Climate

[New] A third of the global population - 3.5 billion people - could be living in temperatures inhospitable to human life in the next 50 years because of climate change.
[New] Rising incomes and shifts in food preferences will greatly increase demand for nutritious food in the coming decades, and the ocean can be a big part of meeting that demand.
[New] Climate change has been projected to have a small impact on the U.S. economy in the next few decades.
[New] The increasing effect of climate change on the growth rate will reduce the average real GDP growth rate by another 0.02 percentage points, reducing the level of real GDP in 2050 by an additional 0.6%.
[New] An international consortium of researchers under the aegis of CMIP6 has calculated new estimates for the melting of Earth's ice sheets due to greenhouse gas emissions and its impact on sea levels, showing that the ice sheets could together contribute more than 40 cm by the end of 2100.
[New] Climate change will, on net, reduce average annual real GDP growth by 0.03 percentage points from 2020 to 2050, relative to growth that would occur under the climatic conditions that prevailed at the end of the 20th century.
[New] By aiming for deeper emissions cuts within the next decade, the EU hopes to steer its economy towards a commitment to become climate neutral by 2050, and lead in global efforts to curb emissions at a rate that would avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
[New] The ecological and climate crises are on course to displace more than 1.2 billion people by 2050, as natural disasters, food shortages and water scarcity create mass disruptions to global migration trends.
[New] Increasing melting rates for ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland match worst-case scenarios for climate warming, potentially exposing 16 million people to annual coastal flooding by the end of the century.
[New] The Climate Council's Clean Jobs Plan found that supporting large-scale wind and solar could create up to 4,000 jobs in Victoria, rapidly getting people back into the workforce while also tackling climate change.
Climate change: Sea level rise to affect 'three times more people'.
ADB will accelerate its efforts to tackle climate change in order to reach the goals established in its long-term Strategy 2030-to reach $80 billion in cumulative climate investments and 75% of the total number of committed operations by 2030.
Greenland would contribute 3.1 to 10.6 inches (8 to 27 cm) to global sea level rise between 2000-2100 and Antarctica could contribute 1.2 to 11 inches (3 to 28 cm).
With water scarcity becoming an increasingly real threat for millions of people in the world, it makes sense that a number of 2020's GSEA competitors focused their efforts on creating new ways to provide clean, drinkable water.
On the environment and climate change, Joe Biden wants to spend $2 trillion on an emissions-free power sector by 2035, build energy-efficient structures and vehicles, push solar and wind power, establish research agencies to develop safe nuclear power and carbon capture technologies, and more.
Investments to decarbonize the international maritime shipping sector could deliver a net discounted benefit over 30 years (2020-50) of $1.2 trillion to $9 trillion, with a benefit-cost ratio of 2:1 and 5:1 in 2050.
The air temperatures over the ocean will enter a new climate during the first half or middle of this century, with air temperatures over land warming substantially later in the century.
If the world is to achieve the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by the middle of this century, maximising the efficiency of renewable energy generation, storage and distribution will be essential.
The first UK-wide citizens' assembly on climate change, Climate Assembly UK, has issued a list of recommendations as to how travel, diets, power generation and building use can be revamped to help society transition to net-emissions by 2050.
Delaying emissions reductions now and having to deploy carbon removal at large scale in the coming decades could worsen water stress at the same time that water is already expected to become scarcer in some regions and seasons due to warming temperatures.
The first UK-wide citizens' assembly on climate change said today it has set out a clear, internally consistent and timely path for how the UK can reach its legally binding target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
The world had 60% less fresh water available than it did 50 years ago, while demand for food was predicted to rise by 50% by 2050 and natural disasters were only likely to increase in frequency because of the climate crisis, meaning even some stable states would become vulnerable by 2050.

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Last updated: 28 September 2020