Warming Climate Bonus: Rapid Expansion of Global Tree Cover
Global tree canopy cover increased by 2.24 million square kilometers (865,000 square miles) between 1982 and 2016, reports a new study in Nature. These new findings contradict earlier studies that reported a continuing net loss of forest cover. —Ronald Bailey, Reason Online, 4 September 2018
Since the 1990s, climate scientists, environmental organizations and policymakers have been warning that it could be too late soon, that time is running out, but that we can still avoid disaster if we act now. But how can it be that ‘it’s five minutes to midnight out’ for more than 25 years? Shouldn’t it be far too late by now, given all the inconsequential warnings? Has the clock stopped working or does someone always move back the hand of the clock? –Oliver Geden, Auf ewig fünf vor zwölf, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 5 September 2018
In the past few years, more than 2,000 jobs have been eliminated in Germany in what more and more mirrors the decline of its solar panel industry virtually wiped out by competitors in China. —Bloomberg, 6 September 2018
Developed countries are not taking their commitment to generate $100 billion in climate finance seriously, experts meeting in the Thai capital said on Wednesday, possibly jeopardizing the 2015 Paris accord. “If they don’t commit to real finance, it’s all going to fall apart.” —Reuters, 6 September 2018
Proposed text from the United States, Japan, and Australia could water down climate finance guidelines, and casts doubt that this week’s Bangkok negotiations will deliver the clear climate rules United Nations leaders have been calling for. —Devex News, 6 September 2018
Australia does not need to quit the Paris climate agreement because our commitments are non-binding, and new coal plants can continue to be constructed, according to the resources minister, Matt Canavan. —The Guardian, 7 September 2018
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