Weekend Reading - 29 April 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

Must see
Climate Central: Flirting with the 1.5°C Threshold
 
Signing Ceremony
ABC: PNG asks Australia to stop coal mining, as Paris Agreement signed
Guardian: Australia's solemn climate promise much more than a signing ceremony (note, this was filed before the Labor Party’s climate change policy)
The Conversation: The Paris Agreement signing ceremony at a glance
 
Great Barrier Reef
EcoWatch: Scientists Confirm: 93% of Great Barrier Reef Now Bleached
Guardian: Mourning Loomis Reef - the heart of the Great Barrier Reef's coral bleaching disaster
The Conversation: David Attenborough says the Great Barrier Reef is in 'grave danger' – it's time to step up
The Conversation: Great Barrier Reef bleaching stats are bad enough without media misreporting
Washington Post: ‘And then we wept': Scientists say 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef now bleached
 
Al Gore
Nothing this week
 
Other Climate Communication Publications
Responsibility Plus Bulletin (Next out Monday 2 May 2016)
This Week in Climate Change (Next out 28 April 2016)
 
Economics
Climate Change News: Saudi Arabia set to reveal vision for post-oil future
Climate Reality Project: The Truth About Climate Action and the Economy
 
Energy
Canberra Times: Canberra at the centre of a renewable energy superpower
Climate Change News: Solar is now cheaper than coal, says India energy minister
Planet Experts: The Dramatic, Unexpected, but Welcome Fall of Coal
Renew Economy: 100% renewables might be fantasy, but it’s what Australia is signing up for
 
Impacts
ABC: Climate change and our evolving sexual patterns
 
Politics and policy
Clean Technica: Australian Coal Export Plans Will Erase Few Benefits Of Country’s Weak Paris Targets
Renew Economy: Pollie Watch: Turnbull surrounded as Nash questions climate science
Sydney Morning Herald: CSIRO eyes alternative plan to climate job cuts as Chairman Thodey faces inquiry
Renew Economy: Turnbull’s evolving climate strategy: When less is more
The Conversation: New climate science centre doesn't make up for CSIRO cuts: experts
 
Marketing, communication and advocacy
Nothing this week.
 
Opinion
Huffington Post: Game on, climate change! This Earth Day, be confident
 
Science
The Age: Global warming changing tilt of Earth's spin axis
Time: Christiana Figures - Force for nature
 
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