[TheClimate.Vote] July 18, 2020 - Daily Global Warming News Digest

Fri Jul 17 08:01:37 EDT 2020

/*July 18, 2020*/

[long predicted]
*Climate change: Summers could become 'too hot for humans'*
By David Shukman - Science editor
16 July 2020
Millions of people around the world could be exposed to dangerous levels 
of heat stress - a dangerous condition which can cause organs to shut down.
Many live in developing countries, and do jobs that expose them to 
potentially life threatening conditions.
These include being out in the open on farms and building sites or 
indoors in factories and hospitals.
Global warming will increase the chances of summer conditions that may 
be "too hot for humans" to work in.
When we caught up with Dr Jimmy Lee, his goggles were steamed up and 
there was sweat trickling off his neck.
An emergency medic, he's labouring in the stifling heat of tropical 
Singapore to care for patients with Covid-19.
There's no air conditioning - a deliberate choice, to prevent the virus 
being blown around - and he notices that he and his colleagues become 
"more irritable, more short with each other"...
- -
As global temperatures rise, more intense humidity is likely as well 
which means more people will be exposed to more days with that hazardous 
combination of heat and moisture.

Prof Richard Betts of the UK Met Office has run computer models which 
suggest that the number of days with a WBGT above 32C are set to 
increase, depending on whether greenhouse gas emissions are cut...
- -
"This climate change will be a bigger monster and we really need a 
coordinated effort across nations to prepare for what is to come.

"If not," he says, "there'll be a price to be paid."
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53415298

[Greta speaks]
*Greta Thunberg calls for immediate action on 'existential crisis' of 
climate emergency - video *https://youtu.be/SA0dJRziDfw
Greta Thunberg has urged European leaders to take immediate action on 
the climate and ecological emergency in a letter she wrote together with 
some of the world's leading scientists.

Thunberg said that the coronavirus crisis and the climate crisis could 
not be addressed as one and the same. She said coronavirus was a 
'tragedy' and had 'no positive effects on the climate'
*Greta Thunberg calls for immediate action on 'existential crisis' of 
climate emergency*
Jul 16, 2020 -Guardian News
Greta Thunberg has urged European leaders to take immediate action on 
the climate and ecological emergency in a letter she wrote together with 
some of the world's leading scientists. Thunberg said that the 
coronavirus crisis and the climate crisis could not be addressed as one 
and the same. She said coronavirus was a 'tragedy' and had 'no positive 
effects on the climate'
https://youtu.be/SA0dJRziDfw
Pandemic shows climate has never been treated as crisis, say scientists.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2020/jul/16/greta-thunberg-calls-for-immediate-action-on-existential-crisis-of-climate-emergency-video

[positivism]
*What Could Possibly Go Right? | Episode 9 with Carolyn Raffensperger*
Jul 16, 2020
postcarboninstitute

For today's "What Could Possibly Go Right?" Carolyn Raffensperger brings 
her perspective as an environmental lawyer and Executive Director of the 
Science and Environmental Health. She shares these ideas:

The impact of applying the "precautionary principle" towards preventing 
suffering; this idea of taking positive action in the face of scientific 
uncertainty and the likelihood of harm.

That there is an opportunity to rethink what government is for; working 
to avoid preventable suffering by promoting the well-being of its people 
instead of over-emphasizing economic growth.

That the long-time work of activists has provided a bank of solutions, 
and that the focus now should be in cross-conversation and efforts 
across sectors.

That the overarching frame of racism has shifted our picture of other 
issues and systems, such as economics, capitalism, the environment and 
public health.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOZBDdx70dQ

[discussion of systemic, related problems]
*Earth Talk: Gaia's Lessons With Fritjof Capra and Stephan Harding**
*Jul 15, 2020
DartingtonTV
 From a systemic and ecological perspective, the Covid-19 pandemic can 
be seen as a biological response of Gaia, our living planet, to the 
ecological and social emergency humanity as brought upon itself.

In this Earth Talk, Fritjof and Stephan will discuss the valuable, 
life-saving lessons Gaia has offered us with this pandemic, and the 
urgent need to also apply these lessons to the climate crisis.
About the speakers
Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., physicist and systems theorist, is a founding 
director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, and a 
Fellow of Schumacher College. Fritjof is the author of several 
international bestsellers, including The Tao of Physics and The Web of 
Life. He is co-author, with Pier Luigi Luisi, of the multidisciplinary 
textbook, The Systems View of Life. Fritjof's online course is based on 
his textbook.

In 1990 Stephan Harding was one of the founding members of Schumacher 
College where he worked closely with James Lovelock, with whom he has 
maintained a long-lasting friendship and scientific collaboration. They 
were jointly appointmed as founding chair holders of the Arne Naess 
Chair in Global Justice and the Environment at the University of Oslo. 
At Schumacher College Stephan has taught alongside many of the world's 
leading ecological thinkers and activists, including Arne Naess, Fritjof 
Capra, Brian Goodwin, Vandana Shiva, David Abram, James Lovelock and 
Lynn Margulis. He is now the Deep Ecology Fellow.

Find out about upcoming Earth Talks at www.dartington.org/earthtalks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWSZ6pJ8S98

[Inspirational video testimonial]
*Pouring our hearts into the climate fight*
Jul 13, 2020
*Chesapeake Climate Action Network*
During these times of crises, things can feel overwhelming. The people 
who work at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network often feel angry. We 
feel scared. But here's what gets us through the day: each other.

When we work together, we know we can fight climate change, systemic 
racism, and fossil fuels. Join the fight with us.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Ya4AkuF4c

[positive investing]
*Renewable Energy Is the New Growth Driver for Dominion Energy*
The unexpected sale of its gas transmission and storage business makes 
regulated utility operations, and renewable energy, more important than 
ever.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/07/15/renewable-energy-is-the-new-growth-driver-for-domi.aspx

["Bush knew in '02"  Digging back into the internet news archive]
*On this day in the history of global warming - July 18, 2002 *
USA Today reports:

"Democratic attorneys general from 11 states accused the Bush 
administration Wednesday of ignoring global warming and favoring energy 
policies that will boost greenhouse gas emissions.

"White House spokesman Scott McClellan responded by saying the president 
was working on a 'bipartisan, commonsense approach to address climate 
change.'

"In their letter to Bush, the attorneys general denounced the 
administration's climate change policy, arguing that states have been 
left to address a global problem with a patchwork of inconsistent 
regulations. They said Bush has failed to create a national plan to curb 
carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles and power plants."

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/science/climate/2002-07-18-states-climate.htm 

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