2022 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #43

Posted on 29 October 2022 by John Hartz

Story of the Week

Global Energy Report: Pain at the Pump, High Energy Costs Could Create a Silver Lining for Climate and Security 

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the reverberation in energy markets will hasten the transition to clean energy, and peak fossil fuel use is finally within sight.

On the heels of a new World Meteorological Organization report this week that revealed “more bad news for the planet” and its climate crisis, another global institution, the International Energy Agency, described an energy crisis that is “delivering a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity.”

But IEA officials also found a reason for optimism.

Emerging out of the crisis, they report, are “profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system.”

The 524-page IEA World Energy Outlook 2022, published Thursday, puts the blame for rising energy prices across the globe and the widespread economic pain caused by energy inflation squarely at the feet of Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February, upsetting global energy markets. But the United States, Europe, China and India are putting in place new energy policies that could, over the long term, lead to greater sustainability and stability, including more renewable energy, the report concluded.

Global Energy Report: Pain at the Pump, High Energy Costs Could Create a Silver Lining for Climate and Security by James Burgess, Inside Climate News, Oct 27, 2022

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Sun, Oct 23, 2022

• Scientist fights climate change deniers causing ‘dangerous’ delay by Jack Graham, Climate, Context, Oct 20, 2022
• Hurricane Ian could push insurers out of Florida by Isabelle Gerretsen, Climate Home News, Oct 21, 2022
• Testing how the latest climate models simulate global soil carbon, Guest Post by Dr Rebecca Varney & Prof Peter Cox, Carbon Brief, Oct 11, 2022
• Climate crisis poses ‘growing threat’ to health in UK, says expert by Hannah Devlin, Environment, The Guardian, Oct 23, 2022

Mon, Oct 24, 2022

• The US May Have Scored a Climate Victory in Congress, but It Will Be in the Hot Seat With Other Major Emitters at UN Climate Talks by Marianne Lavelle, Politics & Policy, Inside Climate News, Oct 23, 2022
• King Charles should attend climate summit says US envoy by Justin Rowlatt, Science, BBC News, Oct 21, 2022
• New fossil fuels ‘incompatible’ with 1.5C goal, comprehensive analysis finds by Simon Evans,john Morales,  Carbon Brief, Oct 23, 2022
• Antarctica’s Collapse Could Begin Even Sooner Than Anticipated by Douglas Fox, Scientific American, Nov 2022 Print Edition

Tue, Oct 25, 2022

• Europe smashes renewable records as the need to break free of Russian gas becomes urgent by Fermin Koop, Environment, ZME News, Oct 24, 2022
• Climate Questions: How do we know humans triggered warming? by Seth Borenstein, Science, AP News, Oct 24, 2022
• Most in US want more action on climate change: AP-NORC poll by Matthew Daly & Nuha Dolby, AP News, Oct 25, 2022
• How weathercasters helped change public opinion on climate change by John Morales, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Oct 24, 2022

Wed, Oct 26, 2022

• Why forests are key to the climate – and not just to absorb carbon by Jack Graham, Climate, Context, Oct 25, 2022
• Not a Single Global Indicator Is on Track’ to Reverse Deforestation by 2030: Analysis by Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams, Oct 25, 2022
• Greenhouses gases in Earth’s atmosphere hit record high in 2021 by Denise Chow, Science, NBC News, Oct 26, 2022
• Global health at mercy of fossil fuel addiction, warn scientists by Damian Carrington, Environment, The Guardian, Oct 25, 2022

Thu, Oct 27, 2022

• COP27: Why it matters and 5 key areas for action by Antonia Gawel & Nathan Cooper, World Economic Forum, Oct 25, 2022
• A profound change is coming to American school buses by Michael Birnbaum, Climate Solutions, Washington Post, Oct 26, 2022
• To Fight Misinformation, We Need to Teach That Science Is Dynamic by Carl T. Bergstrom, Daniel R. Pimentel, Jonathan Osborne, Scientific American, Oct 26, 2022
• Countries’ climate promises still not enough to avoid catastrophic global warming: UN Report, Staff, UN News, Oct 26, 2022

Fri, Oct 28, 2022

• Climate change: CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels, Staff, UN News, Oct 26, 2022
• Here’s how far behind the world is on reining in climate change by Lauren Sommers, All Things Considered, NPR News, Oct 27, 2022
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #43 2022 by Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Skeptical Science, Oct 27, 2022
• COP27: Everything You Need to Know About the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference by Tess Lowery, Global Citizen, Oct 27, 2022

Sat, Oct 29, 2022

• What gets prioritised and ignored at UN climate negotiations?, Guest Post by Dr Jennifer Allan & Dr Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Carbon Brief, Oct 25, 2022
• A decade after Sandy, Manhattan’s flood by Jake Bittle, Grist, Oct 28, 2022
• Global Energy Report: Pain at the Pump, High Energy Costs Could Create a Silver Lining for Climate and Security by James Burgess, Inside Climate News, Oct 27, 2022