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THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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2019
CLIMATE ANALYSIS PAGE

CLIMATE CRISIS AND CLIMATE DENIAL

Ambitious actions already underway around the world can offer insight into CRDPs for limiting warming to 1.5°C. For example, some countries have adopted clean energy and sustainable transport while creating environmentally friendly jobs and supporting social welfare programmes to reduce domestic poverty. Other examples teach us about different ways to promote development through practices inspired by community values. For instance, Buen Vivir, a Latin American concept based on indigenous ideas of communities living in harmony with nature, is aligned with peace; diversity; solidarity; rights to education, health, and safe food, water, and energy; and well-being and justice for all. The Transition Movement, with origins in Europe, promotes equitable and resilient communities through low-carbon living, food self-sufficiency and citizen science. Such examples indicate that pathways that reduce poverty and inequalities while limiting warming to 1.5°C are possible and that they can provide guidance on pathways towards socially desirable, equitable and low-carbon futures.
-IPCC

GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS

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Climate Change First Became News 30 Years Ago. Why Haven’t We Fixed It?
Andrew Revkin | National Geographic | July 2018

Scientists Just Confirmed The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
Alejandro Dávila Fragoso | ThinkProgress | April 13, 2016

Scientific consensus: Earth's climate is warming
NASA

Climate Change: How do we know?
NASA

CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL

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Fox News Made the US a Hotbed of Climate Denial. Kids Are the Cure
Dana Nuccitelli | Mother Jones | May 11, 2019

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Extreme weather news may not change climate change skeptics’ minds
Ryan Weber | The Conversation | March 27, 2019

​How to talk to someone who doesn't believe in Climate Change
Daryl Chen | TED | November 2017

Show this Cartoon to anyone who doubts we need huge action on climate change
Alvin Chang and David Roberts| Vox | October 17, 2016

​What Exxon Knew About Climate Change
Bill McKibben | The New Yorker | September 18, 2015

Subcommittee Hearing: The Denial Playbook: How Industries Manipulate Science and Policy from Climate Change to Public Health
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Climate Denial Homepage
Inside Climate News

THE SCIENCE

​Climate warming in the Antarctic is something that we have barely seen so far, however due to the ozone hole pulling the jet stream further south, the Antarctic is becoming dryer and unable to sustain some of its lifeforms. This is concerning as the moss beds that support the majority of life in the Antarctic is finding themselves unable to survive in the dry climate. This will only lead to worse conditions in the Antarctic and a loss of native species. (BBC News)
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Stricken polar bear turns up in Siberian city, hundreds of miles from home
The Guardian | June 18, 2019

​Yes, Climate Change Is Making Severe Weather Worse

Jennifer Francis | Scientific American | June 2019

​Water for Farmers: Climate action enhances water and food security in Sao Tome and Principe
Climate Adaptation UNDP | May 31, 2019

Ensuring the lungs of the planet keep us alive: 5 things you need to know about forests and the UN
UN News | May 10, 2019
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New UN Global Climate report ‘another strong wake-up call’ over global warming: Guterres
UN News | March 28, 2019

World in grip of ‘high impact weather’ as US freezes, Australia sizzles, parts of South America deluged
UN News | February 1, 2019

Climate Action Summit 2019
United Nations

Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere break another record, UN report shows
UN News | November 22, 2018

Climate change kills Antarctica's ancient moss beds
Victoria Gill| BBC News | September 25, 2018

How Can Scientists Help Make Cities More Sustainable?
Mark Fischetti | Scientific American | July 20, 2018

4 ways the ozone hole is linked to climate, and 1 way it isn’t
Rebecca Lindsey | Climate.gov | October 12, 2016

The Synthesis Report (SYR) of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5)
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | 2015

World Meteorological Organization
WMO

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC

Bulletin Vol 67
WMO World Meteorological Organization

Save the Plankton, Breathe Freely
National Geographic

​Global Climate Change
Nasa

THE POLITICS

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U.N. Head: Climate Change Can Prove the Value of Collective Action
Justin Worland | Time Magazine | June 13, 2019​

"The green economy is the future" UN chief says in Beijing, urging climate solutions that strengthen economies, protect the environment

UN News | April 27, 2019

The climate strikers should inspire us all to act at the next UN summit
Guterres | The Guardian | March 15, 2019​

World simply 'not on track' to slow climate change this year: UN weather agency

UN News | November 29, 2018

Tackling climate change is "global responsibility of our time," Dominica Foreign Minister tells UN Assembly
UN News | September 29, 2018

Stop Repeating the US Is the “Only Country Not in the Paris Agreement”: Trump’s withdrawal is way more complicated.
Rebecca Leber | Mother Jones | November 7, 2017

Climate Science Report Contradicts Trump Administration Positions
Stephen Leahy | National Geographic | November 4, 2017

UN sees 'worrying' gap between Paris climate pledges and emissions cuts needed
UN News | October 31, 2017

How and why should food be considered within the climate policies of cities?
UN Environment | May 16, 2016

Climate and Environment
New York Times

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CONSEQUENCES OF INACTION

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​24 billion tons of fertile land lost every year, warns UN chief on World Day to Combat Desertification
UN News | June 16, 2019

Climate change hits the poor hardest. Mozambique's cyclones prove it
Peter Holmes a Court | World Economic Forum | May 28, 2019

Paradise islands of Pacific increasingly vulnerable to climate change, as UN boosts resilience
UN News | May 10, 2019

"Direct existential threat" of climate change nears point of no return, warns UN chief
UN News | September 10, 2018

Disasters cost billions in agricultural losses, poor farmers bear brunt: UN report
UN News | March 15, 2018

​Desertification: The People Whose Soil Is Turning To Trash
Ochiaka Ugwu | Global Daily | February 9, 2018

Migration Advocate Calls on Delegates at COP23 to Address Climate Change Displacement
DemocracyNow! (video-part 2) | November 17, 2017

Migration Expert Urges Immediate Action as Millions Are Already Displaced by Climate Change
DemocracyNow! (video-part 1) | November 16, 2017

When will Climate Change Make the Earth Too Hot for Humans?
David Wallace-Wells | New York Magazine | July 2017

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Threat of wildfires expected to increase as global temperatures rise, UN
UN News | August 12, 2016

Weather Disasters Can Fuel War in Volatile Countries: Droughts and other extremes can cause dangerous economic shocks
John Upton | Scientific American | July 26, 2016

DoD Releases Report on Security Implications of Climate Change
U.S. Department of Defense | July 29, 2015
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