by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past month.
I haven’t had a policy/politics edition since Paris. Things have been rather slow in this regard – surprisingly, climate change has been barely mentioned recently in the U.S. presidential campaigns.
U.S.
The big news is the US Supreme Court decision to stay Obama’s Clean Power Plan until the various lawsuits challenging it are resolved in the courts.
The Atlantic: Did the Supreme Court doom the climate deal? [link]
SCOTUS Halts Obama’s Clean Power Plan. Bloomberg’s free special report includes expert analysis. [link]
Why SCOTUS decision to freeze Pres. Obama’s signature climate regulation imperils the Paris deal: [link] …
Obama’s $10 a barrel oil tax to fund clean transportation system is bad idea, worse policy [link]
Obama looks to forge ‘climate-smart economy’ with budget [link]
The remaining GOP presidential candidates are starting to embrace climate change as real. [link] …
The Pentagon just issued marching orders on climate change: [link]
Pentagon Orders Commanders To Prioritise Climate Change In All Military Actions [link]
International
“Missing the Big Picture in Challenging Africa’s “Land Grab” Narrative” [link]
“UN Makes 5 Million More Africans Homeless To Fight Global Warming” [link]
Finance
2016: The year for China to shape the future of climate finance? [link]
Finance for Climate Resilience in the Dawn of the Paris Era [link]
Davos Business Leaders No Longer Bothered About Climate Change [link]
2016: The year for China to shape the future of climate finance? [link]
Policy analysis
Let’s End the Peril of a Nuclear Winter – [link]
Who politicized the environment and climate change? [link]
Risk and Time in the Anthropocene: Why the #DoomsdayClock is Not a Useful Tool for Measuring Societal Risk [link]
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Filed under: Week in review