[✔️] October 29, 2022 - Global Warming News - daily selection

Richard Pauli Richard at CredoandScreed.com
Sat Oct 29 09:26:38 EDT 2022


/*October 29, 2022*/

/[ BBC reports  ] /
*Climate change: UN warns key warming threshold slipping from sight*
By Matt McGrath - Environment correspondent
There is "no credible pathway" to keep the rise in global temperatures 
below the key threshold of 1.5C, according to a bleak new UN assessment.

Scientists believe that going beyond 1.5C would see dangerous impacts 
for people all over the world.

The report says that since COP26 last year, governments carbon cutting 
plans have been "woefully inadequate".

Only an urgent transformation of society will avoid disaster, the study 
says...
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63407459

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/[ read the UN study ]/
27 OCTOBER 2022 REPORT
*Emissions Gap Report 2022*
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The report finds that only an urgent system-wide transformation can 
deliver the enormous cuts needed to limit greenhouse gas emissions by 
2030: 45 per cent compared with projections based on policies currently 
in place to get on track to 1.5°C and 30 per cent for 2°C. This report 
provides an in-depth exploration of how to deliver this transformation, 
looking at the required actions in the electricity supply, industry, 
transport and buildings sectors, and the food and financial systems.
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Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies
The window is closing! The world is not on track to reach the Paris 
Agreement goals and global temperatures can reach 2.8°C by the end of 
the century.

The Emissions Gap Report 2022 finds that the world must cut emissions by 
45 per cent to avoid global catastrophe. Solutions to transform 
societies exist, but the time for collective, multilateral action is now...
https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2022

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/[ UN one minute video ]/
*Every fraction of a degree matters*
Oct 27, 2022  As climate impacts intensify,  the world is moving further 
away from the Paris Agreement goals. Currently there is no credible 
pathway to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Even if countries meet their 
climate commitments, emissions will only reduce by 10% by 2030.

We must do more.

To avoid a climate catastrophe. we must cut emissions by 45% by 2030.
Its time for an urgent, large-scale transformation in:
Electricity supply
Industry
Transport
Construction
Food systems

As costs of renewable energy fall, we must transition away from fossil 
fuels.

Through subsidies and tax schemes, governments can support sustainable 
agriculture.

Companies can cut food loss and waste and we can rethink our diets.

~US$6 trillion per year is required to finance the transition to a 
low-carbon economy, just 2% of total financial assets globally.

Business as usual will result in  2.8°C warming by the end of the century.

Every fraction of a degree matters. The solutions are within our reach.

Learn more in UNEP’s 2022 Emissions Gap Report: 
https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report
https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2022



/[the dis-information battle described in this top-notch, must-see video 
rant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhGJUTW3ag -- watch it again. 
Share widely. Act. Repeat.]/
*The News Media Is Selling You Out | Climate Town*
Premiered Oct 26, 2022  100 years Herb Schmertz. Patreon: 
https://www.patreon.com/ClimateTown
sUbScRiBe FoR mOrE ViDeOs: https://www.youtube.com/c/climatetown...

If Ground News sounds like something you’d be interested in, go to 
https://ground.news/welcome to try it for free. Compare news bias, see 
who owns who, and an absolute grip of other things.

Wanna send some polite-but-firm messages? Visit our friends at Climate 
Changemakers: 
https://www.climatechangemakers.org/action-playbook-fossil-ads/
And check out the Discord channel we set up to talk about 
#news-media-ads: https://discord.com/channels/89792684...
https://www.climatetownproductions.com/news-ads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhGJUTW3ag

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/[ footnotes for video above]/
*Episodes Notes: The News Media Is Selling You Out*
Watch the full episode
Learn what you can do
Sources & Citations
https://www.climatetownproductions.com/news-ads

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/[Activism - what you can do...just click and send - but I sometimes 
contact the companies that advertise ]/
*Get Fossil Fuel Ads Out of Journalism*
The Goal: Stop trusted media outlets from publishing misleading paid 
fossil fuel content.
https://www.climatechangemakers.org/action-playbook-fossil-ads/



/[  discussion with the author  ]/
*Robert Jensen - An Inconvenient Apocalypse, with Michael Dowd*
  Oct 27, 2022  Recorded on October 27, 2022, this "post-doom, no gloom" 
conversation is with Robert Jensen, emeritus professor in the School of 
Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin. Robert 
recently co-authored, with Wes Jackson, "An Inconvenient Apocalypse: 
Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity".
Robert's website: https://robertwjensen.org/
Book webpage: 
https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268203665/an-inconvenient-apocalypse/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9d6Z2R0aNs



/[ planning the exit strategy -- this is a classic interview from 2018  
~30 min must see or hear ]/
*Douglas Rushkoff: Survival of the Richest & "TEAM HUMAN"*
Jul 22, 2018  Subscribe to The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow for more: 
https://www.patreon.com/thezerohour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl0uevrkgy4



/[ Journey journalist Nora Lee explores a melting Alaskan glacier -- 
high resolution video shows up-close ice melting ]/
*Tasting 600 year old ICE on the Matanuska Glacier, ALASKA |S6-E143|*
Oct 28, 2022  In this episode, I visit the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska. 
What an impressive sight. Because of dangerous crevasses, I am only 
allowed to walk on the glacier with a guide who knows the ice very well..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bo6CJsLQ1s


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/[ follow the money, and it is not floating down river...severe droughts 
and where are the rivers ]/
*Where Are The Rivers? | Mississippi | Rhine | Parana | Yangtze | What 
Does This Mean for Shipping?*
Oct 26, 2022  What's Going on With Shipping?
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian and former 
merchant mariner - discusses the impact of falling river levels & 
drought on inland waterway systems (the Mississippi in North America, 
Parana in South America, Rhine in Europe and Yangtze in China) and what 
does this mean for the inland shipment of cargo, in particular, grain 
and food.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOhgl7lkbDY



/[ NPR tries to sell some optimism - text and audio -  ]/
*An influential energy group sees reason for climate optimism*
October 28, 2022
Heard on All Things Considered
Camila Domonoske
Global demand for all types of fossil fuels will peak by the mid-2030s, 
according to new projections from the International Energy Agency that 
offer a rare glint of optimism about climate change.

In its annual World Energy Outlook released on Thursday, the IEA — a 
highly influential energy group — said it expects that the world's 
demand for oil, natural gas and other carbon-emitting fuels will start 
to decline because of new policies that governments have put in place to 
fight climate change. It also suggested that the energy crisis sparked 
by the war in Ukraine will accelerate the switch to green energy.

Here's how far behind the world is on reining in climate change
CLIMATE
Here's how far behind the world is on reining in climate change
The report did not show that the world is on track to stop global 
warming. The gap between what's happening and what needs to happen 
remains immense.

But the world is shifting — and it's shifting in the right direction, 
the IEA said.

"Ten years from now, I believe we will see that 2022 was the year where 
the clean energy technologies see a major turbocharging," executive 
director Fatih Birol said Thursday.
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'A dangerous illusion'
"Nobody I know in the oil business believes that," Bob McNally, the 
founder of Rapidan Energy Group, said.

McNally dismissed the IEA's projection for future oil demand as 
unrealistic. He isn't convinced governments will actually follow through 
on their stated policies.

"The energy industry looks at this [IEA projection] and says, 'This is a 
dangerous illusion,' " he said. "While it's perhaps a pleasing idea that 
the world is going to see a peak in fossil fuel consumption in the next 
five to 10 years ... there's no evidence for it."

The oil industry, by and large, no longer denies climate change is 
happening. But major oil players are lobbying for a more gradual 
transition away from fossil fuels. Transitioning quickly, in addition to 
hurting their profits, could create price spikes, shortages and 
geopolitical upheaval, they argue. Climate activists, meanwhile, note 
that climate change too will cause major disruptions.
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1132003727/an-influential-energy-group-sees-reason-for-climate-optimism

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/[ NYT multimedia propaganda - forget that markets have no direct 
control over physical reality -  only physics and chemistry can make 
changes  NYT buys ink and electrons by the super-freighter-load.  This 
pandering positivism ignores much of the science - from the paper's 
resident extremist and climate denier - Bret Stephens ]/
*Opinion | Climate Change Is Real. Markets, Not Governments, Offer the 
Cure.*
Yes Greenland Ice is Melting
By Bret Stephens
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/28/opinion/climate-change-bret-stephens.html



/[ science knew " Warmer Climate on the Earth May Be Due To More Carbon 
Dioxide in the Air "]/
Tweet Conversation Peter Gleick 🇺🇸
@PeterGleick
*From the New York Times, on this day 66 years ago.*
#climatechange
https://twitter.com/PeterGleick/status/1586041407164162048/photo/1
https://twitter.com/PeterGleick/status/1586041407164162048


/[The news archive - looking back at how we defined the scope of the 
problem]/
/*October 29, 2003*/
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.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/national/29CLIM.html



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