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Quoted re: the Paris Climate Summit

Nov 28

Union of Concerned Scientists: "It's very important that we not lock into place the initial offers (INDCs) that countries have put on the table," said Alden Meyer, the director of policy and strategy for the Union of Concerned Scientists. "We need to have, by the end of this decade, an initial review of where we are at and what more can be done to lift ambition," Meyer added. "And countries need to be prepared to review and revise upward their initial offers."

NY Times Editorial Board: "So far, more than 170 countries, accounting for over 90 percent of global greenhouse emissions, have submitted pledges, and more may emerge in Paris. Will these pledges be enough to ward off the worst consequences of global warming? No."

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Meltdown in the USA

U.S. Congress/Science Committee News (Not Good News)

Earth Science Politics

Letter to Science Committee re: integrity

More from American science organizations

Science Orgs respond to attacks by Science Committee

Via Vox -- U.S. House Science Committee Talks Conspiracy and Subpoenas

Via Climate Progress -- U.S. Senate Republicans Say 'No' to Paris Climate Accord

Via Politico -- "Republicans seek to strangle Paris climate pact"

Via Washington Post -- "Amid record global temperatures, Senate votes to block Obama’s Clean Power Plan"

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Important: Legal forms for Paris climate agreement

March and demonstrations in Paris will go on

2000+ Climate Events/Locations #ClimateMarch

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Paris Climate Mtgs, Opening Nov 30 - Information Hub

Climate Meetings-Schedule

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U.S. Congress/Science Committee News (Not Good News)

Environmental Security

Syria, War, Climate Connection

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On Point

What critics of the Keystone campaign misunderstand / Vox

Nov 6, 2015

"Win for Greens" / "No to Keystone, Yes to the Planet"

Goodbye Keystone XL: President Obama/US State Dept Reject Pipeline

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It's Your Breathing Planet

Join In, Act, Follow, Be Out in Front

UN / Climate Plans "Synthesis Report"

#climateaction

#COP21

#INDCs

#climatechange

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Christiana Figueres @CFigueres

Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Figueres - REDDIT AMA -- Oct 28

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#ADP2

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UN Climate Action @UNFCCC

Oct. 19, 2015

Opening plenary of the latest @UN climate negotiations kicks off today in Bonn

http://bit.ly/1OObz76 #ADP2

Christiana Figueres (@CFigueres)

Opening plenary of resumed #ADP2 session starts. Last few steps toward Paris. Focus!

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Climate Plans/INDCs in Preparation for December UNFCCC Conference in Paris

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions

Progress Reports on Climate Action Plans (INDCs) as Submitted to the UN

#INDC / INDCs defined at Wikipedia

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♦ Conference of Parties 21, UN Climate Change Conference ♦ [1] ♦ [2] ♦ [3] ♦ [4] ♦ [5]

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Pope pushes world leaders at UN to protect environment

Pope Francis called on world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York on Sept. 25th to take firm action on the environment, blaming a "selfish and boundless thirst for power and material" for its destruction.

"We human beings are part of the environment," Francis said. "We live in communion with it, since the environment itself entails ethical limits which human activity must acknowledge and respect. ... Any harm done to the environment, therefore, is harm done to humanity."

Pope Francis again ​made history a day after his address to a joint session of Congress, delivering a speech before the largest-ever gathering of world leaders at the United Nations​. ​

In his address to the General Assembly, the popular ​"people’s ​pope​"​ critiqued the current “culture of waste” and urged government leaders to do more to combat poverty and address environmental abuses. Climate change, he reiterated, could “threaten the very existence of the human species.”

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What's up with sea level rise?

In a series of media opportunities through Aug. 28, NASA experts present up-to-date global outlook on current conditions and future projections of sea level rise

Why NASA’s worried that Greenland’s melting could speed up

@EarthVitalSigns #EarthRightNow InsideClimate News (TW)

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NASA Climate News...

NASA Missions / Earth Right Now

GPM - Next-generation measurements of global snow and rain

OCO-2 - Measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide

OCO-2 / (TW)

ISS - Rapidscat - Monitoring ocean winds

CATS - Observing pollution, dust and smoke in the atmosphere

SMAP - Studying soil moisture

Jason 3 - Launching soon

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https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/ --- https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/projects-supported

The Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) at NASA Langley Research Center responsible for processing, archiving, and distribution of NASA Earth science data

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News Highlights --- 2015

California out in front modeling and sharing green best practices

http://www.bioneers.org/bioneers-e-book-california-climate-leadership/

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http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California_out_in_front_in_a_Green_future

http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California_is_ahead_of_the_game_as_Obama_releases_Clean_Power_Plan

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Time for a Global Apollo Initiative

SpaceX Joins NASA Earth Science Launch Program

New Space, Earth Science

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Earth360°, the 'Big Picture

Earth Right Now

Earth Science, Vital Signs

From the Vantage Point of Space

A "Thin Blue Layer"

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Environmental Security ↔ National Security

New Definitions of National Security

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Earth Science from Space, Politics

Earth and Space, Politics 2015

Environmental Security, the Challenge and the Missions

Earth Observing Science, NASA Space Fleet, as of 2015

Earth Observing NASA Space Fleet, as of 2014

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Climate Change News / more @ GreenLinks

350.org Dispatches & Climate Science News

BusinessGreen / UK - Blogs

E&E ClimateWire / Climate Digest

GreenAllianceUK (TW)

Guardian Environment / UK

Inside Climate News

Inside Climate (TW)

New York Times 'Dot Earth'

Revkin List / Green Blog Voices

The Conversation / Climate-Environment

United Nations/UNFCCC Climate Change Negotiations and Related News

UN Climate Change Newsroom

Yale Climate Connections

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Follow climate science news - Daily/Weekly / Install Feedly as a News Aggregator

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February 2015 - Earth Right Now - http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4487

Over the past 12 months NASA has added five missions to its orbiting Earth-observing fleet - the biggest one-year increase in more than a decade....