Climate’s Troubling Unknown Unknowns
We can’t adapt to perils we can’t foresee. So we need to cut greenhouse gas emissions now. New York Times
2019-04-22
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We can’t adapt to perils we can’t foresee. So we need to cut greenhouse gas emissions now. New York Times
Companies and governments are gaining new powers to follow people across the internet and around the world, and even to peer into their genomes. The benefits of such advances have been apparent for years; the costs — in anonymity, even autonomy — are now becoming clearer. New York Times
Economists have workable policy ideas for addressingclimate change. But what if they’re politically impossible? New York Times
Investors are finally paying attention to climatechange — though not in the way you might hope. New York Times
By pressuring China and India to end or sharply reduce oil purchases from Iran and Venezuela, American officials are seeking to cut off a key economic lifeline for what the administration considers to be two rogue nations that threaten the stability of the Middle East and Latin America. New York Times
As the West burns, the South swelters and the East floods, some Americans are starting to reconsider where they choose to live. New York Times
The New York Times sent a climate policy survey to the 18 declared candidates. They all want to stick to the Paris Agreement. Beyond that, they diverge. New York Times
The redacted version suggests that Donald Trump is his own worst enemy . The Economist
It was the 12th century, and the architects behind a cathedral rising in the heart of Paris wanted to make a statement. New York Times
Michael Grubb discusses three realities about Brexit that need to be recognised in order to move the process forward. There should be time for a wider debate about what sovereignty means which only a long extension can offer. UCL
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