[✔️] June 17, 2023- Global Warming News Digest | Big changes to COP27. Aviation industry, collapse, Education steps up, NPR asks experts, Predicament explained, Bill Reese on Overshoot. 2011 awakening

Sat Jun 17 08:42:17 EDT 2023

/*June*//*17, 2023*/

/[ big changes to COP27 - BBC's Matt McGrath//Environment correspondent ]/
*Climate change: UN to unmask fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks*
6-16-2023
COP27
Oil, gas and coal representatives will have to disclose their industry 
ties at future climate meetings, the UN says.

For years, fossil fuel employees have been able to attend without having 
to be clear about their relationship with their companies.

Last year, over 600 industry participants were able to enter the COP27 
meeting in Egypt...
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The problem though is that often employees of coal, oil and gas 
companies are not open about their affiliations.

At COP26 in Glasgow, there were more delegates from the fossil fuel 
industries than from any single country.

Last year at COP27 in Egypt, the numbers had swollen by a quarter, with 
more than 600 representatives according to analysis from campaign group, 
Global Witness...
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However while information on a delegate's affiliation will now be 
mandatory, participants will be allowed to opt out on the nature of 
their relationship to that organisation.

There will also be no requirement to say who's financing the trip to the 
COP.

If delegates do opt out from providing some information, the UN will 
publish these blank answers in their lists, allowing people to draw 
their own conclusions.
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"The credibility of this process is under threat. Let's remember there 
is nowhere else to go to solve these issues," warned UN climate 
executive secretary Simon Stiell.

There was also ongoing rancour about the role of Sultan Al Jaber from 
the United Arab Emirates, who will preside over COP28.

Many have questioned the suitability of an oil company chief executive 
for this crucial role.

Supporters say he is well positioned to help major oil producing nations 
transition away from fossil fuels.

On a short visit to the talks last week, Sultan Al Jaber said that the 
"phasedown of fossil fuels is inevitable".
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65917660

/[  the mechanics of airplanes makes the aviation industry most 
difficult to mitigate pollution. Carbon combustion is just too powerful 
- more likely an all or nothing solution]/
*Aviation industry split on whether 2050 net zero goal achievable, GE 
survey shows*
Reuters
June 15, 2023
PARIS, June 15 (Reuters) - The aviation industry is split on whether it 
can meet its climate targets with almost a third of its sustainability 
executives predicting it will miss a mid-century deadline, a survey 
commissioned by GE Aerospace suggested on Thursday.

Published ahead of the Paris Airshow, the global survey showed just 
below half - or 46% - of the 325 executives surveyed believe the 
industry will meet its goal of net zero emissions by 2050, while 32% 
believe it will not and 22% are unsure.
Most believe the industry will meet its objectives by 2055, however.

"Respondents are split as to whether progress is happening at the right 
pace, with 51% saying it is too slow, adding a sense of urgency to a 
longer-term target," GE Aerospace said.

The aviation industry set a 2050 goal of net zero emissions in 2021. The 
main path is widespread use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel, which so far 
makes up 0.1% of airline fuel consumption.
Environmental critics say the targets are unrealistic due to the low 
level of SAF available and argue the only way to reach them is to 
substantially reduce flying globally.

Rising costs and supply issues are among the biggest hurdles and the 
industry needs more support, GE said in a poll summary.

"The survey is trying to show that this is ambitious, (but) it's not 
going to be easy," Allen Paxson, vice president of commercial programs 
strategy at the U.S. engine maker said in an interview, adding he 
believed the target would be met.

"It's a sign that people are taking it really seriously. The fact that 
some people forecast differently than other people is okay: let's get 
our heads around it and get on with it."

The head of the International Air Transport Association, Willie Walsh, 
said last week airlines were "absolutely committed" to the 2050 target 
but reaching it would be tough.
GE said 74% of respondents said they would maintain or grow green 
investments in the face of inflation or recession.

The survey was carried out last month by Ipsos in the United States, UK, 
China, India, the UAE and France.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/aviation-industry-split-whether-2050-net-zero-goal-achievable-ge-survey-2023-06-15/

/[ Succinct opinion message of collapse - 3 minutes  ]/
*Green Transition (Not)*
Just Collapse
Apr 29, 2023
Did you know that ‘renewables’ aren’t possible without coal? Associate 
Professor of Geometallurgy, Simon Michaux of the Geological Survey of 
Finland, gets real about our energy and overshoot predicament. This 
event was hosted by Associate Professor Kate Booth, and the University 
of Tasmania.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9BUzrDZOuc

/[ Big changes in education - state by state -- NJ, and next Connecticut 
schools begin studies for all children starting in July  ]/
*Penguins in Your Fridge? These 7-Year-Olds Have Climate Solutions.*
New Jersey is the first state to require that climate change be taught 
at all grade levels. The focus is on problem solving, not doom and gloom.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/climate/climate-education-schools-children.html?unlocked_article_code=kyAUnc5MzHJwfHxu1mJdq_xzb7xNFVuw7XQ8gsFYsqSlECr4cUrl84n9uatIFOM2sYC9KOpK0oPcfLDDgSydzwzaDU-Ke-V25_Rp9KnLDUw4KCOw4xQ7GsuGwW5lHn94Y5IwEVK2RPHXA2KneuU5YRcXzuYgg9K4VQn4mxgmEWR-bxff1LCPlWkkMpv2hkl8DOstSQIYejxUdH-i3WPrqL8hg-siYdnii_kROuYyYHt42RiPOY57n2FqGSMxzGQvUgKlhAtvmiTS5-XxRDX0mrgBLansA9SDYwsqrEFz4PzTZviZCoQ6GhQRSeQDwcfOBYD8XySAXzrUh8NmsM1tZGSdBvrjr1tJUCDoLA&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

/[ Audio report - NPR told us of solutions long ago - 
https://www.wbur.org/npr/1160783951/6-scholars-explain-what-a-real-climate-solution-is 
   ]/
*Climate solutions do exist. These 6 experts detail what they look like*
March 5, 2023
Julia Simon
Scientists say there's a lot we can still do to slow the speed of 
climate change. But when it comes to "climate solutions", some are real, 
and some aren't, says Naomi Oreskes, historian of science at Harvard 
University. "This space has become really muddied," she says.

So how does someone figure out what's legit? We asked six climate 
scholars for the questions they ask themselves whenever they come across 
something claiming to be a climate solution.

A big climate solution is an obvious one
It may sound basic, but one big way to address climate change is to 
reduce the main human activity that caused it in the first place: 
burning fossil fuels.

Scientists say that means ultimately transitioning away from oil, coal 
and gas and becoming more energy efficient. We already have a lot of the 
technology we need to make this transition, like solar, wind, and 
batteries, Oreskes says.

"What we need to do right now is to mobilize the technologies that 
already exist, that work and are cost competitive, and that essentially 
means renewable energy and storage," she says.

Think about who's selling you the solution
It's important to think about both who's selling you the climate 
solution and what they say the problem is, says Melissa Aronczyk, 
professor of media at Rutgers University.

"People like to come up with solutions, but to do that, they usually 
have to interpret the problem in a way that works for them," she says.

Oreskes says pay attention when you see a "climate solution" that means 
increasing the use of fossil fuels. She says an example is natural gas, 
which has been sold as a "bridge fuel" from coal to renewable energy. 
But natural gas is still a fossil fuel, and its production, transport 
and use release methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon 
dioxide.

"I think we need to start by looking at what happens when the fossil 
fuel industry comes up with solutions, because here is the greatest 
potential for conflict of interest," Aronczyk says.

A solution may sound promising, but is it available and scalable now?
Sometimes you'll hear about new promising technology like carbon 
removal, which vacuums carbon dioxide out of the air and stores it 
underground, says David Ho, a professor of oceanography at University of 
Hawaii at Manoa.

Ho researches climate solutions and he says ask yourself: is this 
technology available, affordable, or scalable now?

"I think people who don't work in this space think we have all these 
technologies that are ready to remove carbon dioxide from the 
atmosphere, for instance. And we're not there," Ho says...
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If it's adding emissions, it's not a climate solution
These days all kinds of companies, from airlines to wedding dress 
companies, might offer to let you buy "carbon offsets" along with your 
purchase. That offset money could do something like build a new wind 
farm or plant trees that would - in theory - soak up and store the 
equivalent carbon dioxide emissions of taking a flight or making a new 
dress.

But there are often problems with regulation and verification of 
offsets, says Roberto Schaeffer, a professor of energy economics at the 
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. "It's very dangerous, 
very dangerous indeed," he says.

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He says with offsets from forests, it's hard to verify if the trees are 
really being protected, that those trees won't get cut down or burned in 
a wildfire.

"You cannot guarantee, 'Okay, you're gonna offset your dress by planting 
a tree.' You have no guarantee that in three years time that tree is 
gonna be there," he says.

If you make emissions thinking you're offsetting them, and the offset 
doesn't work, that's doubling the emissions, says Adrienne Buller, a 
climate finance researcher and director of research at Common Wealth, a 
think tank in the United Kingdom, "It's sort of like doubly bad."

*If a solution sounds too easy, be skeptical*
Many things sold as carbon offsets - like restoring or protecting 
forests - are, on their own, great climate solutions, Buller says. "We 
need things like trees," she says, "To draw carbon out of the atmosphere."

The problem is when carbon markets sell the idea that you can continue 
emitting as usual and everything will be fine if you just buy an offset, 
Buller says. "It's kind of a solution that implies that we don't have to 
do that much hard work. We can just kind of do some minor tweaks to the 
way that we currently do things," she says.

Schaeffer says there is a lot of hard work in our future to get off of 
fossil fuels and onto clean energy sources. "So people have to realize 
there is a price to pay here. No free lunch."

*It's not all about business. Governments must play a role in solutions, 
too*
We often think of businesses working on climate solutions on their own, 
but that's often not the case, says Oreskes. Government often plays a 
big role in funding and research support for new climate technology, 
says June Sekera, a visiting scholar at The New School who studies 
public policy and climate.

And governments will also have to play a big role in regulating 
emissions, says Schaeffer, who has been working with the United Nations' 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for 25 years.

That's why all the scholars NPR spoke with for this story say one big 
climate solution is to vote.

Schaeffer points to the recent election in Brazil, where climate change 
was a big campaign issue for candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Lula 
won, and has promised to address deforestation, a big source of Brazil's 
emissions.

There's no one solution to climate change - and no one can do it alone
Aronczyk wants to make one thing clear: there is no one solution to 
climate change.

"We're human beings. We encounter a problem, we wanna solve that 
problem," Aronczyk says, "But just as there is no one way to describe 
climate change, there's no one way to offer a solution."

Climate solutions will take different forms, Sekera says. Some solutions 
may slow climate change, some may offer us ways to adapt.

The key thing, Aronczyk says, is that climate solutions will involve 
governments, businesses, and individuals. She says: "It is an all hands 
on deck kind of a situation."
https://www.wbur.org/npr/1160783951/6-scholars-explain-what-a-real-climate-solution-is

/[ one man's analysis - we have a predicament -  bold and brave  opinion 
-  16 min - we are in a resource war - damned if we do, or don't ]/
*War On The World*
Just Collapse
Nov 28, 2022
This recorded presentation by Just Collapse, at World Beyond War's "War 
in a Changing Climate" online forum, identifies the complex 
socio-ecological predicament that is collapse and it's implications for 
geopolitics, conflict, and war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_W0XKiYPtA

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/[ It's all about Overshoot -- a classic lecture ]/
*Our ecological footprint with Dr. William Rees, Professor Emeritus, UBC
*Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Nov 29, 2021
 From Conservation and resilience in the Gulf Islands in the age of 
climate change and biodiversity loss: A webinar series, Webinar 4.

Learn more: https://www.raincoast.org/gi-webinar/

William E Rees is a human ecologist, ecological economist, former 
Director and Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia’s 
School of Planning in Vancouver, Canada.  His research focuses on the 
ecological requirements for civilization to persist, energy assessment, 
and the behavioural and socio-cultural barriers to change. Best known as 
originator and co-developer of ‘ecological footprint analysis,’ Prof 
Rees has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed and popular articles on 
(un)sustainability. He is an internationally recognized Fellow of the 
Royal Society of Canada whose awards include both the Herman Daly Award 
and Boulding Memorial Prize in Ecological Economics and a Blue Planet 
Prize (jointly with his former student, Dr Mathis Wackernagel).

Investigate. Inform. Inspire.
Raincoast is a team of conservationists and scientists empowered by our 
research to protect the lands, waters and wildlife of coastal British 
Columbia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l73oIO8oG58

/[The news archive - looking back]/
/*June 17, 2011*/
*June 17, 2011: *Syndicated columnist Steve Chapman notes that at some 
point, Republicans will have to knock it off with climate-change denial 
and propose solutions to the problem:

    "Conservatives fear liberals will use climate change to justify
    heavy-handed intrusive regulation and wasteful subsidies, and they
    are right to worry. But that’s no excuse for pretending global
    warming is a myth or refusing to do anything about it. It’s an
    argument for devising cost-effective, market-based remedies that
    minimize bureaucratic control.

    "If today’s Republican attitude had prevailed four decades ago,
    Americans would not have such vital measures as the Clean Air Act
    and the Clean Water Act. Then, many people worried that
    environmentalism would strangle economic growth and personal
    freedom. But both have survived and even flourished.

    "Conservatives once understood that corporations are not entitled to
    foul the environment, any more than individuals have the right to
    dump garbage in the street. Barry Goldwater, the 1964 GOP
    presidential nominee, wrote, 'When pollution is found, it should be
    halted at the source, even if this requires stringent government
    action.'"

http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20110617-steve-chapman-republicans-must-return-to-pro-environmental-roots-.ece 

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