Another week of GW News, December 13, 2009

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"People often ask about the costs, but the figures people tend to cite don't take into account conservation and efficiency measures that are easily available. And they don't look at the cost of inaction, which is the extinction of the human race. Period."
- Kevin Parker, global head of Deutsche Bank Asset Management

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Another week of GW News, December 13, 2009

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December 13, 2009

Ha Ha Ha:

On the road to Copenhagen:

The Daily reports:

Tools to keep track make sense of Copenhagen:

In the alternate forums at Copenhagen:

The Guardian editorial on Copenhagen showed up all over the place:

Who is making more trouble? The Demonstrators or the Negotiators?

GermanWatch published their Global Climate Risk Index this week:

Filling the Mediterranean:

The CRU theft continues to reverberate:

And on the Bottom Line:

Carbon Tariffs still have people on edge:

Let's see. US$700 billion for bankers. And how much to save the earth?:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

Is the Arctic changing modes?

A spectral Damocles sword hangs overhead:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

The Indian Ocean has been active with Cyclone Cleo, Ward and several Tropical Depressions while Laurence zapped Darwin:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

And how do the pledges stack up?

Another candidate in the curious baseline follies:

While in the carbon cycle:

And in the nitrogen cycle:

A development in the question of CO2 sensitivity?

As for the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

While on the ENSO front:

As for ocean currents:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for hydrological cycle disruptions [floods & droughts]:

Elsewhere on the mitigation front:

Consider transportation & GHG production:

While in the endless quest for zero energy, sustainable buildings and practical codes:

As for carbon sequestration:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

Before we get into politics, there was some science done:

Regarding Stephen Schneider:

Svensmark, again:

Michel Jerraud interview:

Hansen, redux:

The Pielke fan clubbe returns with brass knuckles:

Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

The Tobin tax is in the air:

The debate over the optimal strategy [carbon trading, carbon offsets, auction vs. allocation, and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

Meanwhile on the international political front:

Among the world's religions:

Polls! We have polls!Begin with the knowledge that any halfway competent fraudster can manipulate questions to get any answer he wants. Then finish this sentence: I trust this poll because...:

Cash for Clunkers, Cash for Caulkers. What's next? Cash for _____!

And on the American political front:

The battle against Bush's regulatory changes continues:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

The EPA raised a CO2 endangerment loaded pistol to Congress' temple this week:

As for what is going on in Congress:

Kerry-Boxer aka CEJAPA defines a battleline:

What are the lobbyists pushing?

While in the UK:

Polls! We have polls!
Begin with the knowledge that any halfway competent fraudster can manipulate questions to get any answer he wants. Then finish this sentence: I trust this poll because...: