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<p><i><font size="+1"><b>June 10, 2021</b></font></i></p>
[seeing the light]<br>
<b>Halogen lightbulb sales to be banned in UK under climate change
plans</b><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57407233">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57407233</a> <br>
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[what?!]<br>
<b>‘The Dumbest Guy in Congress’ Asks U.S. Forest Service If It Can
Change Moon’s Orbit</b><br>
Why didn’t we think of that?<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/louie-gohmert-moon-orbit-nasa-climate-1180092/">https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/louie-gohmert-moon-orbit-nasa-climate-1180092/</a><br>
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[finally, honest absurdity shows understanding of the enormity]<br>
<b>Texas Republican asks: can we fix the moon’s orbit to fight
climate change?</b><br>
‘I’d have to follow up with you on that one,’ says forestry official
Jennifer Eberlien to bizarre question from Louie Gohmert [includes
a 1 minute video]<br>
<blockquote>“We know there’s been significant solar flare activity,
and so … is there anything that the National Forest Service or BLM
can do to change the course of the moon’s orbit, or the Earth’s
orbit around the sun?” Gohmert asked. “Obviously that would have
profound effects on our climate.”<br>
<br>
Eberlien said she would have to “follow up with you on that one,
Mr Gohmert.”<br>
<br>
“Well, if you figure out a way that you in the Forest Service can
make that change, I’d like to know,” Gohmert added.<br>
<br>
Though he seemed to be entirely earnest, some observers have
posited that Gohmert was seeking to express a belief that climate
change was a phenomenon of natural changes in the orbits of
celestial bodies, and so any other efforts to address it would be
futile.<br>
<br>
Gohmert’s question comes three years after a congressional
science, space and technology committee hearing, focused on how
technology could be deployed for climate change adaptation, heard
from the Alabama Republican Mo Brooks on the subject of sea-level
rise.<br>
<br>
Brooks posited a theory that erosion from land plays a significant
role in sea-level rise, including silt from the world’s major
rivers, and rocks along the California coastline and the White
Cliffs of Dover falling into the sea.<br>
<br>
“Every time you have that soil or rock or whatever it is that is
deposited into the seas, that forces the sea levels to rise,
because now you have less space in those oceans, because the
bottom is moving up,” Brooks said.<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/09/texas-republican-louie-gohmert-climate-change">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/09/texas-republican-louie-gohmert-climate-change</a><br>
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[PBS video briefing on drought in the West]<br>
<b>2021 could be one of the driest years in a millennium, and
there's no relief in sight</b><br>
May 28, 2021<br>
PBS NewsHour<br>
Nearly half of the country — from the Pacific coast to the Great
Plains and upper Midwest — is experiencing moderate to exceptional
drought conditions. That's expected to get worse throughout the
summer. As William Brangham reports, it's the western states in
particular that are taking the hardest hit, and the possibilities
for devastating wildfires are at an all-time high.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qDYi9HfQkI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qDYi9HfQkI</a><br>
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[Video in Phoenix]<br>
<b>How America’s Hottest City is Innovating to Survive | Weathered</b><br>
Jun 7, 2021<br>
PBS Terra<br>
<br>
Perhaps no place in the United States more clearly illustrates the
dangers of global warming than Phoenix, Arizona. 2020 was their
hottest year on record, with 53 days reaching at least 110 degrees
F. And heat-related deaths there have more than doubled over the
last 5 years. But while these trends are truly disturbing, there is
hope. Because of its extreme circumstances, Phoenix has been forced
to explore innovative solutions and is learning how to adapt urban
life to hotter and hotter temperatures. <br>
<br>
In this episode of Weathered, we delve into the latest science of
the “urban heat island” effect, learn about the looming threat of a
potential “Katina-like event” that threatens their electrical grid,
and explore the gamut of options being pursued by scientists and
activists to make life safer and more livable in America’s hottest
city. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2RQjtucG3M">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2RQjtucG3M</a><br>
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[moving away from heat ]<br>
<b>As more climate migrants cross borders seeking refuge, laws will
need to adapt</b><br>
Climate change is upending people’s lives around the world, but when
droughts, floods or sea level rise force them to leave their
countries, people often find closed borders and little assistance.<br>
<br>
Part of the problem is that today’s laws, regulations and
international agreements about migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees
offer few, if any, special protection to those forced to leave
because of climate conditions.<br>
<br>
National laws focus primarily on violence and conflict as drivers of
forced migration and rarely consider environmental stress. In fact,
no nation’s immigration system currently has environmental criteria
for admission. International agreements such as the Global Compact
for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the Global Compact for
Refugees mention the impacts of natural disasters and environmental
degradation, but they are not legally binding.<br>
<br>
The Biden administration has started exploring ways to identify and
assist people who are displaced by climate change. But
climate-driven migration is complicated.<br>
<br>
Often, the environmental stressors associated with climate change
are only one factor pushing people to migrate. For example, many
migrants from Guatemala trying to enter the U.S. have struggled
under severe droughts or storms, but many also fear crime and
violence if they move to cities in their homeland to find work.
Others are seeking opportunities that they and their children don’t
have.<br>
<br>
As experts in migration and climate risk, we have been studying how
climate change is displacing people within their own countries and
often pushing them to cross borders. Here are some of the key
challenges the Biden administration faces and reasons this effort
can’t wait.<br>
- -<br>
<b>Rethinking the role of disasters</b><br>
Climate change and other environmental stresses have increasingly
become drivers of displacement, but in ways that do not fit neatly
within the bright dichotomy that law and policy use to distinguish
between refugees and other people on the move.<br>
<br>
We believe it’s time for countries worldwide to rethink the role of
disasters and climate change in migration, recognize the rights of
those displaced by environmental causes and reform international and
national laws and policies, which are out of date with what’s known
today about climate change and displacement. Nations may be
reluctant to offer what may seem like a new portal for migrants, but
evidence suggests those numbers will only rise, and countries need
to be prepared.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://theconversation.com/as-more-climate-migrants-cross-borders-seeking-refuge-laws-will-need-to-adapt-159673">https://theconversation.com/as-more-climate-migrants-cross-borders-seeking-refuge-laws-will-need-to-adapt-159673</a><br>
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[United Nations document] <br>
Global Compact for Migration<br>
<b>The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM)</b><br>
<br>
On 19 September 2016 Heads of State and Government came together for
the first time ever at the global level within the UN General
Assembly to discuss issues related to migration and refugees. This
sent a powerful political message that migration and refugee matters
had become major issues squarely in the international agenda. In
adopting the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, the 193
UN Member States recognized the need for a comprehensive approach to
human mobility and enhanced cooperation at the global level.<br>
- -<br>
The Global Compact is the first inter-governmentally negotiated
agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations,
covering all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and
comprehensive manner. It is a non-binding document that respects
states’ sovereign right to determine who enters and stays in their
territory and demonstrates commitment to international cooperation
on migration. It presents a significant opportunity to improve the
governance of migration, to address the challenges associated with
today’s migration, and to strengthen the contribution of migrants
and migration to sustainable development. The Global Compact is
framed in a way consistent with target 10.7 of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development in which Member States committed to
cooperate internationally to facilitate safe, orderly and regular
migration. The Global Compact is designed to:<br>
<blockquote>support international cooperation on the governance of
international migration;<br>
provide a comprehensive menu of options for States from which they
can select policy options to address some of the most pressing
issues around international migration; and give states the space
and flexibility to pursue implementation based on their own
migration realities and capacities.<br>
</blockquote>
The New York Declaration<br>
<br>
For the first time on 19 September 2016 Heads of State and
Government came together to discuss, at the global level within the
UN General Assembly, issues related to migration and refugees. This
sent an important political message that migration and refugee
matters have become major issues in the international agenda. In
adopting the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, the 193
UN Member States recognized the need for a comprehensive approach to
human mobility and enhanced cooperation at the global level and
committed to:<br>
<blockquote>protect the safety, dignity and human rights and
fundamental freedoms of all migrants, regardless of their
migratory status, and at all times;<br>
support countries rescuing, receiving and hosting large numbers of
refugees and migrants;<br>
integrate migrants – addressing their needs and capacities as well
as those of receiving communities – in humanitarian and
development assistance frameworks and planning;<br>
combat xenophobia, racism and discrimination towards all migrants;<br>
develop, through a state-led process, non-binding principles and
voluntary guidelines on the treatment of migrants in vulnerable
situations; and<br>
strengthen global governance of migration, including by bringing
IOM into the UN family and through the development of a Global
Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration<br>
Annex II of the New York Declaration set in motion a process of
intergovernmental consultations and negotiations culminating in
the planned adoption of the Global Compact for Migration at an
intergovernmental conference on international migration in 2018.<br>
</blockquote>
<b>What are the aims of the Global Compact for Migration?</b><br>
<br>
The Global Compact is framed consistent with target 10.7 of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development in which Member States committed
to cooperate internationally to facilitate safe, orderly and regular
migration and its scope is defined in Annex II of the New York
Declaration. It is intended to:<br>
<blockquote>address all aspects of international migration,
including the humanitarian, developmental, human rights-related
and other aspects;<br>
make an important contribution to global governance and enhance
coordination on international migration;<br>
present a framework for comprehensive international cooperation on
migrants and human mobility;<br>
set out a range of actionable commitments, means of implementation
and a framework for follow-up and review among Member States
regarding international migration in all its dimensions;<br>
be guided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the
Addis Ababa Action Agenda; and<br>
be informed by the Declaration of the 2013 High-Level Dialogue on
International Migration and Development.<br>
</blockquote>
The development of the Global Compact for Migration - an open,
transparent and inclusive process<br>
<br>
The Modalities Resolution for the intergovernmental negotiations of
the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration outlined
the key elements and timeline of the process. The Global Compact was
developed through an open, transparent and inclusive process of
consultations and negotiations and the effective participation of
all relevant stakeholders, including civil society, the private
sector, academic institutions, parliaments, diaspora communities,
and migrant organizations in both the intergovernmental conference
and its preparatory process.<br>
<br>
For more information see “GCM Development Process“ and the United
Nations Network on Migration <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.iom.int/global-compact-migration">https://www.iom.int/global-compact-migration</a><br>
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<br>
[written document]<br>
<b>FATAL CALCULATIONS</b><br>
How Economics has Underestimated Climate Damage and Encouraged
Inaction<br>
Pandemics and climate disruption are existential risks that require
that particular emphasis be placed on the high-impact possibilities,
not middle-of-the road outcomes. This latest Breakthrough report
shows how and why economists, in their fatal economic
miscalculations, have ignored the real risks of climate change,
underestimated climate damage and encouraged inaction.<br>
<br>
Written by: David Spratt & Alia Armistead <br>
Foreword by Ian Dunlop<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/publications">https://www.breakthroughonline.org.au/publications</a><br>
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[Australia report - video news]<br>
<b>The risks to Australia of a 3°C warmer world</b><br>
Mar 30, 2021<br>
Australian Academy of Science<br>
If the world fails to reach net zero emissions by 2050, Australia
could face potentially insurmountable challenges to its cities,
ecosystems, industries and food and health systems.<br>
<br>
Read our media release:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/risks-australia-warmer-world">https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/risks-australia-warmer-world</a><br>
Read the report now: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://science.org.au/warmerworld">https://science.org.au/warmerworld</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDtkPpq6IEA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDtkPpq6IEA</a><br>
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[collapse is a process, not an event - an important interview]<br>
<b>Climate Change & Collapse with Prof. Will Steffen</b><br>
Apr 26, 2021<br>
Sam Barton<br>
Today we're talking about climate change and the precarious position
we are all in, threatened with the very collapse of our societies
and the biosphere upon which they rest, all due to our inaction.
Joining me to explore this sobering topic is Earth system scientist
Professor Will Steffen. <br>
<br>
Will is a climate change expert and researcher at the Australian
National University, Canberra. He's held many positions related to
guiding our species back onto a sustainble climate trajectory. He
was the Executive Director of the Australian National University's
Climate Change Institute, he served as a Science Adviser to the
Australian Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, he
was a founding Climate Councillor of Australia's Climate Council,
and has been an author and reviewer of five of the IPCC
(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) assessments and special
reports between 2000 and 2018. <br>
<br>
In our conversation, we cover: <br>
- How bad is the current situation? <br>
- Tipping points <br>
- The difficulty of modelling a system as complex as our climate and
thus, the need for a great deal of humiltiy and caution when dealing
with climate change<br>
- We talk of the threat social collapse due to climate change <br>
- and why we really need to get our act together by 2030 in order to
try and stablise the climate system. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJhKcrfoRu4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJhKcrfoRu4</a><br>
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[The news archive - looking back]<br>
<font size="+1"><b>On this day in the history of global warming June
10, 1963</b></font><br>
<p><font size="+1">June 10, 1963: In a commencement address at
American University, President Kennedy famously observes:<br>
<br>
"For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that
we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air.
We all cherish our children’s futures. And we are all mortal."<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://youtu.be/0fkKnfk4k40">http://youtu.be/0fkKnfk4k40</a> </font><br>
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