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<font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>December 2</b></i></font></font><font
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<i>[ From CNN - great graphs and graphics ]</i><br>
<b>As climate chaos accelerates, which countries are polluting the
most?</b><br>
By Laura Paddison and Annette Choi, CNN<br>
December 1, 2023<br>
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Countries have a mammoth task ahead as they gather for the COP28
climate summit in Dubai. They are way off track for preventing
“climate catastrophe,” and scientists are sounding the alarm that
time is running out to slash fossil fuels.<br>
<br>
Data from Climate Action Tracker, an independent research group,
reveals how much planet-heating pollution is still being spewed out,
who are the biggest polluters and how much progress still needs to
be made.<br>
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The world pumped out around<br>
<b>50 billion metric tons </b>of planet-heating gases in 2022,
according to this data. China was the largest climate polluter,
making up nearly 30% of global emissions.<br>
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Most of the world’s planet-heating pollution comes from just a few
countries. The<br>
<b>top 20 global climate polluters</b> — dominated by China, India,
the United States and the European Union — were responsible for 83%
of emissions in 2022. What these countries do to respond to the
climate crisis has an outsized impact on the rest of the world.<br>
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A different picture emerges when we look at per capita emissions,
which represent the climate pollution produced by the average person
in each country, and are calculated as total emissions divided by
population.<br>
<br>
<b>China</b> may be the biggest emitter overall, but the average<b>
American </b>is responsible for nearly twice as much climate
pollution as the average person in China. And in densely populated <b>India</b>,
one of the world’s biggest climate polluters, per capita emissions
are significantly below the global average.<br>
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The world is heading toward nearly 3 degrees of global warming, even
if current climate policies are met, the United Nations has warned.<br>
<br>
As the pressure increases on countries — especially those in the
rich world — to rapidly scale up their climate ambitions, here’s a
look at where we are now and how we got here...<br>
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There are many different ways to determine what a country’s fair
share of emissions cuts should be, Friedlingstein said. Climate
Action Tracker's calculations are just one way of attempting to
quantify responsibility.<br>
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“There is no one single answer” to the question of who should do
what, he added. “It's not about physics. It's not about math. It's
not about climate science. It's about decision and policy and
diplomacy.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/us/countries-climate-change-emissions-cop28/">https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/us/countries-climate-change-emissions-cop28/</a><br>
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<i>[simple signs of change ]</i><br>
<b>New England's decades-old shrimp fishery, a victim of climate
change, to remain closed indefinitely</b><br>
Regulators voted on Friday that New England’s long-shuttered shrimp
business, which fell victim to warming waters, will remain in a
fishing moratorium indefinitely<br>
<br>
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press<br>
December 1, 2023<br>
PORTLAND, Maine -- New England's long-shuttered shrimp business,
which fell victim to warming waters, will remain in a fishing
moratorium indefinitely, fishery regulators ruled on Friday.<br>
<br>
The shrimping business was based mostly in Maine and produced small,
pink shrimp that were a winter delicacy in New England and across
the country. The industry has been in a moratorium since 2013 in
large part because environmental conditions off New England are
unfavorable for the cold water-loving shrimp.<br>
<br>
That moratorium will remain in effect with no firm end date, a board
of the regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted
Friday. The board stopped short of calling the move a permanent
moratorium because it included a provision to continue monitoring
the shrimp population and consider reopening the fishery if the
crustaceans approach a healthy level.<br>
<br>
But it was clear board members saw little chance of a future for a
fishery that once provided a beloved seafood item that appeared on
restaurant menus and in seafood markets every year around Christmas.<br>
<br>
“I think we’re all done here with this stock. I see the water
temperatures. I don’t think we’re coming back,” said Mike Armstrong,
an environmental analyst and member of the panel...<br>
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“A lot of people, mostly in the industry, don't think that we have a
complete picture of what's going on,” Libby said. “Let's not open it
up, let's just have a limited season. There's a hunger for more
data, that's for sure.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/new-englands-decades-shrimp-fishery-victim-climate-change-105311895">https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/new-englands-decades-shrimp-fishery-victim-climate-change-105311895</a><br>
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<i>[ Unwise to use carbon fuels anywhere ]<b><br>
</b></i> <b>Battlefield Earth: How War Fuels Climate Catastrophe</b><br>
ClimateAdam<br>
Dec 1, 2023 #ClimateChange #cop28 #war<br>
War, conflict and climate change are tearing apart lives across the
world. But these aren't separate harms - they're intricately
connected. Wars and militaries drive emissions in myriad ways, soak
up vital cash, and derail climate deals. So, whether it's the
Israel-Hamas conflict or the invasion of Ukraine, war and conflict
are fuelling the changes to our climate.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vf7Bi6GdRY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vf7Bi6GdRY</a>
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<i>[ clips from a Reuters article in July ]</i><br>
<b>Insight: World's war on greenhouse gas emissions has a military
blind spot</b><br>
By Sarah Mcfarlane and Valerie Volcovici<br>
July 10, 20232<br>
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - When it comes to taking stock
of global emissions, there's an elephant in the room: the world's
armed forces.<br>
<br>
As temperatures hit new highs, scientists and environmental groups
are stepping up pressure on the U.N. to force armies to disclose all
their emissions and end a long-standing exemption that has kept some
of their climate pollution off the books.<br>
<br>
Among the world's biggest consumers of fuel, militaries account for
5.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a 2022
estimate by international experts.<br>
But defence forces are not bound by international climate agreements
to report or cut their carbon emissions, and the data that is
published by some militaries is unreliable or incomplete at best,
scientists and academics say.<br>
<br>
That's because military emissions abroad, from flying jets to
sailing ships to training exercises, were left out of the 1997 Kyoto
Protocol on reducing greenhouse gases - and exempted again from the
2015 Paris accords - on the grounds that data about energy use by
armies could undermine national security.<br>
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<b>MORE DRONES</b><br>
Neta Crawford, a professor of international relations at Oxford
University, said U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq,
the adoption of renewable energy technologies, more fuel-efficient
vehicles, as well as fewer and smaller military exercises, had
contributed to the declines in the fuel use.<br>
<br>
The wider use of drones may also have helped...<br>
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Some military emissions are recorded under unspecified fuel
combustion in the U.N.'s reporting tables, the UNFCCC said.<br>
<br>
In the meantime, global military emissions will remain poorly
understood, said Stuart Parkinson, executive director of the group
Scientists for Global Responsibility.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/worlds-war-greenhouse-gas-emissions-has-military-blind-spot-2023-07-10/">https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/worlds-war-greenhouse-gas-emissions-has-military-blind-spot-2023-07-10/</a><br>
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<i>[ Some describe the future as " Mad Max " - new movie seems to be
unaware of carbon usage]</i><br>
<b>FURIOSA Trailer (2024) Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth</b><br>
Movie Coverage<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPGm52dbKWg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPGm52dbKWg</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> December 2, 1970: The United States
Environmental Protection Agency is established.<br>
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