Efforts to tacle accelerating drought and desertification take shape this year an Namibia

Worldwide Efforts to Combat Drought, Desertification to Take Shape in Namibia This Year

High-level representatives from 195 nations party to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification,, along with civic and environmental groups, will meet in Windhoek to assess progress and plan for future actions to address desertification, land degradation and drought, issues that now affect 168 nations at a cost of some $490 billion, not to mention the loss of lives, health, livelihoods, biodiversity and ecosystems.

New resiliency index announced with C40 Cities at the Clinton Global Initiative

Resiliency Index Will Assess Climate Risks for Cities

Working under the umbrella of C40 Cities, an international collaborative of cities working to assess and reduce their climate risk impacts, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg
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Global community risks catastrophic sea level rise if current fossil fuel and c02 emissions stay on track

Rising Temperature, Sea Level On Track to Wipe Out Major World Cities Former Shell Exec Tells UN

The global community of nations is headed for catastrophes on an unprecedented scope and scale if fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions continue on trend, according to the latest scientific evidence and research. Global average temperature is on a path toward a warming of 4 degrees Celsius, which could result in sea level rises of 70 meters (230 feet), wiping out major cities, including London, New York, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Climate change education is an essential part of a sustainable future for our children

Enviro News Wrap: Obama’s Energy and Climate Agenda After Reelection; Canada Confident About Tar Sands Pipeline; Sandy’s Wakeup Call

By Anders Hellum-Alexander · Comments (0) · Monday, November 12th, 2012

GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up and comments on the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week:

Obama’s environmental, energy, and climate change agenda after reelection: Obama has been a strong supporter of renewable energy and the growth in the solar market will make it easy for Obama to legitimize his continued support of solar as a viable source of energy and a solution to global warming. And America might be finally ready to listen to the facts on climate change after Super Storm Sandy.
Canada is the largest exporter of oil to the US - and now that Obama has been re-elected Canada is very interested in the president’s position on the Tar Sands Keystone Pipeline. There is a lot of industry confidence in the completion of the project, but there is a large environmental movement against the pipeline.
Oil prices are going to stay high for the foreseeable future. Even if America follows through on increasing domestic production we will see no reduction in price from OPEC set prices.
Oil companies in America have diversified into natural gas. They also spent millions trying to get rid of Obama in the 2012 election, despite the opposition, companies like ExxonMobil will find Obama’s “all of the above” approach quite supportive of their agenda.
Ghana is looking to capitalize on its energy potential, and for once the energy source is not oil, but instead pure clean renewable energy.
The UN is using Sandy as a wake up call about climate change. As tragic as it is apparently we need large-scale catastrophe before we take action on environmental issues.