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<p><font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>June</b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b> 17, 2023</b></i></font></p>
<i>[ big changes to COP27 - BBC's Matt McGrath</i><i> Environment
correspondent ]</i><br>
<b>Climate change: UN to unmask fossil fuel lobbyists at climate
talks</b><br>
6-16-2023<br>
COP27<br>
Oil, gas and coal representatives will have to disclose their
industry ties at future climate meetings, the UN says.<br>
<br>
For years, fossil fuel employees have been able to attend without
having to be clear about their relationship with their companies.<br>
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Last year, over 600 industry participants were able to enter the
COP27 meeting in Egypt...<br>
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The problem though is that often employees of coal, oil and gas
companies are not open about their affiliations.<br>
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At COP26 in Glasgow, there were more delegates from the fossil fuel
industries than from any single country.<br>
<br>
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...<br>
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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.<br>
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There will also be no requirement to say who's financing the trip to
the COP.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
There was also ongoing rancour about the role of Sultan Al Jaber
from the United Arab Emirates, who will preside over COP28.<br>
<br>
Many have questioned the suitability of an oil company chief
executive for this crucial role.<br>
<br>
Supporters say he is well positioned to help major oil producing
nations transition away from fossil fuels.<br>
<br>
On a short visit to the talks last week, Sultan Al Jaber said that
the "phasedown of fossil fuels is inevitable".<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65917660">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65917660</a><br>
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<i>[ 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]</i><br>
<b>Aviation industry split on whether 2050 net zero goal achievable,
GE survey shows</b><br>
Reuters<br>
June 15, 2023<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
Most believe the industry will meet its objectives by 2055, however.<br>
<br>
"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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Rising costs and supply issues are among the biggest hurdles and the
industry needs more support, GE said in a poll summary.<br>
<br>
"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.<br>
<br>
"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."<br>
<br>
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.<br>
GE said 74% of respondents said they would maintain or grow green
investments in the face of inflation or recession.<br>
<br>
The survey was carried out last month by Ipsos in the United States,
UK, China, India, the UAE and France.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/aviation-industry-split-whether-2050-net-zero-goal-achievable-ge-survey-2023-06-15/">https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/aviation-industry-split-whether-2050-net-zero-goal-achievable-ge-survey-2023-06-15/</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Succinct opinion message of collapse - 3
minutes ]</i><br>
</font><b><font face="Calibri">Green Transition (Not)</font></b><br>
<font face="Calibri">Just Collapse</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Apr 29, 2023</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">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.</font><br>
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ Big changes in education - state by state
-- NJ, and next Connecticut schools begin studies for all
children starting in July ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>Penguins in Your Fridge? These 7-Year-Olds
Have Climate Solutions.</b><br>
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.<br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Audio report - NPR told us of solutions
long ago -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.wbur.org/npr/1160783951/6-scholars-explain-what-a-real-climate-solution-is">https://www.wbur.org/npr/1160783951/6-scholars-explain-what-a-real-climate-solution-is</a>
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<font face="Calibri"><b>Climate solutions do exist. These 6 experts
detail what they look like</b><br>
March 5, 2023<br>
Julia Simon<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
A big climate solution is an obvious one<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
"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.<br>
<br>
Think about who's selling you the solution<br>
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.<br>
<br>
"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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
"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.<br>
<br>
A solution may sound promising, but is it available and scalable
now?<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Ho researches climate solutions and he says ask yourself: is this
technology available, affordable, or scalable now?<br>
<br>
"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...<br>
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If it's adding emissions, it's not a climate solution<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
"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.<br>
<br>
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."<br>
<br>
<b>If a solution sounds too easy, be skeptical</b><br>
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."<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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."<br>
<br>
<b>It's not all about business. Governments must play a role in
solutions, too</b><br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
That's why all the scholars NPR spoke with for this story say one
big climate solution is to vote.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
There's no one solution to climate change - and no one can do it
alone<br>
Aronczyk wants to make one thing clear: there is no one solution
to climate change.<br>
<br>
"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."<br>
<br>
Climate solutions will take different forms, Sekera says. Some
solutions may slow climate change, some may offer us ways to
adapt.<br>
<br>
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."<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.wbur.org/npr/1160783951/6-scholars-explain-what-a-real-climate-solution-is">https://www.wbur.org/npr/1160783951/6-scholars-explain-what-a-real-climate-solution-is</a><br>
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<i><font face="Calibri">[ 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 ]</font></i><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>War On The World</b><br>
Just Collapse<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">Nov 28, 2022<br>
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.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_W0XKiYPtA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_W0XKiYPtA</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ It's all about Overshoot -- a classic
lecture ]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>Our ecological footprint with Dr.
William Rees, Professor Emeritus, UBC<br>
</b>Raincoast Conservation Foundation<br>
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<p>Nov 29, 2021<br>
From Conservation and resilience in the Gulf Islands in the age of
climate change and biodiversity loss: A webinar series, Webinar 4.
<br>
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Learn more: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.raincoast.org/gi-webinar/">https://www.raincoast.org/gi-webinar/</a><br>
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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).<br>
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Investigate. Inform. Inspire.<br>
Raincoast is a team of conservationists and scientists empowered
by our research to protect the lands, waters and wildlife of
coastal British Columbia.<br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[The news archive - looking back]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>June 17, 2011</b></i></font> <br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>June 17, 2011: </b>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:<br>
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<blockquote><font face="Calibri">"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.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">"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.</font><br>
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<font face="Calibri">"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.'" </font><br>
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