- Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Fifth Assessment Report: the IPCC is now 95% certain that humans are responsible for climate change, and Australia can expect an average rise in temperatures of six degrees on its hottest days.
- Simultaneously, Australian government officials are working on legislation to make this the first country in the world to dismantle a carbon market, while in the US, Secretary of State John Kerry stated in response to the IPCC report that the US was 'deeply committed to leading on climate change'.
- Need a refresher on climate change? Climate science briefings are available from the Climate Group, and Think Progress offers 15 things you need to know about IPCC report.
- Half of the world's adults are excluded from financial systems. Bill Gates is advocating electronic payment systems as a means to advance financial inclusion.
- Interesting argument from the New York Times' Tom Friedman: of all the Middle East crises, water scarcity may be the most critical.
- Is malaria to be the first disease beaten by mobile phones?
- Completing development research that would benefit from a trip to Indonesia? ANU's Crawford School is offering research travel.
- Finally, a campaign to name extreme storms after prominent policy makers that dispute the existence of human induced climate change:
Climate and development links: IPCC, climate change refreshers, malaria and more
Published 4 Oct 2013
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