Weekend Reading - 19 February 2016

A selection of great reading on climate change politics, policy, innovation and science from Climate Reality Leader Andrew Woodward. @climatecomm and www.climatecommunication.net

Economics
Parliament of Australia: Terms of Reference - Carbon risk assessment inquiry
 
Energy
ABC Radio National - Life Matters: Powering up beyond the grid
Clean Energy Council: Renewable energy industry energised for a better year in 2016
Climate Reality Project: Follow the Leader: How 11 Countries Are Shifting to Renewable Energy
Guardian: Have we reached the tipping point for investing in renewable energy?
Newcastle Herald: The Hunter’s coal story may be ending
NPR: Morocco Unveils A Massive Solar Power Plant In The Sahara
One Step Off The Grid: Victorian network signs up to help rural community go 100% renewable
Renew Economy: Why the Renewable Energy Target won’t be met in 2018
Renew Economy: It’s time to shine for 24-hour solar power
Sydney Morning Herald: A few positive words from the PM needed to move Australia's pile of stalled wind farms
 
Impacts
Nothing this week
 
Politics and policy
Australian Conservation Foundation (via SBS): Comment: One year in, what has the Palaszczuk government done for the environment?
Christian Science Monitor: Climate change in the classroom: Why teachers are not making the grade
Guardian: Europe's climate change goals 'need profound lifestyle changes’
Guardian: Australia's greenest city: Adelaide pulls ahead of Sydney and Melbourne
Mashable: Here's where climate activists are setting their sights in 2016
MSNBC: How Trump and company warmed to climate change
Renew Economy: Energy industry needs to focus on consumers, it may need them
Renew Economy: Poll finds majority would support party proposing solar on every rooftop
Rolling Stone: The Koch Brothers' Dirty War on Solar Power
Slate: What Scalia’s Death Might Mean for Climate Change
 
Marketing and communication
Climate Communication: Responsibility Plus Bulletin
 
Opinion
Guardian: Why don't we treat climate change with the rigor we give to terror attacks?
Fast Company: Bill Nye's Big Ideas To Combat Climate Change
The Conversation: CSIRO cuts: climate science really does need to shift its focus towards adaptation
 
Science
Economist: Rejuvenating reefs
The Conversation: The best way to protect us from climate change? Save our ecosystems
Washington Post: The solution to climate change that has nothing to do with cars or coal
 
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