Another week of GW News, November 14, 2010

By illconsidered on November 15, 2010.

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

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Another week of Climate Instability News

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November 14, 2010

Chuckles, COP15, COP16+, G20, APEC, IEA, Kiribati, Cities, Fighting Back, Montreal Protocol, Pakistan
Bottom Line, Subsidies, UNCFG, IP Issues, IEC, Post CRU
Melting Arctic, Geopolitics, Antarctica
Food Crisis, Agro Corps, Food vs. Biofuel, GMOs, Food Production
Hurricanes, GHGs, Temperatures, Aerosols, Paleoclimate
ENSO, State of the Oceans, Satellites, DSCOVR
Impacts, Forests, Wildfires, Corals, Acidification
Glaciers, Sea Levels, GW Deluge Floods & Droughts
Mitigation, Transportation, Buildings, Sequestration, Geoengineering
Journals, Other Docs , Misc., DIY, Ambaum, Mann, Hansen, Pielke, Curry
Carbon Trade, Carbon Tax, Bank Tax, Optimal Carbon Reduction Strategy
International Politics: Misc., Rare Earths, Security, Law & Activism, H2O Biz, Software
National Politics: America, BP Disaster, Post Election, Shimkus, Kansas, Conservatism, Obama, USAdmin, Congress
Britain, Europe, Australia, Murray-Darling, New Zealand, China, Africa, South America
Canada, Post G20, Offshore Drilling, COP15, AECL, Emitter, Post Igor, Tar Sands, Alberta, Sask, North
Ecological Economics, IPAT, Apocalypso, Media, Books, Video, Podcasts, Courts
Energy, Fracking, Wind, Solar, FITs, Coal, Biofuel, Nukes, Peak Oil, Grid, Efficiency, Cars, Energy Storage
Business, Joe's List, Carbon Lobby, Miscellaneous Climate, Useful Links
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Another week of GW News, November 14, 2010

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

Another week of Climate Instability News

Sipping from the Internet Firehose...

November 14, 2010

The things that pass for humour nowadays:

And for those interested in exploring the nether reaches of Poe's Law:

Looking back at Copenhagen:

Looking ahead to COP16 and future international climate negotiations:

The G20 met in Seoul this week, with little news of climatic import:

APEC met in Yokohama this week, again to little of climatic import:

The IEA released its World Energy Outlook this week:

The Small Island States had a meeting on Kiribati this week:

Cities taking over where other levels of government fail?

Scientists fight back?

There has been some talk of expanding the Montreal Protocol to include GHGs:

The monsoon floods in Pakistan are an ongoing tragedy:

And on the Bottom Line:

The IEA says stop subsidizing fossil fuels; gives numbers:

Meanwhile in the UN Climate Financial Group:

Here's a mitigation right up your IP alley:

Speaking of an International Ecological Court:

Post CRU theft, controversy & inquiry:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

As for the agro-chem corps:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

Regarding the genetic modification of food:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

There is a numbered storm in the Indian Ocean. Otherwise it has been relatively quiet:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

As for the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

While on the ENSO front:

And the State of the Oceans:

What's up with volcanoes this week?

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

The campaign to uncover DSCOVR [Deep Space Climate Observatory] is not entirely moribund:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

Corals are dying:

Acidification is changing the oceans:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

These global warming deluges aka 100-500 year storms are happening regularly:

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:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

As for miscellaneous science:

More DIY science:

Regarding Ambaum:

Regarding Mann:

Regarding Hansen:

The Pielke fan clubbe, alas:

Regarding Curry:

On the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

The proposed Bank Tax refuses to die:

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:

On the international political front:

The rare earth dispute is over, Sort of:

As for GW, energy & water security:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world:

Regarding Water Politics and Business:

As for SW tools:

And on the American political front:

The BP disaster continues to twist US politics:

Post election repercussions and machinations:

Shimkus takes an early lead in the Republican race for the heights of ridiculousness:

That Kansas ploy: