[TheClimate.Vote] February 17, 2018 - Daily Global Warming News Digest
Richard Pauli
richard at theclimate.vote
Sat Feb 17 10:18:14 EST 2018
/February 17, 2018/
[more methane]
*Far More Methane Leaking at Oil, Gas Sites in Pennsylvania than
Reported
<https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16022018/methane-leaks-oil-natural-gas-data-global-warming-pennsylvania-edf-study>*
An EDF comparison of company-reported data and research measurements
finds as much as 5 times more methane, a climate-warming greenhouse gas,
is leaking.
By Neela Banerjee
Leaks of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from oil and gas sites in
Pennsylvania could be five times greater than industry reports to state
regulators, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Defense
Fund... the EDF analysis estimates that the state's oil and gas wells
and infrastructure leak more than 520,000 tons of methane annually,
largely due to faulty equipment...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16022018/methane-leaks-oil-natural-gas-data-global-warming-pennsylvania-edf-study
[video for investors]
*2018 Investor Summit - The Latest Science on Climate Change: Why it is
Relevant for Investors <https://youtu.be/53hQhSdCnL4>*
video about 26 mins.
Speaker: Rosina Bierbaum, Professor of Natural Resources and
Environmental Policy, University of Michigan
https://youtu.be/53hQhSdCnL4
[video at COP23]
*Scientific Reticience is putting humanity at risk - with James Hansen
<https://youtu.be/LunmiEt5WC0>*
Nick Breeze Published on Nov 12, 2017
This video is about Scientific Reticence is putting humanity at risk -
with James Hansen
https://youtu.be/LunmiEt5WC0
-
[Hansen - Carbon Majors, legal strategy video]
*James Hansen and Daniel Galpern: Making the Carbon Majors Pay for
Climate Action <https://youtu.be/vLuWNew3znU>*
UPFSI.org Published Nov 12, 2017
Dr. James Hansen and his legal advisor, Daniel Galpern, Esq., discuss
making the fossil fuel companies, the 'Carbon Majors', pay for the
damage they have done to society, not only in terms of climate change
and all of its impacts, but also health impacts. This Climate Matters
show, videotaped at COP-23 in Bonn, Germany, furthers the idea that the
polluters must pay for the damage their pollution causes.
https://youtu.be/vLuWNew3znU
[Joyful little video cartoon]
*The History of Climate Change Negotiations in 83 seconds
<https://youtu.be/B11kASPfYxY>*
ciceroklima Published on Nov 19, 2012
This video is released under a Creative Commons license:
https://youtu.be/B11kASPfYxY
[Reslilience]
*Dr. Adam Gazzaley:"The Cognition Crisis Reverberates Across all the
Crises we Have"
<http://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-02-16/dr-adam-gazzaley-cognition-crisis-reverberates-across-crises/>*
By Rob Hopkins
Yeah, you're in trouble. You're in trouble. The type of thinking that's
involved with wrapping your head around climate change is so far beyond
just having facts and information. We have plenty of that. It involves
really long time delayed thinking processes, where you put your reality
in a future, even a distant future potentially, and then the type of
connection with other people, and the planet itself, which demands an
incredible amount of both empathy and compassion.
Then complex high level decision making ability is about how you manage
all of those elements with the current reality, and the practical
challenges of changing something on a global scale. So with all of those
ingredients, it's a set up for disaster, not just because it's hard to
learn information about the climate, which it is, but we have learned
out a lot about that. That's turning out not to be the major problem.
The major problem is because of the cognition crisis, or the Distracted
Mind. It will be something that I do not have a lot of confidence that
we'll be able to effectively manage if we don't first put the emphasis
on improving how our minds function...
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-02-16/dr-adam-gazzaley-cognition-crisis-reverberates-across-crises/
[Nov 2017]
*COP23 Analysis: The Calm Before the Storm*
A detailed analysis of the 23rd world climate conference COP23 in Bonn
<https://wupperinst.org/fa/redaktion/downloads/publications/COP23-Report.pdf>
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
From 6 to 17 November, the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was
held in Bonn under the presidency of Fiji. Researchers from the
Wuppertal Institute who attended the conference have now published an
in-depth analysis of the key results of the conference.
The report starts by discussing developments regarding the
implementation of the Paris Agreement, in particular the negotiations on
the detailed 'rulebook' for implementing the Agreement. Other key issues
addressed at the conference were the support for countries of the Global
South in dealing with the effects of climate change (adaptation and
climate finance) and preparation of the first global review of climate
action that will take place in December this year. In addition, the
report discusses recent developments in the wider world that have an
impact on the UNFCCC, in particular the rise of pioneer alliances at the
intergovernmental and civil society level.
Although some progress was achieved regarding the rulebook for
implementation of the Paris Agreement, no real breakthrough was made.
Therefore, quite some diplomatic work and political leadership will be
needed this year to make the adoption of the rulebook at COP24 in
Katowice (Poland) possible. This will require quite some tailwind from
civil society and the media.
The authors of the report emphasize that the full calendar of climate
diplomacy over the next years will hopefully contribute to keeping
climate protection in the news and high on the political agenda. They
conclude that for the success of COP24 in Katowice in December this
year, it will be essential that all countries rediscover the central
message of the Paris Agreement: that in the face of the coming storms on
a finite planet, we are all in the same boat.
"The Calm Before the Storm" can be downloaded
<https://wupperinst.org/fa/redaktion/downloads/publications/COP23-Report.pdf>
using the following link:
https://wupperinst.org/fa/redaktion/downloads/publications/COP23-Report.pdf
It will be published soon by Lawtext Publishers.
Prof. Dr. Hermann E. Ott
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
[Climate Migration and Refugees]
*Download the Climate Induced Displacement Declaration below:
<http://www.civicus.org/icsw/index.php/climate-declaration>*
English
<http://www.civicus.org/icsw/documents/Declaration-on-Climate-Induced-Displacement.pdf>
Spanish
<http://www.civicus.org/icsw/documents/Declaration-on-Climate-Induced-Displacement_es.pdf>
French
<http://www.civicus.org/icsw/documents/Declaration-on-Climate-Induced-Displacement_fr.pdf>
*Declaration on Climate Induced Displacement*
*Preamble*
We, the representatives of civil society gathered at International Civil
Society Week 2017 held in Suva, Fiji between 4-8 December 2017:
*Acknowledging* that climate change is one of the most pressing
challenges our planet faces, which impacts people's ability to realise
human rights and sustainable development for current and future generations
Noting*the impacts of climate change are often felt first, and hardest,
by those countries and communities with the least *responsibility for
the crisis and with the least capacity to respond or adapt, including
small island states in the Pacific and other vulnerable regions
*Acknowledging *that these impacts fall most upon people in vulnerable
situations in our societies, indigenous peoples, minorities, older
persons, children, persons with disabilities, women and persons whose
basic economic necessities are unfulfilled, and that there is a legal
obligation and moral imperative to act in a people centred and rights
focused manner,
*Reaffirming* the importance of the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change and the Paris Climate Agreement adopted under the
Convention, and calling on all Governments, International Organisations,
the private sector and Civil Society Organisations to undertake
ambitious action to achieve the goal to hold the increase in the global
average temperature to well below 2degrees C above pre-industrial levels
and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5degrees C
above pre-industrial levels
*Also noting* the leadership of many least developed countries and small
island states, particularly those in the Pacific and other vulnerable
regions in committing to deep and long-term cuts in emissions
Calling on developed countries to continue to take the lead in
mobilizing climate finance from a wide variety of sources, instruments
and channels, noting the significant role of public funds, including
through the provision of adequate, predictable and stable climate finance
*Reaffirming* that all human rights are universal, indivisible,
interdependent and interrelated and that climate change impacts,
directly and indirectly, the enjoyment of human rights. Conversely,
failure in ensuring the enjoyment of human rights, particularly
economic, social and cultural rights to the maximum of the available
resources of each nation, compounds and worsens the vulnerability of
communities to climate change impacts
*Noting *that States have an obligation to take effective measures to
prevent and redress climate impacts, and therefore, to mitigate climate
change, without ignoring their obligation to also ensure that all human
beings have the necessary capacity to adapt to climate crisis
*Affirming* that climate justice requires that climate action
*Recognising* that the impacts of climate change are a driver of “human
mobility” inclusive of migration, displacement and (planned) relocation,
and that displacement and migration will continue and increase as
climate impacts worsen. That climate change represents an existential
threat to some communities and countries, particularly in small island
states, the Pacific and other vulnerable regions threatening their
traditional livelihoods, well-being, mobility and culture
*Recognising* that communities that have their human rights guaranteed
and fulfilled at home are at a lower risk of needing to move as a result
of climate change impacts, and acknowledging that internal or
international migration as a response to climate change is a policy of
last resort. Where migration must occur 'migration with dignity'
represents best practice, being the provision of skills, opportunities
and community in host countries, or home country if displacement is internal
*Taking note *of the ongoing process for the development of the global
compact for safe, orderly and regular migration due to be adopted in
2018 which must address climate change as a driver of migration if it is
to be forward looking and robust. *Emphasizing *that the global compact
for safe, orderly and regular migration focuses on international
migrants only, and that the needs of persons internally displaced by
climate change must also be addressed in a rights-respecting manner
*Calling *on States, and International Organisations to recognise
climate change as a key driver of migration in the global compact for
safe, orderly and regular migration, with affected populations needing
long-term solutions including expanded migration channels. That the
compact recognises that human rights obligations must be respected
regardless of an individual's migratory status, and that the human
rights of people migrating due to climate change impacts should form a
core component of policy responses to climate displacement in compact
*Further calling* on States negotiating the global compact for safe,
orderly and regular migration to engage and include the voices of those
impacted by climate displacement in the process of negotiation to ensure
that the policy response meets their needs and new norms are developed
to address policy gaps
*Declaring *that we, the representatives of International Civil Society
Week 2017 in conjunction with the Pacific Islands Development Forum call
on the international community to include the following in the global
compact for safe, orderly and regular migration:
• Recognition that climate change is included as a driver of internal
and international displacement
• Commitment to fulfill the objectives of the Paris Agreement, to hold
the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees C
above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the
temperature increase to 1.5 degrees C, will significantly reduce the
number of people who are required to move due to climate change.
• Reaffirmation that the UN human rights treaties and regional human
rights treaties provide an agreed-to legal basis for action for States
Parties, and acknowledgement that an explicit integration of such
instruments into the global compact will enhance its effectiveness
• A commitment that where people are compelled to move as a result of
the impacts of climate change, their rights under international human
rights law will be recognized and upheld, including non-refoulement,
self-determination, non-discrimination, and the full range of civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights to which they are entitled
• Recognition that building resilience is a critical aspect of reducing
climate driven migration and that countries and regional organisations
must ensure that communities at risk of slow onset and rapid onset
events have key human rights (such as the rights to food, water,
housing, health and work) protected to reduce the likelihood of the
creation of conditions that would necessitate migration.
• Commitment to consultation and engagement with impacted communities
where adaption and resilience programs cannot prevent climate-induced
displacement, forcing relocation. And, where return is appropriate, how
“Building Back Better”, in keeping with the Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction, should be implemented.
• Commitment to those who are most vulnerable to climate displacement,
including coastal and small island communities, indigenous peoples,
minorities, older persons, children, persons with disabilities, women
and persons whose basic economic necessities are unfulfilled as people
in need of particular protection.
http://www.civicus.org/icsw/index.php/climate-declaration
[Video on Ethics]
*Ethics of Climate Change and Climate Engineering
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTA24Dp2zhE>*
University of California Television (UCTV) Published Jan 13, 2017
Over the last 30 years predictions of climate change as a threat to
individuals, societies and nations have changed from possibilities to
realities. Ethical issues associated with which individuals, companies,
nations cause climate change, who might benefit from it, and who will
suffer from the impacts have been part of the discussion from the
beginning. How has thinking about the ethics of climate change evolved
during that time and how does this relate to the ethics of extreme
mitigation efforts like climate engineering? Margaret Leinen, UC San
Diego Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of the School of Marine Sciences
discusses what can be done, what is being done, and the ethical
implications of deploying solutions. Series: "Exploring Ethics"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTA24Dp2zhE
[This is to alert you that a special issue "Achieving 1.5 degrees C and
Climate Justice," has just been published by INEA, International
Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. Please find the
table of contents below for your convenience.
Best, Christian Holz.]*
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
<https://link.springer.com/journal/10784>
*
Volume 18, Issue 1, February 2018
Special Issue: Achieving 1.5 degrees C and Climate Justice
Issue Editors:
Kate Dooley
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Kate+Dooley%22>,
Joyeeta Gupta
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Joyeeta+Gupta%22>,
Anand Patwardhan
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Anand+Patwardhan%22>
ISSN: 1567-9764 (Print) 1573-1553 (Online)
In this issue (9 articles)
1.
Editorial Notes
*INEA editorial: Achieving 1.5 degrees C and climate justice
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-018-9389-x>*
Kate Dooley
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Kate+Dooley%22>,
Joyeeta Gupta
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Joyeeta+Gupta%22>,
Anand Patwardhan
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Anand+Patwardhan%22>
Pages 1-9
Download PDF (317KB)
<https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10784-018-9389-x.pdf>
View Article
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-018-9389-x/fulltext.html>
2.
Original Paper
*Achieving the 1.5 degrees C objective: just implementation through
a right to (sustainable) development approach
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-017-9376-7>*
Joyeeta Gupta
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Joyeeta+Gupta%22>,
Karin Arts
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Karin+Arts%22>
Pages 11-28
Download PDF (764KB)
<https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10784-017-9376-7.pdf>
View Article
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-017-9376-7/fulltext.html>
3.
Original Paper
*In the light of equity and science: scientific expertise and
climate justice after Paris
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-017-9375-8>*
Bard Lahn
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22B%C3%A5rd+Lahn%22>
Pages 29-43
4.
Original Paper
*Evoking equity as a rationale for solar geoengineering research?
Scrutinizing emerging expert visions of equity
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-017-9377-6>*
Jane A. Flegal
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Jane+A.+Flegal%22>,
Aarti Gupta
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Aarti+Gupta%22>
Pages 45-61
5.
Original Paper
*Geoengineering: neither economical, nor ethical—a risk–reward nexus
analysis of carbon dioxide removal
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-017-9383-8>*
Turaj S. Faran
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Turaj+S.+Faran%22>,
Lennart Olsson
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Lennart+Olsson%22>
Pages 63-77
6.
Original Paper
*Land-based negative emissions: risks for climate mitigation and
impacts on sustainable development
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-017-9382-9>*
Kate Dooley
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Kate+Dooley%22>,
Sivan Kartha
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Sivan+Kartha%22>
Pages 79-98
7.
Original Paper
*Countries start to explain how their climate contributions are
fair: more rigour needed
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-017-9381-x>*
Harald Winkler
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Harald+Winkler%22>,
Niklas Höhne
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Niklas+H%C3%B6hne%22>,
Guy Cunliffe
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Guy+Cunliffe%22>…
Pages 99-115
8.
Original Paper
*Fairly sharing 1.5: national fair shares of a 1.5 degrees
C-compliant global mitigation effort
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-017-9371-z>*
Christian Holz
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Christian+Holz%22>,
Sivan Kartha
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Sivan+Kartha%22>,
Tom Athanasiou
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Tom+Athanasiou%22>
Pages 117-134
9.
Original Paper
*Exploring national and regional orchestration of non-state action
for a < 1.5 degrees C world
<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10784-018-9384-2>*
Sander Chan
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Sander+Chan%22>,
Paula Ellinger
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Paula+Ellinger%22>,
Oscar Widerberg
<https://link.springer.com/search?facet-creator=%22Oscar+Widerberg%22>
Pages 135-152
https://link.springer.com/journal/10784
[radio interview]
*Naomi Klein Interview on the Crisis of Climate Change
<https://youtu.be/9dySLSqKs6w>*
KXM Published on Feb 12, 2018
From Radio New Zealand.
https://youtu.be/9dySLSqKs6w
*This Day in Climate History February 17, 1993
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840MahAgJh0> - from D.R. Tucker*
February 17, 1993: In an address to a joint session of Congress,
President Clinton, noting the "challenges to the health of our global
environment," declares, "Our plan does include a broad-based tax on
energy, and I want to tell you why I selected this and why I think it's
a good idea. I recommend that we adopt a BTU tax on the heat content of
energy as the best way to provide us with revenue to lower the deficit
because it also combats pollution, promotes energy efficiency, promotes
the independence, economically, of this country as well as helping to
reduce the debt, and because it does not discriminate against any area.
Unlike a carbon tax, that's not too hard on the coal States; unlike a
gas tax, that's not too tough on people who drive a long way to work;
unlike an ad valorem tax, it doesn't increase just when the price of an
energy source goes up. And it is environmentally responsible. It will
help us in the future as well as in the present with the deficit."
/(The effort to implement the BTU tax would ultimately fail, thanks to
aggressive attacks on the concept by fossil-fuel-industry front groups
such as the Koch Industries-funded Citizens for a Sound Ecnomy, the
forerunner to Americans for Prosperity.)/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=840MahAgJh0
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=47232
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