UN forecasts even warmer temperatures over next 5 years:

The last five-year period has been the warmest five years on record, said the Geneva-based United Nations agency, which counts 193 member states.

Temperatures over the next five years, 2020 to 2024, are very likely to be within the range of 0.91 C to 1.59 C above pre-industrial levels.

Almost all regions, except parts of the southern oceans, are likely to be warmer than the recent past, which is defined as 1981 to 2010.

“This study shows – with a high level of scientific skill – the enormous challenge ahead in meeting the Paris Agreement on Climate Change target of keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 C,” said WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas.

UN forecasts even warmer temperatures over next 5 years: The last five-year period has been the warmest five years on record, said the Geneva-based United Nations agency, which counts 193 member states.Temperatures over the next five years, 2020 to 2024, are very likely to be within the range of 0.91 C to 1.59 C above pre-industrial levels.Almost all regions, except parts of the southern oceans, are likely to be warmer than the recent past, which is defined as 1981 to 2010.“This study shows – with a high level of scientific skill – the enormous challenge ahead in meeting the Paris Agreement on Climate Change target of keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 C,” said WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas.Read More

Canadian Climate Groups Urge ‘Green Strings’ on Recovery Funding – The Energy Mix:

As Finance Minister Bill Morneau
prepares to release a fiscal update today, Canada’s leading
environmental organizations are calling for “green strings” on Ottawa’s
COVID-19 recovery funding package.

They say the government must limit
its financial support to companies that adopt a 2050 net-zero deadline,
ensure that funding pays for “jobs and stability, not executives and
shareholders”, and support a just transition that prepares workers for
green jobs.

Canadian Climate Groups Urge ‘Green Strings’ on Recovery Funding – The Energy Mix: As Finance Minister Bill Morneau
prepares to release a fiscal update today, Canada’s leading
environmental organizations are calling for “green strings” on Ottawa’s
COVID-19 recovery funding package.They say the government must limit
its financial support to companies that adopt a 2050 net-zero deadline,
ensure that funding pays for “jobs and stability, not executives and
shareholders”, and support a just transition that prepares workers for
green jobs.Read More

Why more great white sharks are showing up in Atlantic Canada | CBC News:

Climate change, a supply of seals to eat and effective conservation in the United States are all possible explanations for the apparent increase in great white sharks in Atlantic Canada, according to a newly published paper in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

The peer-reviewed report, led by authors from the University of Windsor in Ontario, speculates on why more of the apex (top-of-the-food-chain) predators are being seen in the summer months, especially off Nova Scotia.

One hypothesis is that the great white shark’s range has shifted, bringing them into an area where they were rarely seen in the past.

Why more great white sharks are showing up in Atlantic Canada | CBC News: Climate change, a supply of seals to eat and effective conservation in the United States are all possible explanations for the apparent increase in great white sharks in Atlantic Canada, according to a newly published paper in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.The peer-reviewed report, led by authors from the University of Windsor in Ontario, speculates on why more of the apex (top-of-the-food-chain) predators are being seen in the summer months, especially off Nova Scotia.One hypothesis is that the great white shark’s range has shifted, bringing them into an area where they were rarely seen in the past.Read More