Climate change could mean the extinction of our species

[Stavros]

California, Texas, Sau Paulo, Lima, Jordan...

Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

Why fresh water shortages will cause the next great global crisis
http://www.theguardian.com/environme...ises-conflicts

[trish]

http://www.toledoblade.com/local/201...ter-needs.html

[Ben]

Professor Richard Seager, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory-Columbia University....
Four years of bloody civil war has claimed more than 200,000 lives in Syria. The experts say Syria's turmoil is all about sectarian politics - but could climate change be the real culprit?

[broncofan]

The experts say Syria's turmoil is all about sectarian politics - but could climate change be the real culprit?

Climate change could cause a change in the balance of resources. It could never be a sufficient (or necessary) cause for the use of poisonous gas on people, the beheadings of Christians and Shiite Muslims, or the wanton destruction of antiquities in Iraq. Just my view....climate change is a real issue and there's real science supporting it. It can explain changing circumstances and create new exigencies...but how does it explain human agency?

[trish]

2015 is warmest year on record so far.
http://blogs.mprnews.org/updraft/201...obally-so-far/

[Ben]

Gates Foundation's $1.4bn in fossil fuel investments:

http://www.theguardian.com/environme...rdian-analysis

[Ben]

2015 is warmest year on record so far.
http://blogs.mprnews.org/updraft/201...obally-so-far/

An addendum...

Estimated cumulative emissions from fossil fuel use, cement production and land-use change since industrialization began are:
http://trillionthtonne.org/

[trish]

Phil Platt Rebutts Ted Cruz on Global Climate Change:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astro...yers_show.html

[Stavros]

Some positive news from Costa Rica-

"Costa Rica has achieved a clean energy milestone by using 100 per cent renewable energy for a record 75 days in a row. The feat was achieved thanks to heavy rainfall, which powered four hydroelectric plants in the first three months of the year, the state-run Costa Rican Electricity Institute said.
No fossil fuels have been burnt to generate electricity since December 2014, in the state which is renowned for its clean energy policies."


Full story is here:


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-10126127.html

[Laphroaig]

Some positive news from Costa Rica-

"Costa Rica has achieved a clean energy milestone by using 100 per cent renewable energy for a record 75 days in a row. The feat was achieved thanks to heavy rainfall, which powered four hydroelectric plants in the first three months of the year, the state-run Costa Rican Electricity Institute said.
No fossil fuels have been burnt to generate electricity since December 2014, in the state which is renowned for its clean energy policies."


Full story is here:


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-10126127.html

Nice to see a renewable energy policy that is actually working. Scotland produces about 12% of it's electricity through hydro schemes and could potentially generate more but the Govenment insists instead on investing in windfarms and then has to pay them NOT to generate electricity... Madness!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/eart...witch-off.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/eart...witch-off.html