Daily Reading

A bit of humour: http://www.citylab.com/weather/2014/09/the-scientific-consensus-on-climate-change-illustrated-in-cartoons/379922/ Mitigation: what cities are doing to adapt: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/sep/15/indian-cities-climate-change-surat?CMP=twt_gu And we were worried about droughts: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/no-rain-for-decades-stand-by-for-the-megadroughts-scientists-warn-9732483.html China seems to be doing quite well on reducing carbon intensity (the degree to which a countries economy is dependent on carbon-based fuels). Unfortunately, Germany, Brazil (!!) and France (!!) have done poorly: http://www.citylab.com/tech/2014/09/a-major-accounting-firm-just-ran-the-numbers-on-climate-change/379994/

Today’s Reading List – 09/09/14

The Way Ahead: Fascinating. How Sweden has managed to solve the problem of (a) managing its waste; (b) reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels.: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/developmental-issues/99-per-cent-of-swedens-waste-is-now-reused/articleshow/41962012.cmshttps://sweden.se/nature/the-swedish-recycling-revolution/http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/10/17/is-burning-garbage-green-in-sweden-theres-little-debate/Interesting point: the CH4 (methane) generated from landfills has twice the warming potential as the CO2 (carbon dioxide) generated from burning the waste to produce energyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste-to-energy#HistoryAnother way to combust biowaste - …

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On the changing nature of rain: http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/sunita-narain-how-the-monsoon-has-changed-114090700762_1.htmlWe will act if it impacts us: Fallout of the unequal impacts of climate change: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9bec7772-34e6-11e4-ba5d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3ChWLOUkEPearls before swine: how we wantonly waste our most precious resource: http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/forfeited-treasure-status-irrigation-tanks-karnatakaWhere it will come together: http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/We need to protect the protectors: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/india-loses-more-foresters-than-any-other-country/articleshow/42013009.cms