1. 2020 weather disasters cost over 150 billion dollars, revealing impact of climate change report. From Australian bushfires to Atlantic hurricanes, insurance damages were the highest annual total ever, says Christian Aid study
2. ‘Green recovery’ from COVID-19 can slow climate change: UN environment report:
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1079602
🔴The #EmissionsGap🔴
Despite a dip in CO2 emissions caused by the #COVID19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century.
But a low-carbon recovery could cut 25% off the emissions we expect to see in 2030: https://t.co/Nl7O30TaNs pic.twitter.com/dN68mw5x9C
— UN Environment Programme (@UNEP) December 9, 2020
3. Land Ecosystems are becoming less efficient at absorbing Carbon Dioxide. As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase, 86% of land ecosystems globally are becoming less efficient at absorbing increasing levels of the greenhouse gas.
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3057/land-ecosystems-are-becoming-less-efficient-at-absorbing-carbon-dioxide/
4. World’s largest iceberg may strike Island in South Atlantic this Month. The “A68a” iceberg is roughly the size of Delaware.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/world-s-largest-iceberg-may-strike-land-month-n1250742
5. California governor signs executive order banning sales of new gasoline cars by 2035:
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/23/916209659/california-governor-signs-order-banning-sales-of-new-gasoline-cars-by-2035
6. 13 Winners of 2020 UN Global Change announced. Some of the award recipients includes Interface (floor company), DFW International airport, Global Himalayan Expedition (tourism), and Health In Harmony (deforestation reversal):
https://unfccc.int/news/winners-of-the-2020-un-global-climate-action-awards-announced
