Top 5 Blogs on Climate Change

IMF Blog, December 12, 2018

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Publication date: December 12, 2018.
Event referenced: United Nation’s latest Climate Summit, known as the COP24, with participants gathered in Poland.
Observational claim preserved from source: "An arctic fox: climate change means Arctic ice has declined by 95 percent, according to recent science (photo: National Geographic/Newscom)".
Framing from source: "Mother Nature is trying to tell us something. As the heat literally rises in so many ways, people have gathered in Poland for the United Nation’s latest Climate Summit, known as the COP24."
Emphatic warning from source: "As our Chief Economist Maurice Obstfeld wrote last week, the wolf is at the door."

Core policy message: "Policymakers will need to do more."
Rationale given: "As human behavior and choices destabilize the Earth’s climate and biosphere, policymakers will need to do more."
International cooperation emphasis: "The shared nature of the threat also shows the need for closer and more comprehensive international cooperation to preserve the habitat in which human life has thrived."
Implicit policy orientation: stronger multilateral action and coordinated responses to climate risks.

Source: Top 5 Blogs on Climate Change, The Editors, December 12, 2018.