'As we move further into the critical decade for climate action, and ever closer to 2050, the year that many countries and companies have set as their net zero emissions target, policymakers need to confront the fundamental shortcomings of offsets in achieving real emission reductions – notably from fossil fuel sources.' (Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany) >

'international survey ... investigating public climate change knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences, and behavior among Facebook users. (Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven Connecticut USA) >

'...significantly increase the warming due to greenhouse gas emissions' (Climate Feedback Loops Project, Oregon State University, USA) >

Powder Keg: Australia Primed to Burn ... 'History shows that grass fires follow floods. Firefighters fear that the spring of 2023 and summer of 2023-2024 could see widespread grass fires, supercharged by climate change.' (The Climate Council, Sydney) >

'...an objective measure of extreme weather conditions and changes to sea levels, to help policymakers and Australia’s businesses assess how the frequency of weather extremes is changing over time.' (The Institute of Actuaries Australia, Sydney) >

'Southern Cross [University] study reveals ongoing housing and mental health challenges for flood-affected' (Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW) >

Sea ice extent was lowest on record in January. 'The combined sea ice extent of the Arctic and Antarctic was the lowest for the month of January on record, according to new reports.' (World Meteorological Organization, Geneva) >

Carbon Dioxide (CO2): 415.0 ppm January 2023 (Cape Grim, Tasmania - CSIRO, Australia) >

'Global EV sales continued strong. A total of 10.5 million new BEVs and PHEVs were delivered during 2022, an increase of +55 % compared to 2021.' (The Electric Vehicle World Sales DataBase, Sweden) >

'Most of the planet is warming .... Only a few locations, most of them in Southern Hemisphere oceans, cooled over this time period' (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington DC) >