Another week of GW News, October 4, 2009

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"There is no plan B, if we do not realize plan A, we go straight to plan F, which stands for failure."
-Thai Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, opening Bangkok Conference

Another week of GW News, October 4, 2009

Sipping from the internet firehose...

Another week of Climate Disruption News

October 4, 2009

Here's a chuckle for ya:

The Bangkok Climate Change Talks are ongoing:

Last week it was UNEP. This week the UK Met Office is projecting a 4C degree rise in average global temperatures in 50 years:

The Oxford conference Beyond 4 Degrees generated a measure of concern:

A group of international celebrities has recorded _Beds Are Burning_ for climate action:

With so much going on, the Governator's Global Climate Summit got far less coverage this year:

The UNCCD conference in Buenos Aires:

And another Major Emitters Forum upcoming in the UK:

And on the Bottom Line:

Wrapping up Climate Week, etc.:

A curiosity of the weak solar cycle:

Regarding the Planetary Boundaries:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

The conflict between biofuel and food persists:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Again most of the cyclonic action was in the Western Pacific. First Ketsana:

Then Parma:

And in the rest of the Pacific:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

And in the carbon & nitrogen cycles:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

While in the paleoclimate:

On the ENSO front:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Corals are dying:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

Yes we have no wacky weather, but we have mudslides:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

And speaking of 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:

More Hansen:

And on the road to Copenhagen:

While at the UN:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

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:

As for GW & security:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world as nations scramble to deal with climate change:

And on the American political front:

The Chamber of Commerce saga continues to play out:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

The EPA has changed regulations for greenhouse gas emissions:

The EPA is reviewing 79 mountaintop removal mining permits:

Carol Browner, the Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy director came out with some down home truth:

As for what is going on in Congress:

The Democrats introduced the Senate climate bill --- Kerry-Boxer or CEJAPA:

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull is fighting the 'do-nothing' faction of his own party:

And in New Zealand:

While in the Indian subcontinent:

And in Japan:

In Canada, minority neocon PM Harper, continues his do-nothing policy:

More on US-Canadian relations:

In BC, post election adjustments are ongoing:

Ontario has it's Green Energy Act, now comes the implementation:

Meanwhile in that Mechanical Mordor known as the tar sands:

As for miscellaneous Canadiana: