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<i><font size="+1"><b>April 25, 2020</b></font></i><br>
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[legal move]<br>
<b>Dutch officials reveal measures to cut emissions after court
ruling</b><br>
Green activists claim victory as government will spend 3bn[Euros] on
new climate initiatives<br>
The Dutch government has announced measures including huge cuts to
coal use, garden greening and limits on livestock herds as part of
its plan to lower emissions to comply with a supreme court ruling.<br>
<br>
Climate litigation activists described the move as "an enormous
win". The small non-profit Urgenda Foundation, which filed the
initial legal challenge in 2013, said this and earlier compliance
measures totalled about 3bn euros, which confirms the impact of the
world’s most successful climate lawsuit to date.<br>
<br>
Under the new package, coal-fired power stations will have to scale
back or close completely , cattle and pig herds will be reduced,
subsidies will be provided to home owners to use less concrete and
more plants in their gardens, and industry will have to find
alternatives for several polluting processes...<br>
more at -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/dutch-officials-reveal-measures-to-cut-emissions-after-court-ruling"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/dutch-officials-reveal-measures-to-cut-emissions-after-court-ruling</a><br>
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<br>
[BBC informs]<br>
<b>Coronavirus recovery plan 'must tackle climate change'</b><br>
"The world must work together, as it has to deal with the
coronavirus pandemic, to support a green and resilient recovery,
which leaves no one behind.<br>
"At the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, we will come together to
discuss how we can turn ambition into real action."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/science-environment-52418624"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/science-environment-52418624</a><br>
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[see it live April 28th]<br>
<b>Petersberg Climate Dialogue XI</b><br>
The coronavirus crisis is presenting the international climate
negotiations with new challenges. The Climate Change Conference (COP
26) has been postponed to 2021. This year, the Petersberg Climate
Dialogue (PCD) will not take place in its usual format. This time,
however, the ministers of 30 countries will meet online, because it
is essential that the exchange on the important issue of climate
action continues.<br>
<br>
The 11th Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD) will therefore be held as
a video conference on 27 and 28 April. The United Kingdom, as
president of the next Climate Change Conference (COP 26), will
co-chair this year’s PCD. At the invitation of Federal Environment
Minister Svenja Schulze, high-level government officials will
discuss which measures could pave the way for a green recovery from
this economic crisis. Additional exchanges between non-state actors
such as businesses, cities, NGOs and thinktanks, and between chief
negotiators, will also take place.<br>
<br>
Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres are scheduled to give speeches and answer questions from
the ministers.<br>
<br>
The speeches and the following discussion can be followed on 28
April at 15:10 via <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.bmu.de/en/press/live-broadcast/"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.bmu.de/en/press/live-broadcast/</a>.<br>
Live Stream to the press conference with Federal Environment
Minister Svenja Schulze<br>
Monday, 27 April 2020 from 10.30 am to 11.30 am (CET) <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.bmu.de/en/press/live-broadcast/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.bmu.de/en/press/live-broadcast/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bmu.de/en/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.bmu.de/en/</a><br>
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<br>
[Voter Study Group report - Degrees of Change]<br>
<b>Americans' Shifting Views on Global Warming</b><br>
BY PARRISH BERGQUIST, ROBERT GRIFFIN<br>
APRIL 2020<br>
Key Findings<br>
<blockquote>- Americans today are more certain about the existence
of climate change, and they are more likely to perceive it as
serious and caused by human activities than in 2011.<br>
- These changes have varied significantly by partisanship.
Democrats are increasingly certain about the existence,
seriousness, and human-caused nature of climate change.
Republicans are increasingly certain about its existence and
seriousness, but no more likely to think it is caused by human
activity. Independents have grown somewhat more skeptical of
climate change in all of these respects.<br>
- On an individual level, substantial numbers of Americans changed
their minds about the existence (24 percent), seriousness (20
percent), and causes (31 percent) of climate change.<br>
- The individual-level changes were not equal among partisans.
Republicans were likeliest to change their minds about the
existence, seriousness, or cause of climate change, while
Democrats were the least likely to change.<br>
- Between 2011 and 2019, younger Republicans adopted views that
were more skeptical about the existence and seriousness of climate
change as they aged. However, during the same time period, they
became more likely to accept that climate change is caused by
human activity.<br>
- There is evidence of enduring cohort differences among
Republicans when it comes to beliefs about the seriousness and
human-caused nature of climate change. On these issues, the
differences between younger and older Republicans today are larger
than they were in 2011. However, cohort differences have not
emerged on the issue of climate change’s existence.<br>
- Americans do not respond differently when asked about "global
warming" or "climate change." They are just as likely to say both
are happening, that they are serious, and that they are caused by
human activities...<br>
</blockquote>
This policy reversal exemplifies the polarized nature of climate
change in American politics. While many topics are divisive, there
are few where views about the basic facts, as well as the solutions,
are as deeply contested. Climate change has become a top priority
issue for Democratic voters, particularly in the liberal wing of the
party.(i) But prior analysis by the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group
suggests that the importance of climate change is one of the most
divisive issues for Democrats and Republicans.<br>
<br>
The stakes are high. The United Nations International Panel on
Climate Change -- a collection of the world’s foremost climate
scientists -- has shown that climate impacts are already occurring,
will get worse, and that strong and swift action is crucial to
warding off the worst effects that climate change could cause.(ii)
Understanding Americans’ views on this issue, as well as how these
views are changing, is of vital importance.<br>
more at - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.voterstudygroup.org/publication/degrees-of-change"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.voterstudygroup.org/publication/degrees-of-change</a><br>
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<br>
[Denial from your Cranky Uncle - video cartoon]<br>
<b>Debunking Cranky Uncle on past climate change</b><br>
Apr 24, 2020<br>
John Cook<br>
A debunking of the "climate's changed naturally before so current
climate change must be natural" myth, using cartoons from the Cranky
Uncle vs. Climate Change book:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://crankyuncle.com/book"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://crankyuncle.com/book</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPTORGuLWOo"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPTORGuLWOo</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<b>The Road to Change: America's Climate Crisis</b><br>
Tune in Saturday April 25 at 10pm EST and join Chief Climate
Correspondent Bill Weir for an American road trip to explore how the
climate crisis is already transforming life as we know it.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/04/20/road-to-change-america-climate-crisis-weir.cnn"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/04/20/road-to-change-america-climate-crisis-weir.cnn</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2020/04/21/cnn-special-reports-presents-the-road-to-change-americas-climate-crisis/"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2020/04/21/cnn-special-reports-presents-the-road-to-change-americas-climate-crisis/</a><br>
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<br>
[book about "The Climate Generation"]<br>
<b>A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety</b><br>
How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet<br>
by Sarah Jaquette Ray (Author)<br>
April 2020<br>
<b>About the Book</b><br>
A youth movement is reenergizing global environmental activism. The
"climate generation"-- late millennials and iGen, or Generation
Z--is demanding that policy makers and government leaders take
immediate action to address the dire outcomes predicted by climate
science. Those inheriting our planet’s environmental problems expect
to encounter challenges, but they may not have the skills to grapple
with the feelings of powerlessness and despair that may arise when
they confront this seemingly intractable situation.<br>
<br>
Drawing on a decade of experience leading and teaching in college
environmental studies programs, Sarah Jaquette Ray has created an
"existential tool kit" for the climate generation. Combining
insights from psychology, sociology, social movements, mindfulness,
and the environmental humanities, Ray explains why and how we need
to let go of eco-guilt, resist burnout, and cultivate resilience
while advocating for climate justice. A Field Guide to Climate
Anxiety is the essential guidebook for the climate generation--and
perhaps the rest of us--as we confront the greatest environmental
threat of our time.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343306/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343306/</a><br>
- -<br>
[ video interview with author - 15 min]<br>
<b>Sarah Jaquette Ray on "A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to
Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet"</b><br>
Ray explains what she learned from over a decade of teaching college
environmental studies courses--that her students were passionate
about global environmental activism but struggled with anxiety when
faced with the dire predictions of climate scientists. This
revelation led her to develop an "existential tool kit" for the
climate generation--Millennials and Gen Z’ers who are demanding
action from policymakers and government leaders--that ultimately
became A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety.<br>
<br>
Find out how you can take action and stay sane during these
challenging times! A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety is now available
wherever books are sold, including indie stores currently offering
curbside pickup, and websites like Bookshop.org.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/adNUFvsHwio"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://youtu.be/adNUFvsHwio</a><br>
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<br>
<br>
[climate psychology]<br>
<b>Why facing our feelings is essential for tackling our climate
crisis</b><br>
By Renee Lertzman<br>
April 23, 2020<br>
(CNN)Editor's note: Renée Lertzman Ph.D. is a climate psychologist,
researcher and strategist, focusing on individual and collective
action on our climate and environmental crises. The opinions
expressed in this commentary are her own. View more opinion at CNN.<br>
<br>
Thirty years ago, I sat in a darkened lecture hall listening to what
was happening to our Earth because of the decisions people had made.
Climate change, toxic contamination, species loss, forest fires,
soil depletion: it was a litany of all the ways humans had gone very
wrong. At least, that's how it felt to me, at age 19. Human behavior
was directly influencing the globe's weather patterns. It was almost
unthinkable.<br>
Apparently, it was so unthinkable for those around me -- that people
were literally not thinking about it.<br>
Meanwhile, my world was turned upside down, forcing me to reassess
almost everything -- how I traveled, what I ate, wore, what I drank
out of, slept in, even put on my face -- surprisingly intimate
things. It also made me think about who I was in the world, and who
I wanted to be. I did not identify as a scientist, activist or
"radical." Yet, at that time, those seemed to be the only people who
understood our lethal and dangerous trajectory.<br>
I tried talking with other people about it. I wanted to understand
what I was feeling, and why others seemed somehow immune. Was it
grief? Was it a unique, new kind of anxiety? A crisis of "epistemic
trust" -- the helplessness Dr. Daniel Siegel calls when the world no
longer seems trustworthy?<br>
It was all of the above. Yet at that time, not many people wanted to
talk about it. This is now changing. And that's a good thing,
because it's the ticket to our collective survival.<br>
As we face a global pandemic, tornadoes march across our country,
forests burn, waters rise and warm, corals bleach, jungles
disappear, floods decimate entire regions, and storms devastate
coastlines. More and more people are feeling overwhelmed, anxious
and despairing. And here's the thing: we really need to be talking
about this. Openly, without judgment, shame, blame, guilt or
"emotional policing."<br>
We are seeing huge numbers of people starting to bravely name their
feelings, openly: I am scared. I feel overwhelmed. I feel
powerlessness. I feel angry. Such as Hugh, who struggles with
anxiety and wrote into CNN before the climate town hall, "I've been
losing sleep after reading a report that talks about how climate
change could lead to the collapse of civilization by 2050." A few
years ago, this comment would have seemed extreme. This is no longer
the case. It just hasn't been acknowledged as openly -- until now.
And that's a very good thing, especially in this uncertain, anxious
and precarious time.<br>
We are all seeking meaning at a time of such radical uncertainty and
upheaval. And so the talking heads come out: we should prepare for
an apocalypse, mobilize, activate, solve problems, come together,
dialogue, innovate, grieve, cry or simply check out.<br>
But we're missing a crucial step. We need to name and acknowledge
our feelings; if we don't, we can't move forward.<br>
As neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux reminds us, "Body hormones, such as
cortisol, help us cope with stress. But as with any useful chemical,
you can have too much of a good thing. Prolonged, intense stress can
raise the levels of cortisol beyond the point where they are useful
and can impair memory processing and decision making systems that
normally help us be effective amidst uncertainty and change. If we
can keep our stress at levels that are useful rather than harmful,
we can help ourselves and others be in the zone where we are able to
use memory and foresight to cope with the situation. But because we
are each different, we each have a unique tipping point."<br>
The question is, how we can do this, particularly when the stakes
are so high. Psychologists have a term, "self-regulation" -- ways we
can keep our stress levels in a zone that enables us to be
functional, proactive, agile and resilient.<br>
"It requires huge self-regulation to contemplate and open our minds
to apprehend the edges of these massive issues," said neuroscientist
Sarah Peyton, author of "Your Resonant Self." This would include
climate change, the pandemic, the economy, who we were pre-Covid-19
and who we are now becoming. "No wonder people get their fuses
blown: being asked to take action, mourn, engage, with something so
big."<br>
When anxiety or being overwhelmed hits, we can move outside of our
"window of tolerance." Siegel describes this "window" as the optimal
zone of arousal where we are able to manage and thrive in everyday
life, despite the ups and downs. On the one end, when stressed we
can go into a "rigid" response, which may look like despair or
depression, or a more "chaotic" mode of agitation and rage. Often we
ricochet between, bouncing around based on how well we can cope with
these stressors.<br>
There are many things we can do -- individually, socially and
collectively -- to move us into our window of tolerance. We are all
doing them every day: walking, playing with our pets, cooking meals,
joking around with our friends. We can also try calming practices
like deep breathing and meditation known to powerfully change our
stress levels. And, what truly helps us all, is our ability to open
up, be honest, and have candid, compassionate conversations with
those who feel similarly or who are open to listening.<br>
Many of us are afraid that we'll get pulled down into a black hole
if we call out pain, guilt and shame that arises when we recognize
that we are responsible for some big things going wrong, and that we
are now reaping what we've sown. But in fact, it's exactly the
opposite.<br>
Compassionately naming our emotions actively decreases activity in
the amygdala, as cognitive scientist Golnaz Tabibnia and her team
have discovered in their groundbreaking work. Or what Siegel calls
"name it to tame it."<br>
Each of us need to support this kind of public global climate
conversation. And it starts with, "of course."<br>
<br>
Of course you feel sad. Of course you have anxiety and are waking up
at night. Of course you are worried about your kids and family. Of
course you feel deep concern for all of humanity right now. Of
course you feel angry but are not sure why. Of course you are
wondering where leadership is. Of course you are grieving for the
losses that are happening and will continue. Of course you feel
energized to show up as fully as you can. Of course you care.<br>
Saying "of course" to ourselves, first, and to each other as a
regular practice, gives us permission to show up as our full,
effective selves by first acknowledging the validity, complexity and
intensity of the feelings. When leaders, influencers and each of us
does this, we are saying, "You are not alone. I am here with you.
Let's figure this out together."<br>
What this looks like in practice -- whether in UN meetings, your
online conversations, news coverage or a presidential candidate
debate stage -- is having the courage and bravery to actively
acknowledge and affirm what many are feeling but not giving voice
to.<br>
Of course this is a terrifying moment. These issues seem intractable
and overwhelming. Of course it's hard to even contemplate. Of course
no one wants this to be happening, and everyone wishes it wasn't.<br>
The bottom line is that we are all so much more capable of showing
up as our most active, hard-working, brilliant, creative, loving and
generous selves, when our experience is being part of something
bigger than ourselves. That we are not alone -- which at this moment
we are most certainly, clearly not. When we feel that we matter, our
voices and experiences count -- no matter how messy or complicated
or dark or hopeful. We can all help each other, and our beautiful
and suffering planet right now, by starting with saying to one
person or a whole cast of thousands, "Of course you feel that way."
Of course.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/opinions/climate-crisis-psychology-lertzman/index.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/opinions/climate-crisis-psychology-lertzman/index.html</a><br>
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<br>
[Digging back into the internet news archive]<br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming -
April 25, 1999 </b></font><br>
<br>
April 25, 1999: Reviewing former ABC News correspondent Bob
Zelnick's<br>
book "Gore: A Political Life" (which was published by the right-wing<br>
outfit Regnery), the New York Times' Richard L. Berke notes that the<br>
book does a hatchet job on the Vice President's climate advocacy:<br>
<br>
"For example, while some environmentalists describe Gore's book
'Earth<br>
in the Balance' as an impressive work that incorporates his
knowledge<br>
of global warming and other issues, Zelnick dismisses it as<br>
'pathetically one-dimensional in its view of Western civilization,<br>
shabby in its ignorance of economics, simplistic in its approach to<br>
problem solving.'"<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/25/reviews/990425.25berket.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/25/reviews/990425.25berket.html</a><br>
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