Oct 28th 2021<\/p>\n
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Hi Folks<\/p>\n
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Our next meeting will be Nov 2nd<\/sup> 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\u2019s \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d plan. In addition we skipped discussing the IPCC\u2019s Assessment Review 6, an important document.<\/p>\n Starting with Biden\u2019s plan \u2013 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.<\/p>\n Here is a link to the current state of negotiations: Whitehouse Briefing Room Oct 28th<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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<\/sup> to Nov 12th<\/sup> One useful link from the NY Times is a resource full of goodies. When you have time browse (or subscribe) here:\u00a0\u00a0 NY Times Climate Forward Oct 27th<\/a><\/p>\n Earlier this year the IPCC\u2019s 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 \u201cFor Policy Makers\u201d. Even here you don\u2019t need to read all the blurb. It does have the most relevant diagrams with explanations. \u00a0IPCC AR6 summary report<\/a><\/p>\n