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Extreme measures|
Swenja Surminski, Post (magazine; subscription is required): "Extreme weather events can have enormous economic costs, with huge uncertainty surrounding them. So how can this uncertainty be communicated in a meaningful way to decision makers?"
Political economy and food security|
David Howlett, Global Food Security (blog): "The 'Durban Platform' is simply an agreement to reach a new agreement by 2015 that would reduce emissions and put the world on track to limit global warming by two degrees and come into effect in 2020. While this is welcome, as was progress in the Green Climate Fund (see footnote 1) and REDD+ initiative to reduce deforestation, much remains to be done to agree who cuts by how much and when..." Media articles|
Threats and promises in global warming, says study|
Financial Times: "It is not often that reports on climate change highlight the benefits of global warming, as well as the risks. Yet that is what the 464-page Climate Change Risk Assessment published on Thursday by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs seeks to do." In the news|