Oct 28th 2021
Hi Folks
Our next meeting will be Nov 2nd at 10am in the Senior Center. There is a lot to discuss. The news is full of climate issues with the start of the big meeting in Scotland and difficult negotiations on Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan. In addition we skipped discussing the IPCC’s Assessment Review 6, an important document.
Starting with Biden’s plan – what is in it seems to change every day. The link below gives the status today, but stay tuned. Some serious compromises have been made including dropping the Clean Electricity Performance Program which was a significant part of greenhouse gas reductions in the original $3.5B plan. Biden would like to claim some progress in Scotland as the many nations renegotiate their plans to reduce greenhouse gases.
Here is a link to the current state of negotiations: Whitehouse Briefing Room Oct 28th
There are many articles written about the upcoming COP26 in Glasgow. This is the most important climate meeting since Paris in 2015. It runs from Nov 1st to Nov 12th One useful link from the NY Times is a resource full of goodies. When you have time browse (or subscribe) here: NY Times Climate Forward Oct 27th
Earlier this year the IPCC’s Assessment Review 6 (AR6) was released. The full report is almost 4000 pages. On a more realistic scale here is a 42 page summary labelled “For Policy Makers”. Even here you don’t need to read all the blurb. It does have the most relevant diagrams with explanations. IPCC AR6 summary report
A much shorter alternative that is easier to absorb is this BBC summary BBC review of AR6
Happy reading
Hope to see you Nov 2nd
Barb
b2jonesmn@gmail.com
Recent Comments