A digest of interesting news about climate change from around the world, compiled by us.
The Oceans
The quiet crossing of ocean tipping points. (National Academy of Sciences, USA) >
POTENTIAL ZERO EMISSIONS POWER
A zero-carbon, reliable and affordable energy future in Australia. (Australian National University) >
Powering a Better Australia
Some Large Corporations Implementing change. 'REenergising Australian business: the corporate race to 100% renewable energy.' REenergising Australian Business Report (Greenpeace, Sydney) >
CLIMATE and TRAVEL
Environmental impact of aviation (Wikipedia) >
Palaeoclimate puzzle explained by seasonal variation
'Scientists have long been baffled by the mismatch of climate simulations of the past 12,000 years with temperature reconstructions from geological records. It now emerges that seasonal biases in the records explain the disparity.' (Nature Journal) >
EU RENEWABLE ENERGY
Landmark moment as EU Renewables overtake Fossil Fuels. ...'tracking Europe’s electricity transition was published on 25th January 2021. It revealed that renewables overtook fossil fuels to become the EU’s main source of electricity for the first time in 2020.' (Ember and Agora Energiewende, London) >
EUROBODALLA MICROGRID
Eurobodalla Shire (N.S.W. South Coast) was seriously effected by 2020 bushfires. So a community organisation is seeking funds to investigate Microgrids to enhance energy resilience. (The Southcoast Health and Sustainability Alliance) >
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
Child Malnourishment Likely Impacted by Climate Change 'Climate impacts associated with reduced diet diversity in children across nineteen countries.' (Environmental Research Letters) >
LIVING PLANET REPORT (WWF) 2020
Bending The Curve of Biodiversity Loss (WWF-Australia, Sydney) >
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION REPORT 2020
Adaptation Gap Report 2020 - released January 2021 (United Nations Environment Program Adaptation Gap Report) >