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</span>A draft report submitted to the UN by 30 international organizations focusing on the leading 15 national emitters of greenhouse gasses sketches a way to keep warming below 2° C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Columbia U’s Jeff Sachs observes “We have just about exhausted the carbon budget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The world is unfortunately engaged in a massive gamble.” Effective emissions cuts need to be rapid and severe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/co2-emissions-2-degrees-target-17744?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.climatecentral.org/news/co2-emissions-2-degrees-target-17744?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climatecentral%2FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The Guardian supplies further information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/08/un-roadmap-climate-change"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/08/un-roadmap-climate-change</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The US would need to cut emissions back to 1901 levels by 2050.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-09/fix-the-climate-problem-easy-cut-u-s-emissions-to-1901-levels.html"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-09/fix-the-climate-problem-easy-cut-u-s-emissions-to-1901-levels.html</font></a>
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</span>Shifting wind patterns in the Antarctic are warming subsurface waters twice as rapidly as we had thought.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The warmer waters will greatly speed the destabilization of ice sheets, increasing the rate of sea level rise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-07/giant-antarctic-ice-shelves-could-melt-faster-than-expected/5579678"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-07/giant-antarctic-ice-shelves-could-melt-faster-than-expected/5579678</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>The US and China have signed eight agreements on climate, including one to share carbon capture and sequestration technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font></span><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/usa-china-climatechange-idUSL2N0PJ20920140708"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/usa-china-climatechange-idUSL2N0PJ20920140708</font></span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>The World Council of Churches, representing half a billion Christians, is divesting its fossil fuel holdings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/11/world-council-of-churches-pulls-fossil-fuel-investments"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/11/world-council-of-churches-pulls-fossil-fuel-investments</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>A summary article on Miami’s submergence provides some unusually blunt commentary on the willingness to ignore it among both politicians and citizens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/11/miami-drowning-climate-change-deniers-sea-levels-rising"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/11/miami-drowning-climate-change-deniers-sea-levels-rising</font></a><font face="Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>A growing number of major cities are conducting vulnerability studies and taking measures to deal with risks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></font><a href="http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2014/07/10/207-global-cities-say-climate-change-is-a-threat-to-local-economy/"><font color="#0563c1" face="Calibri">http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2014/07/10/207-global-cities-say-climate-change-is-a-threat-to-local-economy/</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Increasing wealth among Republicans correlate with increasing climate denial; among Democrats and independents, it does not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/07/climate-denial-wealth-rich-republicans"><font color="#0563c1">http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/07/climate-denial-wealth-rich-republicans</font></a></span></font></div>
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