from gloBULL warming insiders, Climate Home:
26 Nov: Climate Home: Draft G20 statement waters down Paris climate commitment
Argentinian official says ambiguity over the Paris Agreement is needed to avoid a split with the US, days before critical UN climate talks begin
By Karl Mathiesen
The document, seen by CHN, is the latest version of a text that may change before it is released when leaders meet later this week.
Unlike recent G20 statements, it declines to give full-throated support to the Paris Agreement, simply “acknowledging the different circumstances, including those of countries determined to implement the Paris Agreement”.
In a nod to those countries defending their coal industries, the text prepared by the Argentinian presidency says there are “varied” energy choices and “different possible national pathways”...
There is no mention of a major scientific report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was released in October; nor any direct reference to the Cop24 climate talks, which start in Katowice, Poland just a day after the meeting ends on Saturday...
http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/11/26/draft-g20-statement-waters-paris-climate-commitment/
26 Nov: Climate Home: Global NGO chief suspended after bullying, inappropriate conduct allegations
Wael Hmaidan is on leave pending investigation of ‘serious complaints’, including from the father of a former Climate Action Network employee who took her own life
By Megan Darby
Executive director Wael Hmaidan was put on leave from Climate Action Network International (Can-I) by the board on Wednesday 7 November, pending an independent investigation into “a number of serious complaints”...
Can International has a central role in the international climate movement. It connects 1,300 NGOs in 120 countries, according to its website. At UN climate summits, it holds daily press briefings, coordinating campaign messages and shaping the media narrative...
As head of the network since April 2012, Hmaidan has been a prominent spokesperson, sharing platforms with world leaders. His suspension came in the build up to the crucial Cop24 talks in Poland, which start on Sunday, where he would have played a key role representing global civil society...
http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/11/26/global-ngo-chief-suspended-bullying-inappropriate-conduct-allegations/
26 Nov: UK Express: BBC Weather: Europe braced for EXTREME SNOW and TORNADOES to strike continent
EUROPE is set for some extreme “dreadful” weather as snow hits the northern countries of the continent while tornadoes hit Italy in the Mediterranean, the BBC has warned...
“It’s going to run into that bloc of cold air that is still hanging on there across Scandinavia, into those Baltic states and across Poland, into Germany...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/1050480/BBC-Weather-forecast-UK-snow-latest-news-Italy-tornadoes-video-Europe-Mediterranean
26 Nov: VIDEO: BBC: Trump on climate change report: ‘I don’t believe it’
US President Donald Trump has cast doubt on a report by his own government warning of devastating effects from climate change.
Asked outside the White House about the findings that unchecked global warming would wreak havoc on the US economy, he said: “I don’t believe it.”...
Mr Trump said other countries must take measures to cut their emissions.
“You’re going to have to have China and Japan and all of Asia and all these other countries, you know, it [the report] addresses our country,” he said.
“Right now we’re at the cleanest we’ve ever been and that’s very important to me.
“But if we’re clean, but every other place on Earth is dirty, that’s not so good.
“So I want clean air, I want clean water, very important.”...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46351940
26 Nov: ClimateDepot: Marc Morano: Climatologist Dr. Pat Michaels on new fed climate report: ‘Systematically flawed’ – Report ‘should be shelved’
LINK: Michaels’ Full PDF review: Assessment Comment PJMJan31FINAL
http://www.climatedepot.com/2018/11/26/climatologist-dr-pat-michaels-on-new-fed-climate-report-systematically-flawed-report-should-be-shelved/
>>The document, seen by CHN, is the latest version of a text that may change before it is released when leaders meet later this week.
just pass it so they can find out what’s in it...