Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Daily Climate Links: 4/19/2016

March temperature. Arctic News.
At the Paris Agreement, nations committed to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. 
To see how much temperatures have risen compared to pre-industrial levels, a comparison with the period 1951-1980 does not give the full picture...  the global temperature rise from 1890-1910 was 1.58°C or 2.84°F. 
The temperature rise is even higher when looking at measurements from land-only stations... a Land-only anomaly of 2.42°C or 4.36°F. 
Taking into account that temperatures had already risen by some 0.3°C (0.54°F) before 1900, this adds up to a total temperature rise on land in March 2016 of 2.72°C (4.9°F) from the start of the industrial revolution.



Do You Care Enough About Future People to Leave Them a Livable Planet? Louis Putterman, evonomics. Apr 17, 2016.

El Nino: Feeling the heat. FT.

Climate justice movement shakes Canada's New Democratic Party. Richard Fidler, Climate and Capitalism. Apr 11, 2016.

complimentary webinar tomorrow:
THE NEW BOTTOM LINE: ESG as a driver of investment strategy and performance. Responsible-Investor.com.
Date: April 20th, 2016
Time: 10:00–11:00 EST

Discussion and Q&A:
Portfolio management in transition: long termism, carbon risk, ESG
It’s all about performance: ESG as a driver of investment strategy and performance
Shock protection: using ESG analysis to mitigate downside risks
The importance of access to accurate and transparent data

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