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DrumBeat: December 9, 2008
The Oil Drum —
... funding for countries at risk of global warming
Poznan, Poland - A UN agreement to fight global warming should include financing to help insure countries most at risk from natural disasters attributable to climate change, insurance firms said Monday. Insurers made their appeal during this year's main UN climate conference, where some 190 countries hope to agree on the blueprint for a year of talks meant to produce a global deal by December 2009.
Science paves way for climate lawsuits
People affected by worsening storms, ...
Climate & environment - Dec 9
Energy Bulletin - —
... homepage Science paves way for climate lawsuits David Adam and Afua Hirsch, Guardian People affected by worsening storms, heatwaves and floods could soon be able to sue the oil and power companies they blame for global warming, a leading climate expert has said. Myles Allen, a physicist at Oxford University, said a breakthrough that allows scientists to judge the role man-made climate change played in extreme weather events could see a rush to the courts over the next decade. He said: "We are starting to get to the point that when an adverse weather event occurs we can ...
Scientist Warns Oil Biz to Prepare for Global Warming Lawsuits
Red, Green, and Blue —
... In a forthcoming paper, an Oxford physicist argues that class action lawsuits against oil companies for damages brought on by severe weather events caused by global warming may soon be possible. ...
Climate Lawsuits Ahoy
Open the Future —
... The combination of science & liability may end up getting a lot of press in the Carbondämmerung era. The parallel of big tobacco and big carbon has always been compelling to me, but the Guardian reports that Oxford University physicists have developed a way to determine whether a climate disaster has a human causation. ...
Tab dump
Grist - the Latest from Grist —
... were imposed for refrigerators nationwide. Since then, the size of the average American refrigerator has increased by more than ten per cent, while the price, in inflation-adjusted dollars, has been cut in half. Meanwhile, energy use has dropped by two-thirds. Translation: lobbyists and economists don't know sh*t. Solving our energy problems will be cheaper than anyone now predicts. Now that the science of climate change impacts is getting better, watch for a wave of lawsuits from those adversely affected.
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