Webinar on tools for assessing national #climate pledges (NDCs) by @WRIClimate. @davidwaskow reminds: #ParisAgreement is meant to work thru an iterative process of increasing ambition (faster emission reductions), leading to #netzero emissions by 2050. (Thread 1/n)
The world is currently WAY over our #carbonbudget for where we need to be to align with #ParisAgreement. Orange= countries will do under any event; red = conditional (e.g., will do if they get needed finance). We have LOTSA emissions to reduce fast @davidwaskow @WRIClimate (2/n)
Of 21 indicators assessed for #ParisAgreement:
2 are on track (e.g., crop yields)
13 right direction but too slow (e.g., need electric vehicle sales to be 22x faster than now)
2 in wrong direction: forests, ag emissions
@davidwaskow from @climateactiontr, @WRIClimate et al 3/n
Current state of play: 12 Dec 2021= 5 year #ParisAgreement anniversary. Look for more announcements of national climate pledges. Some new pledges already released, but many govt's focused on #COVID19 recovery- important to link with climate-compatible recovery. @davidwaskow 4/n
What is climatewatchdata.org?
100s of credible datasets,
100,000s of data points
to assess #climate trends, targets, bring transparency to inform + drive #ClimateAction.
For govts, biz, researchers, NGOs
Run by @JohannesFried.
(See also other forest, energy, ... tools) 5/n
Data on #ClimateWatchData includes most current data possible for GHG emissions (most comprehensive source available, all countries/sectors/gases globally, will be up to 2018 next week; pathways); also publishes others' data e.g., @gcarbonproject 2019. @JohannesFried 6/n
Everyone wants to play (ratified #ParisAgreement) but no one wants to do the work:
Only 20 countries have long-term #climate strategies
Only 20 have submitted updated, more ambitious pledges (NDCs)
26 have net zero targets
62 have economy wide #climate policy
@MengpinGe (7/n)
How can we know if countries are doing what they promised in Paris and increasing #ClimateAction & ambition? climatewatchdata.org/ndcs-explore tool assesses new climate pledges (NDCs) using 5 criteria. (More resources: climatewatchdata.org/2020-ndc-track… & long-term explorer) @MengpinGe (8/n)
Very useful overview & comparison of current #climate pledges by countries. Can compare documents between countries or over time. climatewatchdata.org/compare-all-ta…

Coming soon: #NetZero tracker (see report:wri.org/publication/de…).

@MengpinGe (9/n)
Coming soon: #ClimateWatchData #dataviz library for cool things like this! @Matt_Herbert_ says they can help with #climate #dataviz, get in touch w/ @WRIClimate. (10/n)
Super useful resource (though incomplete, submit policies you know of to update!): @ECIU_UK map of #climate targets including sub-national actors (businesses, cities, regions, ...) (11/n) eciu.net/netzerotracker…
#climate finance - how much money have countries pledged/delivered? (including shameful US record- hope this is turned around in 2021): wri.org/resources/data…
OECD 2018 found $78.9 bn/yr (78% public $), of $100 bn/yr promised in Paris, per @davidwaskow (12/12)
Excellent #SciComm tips from ace @Weather_West:
"You know more than you think you do"- draw on your knowledge of literature/refer to other experts
Foster relationships with trusted journalists
Beware #ClimateTwitter rabbit hole :)
#AGU20 (1/n)
#SciComm is super important, but there are real costs, shows @Weather_West - not rewarded/part of current job descriptions, even though he spends 40% of his time on his (wide-reaching and kickass) communication work. Need new roles ( & $$) for scientist-communicators. #AGU20 2/3
Lessons for #scicomm from #COVID19 by @Weather_West:
Trusted expert voices now more important than ever- examples of scientists who have launched new careers based on effective Twitter comms. But remember ethical obligations. #AGU20
(3/3)
Full talk: agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meeti…
Podcast on #climate #scicomm by @Weather_West
on "the two types of hate mail he gets, how he got an academic position with science communications built into it and why your scientific domain is larger than you think." scienceplusstory.com/podcasts/danie…
#AGU20 @rlalasz

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