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<font size="+1"><i>August 4, 2018</i></font><br>
<br>
[now and near forecast]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/world/europe/europe-heat-wave.html">Scorching
Summer in Europe Signals Long-Term Climate Changes</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/world/europe/europe-heat-wave.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/world/europe/europe-heat-wave.html</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/998834/weather-forecast-live-europe-uk-heatwave-met-office-temperature-august-2018-latest-news">EUROPE
weather forecast LIVE updates: Heatwave kills 3 as Europe faces
hottest EVER day</a></b><br>
EUROPE faces its hottest day in history today as Britain and the
continent contend with killer heatwave conditions which have already
claimed THREE lives.<br>
In some of Britain's favourite holiday resorts in Spain and Portugal
the mercury was expected to nudge 120 DEGREES FARENHEIT (49C) – and
weather forecasters were predicting Europe's highest ever
temperatures at locations further inland.<br>
Eight areas in central, south and east of Portugal have already
broken local temperature records.<br>
In Spain too, as the heatwave continues, health warnings issued in
41 of the count<br>
The European record of 48C,[118F] which was set in Athens in 1979,
could be topped as the blistering weather continues and British
holidaymakers brace themselves, with forecasters predicting Spain
and Portugal's hottest days ever.<br>
Spain's heatwave death toll reached three after a middle-aged man
was found lying in a Barcelona street, bleeding from the mouth.<br>
Civil Protection workers covering the area tweeted: "Medical
response workers inform us a man has died in Barcelona from
heatstroke."<br>
<b>2.49pm update: EDF halts four nuclear reactors over heatwave</b><br>
Energy company EDF has temporarily halted four nuclear reactors at
three power plants in France due to rising temperatures throughout
Europe, as Portugal and Spain near record highs...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/998834/weather-forecast-live-europe-uk-heatwave-met-office-temperature-august-2018-latest-news">https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/998834/weather-forecast-live-europe-uk-heatwave-met-office-temperature-august-2018-latest-news</a></font><br>
<b>2.00pm update: Central Portugal reaches 46C [115F]</b><br>
Central Portugal has reached a whopping 46C, as experts predict the
country may face the hottest day it has ever seen...<br>
<b>12.56pm update: Wildfire breaks out in Portugal</b><br>
More than 740 firefighters have been called in to battle a forest
fire in southern Portugal as temperatures near record highs in the
Iberian Peninsula...<br>
<b>12.14pm update: Finnish supermarkets holds heatwave sleepover</b><br>
A supermarket in Finland has invited customers to sleep over in its
air-conditioned shop in an attempt to stay cool and refreshed
throughout Saturday evening, as temperatures rise...<br>
<b>11.22am update: Sweden under wildfire threat</b><br>
Sweden remains under threat from wildfires, which in recent weeks
have extended into the Arctic Circle, as temperatures roar...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/998834/weather-forecast-live-europe-uk-heatwave-met-office-temperature-august-2018-latest-news">https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/998834/weather-forecast-live-europe-uk-heatwave-met-office-temperature-august-2018-latest-news</a></font><br>
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<br>
[39 percent contained]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-wildfires/thousands-more-evacuated-from-californias-largest-wildfire-idUSKBN1KO2IH">Thousands
more evacuated from California's largest wildfire</a></b><br>
(Reuters) - Thousands more mountain residents were evacuated from
the path of California's biggest wildfire on Friday as fatigued
firefighters battled gusting winds driving one of the state's worst
fire seasons in a decade...<br>
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The Carr Fire spawned a "fire whirl" of flames and winds in excess
of 143 mph (230 kph) on July 26 that had the strength of a severe
tornado and uprooted trees and toppled power lines, according to a
tweet by the National Weather Service...<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-wildfires/thousands-more-evacuated-from-californias-largest-wildfire-idUSKBN1KO2IH">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-wildfires/thousands-more-evacuated-from-californias-largest-wildfire-idUSKBN1KO2IH</a></font><br>
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[benchmark a burning swirl]<br>
<a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/local/weather/massive-terrifying-fire-tornado-sweeps-through-california/2018/08/03/d805d43a-973c-11e8-818b-e9b7348cd87d_video.html">One
minute of video</a> <br>
<b><a
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/08/03/californias-carr-fire-may-have-unleashed-the-most-intense-fire-tornado-ever-observed-in-the-u-s/?utm_term=.2b3894ff8a70">California's
Carr Fire may have unleashed the most intense fire tornado ever
observed in the U.S.</a></b><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/08/03/californias-carr-fire-may-have-unleashed-the-most-intense-fire-tornado-ever-observed-in-the-u-s/?utm_term=.2b3894ff8a70">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/08/03/californias-carr-fire-may-have-unleashed-the-most-intense-fire-tornado-ever-observed-in-the-u-s/?utm_term=.2b3894ff8a70</a><br>
Video: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/local/weather/massive-terrifying-fire-tornado-sweeps-through-california/2018/08/03/d805d43a-973c-11e8-818b-e9b7348cd87d_video.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/local/weather/massive-terrifying-fire-tornado-sweeps-through-california/2018/08/03/d805d43a-973c-11e8-818b-e9b7348cd87d_video.html</a><br>
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<br>
[top opinions]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-climate-change-trump-fires-20180804-story.html">With
wildfires raging globally, we have exactly the wrong president
for fighting climate change</a></b><br>
the Trump administration wants nothing to do with the fight against
global warming. The president's first Environmental Protection
Agency chief, Scott Pruitt, tried to roll back policies aimed at
helping the planet fight climate change. He had to resign because of
so many scandals, leading to his replacement by Andrew Wheeler, a
former coal industry lobbyist. He may be worse than the guy he
replaced.<br>
This is just the guy you want looking out for the protection of the
planet.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-climate-change-trump-fires-20180804-story.html">http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-climate-change-trump-fires-20180804-story.html</a><br>
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</font><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-carr-fire-wildfires-climate-change-20180730-story.html">When
fire season lasts all year long</a></b><font size="-1"><br>
</font><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-carr-fire-wildfires-climate-change-20180730-story.html">http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-carr-fire-wildfires-climate-change-20180730-story.html</a><br>
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<br>
[Just information. Sit and breath]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pg3RnPBXRY">What Do We Do
When the Science Gets Scary: Climate Change and the End of
Civilization?</a></b><br>
Thom Hartmann Program interviews Dr. Michael Mann<br>
Published on Aug 2, 2018<br>
What do we as progressives do when it is no longer hyperbole but the
science predicting catastrophic civilization ending climate change
scenarios? <br>
"So this is an example of a an unwelcome surprise another example of
how things in some sense might be worse than we had thought not
better"<br>
Join us on Patreon: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann">http://www.patreon.com/thomhartmann</a>
where you can also watch a re-run of the three hour program at any
time<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pg3RnPBXRY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pg3RnPBXRY</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Stay cool, even 85 F can be dangerous]<br>
<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQwLz7oVBfw">Uninhabitable
Regions with Extreme Heat and Humidity</a></b><br>
Paul Beckwith<br>
Published on Aug 2, 2018<br>
<b>At 35 degrees Celsius (95 F) and 100% humidity (at 100% humidity
this temperature is called the wet-bulb temperature) the human
body is unable to cool itself by sweating,</b> since the sweat
will not evaporate from the skin. As a result, the body core
temperature rises, heat exhaustion and then heatstroke sets in. A
physically healthy person sitting in the shade, in a well ventilated
area, is dead in 6 hours. Higher temperatures, and correspondingly
lower humidity do the same thing. The very young, old, people on
medication, etc. succumb to less extreme temperatures and humidity.
<br>
This video expands upon my last video, which explains how many
regions around the planet are reaching these uninhabitable
conditions. Please support my videos with a donation at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://paulbeckwith.net">http://paulbeckwith.net</a><br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQwLz7oVBfw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQwLz7oVBfw</a></font><br>
- -- <br>
[One more Paul Beckwith]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKAAn0Iy2wY">Human Body
Limit to Heat Stress from Abrupt Climate Change</a></b><br>
Paul Beckwith - Published on Aug 3, 2018<br>
The average persons core body temperature is 98.6 F (37 C). Human
skin is a few degrees colder, being about 35 C (95 F). Heat travels
from hot regions to cold regions, according to the Second Law of
Thermodynamics. Thus when the wet-bulb temperature, which is the
temperature at 100% humidity, reaches 35 C (95 C) the human body can
no longer shed heat (sweat no longer evaporates), thus core body
temperature rises, and the healthiest person, sitting in the shade,
dies in about 6 hours. The rest of us (young, old, medicated, out-of
shape, obese, etc...) are SOL at even lower wet-bulb temperatures.
Adaptation would require living inside with AC, living in caves, or
wearing cooled suits; who wants to do that??<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKAAn0Iy2wY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKAAn0Iy2wY</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Media is not well practiced in addressing this subject]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ny-times-climate-change_us_5b62058ce4b0de86f49d7b38">The
Real Missing Villain In The New York Times Magazine's
31,000-Word Climate Opus</a></b><br>
The story laments a lost opportunity when climate change was a
bipartisan issue from 1979 to 1989. But another bipartisan change
was happening too.<br>
headshot<br>
By Alexander C. Kaufman<br>
It's obvious why controversy engulfed The New York Times Magazine's
31,000-word opus on climate change before it was even published
online Wednesday morning. <br>
The story, titled "Losing Earth," takes an ambitiously nuanced stab
at anthropogenic global warming. Writer Nathaniel Rich chronicles
the years from 1979 to 1989, a window when the science made clear
that greenhouse gases were warming the planet and the fossil fuel
industry's big-tobacco-style misinformation campaign hadn't yet
warped the debate or weaponized the Republican Party into full-scale
denial. The story is a rumination on regret, a deliberate attempt to
step beyond the orthodoxies of climate messaging of clear-cut
villains and urgent calls for change and instead dwell on what could
have been, had policymakers acted rationally. It's an exercise in
hindsight. <br>
<br>
In doing so, Rich pats on the back Republicans like President George
H.W. Bush and then-Sens. John Chafee (R.I.), Robert Stafford (Vt.)
and David Durenberger (Minn.), who at the time "called for urgent,
immediate and far-reaching climate policy," Rich writes. He
acknowledges the fossil fuel industry as a "common boogeyman" but
credits companies like Exxon and Shell with making "good-faith
efforts to understand the scope of the crisis and grapple with
possible solutions," at least in the early stages. <br>
<br>
The villain, he concludes with the sort of heady literary flourish
that distinguishes magazine writing from other journalism, is
humanity's incapacity for proactive planning. Faced with an
existential threat, policymakers in the world's richest and most
powerful nation neglected even the most basic tools at their
disposal. <br>
<br>
"We have a solution in hand: carbon taxes, increased investment in
renewable and nuclear energy and decarbonization technology," Rich
concludes in the epilogue. "We can trust the technology and the
economics. It's harder to trust human nature."<br>
<br>
The New York Times on Aug. 1 published "Losing Earth," an ambitious
dissection of a lost opportunity for the U.S. to take action against
climate change.<br>
But do we trust the economics? At a private dinner at a Manhattan
hotel Tuesday night, Rich pre-emptively repelled criticism by
reminding an audience of roughly two dozen climate reporters,
academics and New York Times editors that his job as a writer did
not include propagandizing policies that should be. But the story
omits critical context about the economic philosophy that came to
dominate policymaking in the developed world. <br>
<br>
The rise of neoliberalism - a form of laissez-faire capitalism that
preaches prosperity through privatization and quasi-religious
reverence for the wisdom of unfettered markets - tracks the period
covered in Rich's story. Democratic President Jimmy Carter first
embraced neoliberalism in the late 1970s, when he began deregulating
the trucking, banking and airline industries. <br>
<br>
After defeating Carter in 1980, President Ronald Reagan repackaged
the philosophy as Reaganomics and pumped it with steroids - slashing
taxes and regulations on the financial industry and promoting
runaway growth and free trade. In February 1986, The New York Times
breathlessly summarized Reagan's proposal during a State of the
Union address to dramatically reduce federal spending on pollution
controls, public housing and energy research as a "welfare plan to
free poor from government dependency." <br>
<br>
George H.W. Bush's administration, despite nodding to the need to
address the greenhouse effect, continued pushing for welfare reform
and laid the groundwork for the North American Free Trade Agreement.
After Bill Clinton won the White House, he ushered in an era of
Democratic politics that included gutting welfare programs and
sanctioning mass privatization in the name of political centrism. In
the 1992 election, only independent candidate Ross Perot opposed
NAFTA. <br>
<br>
That economic thinking has dominated for so long, it has become, for
many, the conventional wisdom, not unlike believing vanilla is
plain-flavored ice cream. Even the philosophy's most vocal
proponents take it as such a norm that they refuse to name it.
Jonathan Chait, who devotes many of his New York magazine columns to
defending centrist orthodoxy, dismissed the term "neoliberalism" as
nothing more than "the left's favorite insult of liberals." It's as
though the effects of neoliberalism aren't plainly obvious -
dramatically worsening income inequality; dilapidated and debt-laden
public transit, housing and parks; and crumbling unions.<br>
<br>
President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale at the
White House in December 1979. Carter first embraced neoliberalism in
the late 1970s, when he began deregulating the trucking, banking and
airline industries.<br>
But above all, it has left us with a rapidly changing climate and a
policy discourse devoid of solutions on the scale of the actual
problem. <br>
<br>
The United States has not passed any significant environmental
legislation at the national level since the 1980s, instead relying
on market incentives and consumer labeling to address issues ranging
from greenhouse gas pollution, conservation and toxic chemicals,
according to a 2016 paper in the Utah Law Review. The paper
concluded that neoliberal policy "asks for the challenging valuation
of natural resources and asks consumers to make choices in the
aggregate that will achieve environmental goals when they may not be
in the best position to do so."<br>
<br>
In 2014, British environmentalist George Monbiot warned that the
rise of the "natural capital agenda," a movement to assign financial
value to nature, was "gobbledygook," considering that pollution
itself is evidence of market failure. A 2012 study published in the
journal Environmental Politics blamed "market fetishism" for
undermining large-scale federal legislation to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions while failing to foster effective policies that don't
involve government intervention, sequestering climate action to the
subnational level. <br>
<br>
Rich nods to this but never really explores the forces that have
prevented us from taking significant steps: "Keeping the planet to
two degrees of warming, let alone 1.5 degrees, would require
transformative action. It will take more than good works and
voluntary commitments; it will take a revolution. But in order to
become a revolutionary, you need first to suffer."<br>
<br>
The suffering is now upon us. A wildfire in Greece last month killed
91 people. The Carr Fire, the largest of 17 ongoing fires in
California and the seventh biggest in the state's history, has
killed six people and displaced tens of thousands of others. A
global heat wave last month killed up to 70 people in Quebec in
Canada alone. Last year shattered records, with $306 billion in
damage from unprecedented hurricanes, floods and wildfires. <br>
<br>
Revolutionary ideas are now - finally - entering the mainstream.
Democratic socialist congressional candidate Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez's surprise primary victory over party stalwart Rep.
Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) in June gave momentum to a growing crop of
candidates running on a Green New Deal platform to spend billions of
dollars on building up renewable energy and rapidly ending fossil
fuel use. <br>
<br>
The last time the Democratic Party attempted a major climate policy
was in 2009, with the introduction of a cap-and-trade bill, which,
applying neoliberalism in its purest form, would have put a price on
carbon emissions and created a market in which companies could sell
permits to pollute. Yet even that failed in 2010, when Barack
Obama's White House abandoned the legislation as a wave of austerity
politics crashed over the Western world. <br>
In attempting to capture the regret of a decade of missed
opportunity, Rich missed the fact that the biggest mistake is one we
haven't stopped making. <br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ny-times-climate-change_us_5b62058ce4b0de86f49d7b38">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ny-times-climate-change_us_5b62058ce4b0de86f49d7b38</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Don't forget to remember]<br>
<b><a
href="https://www.wired.com/story/climate-changes-looming-mental-health-crisis/">CLIMATE
CHANGE'S LOOMING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS</a></b><br>
FOR THE INUIT of Labrador in Canada, climate disaster has already
arrived. These indigenous people form an intense bond with their
land, hunting for food and fur. "People like to go out on the land
to feel good," says Noah Nochasak in the documentary Lament for the
Land. "If they can't go out on the land, travel a long ways to feel
good, they don't feel like people."<br>
The Inuit's lands, though, are warming twice as fast as the global
average, imperiling the ice they rely on to travel. In the fall,
hunters tend to get stuck in the community, because ice hasn't fully
formed up - and again, in the spring, when things are melting.
Climate change is making these ice transition periods even longer.<br>
"During those times historically, there has been some increases in
suicide or suicide attempts or ideation in the communities," says
Ashlee Cunsolo, a health geographer who has studied the region.
"There is a lot of concern among the mental health practitioners.
What does that mean if this time is lengthened from two weeks to
eight weeks?"<br>
It's known as ecological grief - the mourning of ecosystems and
species and ways of life that are disappearing as the planet warms.
But it isn't just hitting the Inuit. As our planet plays host to
rising seas, more intense storms, and higher temperatures, those
conditions will support a growing international mental health
crisis.<br>
"Things like depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder,
substance abuse, domestic abuse, all these things tend to go up in
the aftermath of a natural disasters," says psychologist Susan
Clayton of the College of Wooster, co-author of <a
href="http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/03/mental-health-climate.pdf">an
extensive repor</a>t on climate change and mental health. "As we
have more natural disasters, one would expect to also have increases
in those kinds of mental health consequences."...<br>
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The root of our shared problem may be the same, but the
manifestations of climate change can be wildly different. "Each
region, each place, each culture, is going to experience something
very, very different," says Cunsolo. For the Inuit, it's about ice.
For the Southern US, it's supercharged hurricanes. As with all
health care, prevention is the best medicine. But in the case of
climate change, we may be too late.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.wired.com/story/climate-changes-looming-mental-health-crisis/">https://www.wired.com/story/climate-changes-looming-mental-health-crisis/</a></font><br>
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[An Extensive Report] See p. 43<br>
<font size="-1"><b><a
href="http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/03/mental-health-climate.pdf">MENTAL
HEALTH AND OUR CHANGING CLIMATE: IMPACTS, IMPLICATIONS, AND
GUIDANCE</a></b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/03/mental-health-climate.pdf">http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/03/mental-health-climate.pdf</a></font><br>
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[36 min video classic]<br>
<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi7QTyHERjY">Lament for
the Land</a></b><br>
Published on Sep 21, 2014<br>
Told through the voices of 24 people from Nunatsiavut, Labrador,
Lament for the Land weaves together the voices and wisdom of
Labrador Inuit with stunning visual scenery to tell a powerful story
of change, loss, and hope in the context of rapid climate change in
the North. A collaboration between researcher Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo
Willox and the five communities of Nunatsiavut, this film brings
attention to some of the most pressing climatic and environmental
issues of our time, and the resulting mental, emotional, and
cultural impacts on one of Canada's oldest and most enduring
cultures.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi7QTyHERjY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi7QTyHERjY</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Navigating A New Climate - Public webinars 14 August 2018]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/2018/07/26/webinar-assessing-climate-related-physical-risks-in-the-banking-industry-outputs-of-a-working-group-of-16-banks-piloting-the-tcfd/">WEBINAR:
ASSESSING CLIMATE-RELATED PHYSICAL RISKS IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY
– OUTPUTS OF A WORKING GROUP OF 16 BANKS</a></b><br>
BY ACCLIMATISE NEWS - EVENTS<br>
This webinar will discuss the results of a collaboration between
sixteen of the world's leading banks with UN Environment Finance
Initiative (UNEP FI), and climate risk and adaptation advisory firm
Acclimatise, which resulted in the new report "Navigating A New
Climate". The banks set out to develop and test a widely applicable
scenario-based approach for estimating the impact of climate change
on their corporate lending portfolios as recommended by the
Recommendations of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on
Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).<br>
The webinar will focus on the physical-related risk and
opportunities, which is the risk resulting from climate variability,
extreme events and longer-term shifts in climate patterns, and
constitutes the second in a two-part series publishing both the
physical risk and transition risk assessment methodologies developed
through the Working Group's collaboration.<br>
Please register for Aug 14, 2018 9:00 AM CEST at: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1720729492566710275">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1720729492566710275</a><br>
Please register for Aug 14, 2018 4:00 PM CEST at: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8033504035186836995">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8033504035186836995</a><br>
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the webinar.<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/2018/07/26/webinar-assessing-climate-related-physical-risks-in-the-banking-industry-outputs-of-a-working-group-of-16-banks-piloting-the-tcfd/">http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/2018/07/26/webinar-assessing-climate-related-physical-risks-in-the-banking-industry-outputs-of-a-working-group-of-16-banks-piloting-the-tcfd/</a></font><br>
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<br>
[Acclimatise]<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/news/">Released: Lenders'
Guide for considering Climate Risk in Infrastructure Investments</a></b><br>
Acclimatise, <br>
Climate Finance Advisors (CFA), and Four Twenty Seven have released
a new guidance<br>
document to increase the climate resilience of large infrastructure
investments. The "Lenders' Guide for<br>
Considering Climate Risk in Infrastructure Investments" clearly
breaks down the ways in which physical<br>
climate risks might affect key financial aspects of prospective
infrastructure investments.<br>
The Guide provides a framework for examining how revenues, costs,
and assets can be linked to potential<br>
project vulnerability, along with opportunities, arising from
climate change.<br>
Ten sub-sectors, encompassing airports, marine ports, gas and oil
transport and storage, power<br>
transmission and distribution, wind-based power generation, data
centres, telecommunications,<br>
commercial real estate, healthcare, and sports and entertainment are
analysed as illustrative examples.<br>
Link: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Lenders_Guide_for_Considering_Climate_Risk_in_Infrastructure_Investments.pdf">http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Lenders_Guide_for_Considering_Climate_Risk_in_Infrastructure_Investments.pdf</a><br>
More information:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/2018/08/02/new-investor-toolkit-launched-for-managing-climate-risk-and-investing-in-resilience/">http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/2018/08/02/new-investor-toolkit-launched-for-managing-climate-risk-and-investing-in-resilience/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/news/">http://www.acclimatise.uk.com/news/</a><br>
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<font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/04/opinion/broken-promises-and-political-deception.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm">This
Day in Climate History - August 4, 2002</a> - from D.R. Tucker</b></font><br>
August 4, 2002: In a New York Times op-ed, Al Gore notes:<br>
"I believe Bill Clinton and I were right to maintain, during our
1992 campaign, that we should fight for 'the forgotten middle class'
against the 'forces of greed.' Standing up for 'the people, not the
powerful' was the right choice in 2000. And, in fact, it is the
Democratic Party's meaning and mission. The suggestion from some in
our party that we should no longer speak that truth, especially at a
time like this, strikes me as bad politics and, worse, wrong in
principle.<br>
"This struggle between the people and the powerful was at the heart
of every major domestic issue of the 2000 campaign and is still the
central dynamic of politics in 2002. The choice, not just in
rhetoric but in reality, was and still is between a genuine
prescription drug benefit for all seniors under Medicare -- or a
token plan designed to trick the voters and satisfy pharmaceutical
companies. The White House and its allies in Congress have just
defeated legislation that would have fulfilled the promises both
parties made in 2000.<br>
"The choice was and still is between a real patients' bill of rights
-- or doing the bidding of the insurance companies and health
maintenance organizations. Here again: promise made, promise broken.
The choice was and still is an environmental policy based on
conservation, new technologies, alternative fuels and the protection
of natural wonders like the Alaskan wilderness -- or walking away
from the grave challenge of global warming, doing away with
Superfund cleanups and giving in on issue after issue to those who
profit from pollution."<br>
<font size="-1"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/04/opinion/broken-promises-and-political-deception.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm">http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/04/opinion/broken-promises-and-political-deception.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm</a></font><br>
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