container ships are an easy target to blame.

    Luckily no baby penguins have been harmed.

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    Global Energy Review 2021 – Analysis - IEA

    Global CO2 emissions declined by 5.8% in 2020, or almost 2 Gt CO2 – the largest ever decline and almost five times greater than the 2009 decline that followed the global financial crisis. CO2 emissions fell further than energy demand in 2020 owing to the pandemic hitting demand for oil and coal harder than other energy sources while renewables increased. Despite the decline in 2020, global energy-related CO2 emissions remained at 31.5 Gt, which contributed to CO2 reaching its highest ever average annual concentration in the atmosphere of 412.5 parts per million in 2020 – around 50% higher than when the industrial revolution began.

    In 2021 global energy-related CO2 emissions are projected to rebound and grow by 4.8% as demand for coal, oil and gas rebounds with the economy. The increase of over 1 500 Mt CO2 would be the largest single increase since the carbon-intensive economic recovery from the global financial crisis more than a decade ago, it leaves global emissions in 2021 around 400 Mt CO2, or 1.2%, below the 2019 peak.



    Despite global economic activity rising above 2019 levels in 2021 and global energy demand rebounding above 2019 levels, we do not anticipate a full return of CO2 emissions to pre-crisis levels. Even with an increase in CO2 emissions from oil of over650 Mt CO2 in 2021, oil-related emissions are expected to recover only around half of the 2020 drop and thus should remain 500 Mt CO2 below 2019 levels. The likely partial recovery is entirely due to the continued impacts of the Covid‑19 pandemic and related restrictions on transport activity in 2021. CO2 emissions from international aviation are set to remain 200 Mt CO2 (or one-third) below pre-pandemic levels in 2021, while emissions from road transport and domestic aviation are on track to be close to 350 Mt CO2 (or 5%) below 2019 levels in 2021. A full recovery of global transport activity would push oil-related emissions above 2019 levels and increase global CO2 emissions by over 1.5%, well above 2019 levels.

    Biden climate summit: White House unveils high-profile lineup

    White House unveils plans for high-profile climate summit

    The Biden administration offered new details this morning about the big, virtual climate summit Thursday and Friday and signaled they expect new emissions reduction and climate finance commitments from multiple countries.

    Driving the news: The administration said 40 heads of state would attend, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil.


    • They unveiled a lineup that also includes high-profile names, such as Pope Francis, Bill Gates, the heads of NATO and the World Bank, corporate executives and more.


    Why it matters: The White House is trying to reassert U.S. leadership on the climate issue and encourage other countries to make commitments to slash emissions before 2030.

    The intrigue: On a call with reporters this morning, officials laid out the summit agenda, but did not say what additional commitments the U.S. will be making on the emissions or climate finance front.


    • However, it is widely expected the U.S. will commit to reducing emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030, which would put the country near the top of the pack when it comes to emissions targets.


    What they're saying: "We expect action at this meeting. We're looking for people to make announcements to raise their ambition to indicate next steps that they intend to be taking to help solve the climate problem and to work collectively to do so," a senior administration official told reporters.


    • The administration is also looking to use the summit to showcase its all of government approach to climate — the event will include not only the heads of environmental agencies but also officials like the secretary of defense and the director of national intelligence.


    The big picture: The summit comes just after the European Union agreed to a provisional deal overnight on sweeping climate legislation that aims to slash the bloc's net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% compared to 1990 levels by 2030.

    Quick take: Biden administration officials can use the deal to show that other countries are acting as President Biden presses Congress for huge new investments and unveils a non-binding target to steeply cut U.S. emissions this decade.


    • "Our political commitment to becoming the first climate neutral continent by 2050 is now also a legal commitment," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement.
    • In addition, China, the world's largest emitter, announced that President Xi Jinping would attend the virtual summit despite deep tensions with the U.S.
    • Separately, the U.K. also announced tougher emissions goals this week, targeting a 78% cut by 2035 compared to 1990 levels.


    What we're watching: All eyes are on other countries — notably Japan and Canada — to see if they unveil new targets, and other nations' moves made to date are not necessarily because of the U.S. return to the world stage.


    • The U.S. goes into the summit with a credibility gap after former President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement. Biden moved to rejoin on his first day in office.


    Good BBC interview with Michael Mann.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct1nb2

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    One wonders:

    1. which countries governments will deliver on their current, actually published plans.

    2. which countries governments will agree a plan and deliver it.

    3. which countries governments will agree a plan and fail to deliver it.

    4. which countries governments will agree a plan and subsequent governments withdraw from their countries previous commitments. As some have track records of doing so.

    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
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    Another war announced by the state propaganda media.

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    Meanwhile the chinkies keep bribing countries to pay them to build coal-powered fire stations, so we know they're not helping.

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    JANUARY 30, 2021
    China's first Hualong One nuclear reactor starts commercial operation

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China National Nuclear Corp said the first of its Hualong One units, third-generation pressurised water nuclear reactors, began commercial operations on Saturday.

    The reactor in Fuqing in China’s southeastern province of Fujian was first connected to the grid on Nov. 27 last year, following more than five years of construction work.

    “This marks that China has mastered independent third-generation nuclear power technology following the United States, France, Russia and others,” the company said in a statement on its official WeChat account.

    The Hualong One units, designed to have a 60-year lifespan, have an installed capacity of 1.161 million kilowatts each, CNNC said.

    Construction of a second Hualong One unit at the Fuqing site is due to be completed this year.

    CNNC said the project would help China secure its national energy safety and to reach carbon neutrality.

    China'''s first Hualong One nuclear reactor starts commercial operation | Reuters

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    Joe Biden to host Earth Day climate Summit

    starts in about 2 hours (8:00am EST)


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    Thanks for the link.

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    ^Fvck off peon

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    Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post
    ^Fvck off peon
    Possibly inform your own circle jerkers, instead of the whole membership, next time.



    Uncle Xi, a world leader's opening speech.

    The LORD's, not so much.

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    Caribbean island leader raised some good points. The most affected countries, the smaller islands around the world. Will be looking for the past, present and future major creators of the problem to take responsibility in making amends for their actions.

    One wonders who will perform and keep the tally.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Possibly inform your own circle jerkers, instead of the whole membership, next time.



    Uncle Xi, a world leader's opening speech.

    The LORD's, not so much.

    A
    Caribbean island leader raised some good points. The most affected countries, the smaller islands around the world. Will be looking for the past, present and future major creators of the problem to take responsibility in making amends for their actions.

    One wonders who will perform and keep the tally.
    Fvck off peon

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    President Biden Sets 2030 Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Target Aimed at Creating Good-Paying Union Jobs and Securing U.S. Leadership on Clean Energy Technologies

    Today, President Biden will announce a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52 percent reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas pollution in 2030 – building on progress to-date and by positioning American workers and industry to tackle the climate crisis.

    Simon Evans - OFFICIAL

    The US is pledging to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030

    That's equivalent to 41-43% below 1990 levels

    (The Obama era pledge for 2025 was equivalent to ~38% below 2005 by 2030): https://twitter.com/DrSimEvans/statu...76799701766145


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    ^The US has pledged...
    The Obama era pledge...
    Nobody can give you more than what we can promise... Yes, we (s)can...

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    Last night PBS televised a nice interview with Michael Mann

    To discuss the ambitions of the climate summit and the very real challenges to President Joe Biden's plans, we're joined by Michael Mann, a climate scientist and professor of atmospheric sciences at Penn State University. He's the author of, "The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet." This reporting is part of the international journalism collaborative called "Covering Climate Now."



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    Day 2 - Leaders Summit on Climate – starts at 8:00 AM EST



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