This week's roundup is the second one published soleley by category. We are still interested in feedback to hone the categorization, so if you spot any clear misses and/or have suggestions for additional categories, please let us know in the comments. Thanks!
Stories we promoted this week, by category:
Climate Change Impacts
- Climate change could create millions of climate migrants by 2050& & Droughts, floods, sea level rise, and other climate change impacts are uprooting people from their homes. & by YCC Team, Yale Climate Connections, Dec 26, 2024
- 2024: A year of extreme heat and growing climate danger& & This year is set to be the hottest on record &- but scientists say there’s still time to limit temperature rise and harm from climate impacts & by Megan Rowling, Climate Home News, Dec 27, 2024
- When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024& & When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather in 2024 is our annual report, published this year for the first time.& by WWA-Team, World Weather Attribution, Dec 27, 2024
- California's piers may not be able to withstand climate change& & & by Noah Haggerty, Climate , Dec 28, 2024
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
- Uruguay, pioneer in renewable energy: a model for the world?& & The country is a global leader in the transition toward green energy, following a radical transformation of its energy mix. & by Johani Carolina Ponce, Yale Climate Connections, Dec 18, 2024
Climate education and communication
- How to teach climate change so 15-year-olds can act& & OECD’s Pisa program will measure the ability of students to take action in response to climate anxiety and ‘take their position and role in the global world’& by Petra Stock, The Guardian, Dec 23, 2024
- Is silence golden? What a change expert says about family climate conversations at Christmas time & & Do you engage with climate deniers that come your way this Christmas? And if so, what’s the best way to do it?& by Jen Marsden, Euro News, Dec 22, 2024
Climate law and justice
- Young people's climate change lawsuit appealed to Supreme Court& & The Ontario government's bid for leave to appeal sets the stage for what could be an important test of the Charter’s application to environmental policy.& by Andrew Duffy, Ottawa Citizen, Dec 23, 2024
Climate policy and politics
- How Shell greenwashed gas with sham Chinese carbon credits& & Exclusive: Shell used rice-farming offsets for “carbon neutral” LNG campaign &- but farmers and local authorities said no project activities took place & by Matteo Civillini, Climate Home News, Dec 19, 2024
- `We`re gobsmacked`: climate groups angered by Labor`s `no new coalmines` claim& & Campaigners say Queensland mine given go-ahead this week is a new development, not an extension of an existing mine& by Graham Readfearn, The Guardian, Dec 20, 2024
Climate science and research
- What would it take for Hell to freeze over?& & & by Simon Clark, Youtube, Dec 24, 2024
- 2023 was extremely hot. Then came 2024& & & by Lauren Sommer, NPR Topics: Climate, Dec 24, 2024
- Climate change is making plants less nutritious - that could already be hurting animals that are grazers& & 'CO2 is plant food!'' Unfortunately it's not quite so simple& by Ellen Welti, Research Ecologist, Great Plains Science Program, Smithsonian Institution, The Conversation - Articles (US), Dec 20, 2024
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #52 2024& & Skeptical Science's weekly survey of research on human-caused climate change, plus select government/NGO reports touching on matters of climate. & by Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Skeptical Science, Dec 26, 2024
Public Misunderstandings about Climate Solutions
- With right-wing backing, New England offshore wind opponents gain strength& & & by Miriam Wasser, WBUR, Dec 20 2024
Miscellaneous (Other)
- What happened in climate news in 2024? Take our quiz& & Here are 10 questions to test your knowledge of this year's climate stories.& by Emily Chung & Hannah Hoag , CBC Technology News, Dec 19, 2024
- 2024 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #51& & A listing of 25 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, December 15, 2024 thru Sat, December 21, 2024.& by Bärbel Winkler, Doug Bostrom & John Hartz, Skeptical Science, Dec 22, 2024
- College students get emotional about climate change. Some are finding help in class& & & by Rebecca Redelmeier , NPR Topics: Climate, Dec 22, 2024
- Do you want the GOOD news or the BAD news?& & & by Dave Borlace, "Just have a think" on Youtube, Dec 22, 2024
- Climate anger can lead to action-or curdle into despair: Researchers find out why& & & by Samantha Stanley, Iain Walker, Teaghan Hogg and Zoe Leviston, Phys.org - from The Conservation, Dec 22, 2024
- Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day, study reveals& & Campaigners say consumption such as travel, gifts and food are destroying planet and the meaning of Christmas& by Damien Gayle, Environment The Guardian, Dec 24, 2024
- A DeSmog Guide to How the World Changed in 2024& & Our editors and reporters weigh in on a year of seismic political events, and what they’re paying close attention to in 2025. & by DeSmog Staff, DeSmog, Dec 26, 2024
- ¡AI Caramba!& & Rapid progress in the use of machine learning for weather and climate models is evident almost everywhere, but can we distinguish between real advances and vaporware?& by Gavin Schmidt, RealClimate, Dec 28, 2024
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