Is It Time For Joe Biden To "Pass The Torch?"

Petitions: 

PassTheTorchBiden.com: Pass the torch, Joe!

Action Network: Call on Democratic Party Leaders to Demand a New Presidential Nominee

Action Network: Call on President Biden to pass the torch and pledge to support the new nominee

Indigenous Peoples > Health & Housing (Canadian Climate Institute Report):

Beyond Sustainability: The Power of Indigenous Healthy Energy Homes; A new approach to Indigenous housing can address health & climate (download 41 pg)

Canada > Construction Emissions (ERIS):

Mapping construction sector greenhouse gas emissions: a crucial step in sustainably meeting increasing housing demands

London > Cool & Green Roofs, Solar Panels (GRL):

Cool Roofs Could Be Most Effective at Reducing Outdoor Urban Temperatures in London (UK) Compared With Other Roof Top & Vegetation Interventions: A Mesoscale Urban Climate Modeling Study

Our Global Marine Biological Carbon Pump (Global Biogeochem. Cycles):

Observational & Numerical Modeling Constraints on the Global Ocean Biological Carbon Pump

Bangladesh > Ag & Nature-Based Solutions (Environmental Challenges):

Vulnerability & effectiveness of nature-based solutions (NbS) in the farming communities of coastal Bangladesh

Shelf-Edge Coral Reefs (JGR):

Mesoscale Eddies Influence Coral Reef Environments in the Northwest Gulf of Mexico

Global Loss Of Tropical Forests (Nature):

Human degradation of tropical moist forests is greater than previously estimated

Africa > Sea Level Rise (Sustainability):

Sea Level Variability Assessment along the African Coast (download)

Southeast Asia > Changing Tropical Cyclones (Nature):

Changes to tropical cyclone trajectories in Southeast Asia under a warming climate

Impacts On Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Nature):

Pursuit & escape drive fine-scale movement variation during migration in a temperate alpine ungulate

Arctic Indigenous Communities At Risk (Nature Commentary):

Climate change is worsening the housing crisis — we must tackle the two together;  Thousands of people are being displaced across the Arctic. Governments must listen to Indigenous & local communities & act on their advice.

Mexico > Risk & Adaptation (Nature):

Asset-level assessment of climate physical risk matters for adaptation finance

New Zealand > Projecting Wet & Dry Extremes (ERL):

Robust changes to the wettest & driest days of the year are hidden within annual rainfall projections: a New Zealand case study

Alaska > Glacier & Icefield Loss (Nature):

Accelerating glacier volume loss on Juneau Icefield driven by hypsometry & melt-accelerating feedbacks

England > Long-Distance Passenger Travel (Nature):

Understanding the large role of long-distance travel in carbon emissions from passenger travel

British Columbia, Canada > Mitigation Via Seaweed Farming (Nature):

The potential climate benefits of seaweed farming in temperate waters

Action, Inequity & Justice (Nature Commentary):

Climate action & the vantage point of imagined futures: a scenario-based conversation

Oklahoma Tribes & Inequitable Risks (News Stories on WCAS Paywalled Paper):

Scripps News: Study shows climate change is affecting some Native American tribes; A University of Oklahoma study examined changes of climate change & the risk they pose to tribal lands.

Cherokee Phoenix: Study finds climate change intensifies hazard risk for Oklahoma’s Native Americans

WCAS (Paywall): Future Heavy Rainfall & Flood Risks for Native Americans under Climate & Demographic Changes: A Case Study in Oklahoma

Canada > Wildfire Loss & Emissions

Extreme wildfires in Canada & their contribution to global loss in tree cover & carbon emissions in 2023