[✔️] October 29, 2021 - Daily Global Warming News Digest
👀 Richard Pauli
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Fri Oct 29 07:05:35 EDT 2021
/*October 29, 2021*/
/[ https://dontchooseextinction.com/en/ ]/
*Talking dinosaur invades UN to give climate change speech in bizarre,
yet brilliant, new video*
By Harry Baker Oct-28-2021
"Don't choose extinction," warns the CGI creature.
https://www.livescience.com/talking-dinosaur-dont-choose-extinction
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[ brief video in different languages, many in female voices ]
*Don't Choose Extinction*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaTgTiUhEJg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTQXiWwH6eY&list=RDCMUCagCOAfZBpsTOlAJq_vcWbw&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwC0OHKF1yg&list=RDCMUCagCOAfZBpsTOlAJq_vcWbw&index=4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsrnNumznag&list=RDCMUCagCOAfZBpsTOlAJq_vcWbw&index=6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBaOVwiccAg&list=RDCMUCagCOAfZBpsTOlAJq_vcWbw&index=7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXRgdv5zeXs&list=RDCMUCagCOAfZBpsTOlAJq_vcWbw&index=11
https://dontchooseextinction.com/en/
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/[ UN lists 19 excuses]/
https://dontchooseextinction.com/en/the-excuses/
/[ He's back and he's angry and they are stupid or liars ]/
*COP26: Arnold Schwarzenegger angered by world leaders' climate policies*
*Arnold Schwarzenegger says leaders who claim combating climate change
hurts the economy are "stupid or liars".*
BBC Radio - Oct 28, 2021
Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, the former governor of California
told the BBC that cutting carbon emissions will benefit global economies.
The Terminator actor said reducing meat intake does not have to mean
sacrificing something - instead cutting his own has led him to be healthier.
He also took aim at pollution caused by international trade.
In a wide-ranging interview for BBC Radio 4's 39 Ways to Save the Planet
series, Mr Schwarzenegger claimed California's continued economic
success and prolific job creation proves carbon dioxide reduction and
boosting wealth go hand in hand.
"They are liars, they are stupid. Or they don't know how to do it,
because we figured how to do it and it's all about having the balls to
do it," he argued.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59036814
/[ The Pope speaks through the BBC]/
*Pope urges 'radical' climate response in exclusive BBC message*
BBC Rome - -Oct-28-2021
*In a message recorded exclusively for the BBC, Pope Francis has called
on world leaders meeting next week at the UN Climate conference in
Glasgow to provide "effective responses" to the environment emergency
and offer "concrete hope" to future generations.*
Speaking from the Vatican for BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day, the
Pope talked of crises including the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change
and economic difficulties, and urged the world to respond to them with
vision and radical decisions, so as not to "waste opportunities" that
the current challenges present.
"We can confront these crises by retreating into isolationism,
protectionism and exploitation," the pontiff said, "or we can see in
them a real chance for change."
He evoked the need for "a renewed sense of shared responsibility for our
world", adding that "each of us - whoever and wherever we may be - can
play our own part in changing our collective response to the
unprecedented threat of climate change and the degradation of our common
home."
The Pontiff is due to meet US President Joe Biden at the Vatican later.
Mr Biden's domestic climate policies remain on hold after his party
postponed a vote on his spending plans.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59075041
/[ AOC is polite but tough in this 5 minute video ]/
*AOC Questions to Oil Execs - 10/28/21*
greenmanbucket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXMf96-4J-c
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/[ see all six hours, including noses growing longer - hearings distill
the issue - ] /
*Fueling the Climate Crisis: Exposing Big Oil’s Disinformation Campaign
to Prevent Climate Action*
Oversight Committee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq-ZupAJTyY ------ 6 hours long... so
start at least a hour in
/[ report on how we are doing ]/
*World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown,
report finds*
Pace of emissions reductions must be increased significantly to keep
global heating to 1.5C
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Across 40 different areas spanning the power sector, heavy industry,
agriculture, transportation, finance and technology, not one is changing
quickly enough to avoid 1.5C in global heating beyond pre-industrial
times, a critical target of the Paris climate agreement, according to
the new Systems Change Lab report.
No indicators are on track to meet targets necessary to limit warming to
1.5C by 2030
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Should the world breach 1.5C in global heating, the planet will be hit
by an increasing frequency of deadly heatwaves, ruinous storms,
disastrous flooding and crop failures, wiping trillions of dollars from
economic activity and forcing the displacement of millions of people.
António Guterres, secretary general of the UN, has warned the world is
risking a “hellish future” through its lack of urgency to confront the
crisis.
“We have the technology for the majority of these areas to decarbonize,”
said Bill Hare, chief executive of Climate Analytics, an organization
that provided input to the new report. “What we need is political will,
and for governments to catch up with the opportunity this transition
will bring for their economies.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/28/world-failing-make-changes-avoid-climate-breakdown-report
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/[ Here is the report from the World Resources Institute ]/
*State of Climate Action 2021: Systems Transformations Required to Limit
Global Warming to 1.5°C*
Transformations must occur across every sector at far faster pace than
recent trends to keep the window open to achieve the Paris Agreement’s
goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C, according to this Systems Change
Lab report authored by the UN High-Level Climate Champions, Climate
Action Tracker, ClimateWorks Foundation, Bezos Earth Fund and World
Resources Institute.
Topic ECONOMICS - October 28, 2021 - 249 Pages
*Key Findings*
This decade is our make-or-break opportunity to limit warming to
1.5°C and steer the world toward a net-zero future...
The decisions made today will determine the severity of climate
change impacts that will affect us all for decades to come...
We’re not starting from a standstill—recent years have witnessed
notable progress, despite relatively low levels of overall ambition
and investments...
But much more could be achieved if all decision-makers around the
world gave climate action the high priority it is due...
Accelerating these transformations to mitigate climate change also
offers an opportunity to create a more equal world...
To reach a net-zero future, we must ignite fundamental change across
nearly all systems, from how we move around the world and build cities
to how we grow food and power industry. These systemwide transitions
will depend on the massive scale-up of finance, technology, and capacity
building for countries that need support.
https://www.wri.org/research/state-climate-action-2021
/[ terms and definitions ] /
*Climate jargon can feel overwhelming. Illustration by Dennis Lan/USC,
CC BY-ND*
A quick guide to climate change jargon – what experts mean by
mitigation, carbon neutral and 6 other key terms
October 26, 2021...
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With the help of the United Nations Foundation, we chose eight terms
from reports written by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Here’s a guide that may help you to follow the news about climate
change. The explanation of each term starts with the technical
definition from the IPCC. The text that follows puts it into plain language.
*1. Mitigation*
IPCC definition: Mitigation (of climate change): a human intervention to
reduce emissions or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases.
*Translation: Stopping climate change from getting worse.*
When people talk about “mitigation” they often focus on fossil fuels –
coal, oil and natural gas – used to make electricity and run cars, buses
and planes. Fossil fuels produce greenhouse gases, including carbon
dioxide. When these gases are released, they linger in the atmosphere.
They then trap heat and warm the planet.
Some ways to mitigate climate change include using solar and wind power
instead of coal-fired power plants; making buildings, appliances and
vehicles more energy efficient so they use less electricity and fuel;
and designing cities so people have to drive less. Protecting forests
and planting trees also help because trees absorb greenhouse gases from
the atmosphere and lock them away.
*2. Adaptation*
IPCC definition: In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual
or expected climate and its effects, in order to moderate harm or
exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of
adjustment to actual climate and its effects; human intervention may
facilitate adjustment to expected climate and its effects.
*Translation: Making changes to live with the impacts of climate change.*
Climate change is already happening. Heat waves, wildfires and floods
are getting worse. People will have to find ways to live with these
threats. Los Angeles, for example, is planting trees to help people stay
cooler. Coastal cities like Miami may need sea walls to protect against
floods. More “adaptation” actions will be needed as climate change gets
worse.
*3. Carbon dioxide removal*
IPCC definition: Carbon dioxide removal methods refer to processes that
remove CO2 from the atmosphere by either increasing biological sinks of
CO2 or using chemical processes to directly bind CO2. CDR is classified
as a special type of mitigation.
*Translation: Taking carbon dioxide out of the air.*
The amount of carbon dioxide in the air has been increasing for many
years. In 2019, there was 50% more more of it than in the late 1700s.
Planting trees and restoring grasslands can remove carbon dioxide from
the air. There are also carbon dioxide removal technologies that store
it underground or in concrete, but these are new and not widely used.
*4. Carbon neutral*
IPCC definition: Carbon neutrality is achieved when anthropogenic CO2
emissions are balanced globally by anthropogenic carbon dioxide removals
over a specified period. Carbon neutrality is also referred to as
net-zero carbon dioxide emission.
*Translation: Adding no net carbon dioxide into the air. This does not
have to mean that you can’t add any carbon dioxide. It means that if you
do add carbon dioxide into the air you take out the same amount.**
*
The IPCC warns that the world needs to be carbon neutral by 2050 to
avoid a serious climate crisis. This means using both “mitigation” to
reduce the amount of carbon dioxide added to the air and “carbon dioxide
removal” to take carbon dioxide out of the air.
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**5. Tipping point*
IPCC definition: A level of change in system properties beyond which a
system reorganizes, often abruptly, and does not return to the initial
state even if the drivers of the change are abated. For the climate
system, it refers to a critical threshold when global or regional
climate changes from one stable state to another stable state.
*Translation: When it is too late to stop effects of climate change.*
One of the most talked-about tipping points involves the collapse of the
West Antarctic ice sheet. Some research suggests it may have already
started happening. West Antarctica alone holds enough ice to raise sea
levels worldwide by about 11 feet (3.3 meters). If all glaciers and ice
caps melt, sea levels will end up rising about 230 feet (70 meters).
*6. Unprecedented transition*
IPCC definition for “transition”: The process of changing from one state
or condition to another in a given period of time. Transition can be in
individuals, firms, cities, regions and nations and can be based on
incremental or transformative change.
*Translation: Making big changes together to stop climate change – in a
way that has not been seen before.*
In 2015, countries around the world agreed to try to keep the planet
from warming more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 F). Among the biggest
sources of global warming are coal-fired power plants. Quickly shifting
the world to renewable energy, such as wind and solar power, would be an
unprecedented transition. Without big changes, climate change could make
the world unlivable.
*7. Sustainable development*
IPCC definition: Development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
and balances social, economic and environmental concerns.
*Translation: Living in a way that is good for people alive today and
for people in the future.*
The United Nations has shared “sustainable development goals.” These
goals aim to help countries grow in ways that are healthy for both
people and the environment. Producing more carbon dioxide than the
planet can manage is an example of unsustainable development that’s
causing climate change.
*8. Abrupt change*
IPCC definition: Abrupt climate change refers to a large-scale change in
the climate system that takes place over a few decades or less, persists
(or is anticipated to persist) for at least a few decades and causes
substantial disruptions in human and natural systems.
*Translation: A change in climate that happens much faster than it
normally would.*
Our world is changing quickly as a result of climate change. Wildfires
are raging in parts of the Western U.S. that were once too wet to burn.
Coral reefs are dying as the ocean is getting warmer. These changes
would not have happened so quickly – or at all – were it not for climate
change...
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https://theconversation.com/a-quick-guide-to-climate-change-jargon-what-experts-mean-by-mitigation-carbon-neutral-and-6-other-key-terms-167172
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/[ More analysis ]/
*Research Protections in State Open Records Laws:**An Analysis and Ranking*
The breadth and strength of state open records laws and the federal
equivalent Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA) have made them powerful tools, but have also made them
vulnerable to misuse and abuse by
groups who try to harass researchers and stifle scientific research they
dislike.
Now in its third edition, this report continues to illustrate the ways
in which open records laws may be
used, at best, to promote valid public policy goals or, at worst, as a
weapon against publicly-funded
research.
Open records laws seek to promote government transparency by allowing
citizens to request copies of
administrative records. Any citizen (in fact, in many states, any
person) can file a request with a
government entity for copies of government documents, and the government
must either produce the
information or explain why it is exempt from production (for example,
for national security purposes).
These laws, some:mes called “sunshine laws,” have provided important
opportunities for investigative
journalists, watchdog groups, and taxpayers seeking to understand more
about how their government
works..
full report:
https://www.csldf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CSLDF-Report-2021.pdf
/[ is it fair to name villains? Does this contribute to the problem or
does it better define the battle lines? ] /
*America’s Worst Right-Wingers*
A TNR readers’ poll
https://newrepublic.com/article/163946/worst-right-wingers-conservative-america-tnr-poll
[The news archive - looking back]
*On this day in the history of global warming October 29,*
October 29, 2003: The New York Times reports:
"Motivated by environmental and economic concerns, states have become
the driving force in efforts to combat global warming even as mandatory
programs on the federal level have largely stalled."
*The Warming Is Global but the Legislating, in the U.S., Is All Local*
By Jennifer 8. Lee - Oct. 29, 2003
Motivated by environmental and economic concerns, states have become
the driving force in efforts to combat global warming even as
mandatory programs on the federal level have largely stalled.
At least half of the states are addressing global warming, whether
through legislation, lawsuits against the Bush administration or
programs initiated by governors.
In the last three years, state legislatures have passed at least 29
bills, usually with bipartisan support. The most contentious is
California's 2002 law to set strict limits for new cars on emissions
of carbon dioxide, the gas that scientists say has the greatest role
in global warming.
While few of the state laws will have as much impact as
California's, they are not merely symbolic. In addition to caps on
emissions of gases like carbon dioxide that can cause the atmosphere
to heat up like a greenhouse, they include registries to track such
emissions, efforts to diversify fuel sources and the use of crops to
capture carbon dioxide by taking it out of the atmosphere and into
the ground.
Aside from their practical effects, supporters say, these efforts
will put pressure on Congress and the administration to enact
federal legislation, if only to bring order to a patchwork of state
laws.
States are moving ahead in large part to fill the vacuum that has
been left by the federal government, said David Danner, the energy
adviser for Gov. Gary Locke of Washington.
''We hope to see the problem addressed at the federal level,'' Mr.
Danner said, ''but we're not waiting around.''
There are some initiatives in Congress, but for the moment even
their backers acknowledge that they are doomed, given strong
opposition from industry, the Bush administration -- which favors
voluntary controls -- and most Congressional Republicans.
This week, the Senate is scheduled to vote on a proposal to create a
national regulatory structure for carbon dioxide. This would be the
first vote for either house on a measure to restrict the gas.
The proposal's primary sponsors, Senator John McCain, Republican of
Arizona, and Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut,
see it mainly as a way to force senators to take a position on the
issue, given the measure's slim prospects.
States are acting partly because of predictions that global warming
could damage local economies by harming agriculture, eroding
shorelines and hurting tourism.
''We're already seeing things which may be linked to global warming
here in the state,'' Mr. Danner said. ''We have low snowpack,
increased forest fire danger.''
Environmental groups and officials in state governments say that
energy initiatives are easier to move forward on the local level
because they span constituencies -- industrial and service sectors,
Democrat and Republican, urban and rural.
While the coal, oil and automobile industries have big lobbies in
Washington, the industry presence is diluted on the state level.
Environmental groups say this was crucial to winning a legislative
battle over automobile emissions in California, where the automobile
industry did not have a long history of large campaign donations and
instead had to rely on a six-month advertising campaign to make its
case.
Local businesses are also interested in policy decisions because of
concerns about long-term energy costs, said Christopher James,
director of air planning and standards for the Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection. As a result, environmental
groups are shifting their efforts to focus outside Washington.
Five years ago the assumption was that the climate treaty known as
the Kyoto Protocol was the only effort in town, said Rhys Roth, the
executive director of Climate Solutions, which works on global
warming issues in the Pacific Northwest states. But since President
Bush rejected the Kyoto pact in 2001, local groups have been
emerging on the regional, state and municipal levels.
The Climate Action Network, a worldwide conglomeration of
nongovernment organizations working on global warming, doubled its
membership of state and local groups in the last two years.
The burst of activity is not limited to the states with a
traditional environmental bent.
At least 15 states, including Texas and Nevada, are forcing their
state electric utilities to diversify beyond coal and oil to energy
sources like wind and solar power.
Even rural states are linking their agricultural practices to global
warming. Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wyoming have all passed initiatives
in anticipation of future greenhouse-gas emission trading, hoping
they can capitalize on their forests and crops to capture carbon
dioxide during photosynthesis.
Cities are also adopting new energy policies. San Franciscans
approved a $100 million bond initiative in 2001 to pay for solar
panels for municipal buildings, including the San Francisco
convention center.
The rising level of state activity is causing concern among those
who oppose carbon dioxide regulation.
''I believe the states are being used to force a federal mandate,''
said Sandy Liddy Bourne, who does research on global warming for the
American Legislative Exchange Council, a group contending that
carbon dioxide should not be regulated because it is not a
pollutant. ''Rarely do you see so many bills in one subject area
introduced across the country.''
The council started tracking state legislation, which they call
son-of-Kyoto bills, weekly after they noticed a significant rise in
greenhouse-gas-related legislation two years ago. This year, the
council says, 24 states have introduced 90 bills that would build
frameworks for regulating carbon dioxide. Sixty-six such bills were
introduced in all of 2001 and 2002.
Some of the activity has graduated to a regional level. Last summer,
Gov. George E. Pataki of New York invited 10 Northeastern states to
set up a regional trading network where power plants could buy and
sell carbon dioxide credits in an effort to lower overall emissions.
In 2001, six New England states entered into an agreement with
Canadian provinces to cap overall emissions by 2010. Last month,
California, Washington and Oregon announced that they would start
looking at shared strategies to address global warming.
To be sure, some states have decided not to embrace policies to
combat global warming. Six -- Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma,
West Virginia and Wyoming -- have explicitly passed laws against any
mandatory reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
''My concern,'' said Ms. Bourne, ''is that members of industry and
environment groups will go to the federal government to say: 'There
is a patchwork quilt of greenhouse-gas regulations across the
country. We cannot deal with the 50 monkeys. We must have one
800-pound gorilla. Please give us a federal mandate.' '' Indeed,
some environmentalists say this is precisely their strategy.
States developed their own air toxics pollution programs in the
1980's, which resulted in different regulations and standards across
the country. Industry groups, including the American Chemistry
Council, eventually lobbied Congress for federal standards, which
were incorporated into the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments.
A number of states are trying to compel the federal government to
move sooner rather than later. On Thursday, 12 states, including New
York, with its Republican governor, and three cities sued the
Environmental Protection Agency for its recent decision not to
regulate greenhouse-gas pollutants under the Clean Air Act, a
reversal of the agency's previous stance under the Clinton
administration.
''Global warming cannot be solely addressed at the state level,''
said Tom Reilly, the Massachusetts attorney general. ''It's a
problem that requires a federal approach.''
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/national/29CLIM.html
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