Climate Change Update: China world's biggest CO2 emitter will meet near-term goals to fight Climate Change

"China is set to not only meet its Cancun Agreement emissions intensity pledge, but is likely to go beyond it," the independent research group said, referring to the December 2010 global climate change accord."However, at the same time, largely due to faster than expected economic growth, emissions in 2020 are likely to be higher than previous estimates."

The study underscores the uncertain value of global pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions meant to meet the international goal of no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) temperature rise over pre-industrial levels which most scientists agree is required to avoid potentially catastrophic climate events.

"We're heading toward a warming of well over three degrees at present unless there are major improvements in the pledges," said Bill Hare, the director of Climate Analytics, a research group based in Germany that took part in the study.

China's concrete steps to curb carbon emissions go further than the pledges made by other big polluter nations such as the United States, the world's second-largest CO2 emitter, said Hare."
China climate goals run against growth: report | Reuters:
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Tip: Build the Future by Producing Emotionally Healthy Climate Change Ready Kids - And it Starts with Parent's Stable Relationship

Stable Relationships. Every child needs a stable relationship with a loving adult. Without one, the brain has trouble making necessary connections to grow and develop. Parents need to provide a healthy environment socially and emotionally as well as physically in which a child can explore and learn with guidance. When a child can observe healthy relationships between adults, they also learn how to build healthy relationships of their own.

Human touch from others and their need to touch everything should not be overlooked. Touch is how young infants know they are loved. It sends signals to the brain, causing it to grow (or develop) fully.

Interaction. A relationship between a child and their parent is vital to the child’s development. The earlier you engage, the more impact you will have on the growth and development of a child’s brain. The key to interaction is matching your behavior to your baby/child."

Child's health starts now | emporiagazette.com:
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Ways to Mitigate Climate Change: Supporting Wind Power, e.g. Canada is among the world leaders in the production and use of renewable energy

GE Milestone: 1,000th Wind Turbine Installed in Canada - MarketWatch: "Canada has a long history of supporting wind power. We are committed to working with developers such as Cartier to continue installing and improving technology that will help harness the country's abundant wind resources," said Simon Olivier, general manager of sales for GE's renewable energy business in Canada.

Canada is among the world leaders in the production and use of renewable energy. Currently, about 16 percent of the country's total energy supply comes from renewable resources including small hydro, biomass, wind, solar, geothermal and ocean energy.

Wind farms presently operating in Canada have a total capacity of 4,611 megawatts, enough clean, wind-generated electricity to supply more than 1 million homes, or about 2 percent of Canada's total electricity demand."

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Climate Change Update: Issues on Tests to Mimic Cooling Effect of Volcanoes or Stationing Orbiting Mirrors in Space to Reflect Sunlight, do u agree?

Members said they hoped that such extreme engineering techniques, which include scattering particles in the air to mimic the cooling effect of volcanoes or stationing orbiting mirrors in space to reflect sunlight, would never be needed. But in its report, to be released on Tuesday, the panel said it is time to begin researching and testing such ideas in case “the climate system reaches a ‘tipping point’ and swift remedial action is required.”

The 18-member panel was convened by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a research organization based in Washington founded by four senators — Democrats and Republicans — to offer policy advice to the government. In interviews, some of the panel members said they hoped that the mere discussion of such drastic steps would jolt the public and policy makers into meaningful action in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which they called the highest priority."

What's your opinion on this?

Ways to Mitigate Climate Change stated below:

The first is carbon dioxide removal, in which the gas is absorbed by plants, trapped and stored underground or otherwise removed from the atmosphere. The methods are “generally uncontroversial and don’t introduce new global risks,” said Ken Caldeira, a climate expert at Stanford University and a panel member. “It’s mostly a question of how much do these things cost.”

The second group of techniques, solar radiation management, involves increasing the amount of solar energy that bounces back into space before it can be absorbed by the Earth. They include seeding the atmosphere with reflective particles, launching giant mirrors above the earth or spewing ocean water into the air to form clouds.

At the influential blog Climate Progress, Joe Romm, a fellow at the Center for American Progress, has made a similar point, likening geo-engineering to a dangerous course of chemotherapy and radiation to treat a condition curable through diet and exercise — or, in this case, emissions reduction.

These techniques are thought to pose a risk of upsetting earth’s natural rhythms. With them, Dr. Caldeira said, “the real question is what are the unknown unknowns: Are you creating more risk than you are alleviating?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/science/earth/04climate.html?_r=1

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Tip: Women find lack of response unbearable (a negative response is better than no response at all). So, answer her question clearly, either Yes or No

Gender Differences, Female Hormones & Human Brain | PMS,Female Brain Book & Gender Studies | LiveScience: "Women may have evolved extra-sensitivity to interpersonal cues as a way to avoid conflict, a state that can feel intolerable to women, according to Brizendine. The flood of chemicals that takes over the female brain during a conflict -- especially within an intimate relationship — is almost on the same order as a seizure, she explains.

Possibly because of their overachievement in "mind reading," women often find blank expressions, or a lack of response, completely unbearable. For females in particular, a negative response may be better than no response at all."

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Ways to Mitigate Climate Change: Support Alternative Energy Sources to Create Greener Energy & Help Energy Buyers, Energy Consumers & Environment

World Energy Joins Hales Global in Strategic Energy Alliance - Press Release - Digital Journal: "US Department of Defense (DOD) is the largest energy consumer in the federal government. Relying on the expertise of Hales Global in government contracting and procurement, World Energy expects to provide the 680,000 military installations under DOD control worldwide with solutions that lower operational costs and increase energy efficiency, resulting in greener facilities.

World Energy has a long track record of success in the energy arena. Most recently, through a series of competitive online auctions run on the World Energy Exchange®, the company helped the greater Chicago water district net nearly $20 million in rate savings for constituents. As a result, the district was able to post a 30 percent rate reduction. World Energy uses a technology-enabled procurement platform to help energy buyers transact in a transparent and highly-liquid marketplace. World Energy offers unique, cost-saving efficiencies over traditional approaches to energy procurement."

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History: Climate changes resulted in war & famine in preindustrial Europe (1500 & 1800).rebellions, revolutions, & political reforms followed

Climate Change Caused Angry Runts : Discovery News: "“The mild cooling in Europe in the late 18th and 19th centuries brought about an upsurge in prices, social disturbance, war, and migration but not demographic crisis, because of social buffers such as cross-continental migration, trade, and industrialization.”

The researchers conclude that the economic downturns caused by climate change were the direct causes of the human crises. When a country's economy and agricultural output didn't suffer, their populations didn't either.

“This result explains why some countries did not undergo serious human crisis in the Little Ice Age: Wet tropical countries with high land-carrying capacity or countries with trading economies did not suffer a considerable shrinkage in food supply, nor did some countries, such as New World countries with vast arable land and sparse populations, experience substantial supply shortage,” the researchers wrote.

Although technologies and economies may have advanced since the 16th century, humanity's connection to fluctuations in the Earth's climate are not limited to the past."

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