[GWSG] CO2 up; still, peaking?; climate & health; wave power x2; Italy dropping coal; Bonn talks; corps. at the talks

[Tilley, Al]

1. Global CO2 levels in 2016 increased to 403 ppm, the highest in over three million years. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/30/global-atmospheric-co2-levels-hit-record-high



2. Nevertheless, we appear to be close to peak carbon emissions. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/oct/30/new-data-gives-hope-for-meeting-the-paris-climate-targets



3. A study of the impact of climate change on public health in the Lancet describes current and coming damage from heat waves, hunger, and disease. The study has 63 authors from a range of disciplines and institutions.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/climate-change-fueling-disasters-disease-in-potentially-irreversible-ways-report-warns/2017/10/30/4f450ac4-bdaf-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html?utm_term=.2372ff554547



4. A team at Sandia National laboratories has developed a control algorithm which doubles the power output of ocean wave converters. https://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/ocean_energy/sandia-engineers-increase-efficiency-of-wave-energy-20171030



5. Italy is committed to phasing out coal by 2025. The UK, Canada, and France have made similar pledges. https://cleantechnica.com/2017/10/30/italy-phase-coal-2025/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IM-cleantechnica+%28CleanTechnica%29



6. Despite Trump and his conspirators, many of the US delegation look to play a positive role at the COP 23 talks in Bonn. Representatives of 197 nations will gather 6-17 November. 195 of the nations are committed to work on improving our climate situation. http://www.climatechangenews.com/2017/11/01/despite-trump-us-climate-team-forge-paris-deal/



7. Other players than the Trumpettes would like to hamstring the Bonn agreements. Corporate interests are and have been busy skewing climate agreements where they can. (Not that there is an essential difference between the Trump administration and corporate interests.) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/01/fossil-fuel-companies-undermining-paris-agreement-negotiations-report

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