[GWSG] Slumping ice cliffs; E buses; GND clarified; personal action list; call to financial action; emissions rise in 2018

[Tilley, Al]

1. Slumping of ice cliffs over 100 meters tall could lead to sea level rise at rates faster than now modelled. In the West Antarctic the cliffs are especially high. https://phys.org/news/2019-03-tall-ice-cliffs-trigger-big-calving.html
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Tall ice-cliffs may trigger big calving events—and fast sea-level rise - phys.org<https://phys.org/news/2019-03-tall-ice-cliffs-trigger-big-calving.html>
phys.org
The ice-cliff research was spurred by a helicopter ride over Jakobshavn and Helheim glaciers on Greenland's eastern coast. Helheim ends abruptly in the ocean, in near-vertical ice-cliffs reaching ...



2. Electric busses are having triple the impact on emissions of electric cars. China is a bus leader.  https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/22/electric-buses-avoid-three-times-more-fossil-fuels-than-electric-cars-finds-bnef/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=23defe6e6c-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-23defe6e6c-331994013
[https://cleantechnica.com/files/2018/01/shenzhen-completes-switch-to-ful.jpg]<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/22/electric-buses-avoid-three-times-more-fossil-fuels-than-electric-cars-finds-bnef/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=23defe6e6c-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-23defe6e6c-331994013>

Electric Buses Avoid Three Times More Fossil Fuels Than Electric Cars, Finds BNEF | CleanTechnica<https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/22/electric-buses-avoid-three-times-more-fossil-fuels-than-electric-cars-finds-bnef/?utm_source=CleanTechnica+News&utm_campaign=23defe6e6c-Daily+Email+CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b9b83ee7eb-23defe6e6c-331994013>
cleantechnica.com
A new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (pay wall) claims electric buses displace far more fossil fuels than electric cars. China, which has put more electric buses into service than the rest ...



3. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes five minutes to clarify the Green New Deal. https://climatecrocks.com/2019/03/23/aoc-clarifies-on-green-new-deal-on-late-night/
[http://img.youtube.com/vi/3xtf9QE-lME/0.jpg]<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/03/23/aoc-clarifies-on-green-new-deal-on-late-night/>

AOC Clarifies on Green New Deal on Late Night | Climate Denial Crock of the Week - climatecrocks.com<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/03/23/aoc-clarifies-on-green-new-deal-on-late-night/>
climatecrocks.com
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks about the Green New Deal, showing the inner workings of Capitol Hill and her past as a science fair award-winner.



4. We can take meaningful personal climate actions. They are summarized in this reasonable list. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/25/dont-know-how-to-save-planet-this-is-what-you-can-do
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Don't know how to save the planet? This is what you can do | Environment | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/25/dont-know-how-to-save-planet-this-is-what-you-can-do>
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5. A research letter from a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco warns that climate change threatens to destabilize the financial system and recommends that financial institutions begin climate stress tests to determine risks and countermeasures. Glen Rudebusch states that even a carbon tax may not be a sufficient action: “ a comprehensive set of government policies may be required, including clean-energy and carbon-capture research and development incentives, energy efficiency standards, and low-carbon public investment.” https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2019/03/26/federal-reserve-climate-financial-crisis/
[https://i2.wp.com/www.climateliabilitynews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GettyImages-1052534616-e1553653438898.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1]<https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2019/03/26/federal-reserve-climate-financial-crisis/>

Fed Research: Climate Change Could Spur Financial Crisis<https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2019/03/26/federal-reserve-climate-financial-crisis/>
www.climateliabilitynews.org
A researcher for the Federal Reserve Bank urged central banks to be aware of the financial risks of climate change to the national and global economy.



6. After being flat in 2014-16, global carbon emissions grew again in 2018. https://www.ecowatch.com/global-carbon-emissions-2018-2632862370.html
Global Carbon Emissions Reached Record High in 2018<https://www.ecowatch.com/global-carbon-emissions-2018-2632862370.html>
www.ecowatch.com
Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions hit a record high in 2018, the latest report from the International Energy Agency found.


A Washington Post article discussed the recent history of emissions and the need for strong action—halving emissions by 2030--last December. https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/05/we-are-trouble-global-carbon-emissions-reached-new-record-high/?utm_term=.e41538260107
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/GMUNmjOKVhppg1yLQZ2JtNbgF0I=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DXYDS4HUQ4I6RGOCZ7FG7T3BBQ.jpg]<https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/05/we-are-trouble-global-carbon-emissions-reached-new-record-high/?utm_term=.e41538260107>

‘We are in trouble.’ Global carbon emissions reached a record high in 2018. - The Washington Post<https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/05/we-are-trouble-global-carbon-emissions-reached-new-record-high/?utm_term=.e41538260107>
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The expected increase, which would bring fossil fuel and industrial emissions to a record high of 37.1 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, is being driven by a nearly 5 percent growth of ...



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