Quick Climate Links: State of Climate Action; not on track; politics still frozen; lower budget; dire threat

The World Resources Institute launched its “State of Climate Action 2021” report during a recent webinar, recent being in the past 24-hours.

Read the World Resources Institute story – “We’re Not on Track for 1.5 Degrees C. What Will it Take?“.

Other Quick Climate Links today are:

“Yarra Energy Foundation” – Connecting people to better energy for a zero-carbon future;

“GV Community Energy“;

“Our Planet Is Heating Up. Why Are Climate Politics Still Frozen“;

“World’s chief scientists urge Cop26 attendees to step up low-carbon policies“;

“‘Cop26 own goal’: despair over budget backing for flights and roads“;

“Government pledges £1.7bn of public money to new nuclear plant“;

“Dire threat to health from climate change addressed by the Australian Government“;

“‘Not a solution itself’: India questions net-zero targets ahead of Cop26″;

“‘Hollow’: how the Australian government’s 2050 net-zero pledge was reported around the world“;

“Congress constraints mean the US and Australia aren’t so far apart on climate after all“;

“‘Go grab a rifle’: Barnaby Joyce says the only way to meet methane reduction targets is to start shooting cattle“;

“Feral hogs are a problem for the climate, researcher says“;

“World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, report finds“;

“Cop26 must focus on poorer countries, says UN development chief“;

“Oil executives face ‘turning point’ US congressional hearing on climate crisis“;

“Hot air flies in methane debate over net-zero target“;

“Introduction of the Center for Global Commons (in Japanese only)”;

“Crucial Elements of Spending Plan Remain in Flux After Biden’s Appeal to Democrats“;

“For millions of West Africans, climate change is already here“;

“Turning over a new leaf: the humble hedge stages a remarkable comeback“;

“The dirty dozen: meet America’s top climate villains“;

“Grattan on Friday: The weather gets choppy with Joyce and Morrison’s climate contradictions“;

“Want to understand how the Coalition works? Take a look at climate policy“;

“Labor doesn’t have a 2030 target yet either – what do we know of the ALP’s climate policy so far?“;

“The ‘97% climate consensus’ is over. Now it’s well above 99% (and the evidence is even stronger than that)“;

“Drying land and heating seas: why nature in Australia’s southwest is on the climate frontline“;

“Degrowth: why some economists think abandoning growth is the only way to save the planet – podcast“;

“Angus Taylor to promote fossil fuels at Glasgow Cop26 climate summit“;

“Cormann pushes Morrison government to adopt carbon price“;

“Former finance minister who helped sink carbon price now urging Australia to adopt one“;

“Morrison government hasn’t finished writing net-zero modelling, department says“;

“Voters would ‘come back at us with baseball bats’: How 18 Libs pushed Morrison to net zero“;

“Victorian greenhouse emissions drop 25 per cent below 2005 levels“;

“What’s in, what’s not: how does Australia’s emissions plan stack up?“;

“Secret Liberal group pushed for net-zero to halt the Nationals“;

“‘Secret’ modelling underpinning Scott Morrison’s net-zero policy still in spreadsheet form“;

“Australia’s net-zero by 2050 target wins praise from Fiji’s PM, attracts disappointment from across the Pacific“;

“Wealthy nations urged to meet $100bn climate finance goal“;

“Australia v the climate part 5: a plan for net-zero?“;

“South Australia adopts electric vehicle tax, joining New South Wales and Victoria“;

“Could planting a trillion trees stop global heating? This man thinks so“;

“China Hurries to Burn More Coal, Putting Climate Goals at Risk”:

“Climate change is already hitting Africa’s livestock. Here’s how COP26 can help“;

“Michael Pascoe: Morrison’s ‘net zero’ is that trust and integrity thing again“;

“There’s No Cheap Way to Deal With the Climate Crisis“;

“Evolution and Climate Change Through the Lens of Power“;

“Working at the World Bank, I can see how it is failing humanity on the climate crisis“;

“Grow concrete? Now we know the climate deniers’ nonsense can be debunked“;

“Australia’s zany prospectus for net-zero can’t hide its carbon addiction“;

“How a bacterium may help solve the plastic pollution crisis“;

“SEC Releases Sample Letter Concerning Climate Change Disclosures“;

“Juliana v. United States“;

“Combating Climate Change in Your Animal Shelter – Vets for Climate Action & Getting 2 Zero“;

“The Climate Council“.

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