[✔️] August 28, 2022 - Global Warming News Digest

Richard Pauli Richard at CredoandScreed.com
Sun Aug 28 11:41:59 EDT 2022 

/*August 28, 2022*/

/[ "EU and West are not used to this kind of journalism" 
https://youtu.be/JaLuayIjg6Y  ]/
*Gravitas Plus: Europe's hypocrisy on fossil fuels*
Premiered August 27, 2022  Europe promised to lead the world on climate 
change. It lectured developing nations for relying on coal. Now the same 
Europe is conveniently buying coal and restarting coal-fired power 
plants. What happened to its climate goals? Can it still preach others? 
Palki Sharma exposes Europe's hypocrisy.
#GravitasPlus #PalkiSharma #Europe
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/[  VOA Voice Of America report ] /
*Pakistan Blames Climate Change for Deadly Floods, Declares Emergency *
ISLAMABAD — Officials in Pakistan said Friday that weeks of flooding 
triggered by historic monsoon rains had killed nearly 1,000 people and 
“badly affected” 33 million others, and they appealed for international 
help to deal with the calamity.

The devastation across all four provinces of the country prompted Prime 
Minister Shahbaz Sharif to declare a national emergency amid forecasts 
of more rain, his office said.

Sharif was quoted as saying the government was working closely with the 
United Nations to launch a flash flood appeal on August 30.

Southwestern Baluchistan and southern Sindh provinces were the hardest 
hit. Video showed swollen rivers and gushing floodwaters submerging 
towns, destroying buildings, washing away villages, bridges, roads and 
other infrastructure.
Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman described the seasonal rainfall as 
a “monsoon monster” and blamed climate change for the deadliest flooding 
in the South Asian nation of about 220 million people in more than a decade.

She declared that Pakistan was living through “one of the most serious 
climate catastrophes” in the world, and that it was wreaking nonstop 
havoc throughout the country.

“We are at this point ground zero, the front line, with extreme weather 
events, which we have seen from early this year in an unrelenting 
cascade of heat wave, forest fires, flash floods, multiple glacial 
lake-outburst-flood events and now the monster monsoon of the decade,” 
Rehman said.

“The amount of water on the ground has inundated huge swaths of 
Pakistan, with 33 million people affected, many stranded,” she said. 
“Thousands are without shelter; many are without food. And people are 
stranded.”

Baluchistan, already battered by flash floods, lost communication with 
the rest of the country after massive overnight rains, said the 
English-language Dawn newspaper. The communication breakdown was 
hampering rescue and relief operations in the impacted region.

The Pakistan Telecom Authority said Friday that it had restored voice 
and data services in Baluchistan and efforts were being made to resolve 
“this unprecedented situation.”
Officials at the Pakistan Meteorological Department said the country saw 
its wettest July since 1961, warning another cycle of torrential rains 
could emerge next month. Rescue teams, assisted by Pakistani military 
troops, were erecting tents and shelters in the flood-affected areas, 
where many were without food and shelter.

Rehman said an assessment of needs was being prepared but that Pakistan 
would require all the international help it could get because dealing 
with the disaster was beyond the capacity of federal or provincial 
governments.

Sindh received "784%" more rainfall this month than the August average, 
while Baluchistan had received almost 500% more, according to official data.

Since mid-June, when the monsoon seasons began in Pakistan, more than 
3,000 kilometers of roads, 130 bridges and tens of thousands of homes 
have been damaged across the country, according to the National Disaster 
Management Authority.

Parts of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and central Punjab 
provinces might face “very high to an exceptionally high level of 
flooding” in the next few days, according to the NDMA forecast.

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, whose opposition Pakistan 
Tehreek-e-Insaf party rules KP, visited flood-hit parts Friday and 
described on Twitter the level of destruction in the province as 
massive. The scenic Swat valley in the province was one of the 
hardest-hit districts.
The calamity has struck Pakistan at a time when the country faces an 
economic crisis, with dwindling foreign cash reserves and historic 
inflation.

The Sharif government has cut spending and increased fuel and utility 
prices to ensure Pakistan receives a much-needed $1.2 billion bailout 
loan from the International Monetary Fund.

The United Nations has responded by allocating $3 million. “This will be 
used for health, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation 
services in flood-affected areas, focusing on the most vulnerable,” said 
a U.N. statement.
https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-blames-climate-change-for-deadly-floods-declares-emergency-/6718394.html



/[ Important discussions of the IRA bill  social media - audio ]/
*Talking through the Inflation Reduction Act with Don't Look Up director 
Adam McKay*
Addressing some reservations.
David Roberts
Aug 25, 2022
Volts is a podcast about leaving fossil fuels behind. I've been 
reporting on and explaining clean-energy topics for almost 20 years, and 
I love talking to politicians, analysts, innovators, and activists about 
the latest progress in the world's most important fight.
https://www.volts.wtf/p/talking-through-the-inflation-reduction?utm_source=podcast-email&utm_medium=email#details



/[  make ready for a foot of higher seas  ]/
*NASA, NOAA, USGS, and other U.S. government agencies project that the 
rise in ocean height in the next 30 years could equal the total rise 
seen over the past 100 years.*
Coastal flooding will increase significantly over the next 30 years 
because of sea level rise, according to a new report by an interagency 
sea level rise task force that includes NASA, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and other federal agencies. Titled 
Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States, the 
February 15, 2022, report concludes that sea level along U.S. coastlines 
will rise between 10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 centimeters) on average 
above today’s levels by 2050.
https://scitechdaily.com/us-government-report-sea-level-to-rise-up-to-a-foot-by-2050/

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/[ National Ocean Service - of NOAA for the first time, offering short 
term predictions  ]/
*The Sea Level Rise Technical Report provides the most up-to-date sea 
level rise projections available for all U.S. states and territories; 
decision-makers will look to it for information.*

This multi-agency effort, representing the first update since 2017, 
offers projections out to the year 2150 and information to help 
communities assess potential changes in average tide heights and 
height-specific threshold frequencies as they strive to adapt to sea 
level rise.
*Four key takeaways from the report:*

    1 The Next 30 Years of Sea Level Rise
    Sea level along the U.S. coastline is projected to rise, on average,
    10 - 12 inches (0.25 - 0.30 meters) in the next 30 years (2020 -
    2050), which will be as much as the rise measured over the last 100
    years (1920 - 2020). Sea level rise will vary regionally along U.S.
    coasts because of changes in both land and ocean height.

    *2 More Damaging Flooding Projected*
    Sea level rise will create a profound shift in coastal flooding over
    the next 30 years by causing tide and storm surge heights to
    increase and reach further inland. By 2050, “moderate” (typically
    damaging) flooding is expected to occur, on average, more than 10
    times as often as it does today, and can be intensified by local
    factors.
    *
    **3 Emissions Matter*
    Current and future emissions matter. About 2 feet (0.6 meters) of
    sea level rise along the U.S. coastline is increasingly likely
    between 2020 and 2100 because of emissions to date. Failing to curb
    future emissions could cause an additional 1.5 - 5 feet (0.5 - 1.5
    meters) of rise for a total of 3.5 - 7 feet (1.1 - 2.1 meters) by
    the end of this century.

    *4 Continual Tracking*
    Continuously tracking how and why sea level is changing is an
    important part of informing plans for adaptation. Our ability to
    monitor and understand the individual factors that contribute to sea
    level rise allows us to track sea level changes in a way that has
    never before been possible (e.g., using satellites to track global
    ocean levels and ice sheet thickness). Ongoing and expanded
    monitoring will be critical as sea levels continue to rise.

This Technical Report is the latest product of the Interagency Sea Level 
Rise and Coastal Flood Hazard and Tool Task Force
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/sealevelrise/sealevelrise-tech-report.html



/[ more than half ---  ]/
*Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by 
climate change*
Camilo Mora, Tristan McKenzie, Isabella M. Gaw, Jacqueline M. Dean, 
Hannah von Hammerstein, Tabatha A. Knudson, Renee O. Setter, Charlotte 
Z. Smith, Kira M. Webster, Jonathan A. Patz & Erik C. Franklin 08 August 
2022
Nature Climate Change (2022)Cite this article

    *Abstract*
    It is relatively well accepted that climate change can affect human
    pathogenic diseases; however, the full extent of this risk remains
    poorly quantified. Here we carried out a systematic search for
    empirical examples about the impacts of ten climatic hazards
    sensitive to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on each known human
    pathogenic disease. We found that 58% (that is, 218 out of 375) of
    infectious diseases confronted by humanity worldwide have been at
    some point aggravated by climatic hazards; 16% were at times
    diminished. Empirical cases revealed 1,006 unique pathways in which
    climatic hazards, via different transmission types, led to
    pathogenic diseases. The human pathogenic diseases and transmission
    pathways aggravated by climatic hazards are too numerous for
    comprehensive societal adaptations, highlighting the urgent need to
    work at the source of the problem: reducing GHG emissions.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01426-1



/[  a logical formula ]/
*Why keeping girls in school is a good strategy to cope with climate change*
August 24, 2022
ANYA KAMENETZ
Tawonga Zakeyu is the oldest of 13 siblings. She grew up in Machinga 
District in the southern region of Malawi, the 12th-poorest country in 
the world.

Zakeyu is working for an organization called CAMFED – the Campaign for 
Female Education – on a key, often-overlooked strategy in the fight 
against the climate crisis: women's and girls' education...
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Organizations like Drawdown and the Brookings Institution affirm that 
universal, high-quality education for all genders is key to tackling the 
climate crisis.

The most direct reason is that when girls are allowed to stay in school, 
they tend to wait longer to get married. This is especially important in 
countries like Malawi, where the average age of a woman at first birth 
was 19 in 2016, and women go on to have an average of four children. 
Educated girls, like Zakeyu, also become more economically empowered, 
which gives them more agency to access health-care services like birth 
control.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/08/24/1113585846/how-educating-girls-and-women-hcan-fight-climate-change



/[The news archive - looking back]/
/*August 28, 2008*/
August 28, 2008: Al Gore and Barack Obama address the Democratic 
National Convention, with Gore denouncing the Bush administration for 
denying the climate crisis and Obama promising to make clean energy a 
priority in his administration.

http://youtu.be/dYdV1wszqhM (Gore)

http://youtu.be/nmEI9Doctqs (Obama)


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