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2021 REPORTS & PAPERS

HUMANITY’S 2/22/21
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New UNEP synthesis provides blueprint to urgently solve planetary emergencies and secure humanity’s future

2/18/21

Meeting ramped-up climate and biodiversity targets, cutting deadly pollution and achieving SDGs needs an all-society push for sustainability Shifting world views and putting nature at the heart of decision-making is key to achieving transformative change…

HUMANITY’S 2/22/21: www.unep.org

New UNEP synthesis provides blueprint to urgently solve planetary emergencies and secure humanity’s future

2/18/21

Meeting ramped-up climate and biodiversity targets, cutting deadly pollution and achieving SDGs needs an all-society push for sustainability Shifting world views and putting nature at the heart of decision-making is key to achieving transformative change…
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edition.cnn.com

A new UN report urges a radical shift in the way we think about nature

By Caitlin Hu

New York (CNN)The United Nations released a report Thursday on the health of the planet that proposes a radical shift in the way mankind thinks…

Feb182021

www.theguardian.com

Human destruction of nature is ‘senseless and suicidal’, warns UN chief



Humanity is waging a “senseless and suicidal” war on nature that is causing human suffering and enormous economic losses while accelerating the destruction of life…

Feb182021

www.dw.com

Making Peace With Nature

By Stuart Braun

A new UN blueprint offers an integrated ‘peace plan’ to tackle three interlinked environmental emergencies — the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution — that…

AGU 2/2/21
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Advancing Earth and Space Science

Climate Impacts of COVID‐19 Induced Emission Changes

By A. Gettelman and others 12/29/21

The COVID‐19 pandemic led to dramatic changes in economic activity in 2020. We use estimates of emission changes for 2020 in two Earth System Models (ESMs) to simulate the impacts of the COVID‐19 economic changes.

AGU 2/2/21: Advancing Earth and Space Science

Climate Impacts of COVID‐19 Induced Emission Changes

By A. Gettelman and others 12/29/21

The COVID‐19 pandemic led to dramatic changes in economic activity in 2020. We use estimates of emission changes for 2020 in two Earth System Models (ESMs) to simulate the impacts of the COVID‐19 economic changes.
RELATED ARTICLES: Feb22021

NEWS.UCAR.EDU

COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS TEMPORARILY RAISED GLOBAL TEMPERATURES

BY DAVID HOSANSKY

The lockdowns and reduced societal activity related to the COVID-19 pandemic affected emissions of pollutants in ways that slightly warmed the planet for several months…

LANCET 2/1/21
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The public health implications of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study

By Ian Hamilton 2/1/21

nationally determined contributions (NDCs) serve to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement of staying “well below 2°C”, which could also yield substantial health co-benefits in the process. However, existing NDC commitments are inadequate to…

LANCET 2/1/21: www.thelancet.com

The public health implications of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study

By Ian Hamilton 2/1/21

nationally determined contributions (NDCs) serve to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement of staying “well below 2°C”, which could also yield substantial health co-benefits in the process. However, existing NDC commitments are inadequate to…
RELATED ARTICLES: Feb172021

www.carbonbrief.org

Guest post: Health benefits of Paris climate goals could save millions of lives by 2040

By Dr Alice McGushin Photo: Marcos Alvarado / Alamy Stock Photo

On World Health Day in 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that “protecting human health is the ‘bottom line’ of climate change strategies”. The WHO went on to…

Feb92021

time.com

Healthy Planet, Healthy People. How Slowing Climate Change Saves Lives

By Aryn Baker Photo: Florian Gaertner/ Getty Images

Just because the United States has re-joined the Paris Agreement doesn’t mean that the world is on a path to a better climate future. The 2015 agreement,…

YALE 1/14/21
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Zhu Liu, Philippe Ciais and more 1/14/21

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting human activities, and in turn energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Here we present daily estimates of country-level CO2 emissions for different sectors based on near-real-time activity data.

YALE 1/14/21: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Near-real-time monitoring of global CO2 emissions reveals the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Zhu Liu, Philippe Ciais and more 1/14/21

The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting human activities, and in turn energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Here we present daily estimates of country-level CO2 emissions for different sectors based on near-real-time activity data.
RELATED ARTICLES: Jan152021

vox.com

Most Democrats and Republicans think the government should make climate change a priority

By Jariel Arvin Photo : Paul Harris/Getty Images

A new survey finds broad support among American voters for doing more on climate change. A new study has found widespread support for climate-friendly energy policies…

Jan152021

The New York Times

Survey Finds Majority of Voters Support Initiatives to Fight Climate Change

By John Schwartz

A survey carried out after the November election found that 66 percent of respondents said that developing sources of clean energy should be a high…

FRONTIERS 1/13/21
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frontiersin.org

Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future

By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Paul R. Ehrlich and more 1/13/21

We report three major and confronting environmental issues that have received little attention and require urgent action. First, we review the evidence that future environmental conditions will be far more dangerous than currently believed.

FRONTIERS 1/13/21: frontiersin.org

Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future

By Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Paul R. Ehrlich and more 1/13/21

We report three major and confronting environmental issues that have received little attention and require urgent action. First, we review the evidence that future environmental conditions will be far more dangerous than currently believed.
RELATED ARTICLES: Jan132021

impakter.com

The World Needs to Wake Up: At Risk the Survival of Humanity

By Claude Forthomme - Senior Editor

At a time when the world, battered by COVID-19, is watching with dismay the rocky transition from Trump to President-Elect Biden, a group of 17…

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