The world is falling behind

FOLLOW US SUBSCRIBE   Global carbon emissions jumped the most in seven years in 2018 as energy demand surged, according to fossil fuel giant BP's annual review of world energy. Sudden surges in demand tied to an abnormally high number of heat waves and cold snaps played a role. Thanks to this intensifying cycle, the world is falling further behind in its effort to stave off catastrophe. —Josh Petri   "We weren't good enough but the topic was always important to us." —German Chancellor Angela Merkel, saying that her government has done too little to combat the climate crisis.     Top stories U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to weaken pollution standards have, until now, been stymied on procedural grounds. Now, Bloomberg Businessweek reports, he's trying to follow the rules to win on deregulation. The U.S. hurricane season—which is expected to be roughly average this year with about 14 named storms—is unnecessarily dangerous. Pearl Harbor, forever synonymous with the events of Dec. 7, 1941, today faces a new threat: rising seas. The military base is called out in a new report about Pentagon climate preparedness for failure to consider changing long-term conditions in facility planning. In a break from years of acrimony over basic science, House Budget Committee members on Tuesday tripped over each other to agree that the climate crisis isn't only real, but caused by humans. Fertilizer runoff amid rampant flooding in the U.S. will contribute to a massive "dead zone" for marine life in the Gulf of Mexico this summer. The recurring hypoxin zone, caused primarily by human activities, has little or no oxygen and is estimated to be 7,829 square miles, roughly the size of Massachusetts. This year's dead zone will almost be a record size.   What we've been reading The Arctic is warming faster than any other place on the planet. An international team of scientists plans to spend a year adrift on a single ice floe trying to understand why, and what it means for the rest of the world. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday introduced a major upgrade to the software responsible for predicting severe weather systems. It was the first such modification in four decades.  One of the ways people will experience the climate crisis is through what ends up on their dinner tables. From Wired: The most delicious foods will fall victim to climate change. Sponsor Content by Barclays: Impact Series on Oil Demand Three paths to our carbon future In the race against the carbon clock, what is needed to limit temperature rises to agreed levels? Barclays Research examines 3 different scenarios for oil demand to 2050, scrutinizing the impact on the biggest oil-consuming sectors. Read more here.     You received this message because you are subscribed to the Bloomberg Climate Changed newsletter.     Unsubscribe | Bloomberg.com | Contact Us Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022