by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
Researchers develop all-weather #solar cell that generates power from rain as well [link]
David MacKay’s book is an absolute gem: Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air. Available free online [link]
Water is the Climate Challenge, says World Bank [link]
How to bring aviation emissions to (near) zero? [link]
Are mega dams a solution or burden to climate change? [link]
Energy and agricultural markets have become more intertwined [link]
India’s Climate Plan: Dwarf Cows That Don’t Fart [link] …
Plans for coal-fired power in Asia are ‘disaster for planet’ warns World Bank [link]
The best way we can reduce energy’s #carbon footprint? Nurture nuclear. [link]
Exxon Mobil, FuelCell Energy, pursue new carbon capture tech for power plants [link]
Ban Ki-Moon believes Paris Agreement will be in effect next year “at the latest.” [link] …
UN report finds progress on global climate efforts | Climate Home – climate change news [link]
EU tardiness to ratify Paris Agreement ‘damaging’, says its architect @LaurentFabius: [link]
Fuels created by artificial photosynthesis are getting much closer to reality. [link]
Now this is interesting … UAE proposing to build a mountain to bring more rain? [link]
Massachusetts continues to be the place where the fight over energy policy is the most pitched. [link]
Water, food and emerging security threats in the Middle East [link]
David MacKay on the logical fallacy of renewable energy [link]
Mekong Delta loses half of silt to upstream dams: [link]
Schellenberger: On the best metric for measuring climate progress, the world is going backwards. Here’s why. [link]
Stavins: Misleading talk about decoupling CO2 emissions and economic growth [link]
The triple dividends of disaster risk management [link]
Half of leading investors ignoring climate change [link]
5 trends shaping the global solar market [link]
In #Ethiopia, the Paris Climate Agreement Gets Real [link]
The Onion: Climate change and first-world problems [link]
Madagascar’s unique ‘Spiny Forest’ is fast being turned into charcoal [link]
Bulletin of Atomic Energy: Public opinion on nuclear energy – what fuels it [link]
Minnesota court case on social cost of carbon: Peabody Coal’s contrarian scientist witnesses lose court case [link]
Filed under: Week in review