*[Enwl-eng] 🌏CAN EECCA Newsletter: We are hiring a communicator, Central Asian water crisis, India cutting emissions
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Regional Climate News
CAN EECCA is looking for a Communications
Coordinator to join our team
We are looking for you if you: Reside in
Kyrgyzstan, have a TIN in Kyrgyzstan or are ready to apply for one. Have
experience in climate change communication or climate activism. Established
contacts with journalists working on the topic will be a big plus. You are
able to write engaging texts, analyse information, select the most
important, come up with catchy headlines and in general – text is your
thing. Know how to use tools like Mailchimp, Sendpulse or are ready to
figure it out with our help. Fluent in Russian and English (at least B2).
Knowledge of other languages of the EECCA region is welcome. Familiar with
experts in the topics the network is working on (climate policy, energy,
sustainable cities, mobility, clean air, adaptation, activism) and willing
to meet new ones.
Central Asia: Low water levels on Irtysh
River create quandary for Kazakhstan
The IrtyshRiver, which originates in China
and then flows into Kazakhstan and Russia, is experiencing its lowest water
levels since the late Soviet era. Drought, which has become increasingly
common in Central Asia, is cited as a contributing factor. But perhaps the
most significant cause is China's increased water consumption, including the
diversion of water for agricultural and other needs, as well as the
construction of multiple dams along the upper reaches of the river. “The
Chinese side reduced the runoff in the Irtysh basin by 21.5% (2.1 km3).
Also, the PRC side reduced the flow of water through the Balkhash-Alakol
basin by 15.3% (2.3 km3),” the publication quotes representatives of the
Kazakh Ecology Ministry’s Water Resources Committee as saying.
Training for the Impact of Climate Change on
Persons with Disabilities in Central Asia
Eurasia Foundation (EF), a U.S.-based
non-profit organization dedicated to promoting civil society development and
good governance, is accepting applications for a provider (as an individual,
team, or organization) to develop a training module on the impact of climate
change on persons with disabilities (PwDs) in Central Asia. This training
will be organized as part of the upcoming Advocating for
Disability-Inclusive Climate Action in Central Asia (ADCA) program funded by
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and
implemented by EF.
Environmental Photographer of The Year 2023
Now in its 16th year, The Environmental
Photographer of the Year competition showcases the most inspirational
environmental photography from around the world. The award celebrates
humanity’s ability to survive and innovate and showcases thought-provoking
images that call attention to our impact and inspire us to live sustainably.
The competition is free to enter for all ages. Entries are open until 30
August and winners will be announced in November 2023. The Environmental
Photographer of the Year competition (EPOTY) is organised by the Chartered
Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), with the aim to
showcase the most inspirational environmental photography from around the
globe. CIWEM pledges to inform and educate the public and experts alike,
through materials that are grounded in fact, evidence, and science. EPOTY
supports this mission as it harnesses the power of storytelling and so makes
events from across the world more accessible.
Apply to participate in the 2024 Future
Leaders Climate Summit!
The Future Leaders’ Climate Summit will take
place March 9-11, 2024, with the option to attend Aspen Ideas: Climate in
Miami Beach, Florida. The Summit is open to any individual who has completed
an undergraduate degree or who has three years of experience related to
climate change or sustainability issues. Most participants will fall within
the age range of 22 to 30. Travel to and from Miami Beach, lodging
accommodations, and most meals during the Summit will be provided for the
2024 cohort of the Future Leaders Climate Summit. Future Leaders will also
have the opportunity to receive a scholarship to attend Aspen Ideas: Climate
on March 11-14, 2024 in Miami Beach.
Azerbaijan positioning itself as green
energy exporter
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary and Romania
have reached an agreement to push ahead with a project to generate green
energy from renewable sources in Azerbaijan and to export the power to
Europe via a subsea cable under the Black Sea. The project is called the
Caspian Sea-European Union Green Energy Corridor. Meeting in the Romanian
capital, Bucharest, on July 25, officials from the four countries signed a
memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture between their
national electricity grid operators in order to coordinate activities and to
push ahead with the project.
12th Eastern European Academy for Social
Democracy on Climate Action & Social Justice
The FES Regional Office "Dialogue Eastern
Europe" is pleased to invite young politicians, environmentalists,
eco-activists, political scientists, researchers, journalists and other
young professionals from EaP countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine) to participate in our upcoming East European
Academy for Social Democracy on Climate Action & Social Justice in the EaP
Region. The Academy will take place on October 2-6, 2023 in Tbilisi,
Georgia. The climate change and its effects are still often underestimated
in Eastern Partnership countries. Although some shifts are observed in this
direction in recent years, in general policymakers, decision-makers, and the
broader public still consider climate action as a luxury. Consequently, no
sufficient measures are taken to mitigate the impacts of a climate change in
the region.
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World Climate News
Devastating wildfires spur new detection
systems
Almost 900 forest fires were active in
Canada during the week of July 17, burning a total of 10 million hectares
and making it the worst fire season on record. Those wildfires also released
more planet-warming carbon dioxide in the first six months of 2023 than in
any full year on record. This destruction has spurred investment in
technology that might help detect wildfires before they become serious.
Based in Germany with a Vancouver office, OroraTech has two satellites in
low-earth orbit with special infrared sensors that monitor temperatures in
grids of four-by-four meters, and plans to have eight in orbit next year.
How the Inflation Reduction Act Has Reshaped
the U.S.—and The World
Companies have invested more than $270
billion in U.S.-based clean energy projects—think wind, solar, and
battery—since the IRA became law, according to a report from the American
Clean Power Association released earlier this week. Electric vehicle
technology investment has totalled more than $130 billion, according to
White House data. And the private sector is expected to spend trillions more
to take advantage of the incentives in the law over the next decade. “People
are deploying capital because of the IRA. If you talk to anyone in the
finance world, where people are seeing uptake in capital formation is in the
clean sectors,” says Podesta. “And there's no question that the bill itself
has spurred this.”
Amazon nations split on oil and
deforestation, ahead of summit
Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected
to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end
deforestation when they meet on Tuesday for their first summit in 14 years.
The meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) gathers
heads of state from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru,
Suriname and Venezuela for two days in the northern Brazilian city of Belem.
They will aim to forge unified policies, goals and positions in
international negotiations on some 130 issues ranging from financing for
sustainable development to indigenous inclusion.
Environmental ranking of European industrial
facilities
To implement our strategy, we link the
European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) database to
USEtox, a toxicity model based on scientific consensus and to the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) global warming impact
potential values and population maps (Figure 1). USEtox provides midpoint
characterisation factors for human toxicological and freshwater
ecotoxicological impacts of chemical emissions in life-cycle-assessment and
was developed under the auspices of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and
the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Life Cycle
Initiative (Fantke et al. 2018).
Mainstream economists accused of playing
down climate threat
Economic models have ignored tipping points,
rainfall changes and indoor work, leading them to under-estimate climate
change’s economic damage. An IPCC report last year, which was signed off by
all governments, summarised these models to conclude that warming of around
four degrees Celsius “may cause a 10-23% decline in global GDP by 2100
relative to global GDP without warming”. Other parts of the same report
warned of catastrophic physical impacts at that level of warming. The
professional body for the UK’s actuaries (IFA), whose job is to judge risk
for insurance companies and pension funds, published a report last month
which argued that influential economic models like this “jar with climate
science”.
Water Shortage Fans Discontent In Iranian
City Of Tabriz
A sustained shortage of drinking water in
the Iranian city of Tabriz has led to widespread public discontent as the
country suffers through a major heat wave that forced the government to
declare two days of holiday earlier this week. The water shortage has
severely impacted many areas in Tabriz through the week, with supplies of
drinking water has been virtually absent or only accessible for limited
periods with reduced pressure in some neighborhoods in the Tabriz
metropolis.
India slashes emissions rate by one-third in
14 years, putting it on track to reach UN goal
India’s greenhouse gas emissions rate fell
by one-third in 14 years, sources reveal. This drop is faster than expected
and is down to a rise in renewable energy generation and forest cover,
according to two officials who have seen the latest assessment made for
submission to the United Nations. The report's findings showed India well on
the way to meeting a commitment to the United Nations Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC), to reduce emissions intensity by 45 per cent from the 2005
level by 2030.
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