Weekend Reading - 4 March 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 read
Guardian: Nike chairman gives $400m to Stanford program to solve 'global challenges’
New York Times: Scientists Protest Cuts and Commercialization at Australian Climate Centre
New York Times (Paul Krugman): Planet on the Ballot
 
Economics
Nothing this week.
 
Energy
Bloomberg: Here’s How Electric Cars Will Cause the Next Oil Crisis
New York Times: Bill Gates’s Clean-Energy Moon Shot
Guardian: Half the price in half the time: solar storage innovation harnesses new energy frontier
Mashable: Disney's solar farm looks like Mickey Mouse because of course it does
Renew Economy: “Base load” power: a myth used to defend the fossil fuel industry
New York Times: A Look Behind the Headlines on China's Coal Trends
 
Impacts
Time: Why We're Not Prepared for The Coming Decades of Sea Level Rise
Toronto Star: Climate change is wreaking havoc on our mental health, experts say
 
Politics and policy
Climate Change News: Who's in line to be the next UN climate change chief?
Guardian: Time to examine the fossil fuel industry's relationship with Queensland's government
Huffington Post: New York Sets a New Standard for Clean Energy, Climate Leadership
Reuters: Democratic Party slams GOP candidates on climate change
 
Marketing, communication and advocacy
Climate Communication: Responsibility Plus Bulletin
Guardian: Top lobbying group in historic green energy U-turn
 
Opinion
Nothing this week.
 
Science
Bureau of Meteorology: Climate and Water Outlook, March–May 2016
The Conversation: Six burning questions for climate science to answer post-Paris
Washington Post: Scientists are floored by what’s happening in the Arctic right now
Vox: The decisions we make about climate change today will reverberate for millennia. No pressure
 
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