Court rejects Trump administration’s request to block climate change trial - SFChronicle.com

A federal appeals court in San Francisco rejected the Trump administration’s request Friday to block the trial of a lawsuit by 21 young people who accuse the government of endangering their futures, and the planet, by failing to act against global warming.





In this July 18, 2018, photo, lawyers and youth plaintiffs lineup behind a banner after a hearing before Federal District Court Judge Ann Aiken in Eugene, Ore., between lawyers for the Trump administration and the so-called Climate Kids. The lawsuit filed by young activists who say the government is failing to protect them from climate change is still alive. In San Francisco on Friday, July 20, 2018, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the government's second request for an order directing a lower court to dismiss the case. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP, File)

Photo: Chris Pietsch / Associated Press



Court rejects Trump administration’s request to block climate change trial - SFChronicle.com

EU and China agree sweeping joint statement on climate action

Leaders put climate at centre of relationship, push for agreement on the Paris deal rulebook and reject Trump’s efforts to undermine global cooperation





Chinese premier Li Keqiang and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker (Photo: European commission)



EU and China agree sweeping joint statement on climate action

Wildfires rage in Arctic Circle as Sweden calls for help | World news | The Guardian

At least 11 wildfires are raging inside the Arctic Circle as the hot, dry summer turns an abnormally wide area of Europe into a tinderbox.

Firefighters battle a blaze in a forest in western Sweden, the worst-hit country. Photograph: Mats Andersson/EPA

The worst affected country, Sweden, has called for emergency assistance from its partners in the European Union to help fight the blazes, which have broken out across a wide range of its territory and prompted the evacuations of four communities.
Wildfires rage in Arctic Circle as Sweden calls for help | World news | The Guardian

New study finds world’s largest desert, the Sahara, has grown by 10 percent since 1920 | NSF - National Science Foundation

The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new study by National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scientists at the University of Maryland (UMD).

The research is the first to assess century-scale changes to the boundaries of the world's largest desert. It suggests that other deserts could be expanding as well. The study is published today in the Journal of Climate.



New study finds world’s largest desert, the Sahara, has grown by 10 percent since 1920 | NSF - National Science Foundation

In India, Summer Heat May Soon Be Literally Unbearable - The New York Times

Extreme heat can kill, as it did by the dozens in Pakistan in May.  But as many of South Asia’s already-scorching cities get even hotter, scientists and economists are warning of a quieter, more far-reaching danger: Extreme heat is devastating the health and livelihoods of tens of millions more.

In India, Summer Heat May Soon Be Literally Unbearable - The New York Times

How a small parish is leading the fight against coal in Quezon | SciTech | GMA News Online

How a small parish is leading the fight against coal in Quezon | SciTech | GMA News Online

Climate Change and Health

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Climate change and the impacts on health are being increasingly reported and documented. It is expected that with continued rises in global temperature and greenhouse gas emissions the effects on health will become more widely experienced and extreme. Throughout July PLOS Medicine is publishing a Special Issue on climate change and health. Guest edited by Dr. Jonathan Patz (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Dr. Madeleine Thomson (Columbia University), the issue focuses on topics including the health effects of extreme heat and flooding, food system effects, non-communicable disease risk, such as air pollution, infectious disease risks and the health benefits of greenhouse gas mitigation policies. The issue has a particular focus on evidence based studies focused on policy-relevant work on adaptation and mitigation options. http://collections.plos.org/climate-change-and-health