From enwl at enw.net.ru Thu Nov 2 02:02:31 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 03:02:31 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] BREAKING: Coke is failing their sustainability pledges Message-ID: using *more* virgin plastic despite pledging to reduce Yesterday The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a leading platform driving major brands to reduce their plastic packaging impact, released its 2023 Annual Progress Report revealing that despite Coca-Cola's pledge to reduce its use of virgin plastic and increase its share of reusables, the company is failing on both counts. In fact, the company has increased its use of virgin plastic in its packaging by 228,000 metric tons since its 2019 reporting baseline. There's a major gap between what Coke is saying and what it's actually doing. Coca-Cola made an industry-leading commitment to shift towards reuse last year ? but the acid test is whether it will deliver. Coke?s underwhelming track record on delivering its sustainability pledges means there is a burden of proof for the company to show real progress sooner rather than later. So far, we're still waiting. Story of Stuff is continuing to call on Coke to prioritize reuse and refill, instead of single-use plastic. Thousands have already signed on to the petition. Will you add your name too? Together, with organizations around the world, we're going to call out these corporations and hold them accountable to their own pledges. Here's to raising the alarm on broken promises and greenwashing. Sam Lead Campaigner Coca-Cola?s use of virgin plastics is up and its share of reusables is down. Read our full reactive to the new report. In the 70s, Coke knew that their plastic would trash the planet...and did it anyway. The Story of Stuff Project runs on donations from people like you. Please make a one-time contribution, or better yet, sustain our work by signing up to be a monthly donor. 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That number basically signals that if we don't do everything in our power to protect them, we will lose this entire species forever. Once an animal is extinct, there's no bringing it back. So why are Republicans so insistent on passing HR 6008 that would basically ban protections for the Rice's whale? To make room for oil and gas extraction, that's why. HR 6008 would make Endangered Species Act protections impossible for the Rice's whale, allowing the fossil fuel industry a free-for-all in these vulnerable animals' habitat. It would leave these intelligent creatures that often swim near the surface of the water incredibly vulnerable to ships crashing into them, along with suffocating oil spills and disruptive seismic blasts. The oil and gas industry's presence in the Gulf of Mexico means torture and death for Rice's whales. We must bring our voices together and demand that House Republicans come to their senses and protect these aquatic mammals before it's too late ? sign the petition! Thank you, Lauren Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Republicans want to sacrifice the habitat of this critically endangered whale to oil and gas drilling. Tell them: we say no. Sign Now ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Lauren W., Care2 Action Alerts Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 7:05 PM Subject: Only 50 of these whales are still living in the world. Republicans want to strip protections. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Stephen Khan Global Executive Editor, The Conversation Devastation: Rafah refugee camp on the border of Gaza and Egypt was targeted by Israeli airstrikes on October 25. Imago/Alamy Stock Photo Domicide: the destruction of homes in Gaza reminds me of what happened to my city, Homs Ammar Azzouz, University of Oxford An architect from Homs in Syria on what happens to people whose homes are deliberately destroyed during war. a.. Jewish response to Hamas war criticism comes from deep sense of trauma, active grief and fear Dov Waxman, University of California, Los Angeles Many people who aren?t Jewish are responding as if what?s been taking place is just another episode of Israeli-Palestinian violence. But it?s different for many Jews. b.. In the Israel-Hamas war, children are the ultimate pawns ? and ultimate victims Omer Bartov, Brown University For Jewish people, Hamas? violence against children was reminiscent of the Holocaust. 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Babe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church ? and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlight Rebecca T. Alpert, Temple University Ruth?s headline-grabbing home runs helped his sport recover from scandal, while his own story helped combat anti-Catholic prejudice. You?re receiving this newsletter from The Conversation Tenancy B, Level 5 700 Swanston Street Carlton VIC 3053 Australia Forward to a friend From: The Conversation Global highlights Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2023 11:32 AM Subject: Covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Nov 3 00:58:24 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 01:58:24 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] These endangered dolphins are trapped in the Amazon Message-ID: We cannot allow a tragedy like this to ever happen again! Hundreds of Endangered Dolphins Are Trapped in the Amazon Sign Now Amazon and Tuxuci river dolphins are both endangered species that are on the brink of extinction. Now, over 140 of them have tragically died after being trapped in the shallow, unusually warm waters of Lake Tef?? in the Amazon Rainforest. Hundreds more have survived, but are still perilously trapped, unable to escape to cooler water. Luckily, wildlife experts are on their way to try to save as many dolphins as they can. We cannot allow a tragedy like this to ever happen again! Sign now to tell the Brazilian government to invest in research to prevent dolphins from needlessly dying this way again in the future! Scientists have warned for decades that climate change would threaten many of our most beloved species. Now, we are watching those impacts unfold in real time. Unprecedented warm temperatures have caused a historic drought in the Amazon rainforest, which in turn has made local lakes unusually shallow, causing water temperatures in them to skyrocket. Imagine the air you breathe getting hotter and more confined with nowhere to escape. That's exactly what these dolphins are suffering through right now. The Brazilian government must commit to researching this tragedy to protect other dolphins from the same fate! Sign the petition now if you agree! Thank you, Jess Care2 Petitions Team P.S. The Brazilian government can do more to prevent more dolphin deaths. Act now! Sign Now ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Jess M., Care2 Action Alerts Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2023 7:03 PM Subject: These endangered dolphins are trapped in the Amazon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Nov 3 17:38:04 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 18:38:04 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] WILL RESOURCE EFFICIENCY BE AT THE CORE OF BUSINESS SUCCESS IN GEORGIA? Message-ID: <23E15A21EA7A4054B69B85B1C7A5FE6F@lewpostnew> National Conference, 7-8 November, 2023 Tbilisi ? Daily News 02 November, 2023 The National Conference - WILL RESOURCE EFFICIENCY BE AT THE CORE OF BUSINESS SUCCESS IN GEORGIA? 7-8 November, 2023 Tbilisi, Georgia at Hotel Biltmore. Hybrid event (online and in-person event) The purpose of the conference is to highlight and promote resilience and green growth in Georgian enterprises by showcasing the benefits of Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) in the transition to a Circular Economy. Additionally, the event will provide an opportunity to discuss and share experiences, tools, and programmes on greening Georgia?s Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) through six sessions. The first session dedicated to national policies and strategies governing green development will be discussed with a focus on manufacturing enterprises. The focus of the second session will be on resource efficiency in practice. In the third session, the focus will be on the transition to a circular economy (CE) in Georgia. The fourth session includes an overview of product-focused initiatives supporting the greening of Georgian SMEs, such as Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and eco-labelling as a part of the Single Market for Green Products (SMGP) initiative, promoting eco-innovation, and stimulating the greening of production through Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) and its complementary tools. Day 2 of the conference will serve as a platform to discuss the necessary skills and funding for greening SMEs. The fifth session will host presentations on training and certification programmes, including on energy transition for income and employment. It will also consider building a pathway between skills/training and high-value employment opportunities and showcase the award-winning solutions in this area. The target audience is comprised of stakeholders engaged in green economic development in Georgia including Government, international and civil society organizations. It is organized to also engage representatives of MSMEs, including industrial enterprises; businesses, experts in the fields of engineering (chemical, industrial, environmental) and energy, members of academia, as well as practitioners from EU4Environment (2019-2024) and EaP GREEN (2013-2017) Actions (RECP Clubs? members and RECP Demonstration Companies, RECP experts). The event is organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), as an implementing partner of the EU4Environment Action and National Implementing Partner, Energy Efficiency Centre Georgia. Register here ? ???????? ?????????????- ???????? ?? ??? ??????????????? ???????? ?????????? ????????? ?????????????? 2023 ?. 7-8 ????????, ???????? ???????? (???????? ????????-?????? ?? ?????????) ???????????? ??????? ???? ??????? ?? ???? ??????? ??????? ??????????? ?????????? ?? ?????? ?????, ?????????? ??????????? ??????????? ?????????????? ?? ????? ????????? 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Nov 3 17:46:26 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2023 18:46:26 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Warning: this burger fuels climate change Message-ID: how a meat tax could work ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?No images? Click here Here's a jolt for anyone who doubts or has forgotten just how urgent the climate crisis is: at present levels of greenhouse gas emissions, humanity has less than six years before global warming of 1.5?C is all but guaranteed according to a new study. Although there is no hard limit beyond which all is lost, scientists predict that a global temperature rise of 1.5?C above the pre-industrial average risks Earth's ability to soak up carbon and redistribute heat. As a result, the effects of climate change may become rapidly irreversible once the world passes 1.5?C. "Although we need systemic change, the climate is also in our hands," say Cambridge University geographers Oliver Taherzadeh and Benedict Probst. One of the most effective changes you can make is to your diet. While giving up high-emission food like meat might seem hard, researchers are proposing ways to help people eat less of it without them even noticing. You're reading the Imagine newsletter ? a weekly synthesis of academic insight on solutions to climate change, brought to you by The Conversation. I'm Jack Marley, energy and environment editor. This week, we're looking at how to nudge meat off the menu. The global food system is complicated. Is a salad from a gas-powered greenhouse thousands of miles away really better for the climate than a locally reared joint of beef? According to the most comprehensive review of its kind, yes: regardless of where your food comes from, a vegan diet is still more environmentally friendly than an omnivorous one. Based at the University of Oxford, Michael Clark is a sustainability researcher while Keren Papier studies nutritional epidemiology. Using data on the meal choices of 55,000 people over two decades, the pair linked dietary choices to environmental impacts including climate change, water pollution and biodiversity loss. "Vegans in our study had just 25% of the dietary impact of high meat-eaters in terms of greenhouse gas emissions ... That?s because meat uses more land, which means more deforestation and less carbon stored in trees. It uses lots of fertiliser (usually produced from fossil fuels) to feed the plants that feed the animals. And because cows and other animals directly emit gases themselves," they say. "Even low meat diets had only about 70% of the impact across most environmental measures of high meat diets. This is important: you don?t have go full vegan or even vegetarian to make a big difference." Psychologists who study dietary choices have long argued that they face an uphill struggle in persuading people to eat less meat. That's because we tend to perceive eating meat as natural, normal, necessary, and nice, regardless of our reservations about animal welfare, health or the environment. Something similar was once true for smoking. One group of behavioural science researchers at Durham University recently trialled tactics used to publicise the harms of cigarettes on meat and found they could cut consumption. Jack Hughes, Mario Weick and Milica Vasiljevic asked 1,001 UK meat-eaters to choose from four options (meat, fish, vegetarian or vegan) for 20 different meals in an online questionnaire. When the meat option had a warning label similar to those found on cigarette packets below it, the number of people opting for it fell by 7-10%. The team found that labels warning of the climate consequences of meat farming were roughly as effective as those highlighting the human health and pandemic risks. An expensive taboo Advertising is another way tobacco companies once influenced consumer behaviour by obscuring the health risks of smoking. Peter Dietsch, a professor of philosophy at the University of Victoria, argues that bans on cigarette advertising should be extended to high-emission products like meat. "Governments around the world have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, in an effort to meet the Paris Agreement goal to limit warming to 1.5?C," he says. "Yet, they tolerate advertising for activities that are clearly counterproductive to achieving this ambitious goal. This is akin to a drug rehabilitation centre putting up posters everywhere telling its patients how great it feels to take drugs." And would people buy so much meat if it weren't relatively cheap? Morten Fibieger Byskov, a postdoctoral researcher in international politics at the University of Warwick, is doubtful. "It?s a lot easier to go vegetarian when you have the money to eat what you like," he says. "In the global south, many have not benefited from industrialisation, while remaining in even more need of implementing measures to counter climate risks. Even in the more affluent countries of the global north, many people live in abject poverty and have to make tough choices as how to spend their limited resources." Meat is kept artificially inexpensive by generous injections of public money. Globally, every fifth dollar raised by taxes and transferred to farmers supports meat production according to an analysis of agricultural subsidies in 2022. Meanwhile, healthier and lower-emission crops are neglected. A meat tax could redress this imbalance and help reduce demand. But would people baulk at the prospect? It depends on how the money is ultimately spent say environmental economists Franziska Funke (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) and Linus Mattauch (University of Oxford): "Fortunately, research shows that it is still possible to win over the public with clever policy packaging. For example, survey data shows financing higher animal welfare standards and phasing out subsidies for environmentally harmful farming practices could sway public opinion on price interventions on meat products." "And let?s think of a different name for it. An animal welfare levy, or sustainable farming levy, might just work." - Jack Marley, Environment commissioning editor Would a climate warning label ruin your appetite for steak? Please let us know your thoughts by replying to this email. Plus, tell us the questions you'd like academics to answer about climate change. Was this email forwarded to you? Join the 20,000 people who get one email every week about the most important issue of our time. Subscribe to Imagine. Climate labels similar to cigarette packet warnings could cut meat consumption ? new research Labels highlighting the health and pandemic risks of meat were also effective. Read more Vegan diet has just 30% of the environmental impact of a high-meat diet, major study finds We studied 55,000 people?s diets and linked them to data on environmental impacts of food. Read more Meat tax: no UK politician is calling for one ? but maybe they should Let's just call it something different. Read more Cigarette ads were banned decades ago. Let?s do the same for fossil fuels The number of people who die from climate change each year is roughly the same as the number of people who die from tobacco use. 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You are receiving this email because you have signed up to Imagine, a weekly newsletter from The Conversation. From: Imagine newsletter Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2023 9:00 PM Subject: Warning: this burger fuels climate change -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sun Nov 5 02:54:30 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2023 03:54:30 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Sitting With Grief Message-ID: What are you holding on to, my friends, to make your way through these difficult days? News of the world environment NEWSLETTER | NOVEMBER 3, 2023 Sitting With Grief My younger one fell sick this morning and had to be brought home from her elementary school right as I was getting started on this newsletter. Over at my colleague Zoe?s place, both her little ones are recovering from viral infections that took up a lot of her time this week. Then, this morning her baby?s daycare closed unexpectedly ? too many staff members called in sick, apparently. We are in our winter print issue production sprint right now, so these season-of-sniffles-and-bugs setbacks are really stretching our capacities and adding to our stress levels. But, in a way, I?m glad our work schedules are packed and our babies are sucking up the last bits of our time and attention. Because it means I have other things to focus on, to hold on to, amid this crushing vortex of death and rage and pain and grief that has gripped the Middle East and is reverberating throughout the world. That doesn?t mean that I?m not seeing. That I?m not grieving, as I?m sure most of you are as well. I don?t have much to add to the charged discourse on the matter other than to reiterate what I have said in the past ? in war, everyone loses, nature included. It?s never the answer. I don?t pretend to know what the answer is, but right now, I?m working on getting through the days, while also acknowledging the pain that we are all feeling, albeit in unequal ways. What are you holding on to, my friends, to make your way through these days when the fragility and impermanence of our lives are laid out so horrifically bare before us? I hope it is acts of kindness and care, however small. I hope it is community. I hope it is love. Maureen Nandini Mitra Editor-in-Chief, Earth Island Journal Photo by Daniel Frank TOP STORIES Vanishing Pastime By 2050, up to half of the Netherlands could be under the Atlantic. But climate change has already stolen a key part of Dutch culture: skating on frozen lakes and rivers. READ MORE Seabird Flu An unprecedented influenza epidemic is wiping out populations of wild birds on nearly every continent. Researchers fear that seabirds and their nesting grounds are next in line. 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More Countries Should Follow Suit. Sign Now While some governments around the world view street dogs as a nuisance, not something to be invested in, the Kingdom of Bhutan did something wonderfully different ? and wonderfully humane. After a decade-long project requiring significant investment, time, and effort, Bhutan has become the first nation in the entire world to have fully vaccinated and sterilized these stray animals! Spay and neuter programs are extremely important because they reduce the number of unhoused, hungry animals wandering the streets and facing harsh conditions. Street animals live dangerous lives, without consistent food, shelter, or medical care, and at constant risk of injury or death from vehicles. Instead of resorting to euthanasia or other deadly measures, these programs aim to control the population and provide care for existing strays in a compassionate way. Vaccinating street animals is also important in order to protect public health. Unvaccinated and unaltered animals can spread diseases, such as rabies, to humans and other animals. The Kingdom of Bhutan has shown that investing in a compassionate spray-and-release and vaccination program can promote animals' and humans' health. If Bhutan can do it, so can other countries! Sign the petition urging the governments of major nations, including the United States, United Kingdom, India, and Japan, to implement a similar program! Thank you, Miranda Care2 Petitions Team P.S. Bhutan's decades-long investment in nationwide vaccination and sterilization programs should be a role model for other countries. Sign the petition. 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The Nature Conservancy ????? ????????, ??????????? ???????? ??????? ?????? ?? ????????? ?????????? ??????????, ????????? ? ???????? ??? ??????????, ???????????? ?????? ????????????? ???????? ? ??????????????? ???????????? ??????????????? ????? ???? ???????, ?????????????? ???????? ????????????? ???????? ?? ?????????? ?????? ????????? ?-? ??? ???-????, ???????? ?????????????????? ???? ???????? ??????????? ? ????????? ????????? ????????????? ???????????? ???????????? ... ? ?????? ??????. This year at COP28, nature is coming to the well-deserved forefront of the global climate agenda This year, the World Climate Foundation is bringing a new diverse audience from Climate Week NYC to COP28 to support Nature Priorities. We invite you to play an integral role in addressing the shared challenge of climate change and biodiversity loss. Join us at World Climate Summit on 7-8 December and be part of a momentous launch of the Nature Investment Coalition in the Blue Zone. The global climate agenda has historically centred on emissions reduction, often overlooking the critical role of nature in climate mitigation. Meanwhile, neglecting biodiversity loss can only hinder our efforts to combat global warming. Therefore, this year's COP is of paramount importance, as it places nature at the forefront of global climate negotiations. The COP28 Nature Priorities calls on all stakeholders to integrate nature into climate action and financial strategies. But to do so, we need nature-based solutions and substantial investments to implement them. Ahead of COP28, World Biodiversity Summit was established as a key nature event at Climate Week NYC and the 78th UNGA. It engaged a new and diverse crowd to deliver innovative insights on accelerating nature investments and developing nature-based solutions across various major sectors ? from agriculture and forestry to energy and oceans. Bringing these insights forward, our World Biodiversity Network of key financial experts, industry leaders and policymakers is poised to play a crucial role at COP28 focusing on the synergy between nature and climate action during World Climate Summit and building the momentum to take stock of the Global Biodiversity Framework implementation ahead of COP16. For the past several years, the World Climate Foundation has been actively working to bridge the gap between climate and biodiversity action through global events, coalition building and public-private partnerships. World Climate Summit - The Investment COP returning for its 14th year on 7-8 December alongside COP28, will feature the three pivotal biodiversity sessions, delving into: a.. Nature-based solutions and their synergies for climate action b.. Climate-smart agriculture, revolutionising food systems for climate resilience c.. Boosting climate resilience and adaptation through nature finance The biodiversity track of the summit will boast an outstanding lineup of speakers, represented by leading finance institutions, international environmental organisations, industry leaders, scientists and policymakers. Among them: a.. Noor Yafai-Stroband, Europe Director for Global Policy and Institutional Partnerships at The Nature Conservancy b.. Emily McKenzie, Technical Director at the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures c.. Eva Mayerhofer, Head of Environmental Policy and Biodiversity Lead at the European Investment Bank d.. Ross Hampton, Executive Director of the International Sustainable Forestry Coalition e.. Dr Tsai Ming-Jer, Director of the Experimental Forest, College of Bioresources and Agriculture of National Taiwan University ...and many more. Keen to deliver more meaningful impacts, we are arranging high-level negotiations and partnerships in the Blue Zone to craft effective solutions to climate-nature dual crises. One is the Nature Investment Coalition, our brand-new initiative forged through collaboration with the UN High-Level Climate Champions and other partners. The coalition is to streamline funding for sustainable management of natural resources while addressing climate change through nature-based solutions. Stay tuned to learn more about the launch of the Nature Investment Coalition and other activities at the Blue Zone. Mobilising Private Capital for Nature to Meet Climate and Nature Goals A report released by The Climate Champions Team presents insights on accelerating the flow of private capital to nature-based solutions for climate action and introduces a six-step action agenda for businesses and financial institutions. Read more _____________________________________________________ Meeting the Moment on Nature Disclosures: The New Double Bottom Line Simon Zadek, Executive Director at NatureFinance and senior advisor to the Taskforce on Nature Markets, outlines how the momentous creation of the TNFD recommendations will shape business actions. Learn more _____________________________________________________ Humanity 'Staring Down Barrel' of Potentially Losing Up to Half of Future Medicines Through Plant Extinction Facing a potential loss of half our future medicines, humanity confronts a stark threat with the extinction of over 100,000 flowering plants, urging a revaluation of conservation priorities globally, Kew's groundbreaking report reveals. Learn more _____________________________________________________ Biodiversity: Businesses Pledge to Protect Nature at Milan Summit At the European Business and Nature Summit, more than 350 companies, financial institutions, governments, academia and civil society representatives discussed how businesses can deliver on the Global Biodiversity Framework. Learn more _____________________________________________________ Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes Finally on Conservation Agendas National biodiversity strategies following the new GBF now need to emphasise the role of mixed agricultural landscapes, the role of forests and trees, and provide a mandate for ministries of agriculture and farmers as partners in biodiversity conservation. Learn more Unlocking the Biodiversity-Climate Nexus Our partner, Finance 4 Biodiversity Foundation, released a crucial 5-step guide ?Unlocking the Biodiversity-Climate Nexus. 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Our mailing address is: The Conflict and Environment Observatory CEOBS, The Chapel, Scout Road Mytholmroyd Hebden Bridge, West Yorks HX75HZ United Kingdom Add us to your address book The Conflict and Environment Observatory is registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales ? number 1174115. -- ?? ???????? ??? ?????????, ????????? ????????? ?? ?????? "seu-international". From: Svet Zabelin Sent: Monday, November 06, 2023 9:04 PM Subject: Fwd: Global messages marking #EnvConflictDay 2023 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Tue Nov 7 02:53:22 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2023 03:53:22 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Israel-Hamas war: young are bearing the brunt Message-ID: <6B8C410100784620ABEAFDD420B8BC68@evol.sp.ru> Global Edition - Today's top story: The UN is calling the Israel-Hamas war a 'graveyard of children'. In an adult conflict, the young are suffering most View in browser Global Edition | 6 November 2023 My week has mainly been taken up with coverage of the tragedy unfolding in Gaza. The death toll in the Strip ? overwhelmingly made up of innocent civilians with young people being disproportionately affected, just as in Hamas?s attack on Israel ? is rising with unbearable rapidity. And any hope of a peaceful resolution to the Israel-Palestine question has in all probability disappeared for another generation as what looks like a devastating land war gets started in the face of dwindling international support. To help you keep abreast of our coverage of the conflict, we?ve launched a fortnightly digest of the most incisive commentary on this desperate situation. Sign up to receive it here. If the publication of Walter Isaacson?s substantial biography of Elon Musk has proved anything beyond doubt, it is that Musk is a seriously weird dude. In tracing the path that has taken Musk from his rough-and-tumble South African childhood, to the giddy world of turn-of-the-millennium Silicon Valley, and on to becoming the world?s richest man, Isaacson has uncovered new information about his subject. He provides an efficient account of Musk?s astonishing success as a technological entrepreneur. But as Matthew Ricketson argues in his thorough appraisal of Isaacson?s book, there is also an unreflective quality to the biography that prevents it from addressing some of the larger issues. Jonathan Este Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor The UN is calling the Israel-Hamas war a ?graveyard of children?. In an adult conflict, the young are suffering most Patrick O'Leary, Griffith University It?s often the most vulnerable who suffer most in war. That remains true, with children making up around 40% of the casualties in the Israel-Hamas conflict. It?s devastating, now and into the future. Israel-Hamas war puts China?s strategy of ?balanced diplomacy? in the Middle East at risk Andrew Latham, Macalester College Beijing?s tone on the Middle East crisis has shifted since Hamas?s initial attack, becoming increasingly pro-Palestinian. Grandiose visions and arrested development: a new biography considers the contradictory life of Elon Musk Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University Some see Elon Musk as an idiot savant; others think of him simply as an idiot. How did an unelected citizen come to wield such power? a.. Now and Then: enabled by AI ? created by profound connections between the four Beatles Adam Behr, Newcastle University This new last Beatles song, enabled in part by AI, demonstrates the importance of the profound and lasting connections between the four musicians. b.. Sam Bankman-Fried convicted for massive FTX fraud, in stark reminder of risks of crypto trading John Hawkins, University of Canberra Cryptocurrency tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried may face a jail term of more than a century after conviction on seven counts of fraud and money laundering. c.. Is salt really a new culprit in type 2 diabetes? Duane Mellor, Aston University A new study suggests that adding salt to your food at the table is linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. But caution is needed. Birds of east Africa: new book reveals their extraordinary diversity and changing behaviour Colin Beale, University of York With about 1,500 species, the diversity of birds in East Africa is nearly overwhelming. Bird flu could be eradicated by editing the genes of chickens - our study shows how Alewo Idoko-Akoh, University of Bristol The three flu pandemics of the 20th century originated from birds, making it critical to fight bird flu. 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Climate Action Network Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Digest of news on climate change, energy issues www.caneecca.org -------------------------------------------------- Someone forwarded this digest to you? You can subscribe using this link -------------------------------------------------- Regional Climate News Rosatom and Russia?s War in Ukraine More than 20 months after Russia started an unprovoked and unjustified war in Ukraine, the European nuclear industry continues to cooperate with the Russian corporation Rosatom. This paper shows how Russia uses its civil-m,ilitary nuclear corporation Rosatom as a strategic tool and how Rosatom is involved in the war against Ukraine. Shrinking Caspian, invisible opposition, elusive pipeline Central Asia is facing a water crisis as the Caspian Sea's water level continues to decline, posing a severe threat to the ecosystem and marine economy in the region. Climate change, combined with human influence, has exacerbated the issue, leading to reduced precipitation, increased evaporation, and diminished water inflow. Additionally, the region is witnessing anti-government protests, but authorities' efforts to suppress dissent have left the political landscape unpredictable and potentially unstable. Meanwhile, discussions about building a natural gas pipeline across the Caspian Sea from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan are ongoing, with political will and commercial deals needed to make progress on this front. Investments are on the side of renewable energy, not nuclear power In recent public discussions of plans to build nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Kazakhstan, it has been argued that NPPs will create jobs and local industry. However, economist Zhannat Salimova-Tekai points out that solar and wind power plants create significantly more jobs per gigawatt of installed capacity than NPPs, and these jobs are available to a wider range of professionals. She also argues that attracting private investment and borrowing for NPP construction is not feasible in Kazakhstan due to insurance risks, low tariffs, and the lack of an efficient electricity market. In addition, the cost of electricity from NPPs is the most expensive in the world today, which contradicts the opinion of NPP proponents that it is cheap. How Climate Change and Glacier Degradation Affect Power Sector in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan is experiencing an energy deficit due to a lack of produced electricity for the population, resulting in increasing imports of electricity and possible "regulatory blackouts" of lights. The drop in electricity production is related to water levels in hydropower plants, especially the Toktogul HPP, which depends on shrinking glaciers and increasing global warming. Preserving glaciers and reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere are important measures to mitigate the energy crisis and conserve resources. New Water Agreements in Central Asia: What Kyrgyzstan Should Do The Center for Political and Legal Studies in Kyrgyzstan emphasizes the importance of water management in Central Asia because of the resource interdependence between upstream and downstream countries in the region, the need to support agriculture and ensure environmental sustainability. Afghanistan, which has become an active participant in water management projects, is also changing the dynamics of water resources. Existing agreements on water do not satisfy either upper or lower countries, which creates potential conflicts, and resolving water disputes requires mutual understanding and concessions between countries in the region, with conflicts that can be resolved through peaceful means, and may possibly lead to conflicts. Lithuanian Foreign Ministry sends a note to Belarus over NPP operation The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry urges Belarus to halt the operation of the first and second power units of the Belarusian nuclear power plant due to safety concerns. Lithuania believes that the BelNPP in Astravets poses a threat to the whole of Europe and insists on suspending the operation of these power units until all safety issues are resolved. This move by Lithuania is linked to growing concerns about the safety of the nuclear plant and its impact on the environment. More serious changes are needed - ecologists on Russia's new doctrine The new climate doctrine recently signed by the Russian President is structurally similar to the previous version approved in 2009, but contains some important differences. The new doctrine includes the objective of achieving carbon neutrality, which means a balance between greenhouse gas emissions and their uptake by ecosystems. Issues include methodologies for accounting for emissions, including wildfires, and assessing the ability of forests to absorb greenhouse gases. It also includes a presidential decree to reduce emissions to 70 percent of 1990 levels by 2030, although emissions were already 50 percent below 1990 levels when the doctrine was signed in 2020. -------------------------------------------------- World Climate News World shift to clean energy is unstoppable, IEA report says A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights an "unstoppable" shift toward renewable energy but emphasizes that the phase-down of fossil fuels is not happening quickly enough. While the IEA predicts that renewables will provide half of the world's electricity by 2030, it warns that emissions remain too high to prevent a temperature rise above the critical 1.5?C threshold. The report calls for a 50% reduction in investment in fossil fuels and praises progress in expanding renewable energy and the adoption of electric vehicles and heat pumps, emphasizing the need to support clean energy transitions worldwide. To triple renewable energy, the Global South needs finance With just one month until COP28, the global target to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 to over 11,000 gigawatts is poised to take center stage. This target, aligned with limiting temperature rise to 1.5?C, offers hope in the fight against climate change. However, achieving this goal requires a significant increase in financial support and financial reform, particularly for the Global South, where investment in renewable energy has remained stagnant. The G20's commitment to yearly investment of $4 trillion by 2030, mostly from private and public sources, is necessary, but structural and historical injustices in the global financial system, such as high capital costs in developing economies, must be addressed to facilitate renewable energy adoption. A Letter to COP 28 President from medical community A letter from the international health and medical community addressed to COP 28 President-Designate Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber calls for a decisive end to fossil fuel dependency at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai. The letter emphasizes that addressing the climate crisis is essential for achieving health and well-being for all, citing the impacts of climate change-induced extreme weather events, air pollution from burning fossil fuels, and the economic costs associated with health impacts. It calls for an accelerated, just, and equitable phase-out of fossil fuels as the most significant way to protect global health, reduce air pollution-related deaths, and transition to clean energy sources while emphasizing the need to leave no one behind and increase investments in clean energy. The letter also highlights the need to exclude fossil fuel interests from climate negotiations to safeguard global collaboration on climate progress. Climate storytelling from the Global South CNN Academy is offering a comprehensive media training program for early-career content creators, journalists, and storytellers from developing countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. The program will focus on climate change reporting and cover topics such as climate science, investigative journalism, data-driven reporting, multimedia storytelling, and ethical considerations in climate reporting. Participants must demonstrate a strong interest in climate change storytelling, fluency in English, and a commitment to attending the training program in Abu Dhabi from December 3rd to December 10th. Baltic Sea faces ?critical challenges? on climate and biodiversity, report warns The Baltic Sea is facing significant challenges due to the climate crisis and biodiversity degradation, as highlighted by a comprehensive audit from the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helcom). The audit found that from 2016 to 2021, there was little to no improvement in the health of the Baltic Sea. Fish stocks were at dangerously low levels, pollution, land use, and resource extraction continued to pressure the sea, and the climate crisis was taking its toll, leading to reduced ice cover, more extreme weather, and rising water temperatures. What is ?white hydrogen? and could it be a fuel of the future? White hydrogen, a form of natural hydrogen found within the Earth, has gained attention as a potentially clean and renewable energy source. Unlike the majority of hydrogen production that relies on fossil fuels, white hydrogen can be extracted from beneath the Earth's surface and is continuously replenished through natural processes. While there is still much to learn about how white hydrogen deposits form and their commercial viability, this resource offers the potential for a cleaner and more sustainable alternative to traditional hydrogen production methods. Reducing pollution accelerates global warming. How do we solve this catch-22? Efforts to reduce air pollution, particularly sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from sources like coal plants, have led to an unmasking effect, where the removal of pollutants has allowed more solar radiation to reach the Earth, leading to an increase in temperatures. This phenomenon has been observed in China, where a successful "war on pollution" led to significant reductions in SO2 emissions but also a 0.7-degree Celsius rise in average temperatures since 2014. The unmasking effect could have a greater impact on warming than greenhouse gases in some industrial Chinese cities, and experts warn that similar jumps in warming may occur in other highly polluted regions if they clean the skies of SO2 and related aerosols. ? 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As people from across the world, we call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the blockade in Gaza. Stop raining death on innocent people. Ceasefire NOW! ADD YOUR NAME Over 2 million people live in Gaza, and almost 50% are children under 18. The blockade has left them largely without drinking water, food or fuel. This is illegal under international law. Hospitals are operating on wounded civilians without anesthesia. Imagine - screaming, wounded children with no painkillers to help them. This isn't a targeted strike on Hamas -- it's the collective punishment of an entire people. The Israeli people are also in danger. After the horrors committed by Hamas, their far-right, Trump-like Prime Minister is drawing them into a war that could take years and thousands more lives. Standing with Israeli citizens does not mean standing with PM Netanyahu or supporting a cruel war that will make everyone less safe. With key governments, like the US, giving Netanyahu the greenlight to plunge into war, the hawks of war are louder than the voices for peace. And that is one thing we can help change if we act together -- demanding the leadership we need to bring security and justice to both sides. Join the massive call to STOP this insanity before it's too late. Add your voice below and Avaaz will put our message in ads around the world and deliver it directly to key heads of state. Add your voice to the global call to stop this war now! There is no liberation for any of us when we let this kind of harm come to innocent people, and we all have a role to play in stopping it. We can be the people who choose justice over revenge. Who choose life over death. Who choose peace over war. Let?s call the world to its senses together! With hope and determination, Nell, Abdelrahman, Alice, Fadi, Christoph, John, Kanika, Lily, Mo and the rest of the Avaaz team More information: a.. Gaza becoming a ?graveyard for children,? UN chief warns as calls for ceasefire intensify (CNN) b.. The space for peace and Jewish-Arab solidarity is shrinking in wartime Israel (NPR) c.. UN General Assembly adopts Gaza resolution calling for immediate and sustained ?humanitarian truce? (UN News) d.. Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children (UNICEF) Avaaz is a 70-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making. ("Avaaz" means "voice" or "song" in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18 countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz's biggest campaigns here, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. You became a member of the Avaaz movement and started receiving these emails when you signed "Join Avaaz!" on 2012-05-15 . 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This isn't a targeted strike on Hamas -- it's the collective punishment of an entire people. The Israeli people are also in danger. After the horrors committed by Hamas, their far-right, Trump-like Prime Minister is drawing them into a war that could take years and thousands more lives. Standing with Israeli citizens does not mean standing with PM Netanyahu or supporting a cruel war that will make everyone less safe. With key governments, like the US, giving Netanyahu the greenlight to plunge into war, the hawks of war are louder than the voices for peace. And that is one thing we can help change if we act together -- demanding the leadership we need to bring security and justice to both sides. Join the massive call to STOP this insanity before it's too late. Add your voice below and Avaaz will put our message in ads around the world and deliver it directly to key heads of state. Add your voice to the global call to stop this war now! 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This is a huge step towards the European future of Georgia; We call on all sectors to get involved in the implementation of those reforms, which in the future will lead to granting Georgia candidate status and joining the European Union. ? ???????????? ??????????????? ?????????? ???????? ????????? ???????????? ????? ???????????? 8 ???????? ??????????????? ?????????? ???????? ????????? ???????????? ?????. ???????????? ???????????, ?????? ??? ??? ??????? ?????????????? ???????????? ???????? ????-????????????? ????????, ??????? 2023 ???? ??????????? ??????? ?? ???????? ?????????? ????????????? ????? ???? ?????? ????????. ???????? ????? ??????????????? ??????????????? ???????? ????????? ??????? 2023 ???? ?????????? ???????. ?? ???? ???????? ??????????? ?????????? ??????? ??????; ?????????? ????? ???????, ??????? ?? ?????????? ???????????????, ???????? ?????????? ???????????? ??????????????? ?????????? ???????? ????????? ?? ???????????? ????????????. ? ? Stay up-to-date with our newsletter! CENN newsletter provides its subscribers with information on environmental issues and other relevant topics from the world and South Caucasus Region. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of CENN unless otherwise stated. Want to disseminate information? View the CENN Bulletin policy here. ? CENN is a member of: www.cenn.org CENN, 27 Betlemi Str., 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia From: CENN Bulletin Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2023 7:04 PM Subject: European Commission Recommends EU Candidacy for Georgia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Nov 10 01:11:55 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 02:11:55 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Why are US leaders so old? Message-ID: <11B6EDAC0B444B47A338110653566F2D@lewpostnew> Plus: more complex novels about women, please ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Global Edition - Today's top story: Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office? View in browser Global Edition | 9 November 2023 My former boss, President George H.W. Bush, chose not to challenge Bill Clinton again for the presidency of the United States in the 1996 election, having lost to him three years earlier. If he had run and won, he would have been 72 at the 1997 inauguration. Instead, he enjoyed a great second act filled with humanitarian causes, skydiving and grandchildren. Bush?s post-presidential life, and American ideals of retirement in general, raise the question of why Joe Biden (80) and Donald Trump (77) ? who are more than a decade and a half beyond the average American retirement age ? are stepping forward again for one of the hardest jobs in the world. Biden and Trump aren?t the only aging leaders in the U.S. It?s a bipartisan trend. What?s going on? I offer my thoughts below. Mary Kate Cary Adjunct Professor of Politics and Director of Think Again, University of Virginia Donald Trump, left, and Joe Biden, both photographed on Nov. 2, 2023, are two of the three oldest men ever to serve as president. Trump: Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Biden: AP Photo/Evan Vucci Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office? Mary Kate Cary, University of Virginia Many years beyond the average American retirement age, politicians vie for power and influence. Their constituents tend to prefer they step back and pass the torch to younger people. YanaBu, Shutterstock Luminous ?mother-of-pearl? clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming Katrin Meissner, UNSW Sydney; Deepashree Dutta, University of Cambridge; Martin Jucker, UNSW Sydney Back when there were Arctic alligators and turtles, ?polar stratospheric clouds? kept their world warm. Research suggests these clouds contribute to the ?missing warming? in climate models. Maria Orlova/Pexels I?ve had enough of Sad Bad Girl novels and sensationalised trauma ? but I?m hungry for complex stories about women Liz Evans, University of Tasmania Sad Bad Girl novels combine the haplessness of Bridget Jones with the despair of Sally Rooney. Liz Evans assesses a ?buzzy? debut within the genre and a #MeToo novel that refreshingly defies categories. a.. The rise and fall of antibiotics. What would a post-antibiotic world look like? Allen Cheng, Monash University Antibiotics have been around for less than a century. But as resistant bacteria become increasingly difficult to treat, we risk a greater number of deaths from infections. b.. Israel-Hamas war: there is an important difference between a humanitarian pause and a ceasefire Malak Benslama-Dabdoub, Royal Holloway University of London At present the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ruled out a ceasefire but may allow ?little pauses?. c.. British king acknowledges colonial atrocities in Kenya ? here?s what could happen next Tonny Raymond Kirabira, University of Portsmouth King Charles III?s recent statements are a reflection of the progress Kenya has made in seeking redress for colonial-era legacies. d.. What drives people to panic buy during times of crisis: A new study sheds light on the psychology of consumers Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee, Toronto Metropolitan University; Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University Understanding the traits of different customer groups can help shoppers and businesses serve their communities more ethically and effectively, especially in times of crisis. e.. Overcoming the climate crisis with trade-based strategies Emilia Lamonaca, Universit? di Foggia; Fabio Gaetano Santeramo, Universit? di Foggia; Martina Bozzola, Queen's University Belfast As global warming accelerates, a new study indicates that new trading patterns could develop as an adaptation strategy. f.. My parents are from two different African countries: study shows how this shapes identity Akosua Keseboa Darkwah, University of Ghana; Geraldine Asiwome Ampah, University of Ghana Primary identities are foundational and serve as the core part of an individual?s identity. g.. The Great Escaper: Michael Caine?s final film is Britain?s answer to Saving Private Ryan Sam Edwards, Loughborough University The film pays homage to the war generation, revels in forties nostalgia and stakes an assertive British claim to the memory of the Allied invasion. You?re receiving this newsletter from The Conversation Tenancy B, Level 5 700 Swanston Street Carlton VIC 3053 Australia Forward to a friend From: The Conversation Global highlights Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2023 11:32 AM Subject: Why are US leaders so old? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Nov 10 01:15:58 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 02:15:58 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Stop plastic pollution at its source, before it poisons poorer countries Message-ID: <2F0F5F34A1CD44059C562049E924BFA9@lewpostnew> Rich countries must take responsibility for their own plastic recycling. 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sun Nov 12 00:40:35 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 01:40:35 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] UNCCD Media Advisory-Central Asia to host first-ever meeting of the UN treaty on desertification, land degradation and drought Message-ID: <2FAD10E701A341BCB4FC6F2BAE269D3E@lewpostnew> UNCCD Media Advisory-Central Asia to host first-ever meeting of the UN treaty on desertification, land degradation and drought View this email in your browser Media Advisory French I Russian I Uzbek Central Asia to host first-ever meeting of the UN treaty on desertification, land degradation and drought 21st Committee to Review the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC21) meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 13-17 November 2023. Bonn/Samarkand, 09/11/2023 - The twenty-first session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 21) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan from 13-17 November 2023. CRIC21 will bring together an estimated 500 delegates from 196 countries and the European Union, civil society, and academia to reflect on progress in delivering the Convention?s strategic objectives. It marks the first time UNCCD convenes one of its most significant meetings in Central Asia, since its establishment. This meeting comes at a critical juncture, as recent data launched by UNCCD shows that the world is losing nearly 100 million hectares of healthy and productive land every year. If current trends continue, 1.5 billion hectares of land will need to be restored by 2030 to achieve land degradation neutrality around the globe. But, halting additional degradation and accelerating existing commitments alone could surpass the neutrality target. UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw said: ?Droughts, wildfires and heatwaves we have witnessed around the world are the symptoms of the deepening and interlinked climate and nature crises, with land at the heart of both. Since 2015, some 4 million square kilometres of healthy and productive lands have been lost?an area roughly the size of Central Asia. We must urgently stop further land degradation and restore at least 1 billion hectares to meet global land targets by 2030.? CRIC21 will be held at the Silk Road Samarkand Congress Centre. Parties will have the opportunity to review progress and provide recommendations towards achieving global targets to prevent and reverse land degradation, in line with the 2018-2030 UNCCD strategic and implementation frameworks. Among the highlights of the CRIC21 programme: a.. Opening plenary on 13 November from 10:00-13:00 with introductory statements from the Chair of the CRIC, the UNCCD Executive Secretary and the representative of the Government of Uzbekistan. b.. UNCCD Gender Caucus on 14 and 16 November from 13:00-15:00 will convene international experts to discuss women?s land rights as a prerequisite to the success of global land restoration and drought resilience efforts. c.. A high-level political event on Sand and Dust Storms hosted by the government of Uzbekistan will be held on 15 November from 10:00-13:00. In recent years, sand and dust storms have increased in both frequency and severity in both Uzbekistan and surrounding countries. d.. For the first time, more than 30 side events will be organized at CRIC21. These events provide the informal opportunity for parties and accredited observer organizations to exchange information and experiences on diverse issues related to the objectives of the Convention. Press briefings will be held throughout CRIC21 between 13:00-15:00 local time, including: a.. 13 November: Focus on Central Asia: global and regional trends on desertification, land degradation and drought with UNCCD Chief Scientist, Dr Barron Orr, and Programme Officer, Science, Technology and Innovation Unit, Ms Olga Andreeva (TBC). b.. 14 November: Her Land. Her Rights: global and regional efforts to advance women?s land rights and their engagement in land restoration and drought resilience efforts with UNCCD and regional experts (TBC). c.. 15 November: Sand and Dust Storms: the latest data on this growing phenomenon with UNCCD and regional experts, as well as the outcomes of the high-level event hosted by the Government of Uzbekistan. d.. 17 November: Closing press conference: an overview of the key outcomes of CRIC21 with Mr Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary, Ms. Biljana Kilibarda, Chair of the CRIC, and Mr Aziz Abdukhakimov, Uzbek Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change. Notes to Editors Accredited media representatives are invited to attend and report on CRIC21 and associated events. Field visits where journalists can see land restoration and drought resilience projects will take place immediately before and after CRIC21. Daily highlights of CRIC21 will be provided by the IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin: https://enb.iisd.org/unccd-committee-review-implementation-convention-c? Side events schedule is available here: https://www.unccd.int/sites/default/files/2023-10/Side%20Events%20CRIC21.pdf Visual assets about CRIC21 and the UNCCD Data Dashboard are available here: https://trello.com/b/zq0kxtkK/unccd-cric21-samarkand-uzb-2023 Online registration for media representatives is available at the following link: www.unccd.int/cric-21-online-registration. To register, please provide the following documents: a.. One recent passport-sized photograph b.. A valid press card c.. A copy (picture and signature pages) of your passport (for foreign journalists) or national identity card (for local applicants) d.. A letter of introduction from the bureau chief or company sponsoring your travel to the session. For freelance journalists, a letter is required from the media organization assigning you to cover the conference e.. A duly completed accreditation form Journalists who register online will be able to collect their accreditation at the Silk Road Samarkand Congress Center on presentation of a valid press card and an identity document. For more information on the regulations governing visa applications and the introduction of reporting material into Uzbekistan, please consult the following link: https://e-visa.gov.uz/main_ For inquiries about media accreditation or coverage of the event, please contact: press at unccd.int A dedicated press and media working space will be available at the conference venue. Additional information and media updates on the Convention and CRIC 21 will be available on the UNCCD website: https://www.unccd.int/cric21 About the UNCCD The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the global vision and voice for land. We unite governments, scientists, policymakers, private sector and communities around a shared vision and global action to restore and manage the world?s land for the sustainability of humanity and the planet. Much more than an international treaty signed by 197 parties, UNCCD is a multilateral commitment to mitigating today?s impacts of land degradation and advancing tomorrow?s land stewardship in order to provide food, water, shelter and economic opportunity to all people in an equitable and inclusive manner. Copyright ? 2017* United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification*, All rights reserved. For preview interviews and media related inquires please contact: UNCCD Press Office: press at unccd.int From: UNCCD Secretariat Sent: Friday, November 10, 2023 11:31 AM Subject: UNCCD Media Advisory-Central Asia to host first-ever meeting of the UN treaty on desertification, land degradation and drought -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sun Nov 12 00:45:12 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 01:45:12 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Afghanistan: How Avaaz donations helped save lives Message-ID: --> We want to say thank you! Do you remember our emergency fundraiser for Afghanistan, a little less than two years ago? WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU Dear friends, Do you remember our emergency fundraiser for Afghanistan, a little less than two years ago? At the time, Afghanistan was hurtling towards a famine. We were told that in the country, devastated by war, economic sanctions and drought, one million children might not survive the winter. More than 88,000 Avaaz members chose not to look away, and generously donated to provide crucial humanitarian aid to those who needed it most. Today, we want to share a few stories of what our partners on the ground have achieved since then. Thanks to the generous support of Avaaz members, together we have: a.. Helped fund crucial medical aid in hospitals, including treating more than 12,000 malnourished children in 2022, performing more than 13,000 surgeries, helping more than 35,000 women give birth safely. b.. Supported more than 43,000 people with emergency cash transfers and food. c.. Distributed hygiene kits to around 4,000 families. d.. Helped 1,500 small farmers, more than half of them women, to improve the long-term health and productivity of their livestock activity. e.. Supported around 900 women and families with trainings in drought mitigation and employment programs. Women waiting with their children outside the Ambulatory Therapeutic Feeding Centre in Kandahar. ? MSF Avaaz donations helped thousands of people to survive, it's as simple as that. But there's more: together we've been transforming people's lives. People like Masoma, who now runs a successful dairy business and who told us: ?I am very happy that I can stand on my own feet with the help of Avaaz and their partner, Afghanaid*. They taught us everything necessary in the shortest amount of time to make a sustainable income, and I am very thankful." Masoma. ? Afghanaid Masoma lives in the rural, mountainous Daykundi province of Afghanistan, where 60% of the population regularly don?t have enough to eat. But thanks to Avaaz donations, our partners on the ground were able to train Masoma and 99 other women in the region in dairy production, and give them all the skills needed to set up or expand their own small business. Not only can Masoma now expect to triple her monthly income, but she has also become a role model for women and girls in her community who are inspired by her confidence and newly-gained independence. Women being trained in dairy production. ? Afghanaid Afghanistan continues to experience one of the worst humanitarian crises in the entire world. But thanks to the generosity of our members, our amazing partners have been able to spark a glimmer of hope over the past two years throughout some of the most impacted regions of the country. With hope and gratitude, Barbara, Alis, Ana-Sofia, Mat, and the whole Avaaz team *In addition to Afghanaid, the donations of Avaaz members have supported the work of M?decins Sans Fronti?res (MSF) and several other partners. The first picture in this email shows a patient at the MSF-supported paediatric department of Herat Regional Hospital. ? MSF Sadly, disaster has struck Afghanistan again. Deadly earthquakes rocked the country in October, killing over 1,300 people and leaving thousands of families homeless. As winter sets in, our partner organisations urgently need support to provide essential food, medical care, and shelter. Their resources are depleting fast. 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There?s a slight pause before Jake responds: ?Kill shit; get money.? Jake (whose last name has been withheld for privacy) and his three buddies are participating in the January 2020 West Texas Big Bobcat Contest. Over the next 23 hours, this foursome will compete against hundreds of other teams for cash, equipment, and other prizes to kill as many foxes, coyotes, and bobcats as they can within the regulation timeframe. Jake parks the vehicle. The group, dressed in full camouflage, unloads several rifles, ammunition, and calling apparatus. Then, with five words, he aptly describes this whole affair: ?It?s about to get nuts.? It is predator-hunting contest season across the United States. These popular, legally sanctioned events take place on private, state, and federal lands in 42 of the 50 states every year and draw unknown thousands of participants. Tonight?s contest in San Angelo, Texas, is taking place simultaneously with another local hunt, one that includes raccoons. With 717 teams of about four members each participating in Big Bobcat, and upwards of 400 teams of four in the neighboring contest, there are a few thousand hunters out there within two hours driving distance of the weigh-in site, shooting for sport. * Writer Kim Frank?s feature, published as our 2022 Summer issue cover story, has received a first honorable mention in the 2023 Society for Environmental Journalists awards. Frank, the judges said, ?vividly describes the teams of heavily armed hunters whose mission is to shoot as many foxes, coyotes, and bobcats as they can to qualify for prizes of up to $50,000.? READ MORE Photo courtesy of USFWS Trigger warning: Images of hunted animals in this feature might be upsetting. SUGGESTED BROWSING Collision Course ?To us humans, glass is ubiquitous and banal; to birds, it?s one of the world?s most confounding materials.? 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But trees ? or, more appropriately, forests ? are perhaps not so rooted, so reliably placed, as we might think. Right now, around the world, trees are on the move.? (Emergence Magazine) Not a subscriber yet? You can get 4 issues of our award-winning print magazine delivered for $20 ($25 for international addresses) by clicking this secure link. YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE Earth Island Journal is a nonprofit publication. Our mission is to inform and inspire action. Which is why we rely on readers like you for support. If you believe in the work we do, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to our Green Journalism Fund. DONATE TODAY! Did a thoughtful friend forward you our newsletter? Keep up with the latest from Earth Island Journal! SIGN UP TODAY Follow Follow Subscribe You are receiving this email newsletter because you signed up on our website. If this newsletter was forwarded to you, you can sign up to the email newsletter here. 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In sworn testimony before the court, Trump himself confirmed that the estimates his company provided were not accurate. He even admitted that the company overvalued his apartment in Trump Tower New York, while undervaluing both his estate at Mar-a-Lago and his Florida golf course. Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has also testified that Trump personally instructed him to falsify numbers and change financial statements in order to artificially inflate his overall net worth. For the vast majority of his life and career, Trump has managed to skirt around the law and avoid consequences for a whole plethora of misdeeds and crimes. But that is not justice ? because no one should be able to escape proper accountability. As New York's Attorney General Letitia James said: "No matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law." She's absolutely right. Donald Trump must not be allowed to keep getting away with lies and crimes. 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A group of researchers has concluded that your biological age turns out to be a more accurate indicator of your propensity towards certain health conditions than your numerical age. Have you noticed that fewer bugs hit your windscreen when you drive along the motorway these days? This is not just your perception ? it is scientific evidence. We are approaching a mass extinction of tiny creatures that will have a major impact on the planet. Although many Europeans have traces of Neanderthal DNA in them, the only remaining hominid species on Earth nowadays is the Homo sapiens. But who were these early sapiens that bred with the Neanderthals and when did they arrive in Europe? Thousands of years later, in the 19th century, Honor? de Balzac, attempted to create a new classification of human of his own: the spinster. With characters such as cousin Bette, the French writer developed an array of derogatory clich?s for women who didn?t have a partner. However, despite Balzac?s best efforts, cousin Bette turned out to be pretty charismatic. And... I never expected to ask in 2023 if you have heard the latest Beatles song. But? have you? - Claudia Lorenzo, Culture Editor for The Conversation Spain How constant violence affects your brain: the long term effects of ?news information overload? Whenever violence erupts in the world, we are inundated with terrible images. Recently, we have seen the near-live broadcast of terror from the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. What impact does this have on our minds? Was this email forwarded to you? Join the hundreds of thousands of people who subscribe to email newsletters from The Conversation. Subscribe now. Recap Your biological age predicts dementia and stroke regardless of your actual age ? new study Skulls in Ukraine reveal early modern humans came from the East Fewer insects hitting your car windscreen? Here's why For the curious a.. How Balzac created the myth of the spinster b.. 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Tue Nov 14 18:55:36 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 19:55:36 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] The Third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee is Underway! Message-ID: <148B69D15E3144FFA04925EE3A3BF402@evol.sp.ru> Governmental delegations around the world, as well as Daily News 14 November, 2023 The Third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) in Kenya is Underway The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-3) officially kicked off on November 13 and will continue until November 19. Governmental delegations around the world, as well as other stakeholders, including NGOs, scientists, and businesses, are gathered together to develop a groundbreaking international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. Countries are working collaboratively to establish measures addressing this urgent issue. This is a significant step towards combating the global crisis of plastic pollution and safeguarding our planet for future generations. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia represents the official delegation of Georgia. We are happy to announce that CENN is a member of the official delegation with an observer status in INC-3 negotiations. On November 13, at the plenary session, Georgia made a statement on the Zero Draft of the international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. Stay Tuned! As the negotiations unfold, we'll be keeping you updated on the discussions and outcomes. Read more here ?????? ????????? ????????? ???????????????? ??????????????? ????????? ?????? 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COP28, the UN Climate Change Conference for 2023, runs from November 30 until December 12. As always, we will have extensive coverage. Indeed, as you can see below, and this link our rich stream of content on this critical subject never really stops. But an additional dimension this year will come from our new colleagues at The Conversation Brazil. Given the importance of the Amazon to the Earth?s climate, researchers in South America?s largest nation are at the forefront of the struggle to contain global heating. And with the launch of our Brazilian edition we are now in a position to bring more of their work to you, our international readers, in multiple languages. Watch this space for a series of translations on the latest from the Amazon in coming weeks. Another key region facing rapid and fundamental change as a result of the crisis is the South Pacific. The pressing nature of the situation has been made clear by an Australian move to offer a specific climate migration scheme to the residents of Tuvalu. Indeed, this issue of climate migration and environmental displacement will be the subject of a special event in London tonight, brought to you by The Conversation, in partnership with the academic publisher Sage and the Campaign for Social Science. Tickets (there is no charge) are still available if you fancy joining us for what promises to be a fascinating discussion. Stephen Khan Global Executive Editor, The Conversation Fossil fuel emissions are still growing in much of the world. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images UN?s ?global stocktake? on climate is offering a sober emissions reckoning ? but there are also signs of progress Kate Hua-Ke Chi, Tufts University; Maulik Jagnani, Tufts University With many countries planning fossil fuel production increases and continuing subsidies, negotiators have their work cut out for them when the COP28 climate summit begins. a.. Australia?s offer of climate migration to Tuvalu residents is groundbreaking ? and could be a lifeline across the Pacific Jane McAdam, UNSW Sydney Historically, most Pacific visa programs in Australia have been tied to labour mobility. And none has specifically referenced climate change as a driving rationale. b.. COP28: a year on from climate change funding breakthrough, poor countries eye disappointment at Dubai summit Lisa Vanhala, UCL Rich polluters have evaded any notion of compensating poor countries at the UN talks. Barbra Streisand?s autobiography My Name is Barbra shows how she redefined the diva Dominic Broomfield-McHugh, University of Sheffield Streisand has consistently defied instructions not to do something by doubling up her efforts. Kora: in search of the origins of west Africa?s famed stringed musical instrument Eric Charry, Wesleyan University The extraordinary documentary Ballak? Sissoko: Kora Tales takes a journey from Mali to The Gambia. a.. Israel-Hamas conflict: what Gaza might look like ?the day after? the war Rob Geist Pinfold, Durham University Israel has bitter experience of trying to control Gaza. Now it must decide how to manage the territory in the future. b.. Erdogan?s stance on Israel reflects desire to mix politics with realpolitik ? and still remain a relevant regional player Ozgur Ozkan, Tufts University Turkey and Israel exchanged tit-for-tat diplomatic withdrawals over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan?s pro-Hamas stance in the regional conflict. But behind that, the picture is more nuanced. c.. All the Light We Cannot See: how progressive congenital cataracts can lead to blindness Jay E. Self, University of Southampton Cataracts aren?t just something people develop in older age. Some people are born with them. d.. Abortion rights victories show this issue is unlikely to fade in 2024 elections ? 3 things to know Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University; Linda C. McClain, Boston University The new constitutional amendment to protect the right to abortion in Ohio ? as well as other wins for Democrats ? shows the importance of ballot initiatives and focusing on abortion in elections. e.. Is some of the body that collided with Earth to form the Moon still recognisable inside our planet? David Rothery, The Open University The Moon was formed when it collided with Earth billions of years ago. f.. English football is ready for a rule change when it comes to financial management Christina Philippou, University of Portsmouth Why creating an independent regulator is a good move. You?re receiving this newsletter from The Conversation Tenancy B, Level 5 700 Swanston Street Carlton VIC 3053 Australia Forward to a friend From: The Conversation Global highlights Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 11:32 AM Subject: COP28 ? more expert angles from around the world -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Wed Nov 15 01:55:27 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 02:55:27 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Here is the latest news from the High-Level Champions! Message-ID: <4B4B1CAE341C488481E2C2A3D18244AE@evol.sp.ru> UN Global Climate Action 13 November 2023 High-Level Champions' Newsletter Final Climate Week of 2023 gets underway in Malaysia Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW) 2023 is upon us, hosted by the Johor state government in collaboration with the Government of Malaysia. The final Regional Climate Week for 2023 will provide a vital platform for policymakers, practitioners, businesses and civil society to exchange knowledge on climate solutions, barriers to overcome and opportunities waiting to be realized in the Asia Pacific region. In Asia Pacific, temperatures are rising twice as fast than the global average, which is increasing the frequency and severity of weather-related natural disasters that are affecting around 60 percent of the world?s population. Last year, there were more than 80 disasters on the Asian continent, mainly floods and storms, which led to the death of more than 5,000 people and affected 50 million more. Overall, these events are estimated to cost around USD 36 billion. The very existence of Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS), such as Tuvalu and Kiribati is threatened by rising sea levels, with saltwater intrusion affecting agriculture and freshwater sources, displacing people and endangering their livelihoods. As well as suffering keenly from the effects of climate change, Asia-Pacific is also critical to combating the problem, as some of the most populous and rapidly industrializing nations are situated in this region. Aligning their growth with the mission to build a global net zero, resilient economy and providing them the support to do so is crucial - not only for mitigating emissions, but also for alleviating poverty and ensuring equitable development. ? Despite the challenges, there are encouraging signs of momentum. For example, Asia had the greatest proportional growth in the actual number of science-based targets in 2022, with the addition of 317 new companies, representing a 127 per cent increase in comparison with 2021. Japan Climate Initiative, a Race to Zero Partner, for example, has also been a critical player in mobilising non-state sector action in the region. Pacific states, such as Fiji, Kiribati, and Tonga, are collaborating on effective bottom-up approaches to decarbonization, even though their emissions footprints are comparatively very low. For example the Marshall Islands already operate a sailing cargo vessel and are investing in a new wind-assisted vessel, as well as building small sailing canoes. If external finance can be accelerated these countries can deploy new innovation, such as wind assisted ships, enabling them to trade and travel within the ?green corridors? encouraging zero- and near-zero emission vessels and fuels and decarbonized ports. From an adaptation perspective, cities, states and regions in the Asia-Pacific region are also increasingly coming forward with pragmatic and just solutions-oriented approaches to overcome their vulnerability. For example, in India, Race to Resilience member, the City of Delhi has committed to a comprehensive programme to enhance climate resilience while fostering sustainable development, including increasing the city?s green spaces, with the aim to reach 25% green cover within the next five years. Asia?s reliance on coal can only be addressed through radical collaboration between countries, civil society and investors. The region?s coal plants are relatively young, mostly state-owned and - theoretically, able to operate well beyond the IEA?s 2040 milestone for countries to stop using coal. Therefore provision of finance for a just transition is vital, this is a major thrust of the Asia-Pacific chapter of GFANZ, which is soon expected to publish guidance that sets out how financial institutions can invest in phasing out coal. In this vein, another key topic of discussion at APCW will be the world?s first ?Coal to Clean? credit programme - designed to support coal phase outs in Asia through issuing ?transition credits? incentivising coal plant owners to invest in renewables and retrain workers. The programe, which is being spearheaded by Rockefeller Foundation and Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) is expected to be launched at COP 28 and holds major potential for Asia Pacific countries such as Vietnam. The high-level segment of APCW, which will include ministerials on the just energy transition, finance, adaptation and the Global Stocktake and all main track sessions and events with webcast links can be found off the main APCW website and interactive programme. Mobilising finance for climate projects in the Arab world The UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP 27 and COP 28, Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin and H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak called on participants at the Second Arab Regional Forum on Climate Finance to respond to the urgency of funding projects that both reduce emissions and build resilience for communities that are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Recently held in Dubai, the event co-hosted by the COP 27 and COP 28 Presidencies and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) convened governments, the private sector and international development organisations to accelerate the mobilisation of climate finance toward climate projects to be presented by Arab states. The forum showcased a curated portfolio of investable projects aimed at advancing climate action in the areas of water, energy, transport, and biodiversity. These included a water desalination plant in Jordan powered by renewable energy; an urban mobility project in Tunisia; a land restoration project in Algeria; as well as a water treatment pipeline in Oman where the current lack of available water is putting the country?s food security at risk; plus a green hydrogen project in Egypt which aims to produce 800,000 tonnes per year for export. The event marked the last in a series of Regional Platforms for Climate Projects convened in 2023 by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions in partnership with the COP 27 and COP 28 Presidencies and the UN Regional Commissions. The findings from the Regional Platforms for Climate Projects will be published in a report by the High-Level Champions at COP 28. Pre-COP builds consensus ahead of COP 28 The UN Climate Change High-Level Champions for COP 27 and COP 28 both attended the critical Pre-COP meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE to shape the upcoming climate negotiations, ensuring that world leaders are positioned to agree on ambitious outcomes capable of keeping 1.5 C within reach and strengthening adaptation and resilience. This year?s event saw record attendance, with 70 ministers and over 100 delegations coming together, more than double the usual number of participants for a Pre-COP meeting. The event focused on mobilising progress on key issues including adaptation, mitigation, nature and climate finance. The Champions listened to Parties and shared how the work of cities, regions, businesses and civil society (non-State actors) are driving effective climate action. At the event, H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak commented on the first-ever Global Stocktake, which culminates at COP 28: ?The Global Stocktake shows that we must accelerate emissions reductions, adaptation and resilience, and nature regeneration by 2030 in order to meet the Paris goals.? Dr. Mohieldin highlighted that the surge of science-based commitments made through various campaigns, initiatives and frameworks are already driving action, collaboration and ambition: ?The Marrakech Partnership Global Climate Action Pathways, 2030 Breakthroughs, Breakthrough Agenda, and Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, as well as the Race to Resilience and Race to Zero campaigns offer frameworks, targets and lessons learned that lay a crucial foundation from which non-State actors ? in collaboration with governments ? can respond to the Global Stocktake with speed and scale.? At the event, Dr. Mohieldin also re-emphasised that the global climate finance system is ?unfair, insufficient and inefficient?, pointing to the need for urgent interventions to unlock financing for climate transitions in developing countries - including debt relief and suspension, extending concessional finance and the use of innovative financial tools, such as carbon markets and debt swaps. Further information on the Pre-COP can be found here. Remembering Professor Saleemul Huq, by David Howlett From left to right: Professor Saleemul Huq, Mary Robinson, Sheela Patel and Nigel Topping at the launch of Roof Over Our Head, COP 27. ?I?m not sure if words can express the loss of my dear friend and colleague Saleemul Huq, who sadly died on Saturday 28th October. I have known Saleem for well over thirty years and his passing is a tragic loss first to his family, friends and work colleagues. He was instrumental in helping set up the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions? Race to Resilience first by working with Jorge Gastelumendi and myself to convince the Champions and their team that we needed climate action on both mitigation and adaptation. UN Climate Change High Level Champion for COP 26, Nigel Topping, recognized this when he said ?he was shocked and saddened to hear of Saleem?s passing. [He was a] friend and mentor who did more than anyone to encourage me to move beyond mitigation to work on resilience.? More recently he has worked with the Champions on the need to ramp up action and finance to address the loss and damage that climate change is now causing. He quite rightly said in the Champions last ?Actions After Impacts? dialogue ?we are in the era of loss and damage.? Saleem was always a champion of local action. I can still remember his personal challenge to me, that - while the RtR?s goal to make four billion people resilient to climate change was well and good, big global goals didn?t really matter unless it was actually backed up by action that makes a difference to women and men living at the frontline of climate change. We have taken this challenge to heart and while tracking the progress of RtR we have focussed on peoples? solutions and stories to help ensure we are making a difference to people most vulnerable to climate change. We will continue to do so - and give voice to communities at the front line of climate change ? especially those living in the least developed countries and small island developing states. Many of you may not know the full expanse of Saleem?s career as a climate scientist and a champion of action. This was why he was such an excellent choice as an Ambassador for the High-Level Champions. His final post was the founding Director of the?International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD). Prior to this he was the first Director of Climate Change at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). In this role, Saleem established the links between climate and sustainable development ? until then, there was very little interaction between the climate world and the development world. And it was Saleem?s idea at COP 8 to start development and climate days at subsequent COPs to bring these two worlds together. Saleem was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth in the 2022 New Years Honours List for his services to combating international climate change. The honour was?awarded in recognition of his work to build climate expertise in?Bangladesh, the UK, and across the world. Saleem was a constant voice for climate action and justice for the Global South. He was the lead author of chapters in the third, fourth and fifth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. A professor at the?Independent University, Bangladesh,?and an advisor to the?Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group of the?UNFCCC. Saleem published hundreds of scientific as well as popular articles and he was named by Nature in 2022 as one of its top 10 scientists. Sadly, COP 27 was to be Saleem?s last COP. He is one of only a handful of people who attended every single one of the global climate summits. This knowledge meant much to many and led to his appointment to the COP 28 Advisory Committee. He will be sorely missed, but with all he has done and those he has influenced his legacy to increase climate action and deliver climate justice will be delivered.? David was the former Head of Policy at the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) on secondment from UK?s Department for International Development (DFID) now the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO). At GRP he was the co-focal point on resilience and adaptation for the Marrakech Partnership on Global Climate Action. He led with Jorge Gastelmundi on setting up the UN Climate Change High Level Champion Race to Resilience. For the last two years he has been directly working in their Climate Champions Team as a Senior Adviser and lead on loss and damage. Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week calls for inclusive and nature-centric climate action Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Climate Week brought forward an emphatic call for inclusive and adaptive climate action with nature at its core. Protests denouncing a renewed contract for the Cobre Panama mine and Hurricane Otis provided a stark backdrop to the week. As tensions rose over the mine, which contributes almost 5 percent of Panama?s economic activity, and as Hurricane Otis wreaked havoc on Mexico?s Pacific coast, the urgency for climate resilience, inclusivity and a fair and just transition became ever more palpable. This emphasis on a just transition was echoed in discussions on the Just Energy Transition Collaboration (JET-Co). Ramiro Fern?ndez, Campaigns Director at the Climate Champions Team, emphasised, ?The energy projects need to be inclusive ? they are installed in physical spaces that affect the communities.? Ana Carolina Espinosa from the Natural Resource Governance Institute highlighted the moral and practical imperatives of a just transition, while climate leader from Honduras, Ricardo Pineda emphasised the need to protect environmental activists. Dr. Mohieldin attended the event ?Unlocking Finance for city-scale transformation through Multi-level Governance?, where he stressed the fundamental role of city leaders, local institutions and agencies in financing and implementing climate action in its various aspects at the local level. Mohieldin stated that working to bridge the climate finance gap depends mainly on the efforts of cities to mobilize finance from domestic resources, explaining that climate action in developing countries requires mobilizing about USD 2.5 trillion annually until 2030, of which $1.5 trillion must be mobilized from domestic resources. Nature was also a key theme throughout the week, from commitments to double down on action to protect oceans ? encouraged by newly launched initiatives such as the Coral Reef and Ocean Breakthroughs ? to the acknowledgement of Nature-based Solutions as catalysts for the Race to Zero and Race to Resilience campaigns. Daniela Lerario, LAC Director at the Climate Champions Team, underlined that Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are at the core of the Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda ? which sets measurable targets for enhancing resilience by 2030. The conference also celebrated the dynamism of youth and the intrinsic wisdom of Indigenous communities, recognizing their roles in climate discourse and the need to re-distribute finance towards higher participation of those less involved ? and also to solve the climate crisis in a just way. Johann Delgado from Cornell Coastal Solutions stated: ?We often wait for magic formulas, but young people can create their own solutions.? Jos? Antonio Mendez, representing OPIAC, added: ?Who are the Indigenous peoples? Usually, they are seen as a minority. But we have our own government, we have direct relations with mother nature. This is what keeps the balance between all beings.? Commenting on the week, H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak said, ?Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week brought to the fore the power and urgency for collective action in driving the transformations our planet demands. Each story, each perspective shared, reminds us that our environmental actions must resonate with the heartbeat of our diverse communities, from the innovative spirit of the youth to the wisdom of Indigenous Peoples. Above all else, we must remember that in protecting and respecting nature, we nurture a legacy of resilience and sustainability for all generations.? Snapshot of Corporate Climate Action Launches The We Mean Business Coalition, supported by the Climate Champions Team and Bain & Company, recently launched The Corporate Climate Stocktake (CCST), providing a snapshot of corporate climate action. The CCST represents the most ambitious, forward-looking review to date of private sector progress, obstacles and opportunities for achieving net zero. Looking in detail at eight sectors ? power, road transport, concrete & cement, steel, shipping, hydrogen, aviation and agriculture ? the research presents progress against international or national targets, and identifies the barriers faced by businesses that are rapidly decarbonizing to meet their climate targets. Maria Mendiluce, CEO of the We Mean Business Coalition, said: ?It was eight years ago, as part of the landmark Paris Agreement, when world leaders agreed that in 2023 they would take stock of their collective efforts to meet the goals of the agreement. ?That moment is now here. And while good progress has been made since 2015 in the greening and electrification of energy uses, much more is needed to tackle sectoral and systemic interventions, especially in hard-to-abate sectors. Business is integral to achieving those goals.? The CCST report is designed to help policymakers better understand the barriers that businesses face and what our most ambitious companies need from governments to go faster. The study presents the pace of change in each sector, and identifies the barriers faced by businesses that are rapidly decarbonizing to meet their climate targets. The report has been released ahead of - and to complement, the first Global Stocktake, which culminates at COP 28 in Dubai. Sign up - ?Top of the COP? Daily Newsletter The Champions newsletter will soon switch to daily reporting for the duration of COP 28. Each morning, we will provide a concise summary of the key headlines expected over the coming day, as well as key happenings and videos from on-the-ground in Dubai. If you?re reading this you?re signed up, but please do share this link to help others to find us. Race to Zero latest developments: Unleashing People Power: ?Employee Race to Zero? launches Race to Zero has teamed up with carbon-cutting employee platform Giki to host the first ever ?Employee Race to Zero? - an initiative to scale climate action within companies. Participants will benefit from Giki?s award-winnng programme for businesses and employees ? which offers over 160 ways to reduce carbon footprints. They can also access a comprehensive science-based carbon calculator, leaderboards, and impact data to incentivise the Race. Race to Zero?s Director, Ramiro Fernandez said the initiative was, ?an amazing opportunity to help employees learn what they can do for the planet and join a global competition for a fun, focused month of climate action?. To find out more and to sign up, follow this link. To read the Race to Zero?s latest bulletin, find more here. COP 28 to build response to Health and Climate crises The climate crisis is a health crisis, with the potential to dwarf COVID-19 in terms of its impact on communities. WHO estimates that more than 12.5 million people die each year from diseases associated with environmental hazards, including those related to climate change. To address this, the upcoming COP 28 will host the first official ?Health Day? on the 3rd December, within the Presidency program, and a Ministerial Meeting has been convened to adopt a Declaration on Climate and Health. Over the past few years, the global movement for climate and health justice has achieved significant wins, which the upcoming COP can build on. COP 26 was the first to identify health as a priority of the Presidency, leading to the adoption of the COP 26 Health Programme, launched jointly by the UK government, WHO and Race to Zero partner, Health Care Without Harm. Under this initiative, more than 75 countries have committed to developing climate-resilient, low-emissions and sustainable health systems, and WHO is supporting their implementation efforts through the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH), established in June 2022. These, and many other achievements, provide evidence of a growing momentum for healthcare climate action. The health sector currently represents almost 5 percent of global net GHG emissions, to address this Race to Zero has been helping to strengthen climate resilience and curtail emissions. For example: ? In the run up to COP 26, hospitals and health centres from all over the world joined the Race to Zero through HCWH?s Health Care Climate Challenge, committing to reach net zero emissions by 2050 in alignment with the Paris Agreement. ? So far, more than 70 healthcare institutions representing the interests of over 14,000 hospitals and health centers in 26 countries have joined the Race to Zero. For more information on the healthcare and climate change nexus, Andrea Hurtado Epstein, Climate Program Manager for Latin America, recently wrote this article on how Latin America is meeting the challenge. Race to Resilience latest developments: The Nature Conservancy?s Water Funds becomes Race To Resilience partner At Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week, it was announced that The Nature Conservancy?s Water Funds has become a partner to Race to Resilience. The water fund is a governance and finance mechanism that improves water security through collective action, allowing downstream water users to invest collectively in upstream water and land conservation. Keeping up with the Champions ? Dr. Mohieldin calls for ?climate finance as development finance? at IRENA High Level Forum, attended by Tan See Leng, Minister of the Republic of Singapore. At the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) High Level Forum, in Singapore, Mohieldin stated that ?climate finance is development finance?, as financing energy transitions to reduce emissions is financing for the 7th SDG, relating to the transition to clean energy and providing energy to all people. ? H.E. Ms Al Mubarak calls for financial institutions to place nature at the center of climate action Writing in the Spanish newspaper El Pais, H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak highlighted the GFANZ Latam launch, in the context of the disproportionate consequences of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. ? H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak highlights the importance of the (GFANZ) Latin America and Caribbean Network to Chileans The Climate Champion for COP 28 spoke with Chilean newspaper of record, El Mercurio, for a feature on the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Latin America and Caribbean Network. ? Dr. Mohieldin discusses fossil fuel sector?s role at COP 28, at the Financial Times Energy Transition Summit Mohieldin joined a panel including COP 26 President, Sir Alok Sharma, to discuss the role of the fossil fuel industry at the upcoming COP 28 climate summit. Mohieldin highlighted that a successful COP requires collaboration with oil & gas producers, as well as with major consumers. Credit: Financial Times. ? Dr. Mohieldin answers ?What to Expect from COP28?? at London Stock Exchange Group event Mohieldin participated in a webinar looking ahead to the COP, highlighting the need for climate finance to accelerate just energy transitions to achieve emissions reduction targets. ? H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak addressed the World Ports Conference, Abu Dhabi The COP 28 Champion called on industry representatives to join the Ocean Breakthroughs, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 35% by 2050. ? Dr. Mohieldin participates in Competent Boards Meeting On Climate Change and Boards' Accountability Mohieldin stressed that controversy over green washing can be overcome by agreeing on clear and credible standards for the environmental practices of private sector companies. ? Dr. Mohieldin speaks on unlocking the potential of women entrepreneurs to tackle the global waste crisis and accelerate the Race to Zero The event, held at MIT, focused on overcoming gender inequality, which poses a unique threat to the livelihoods, health, and safety of women and girls - who are often frontline responders to climate disasters and leaders of solutions. ? Dr. Mohieldin attends ?Championing Transition Finance For The Planet?s Future? Mohieldin joined representatives from the UAE and the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as the UN Economic Commission for Europe. In case you missed it ? On 12-14 October, a mandated inter-sessional workshop for Parties to develop elements for the political component of the Global Stocktake and explore areas of convergence and divergence, took place in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Non-Party stakeholders were able to intervene during the thematic sessions related to mitigation, adaptation, means of implementation and finance flows, loss and damage, response measures and enhancing international cooperation. Many Parties acknowledged the important role of non-Party stakeholders where the work of the High-Level Champions was also referred to. Broadcast links (day 1, day 2, day 3) as well as an informal summary by the Chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies are available. ? The Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) published the Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2023 report on 2 November providing a comprehensive overview of global climate-related primary investment. ? UNEP launched its Adaptation Gap Report 2023 (2 November) which looks at progress in planning, financing and implementing adaptation actions as well as its Production Gap Report 2023 (8 November) tracking the discrepancy between governments? planned fossil fuel production and global production levels consistent with limiting warming to 1.5?C or 2?C. Mark Your Calendar ? Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW 2023): Johor (Malaysia), 13-17 November ? 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Wed Nov 15 14:19:51 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:19:51 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] UNCCD PRESS RELEASE: Sand and Dust Storm Frequency Increasing in Many World Regions, UN Warns Message-ID: <191E0B4CD3A44CFCB67085937D1D39C5@evol.sp.ru> UNCCD PRESS RELEASE: Sand and Dust Storm Frequency Increasing in Many World Regions, UN WarnsRegions, UN Warns View this email in your browser UNCCD PRESS RELEASE Spanish | French I Russian Media contacts: Xenya Scanlon, +49 152 5454 0492, xscanlon at unccd.int Terry Collins, +1-416-878-8712 (m), terrycollins1 at gmail.com Background reference document: Compendium on Sand and Dust Storms: https://bit.ly/3slJ6mE UNCCD experts are available for interviews by phone or email. For additional information, including accreditation to the closing news conference 17 Nov.: https://www.unccd.int/cric21 Photos: https://bit.ly/3snqYJh Sand and Dust Storm Frequency Increasing in Many World Regions, UN Warns Wreaks havoc from Northern and Central Asia to sub-Saharan Africa; UNCCD experts attribute over 25% of the problem to human activities enter the atmosphere every year; Two billion tons of sand and dust, equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza, Health impacts poorly understood Sand and dust storms are an underappreciated problem now ?dramatically? more frequent in some places worldwide, with at least 25% of the phenomenon attributed to human activities, according to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Accompanied by policy recommendations, the warning comes as a five-day meeting takes place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan to take stock of global progress in the Convention?s implementation. The UNCCD is one of three Conventions originated at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The other two address climate change (UNFCCC) and biodiversity (UN CBD). The meeting, 13-17 November (https://www.unccd.int/cric21), includes a high-level session on 15 November hosted by the Government of Uzbekistan on ways to address the impacts of sand and dust storms on global agriculture, industry, transportation, water and air quality, and human health. Says Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD?s Executive Secretary: ?The sight of rolling dark clouds of sand and dust engulfing everything in their path and turning day into night is one of nature?s most intimidating spectacles. It is a costly phenomenon that wreaks havoc everywhere from Northern and Central Asia to sub-Saharan Africa.? ?Sand and dust storms present a formidable challenge to achieving sustainable development. However, just as sand and dust storms are exacerbated by human activities, they can also be reduced through human actions,? adds Thiaw. While sand and dust storms (SDS) are a regionally common and seasonal natural phenomenon, the problem is exacerbated by poor land and water management, droughts, and climate change, according to UNCCD experts. And fluctuations in their intensity, magnitude, or duration ?can make SDS unpredictable and dangerous.? With impacts far beyond the source regions, an estimated 2 billion tons of sand and dust now enters the atmosphere every year, an amount equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza. In some areas, desert dust doubled in the last century. ?Sand and dust storms (SDS) have become increasingly frequent and severe having substantial transboundary impacts, affecting various aspects of the environment, climate, health, agriculture, livelihoods and the socioeconomic well-being of individuals. The accumulation of impacts from sand and dust storms can be significant,? says Feras Ziadat, Technical Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Chair of the UN Coalition on Combating Sand and Dust Storms. ?In source areas, they damage crops, affect livestock, and strip topsoil. In depositional areas atmospheric dust, especially in combination with local industrial pollution, can cause or worsen human health problems such as respiratory diseases. Communications, power generation, transport, and supply chains can also be disrupted by low visibility and dust-induced mechanical failures. The United Nations Coalition on Combating Sand and Dust Storms, currently chaired by FAO, was created in 2019 to lead global efforts to tackle SDS.? In their Sand and Dust Storms Compendium and accompanying SDS Toolbox (https://www.unccd.int/land-and-life/sand-and-dust-storms/toolbox), UNCCD, FAO and partners offer guidance on approaches and methodologies for collecting and assessing SDS data, monitoring and early warning, impact mitigation and preparedness, and source mapping and anthropogenic source mitigation at sub-national, national, regional and global levels. The SDS discussion forms part of the agenda of this year?s meeting in Uzbekistan of the UNCCD?s Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 21) and global progress in delivering the Convention?s strategic objectives. It marks the first time since its establishment that UNCCD has convened one of its most significant meetings in Central Asia. The meeting comes at a critical juncture, as recent statistics published via UNCCD?s new data dashboard (https://data.unccd.int/) shows the world now losing nearly 1 million square kilometers of healthy and productive land every year ? some 4.2 million square kilometers between 2015-2019, or roughly the combined area of five Central Asian nations: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. During the meeting (at 18:00 local time / 13:00 GMT, Tuesday 14 November) UNCCD and FAO experts will launch three reports: a.. Sand and dust storms. A guide to mitigation, adaptation, policy and risk management measures in agriculture b.. Contingency planning process for catalysing investments and actions to enhance resilience against sand and dust storms in agriculture in the Islamic Republic of Iran and c.. Preparing for sand and dust storm contingency planning with herding communities: a case study on Mongolia Other items on the CRIC 21 agenda include promoting sustainable land management, ensuring fair land rights for women, and tackling droughts and wildfires exacerbated by climate change and environmental degradation. * * * * * Background: Sand and dust storms Sand and dust storms (SDS) are known by many local names: the sirocco, haboob, yellow dust, white storms, or the harmattan. While SDS can fertilize both land and marine ecosystems, they also present a range of hazards to human health, livelihoods and the environment. SDS events typically originate in low-latitude drylands and sub-humid areas where vegetation cover is sparse or absent. They can also occur in other environments, including agricultural and high-latitude areas in humid regions, when specific wind and atmospheric conditions coincide. SDS events can have substantial transboundary impacts, over thousands of kilometers. Unified and coherent global and regional policy responses are needed, especially to address source mitigation, early warning systems, and monitoring. SDS often have significant economic impacts: for example, they cost the oil sector in Kuwait an estimated US$ 190 million annually, while a single SDS event in 2009 resulted in damage estimated at US$ 229 - 243 million in Australia. The major global sources of mineral dust are in the northern hemisphere across North Africa, the Middle East and East Asia. In the southern hemisphere, Australia, South America and Southern Africa are the main dust sources. More than 80% of Central Asia is covered by deserts and steppes which, coupled with climate change and lasting droughts, represent a major natural source of sand and dust storms. The dried-up Aral Sea is a major source of SDS, emitting more than 100 million tons of dust and poisonous salts every year, impacting the health not just of the people living in the vicinity, but far beyond and generating annual losses of US$ 44 million. Recognition of SDS as a disaster risk appears to be high in North-East Asia, parts of West Asia and North America but less prominent elsewhere. Low recognition of SDS as a disaster risk is likely due to the lack (in many cases) of significant immediate direct human fatalities or injuries from individual SDS events, and limited consolidated documentation on their long-term health, economic or other impacts. SDS and health SDS can be life-threatening for individuals with adverse health conditions. Fine dust particles are carried to high tropospheric levels (up to a few kilometres high) where winds can transport them over long distances. The health implications of SDS have been under increased investigation for decades, with most studies conducted in East Asia, Europe and the Middle East. There has been a lack of studies in West Africa. A particular focus of this research has been SDS modification of air pollution. The cause-and-effect between sand and dust in the atmosphere and health outcomes remains unclear and requires more extensive study. What can be said is that at-risk members of a population, especially those with pre-existing cardiopulmonary issues, including childhood asthma, may have a higher mortality or morbidity rate during a dust storm. SDS can also impose major costs on the agricultural sector through crop destruction or reduced yield, animal death or lower yields of milk or meat, and damage to infrastructure. For annual crops, losses are due to burial of seedlings or crops under sand deposits, loss of plant tissue and reduced photosynthetic activity as a result of sandblasting. This can lead to complete crop loss in a region or reduced yield. There may also be a longer-term effect on some perennial crops due to tree or crop damage (such as lucerne/alfalfa crowns being damaged). On a positive note, SDS dust can contain soil nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, as well as organic carbon. Some places benefit from this nutrient deposition on land, and mineral and nutrient deposition on water, particularly ocean bodies. When deposited, these can provide nutrients to downwind crop or pasture areas. These limited benefits, however, are far outweighed by the harms done. Globally, the main large dust sources are dried lakes; local sources include glacial outwash plains, volcanic ash zones and recently plowed fields. The multi-faceted, cross-sectoral and transnational impacts of SDS directly affect 11 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals yet global recognition of SDS as a hazard is generally low due in part to the complexity and seasonally cumulative impact of SDS, coupled with limited data. Insufficient information and impact assessments hinder effective decision-making and planning to effectively address SDS sources and impacts. UNCCD helps governments create policies to promote the scaling-up of sustainable land management practices and to find and use the latest science to develop and implement effective mitigation policies. Working with The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia, UNCCD assists countries vulnerable to drought and sand and dust storms in Central Asia to develop and implement risk reduction strategies at national and regional level. UNCCD encourages countries to adopt a comprehensive risk reduction strategy with monitoring and early warning systems to improve preparedness and resilience to these environmental disasters. Among the measures most needed are: a.. A multi-sectoral approach bolstered by information-sharing, short- and long-term interventions, engaging multiple stakeholders, and raising awareness of SDS. b.. Land restoration, using soil and water management practices to protect soils and increase vegetative cover, which have been shown to significantly reduce the extent and vulnerability of source areas, and reduce the intensity of typical SDS events. c.. Early warning and monitoring, building on up-to-date risk knowledge, and forecasting, with all stakeholders (including at-risk populations) participating to ensure that warnings are provided in a timely and targeted manner. d.. Impact mitigation, through preparedness to reduce vulnerability, increase resilience, and enables a timely, effective response to SDS event. * * * * * About The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is an international agreement on good land stewardship. It helps people, communities and countries create wealth, grow economies and secure enough food, clean water and energy by ensuring land users an enabling environment for sustainable land management. Through partnerships, the Convention?s 197 parties set up robust systems to manage drought promptly and effectively. Good land stewardship based on sound policy and science helps integrate and accelerate achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, builds resilience to climate change and prevents biodiversity loss. The UNCCD Secretariat led the creation of the SDS Compendium document in collaboration with the UNCCD Science-Policy Interface (SPI), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UN Women, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), and external experts and partners. Copyright ? 2023* United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification*, All rights reserved. For preview interviews and media related inquires please contact: UNCCD Press Office: press at unccd.int From: UNCCD Secretariat Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 11:24 AM Subject: UNCCD PRESS RELEASE: Sand and Dust Storm Frequency Increasing in Many World Regions, UN Warns UNCCD PRESS RELEASE: Sand and Dust Storm Frequency Increasing in Many World -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Coal power must be phased out seven times faster, deforestation reduced four times faster, and bus and subway networks built around six times faster according to the State of Climate Action 2023 report. Out of 42 measures of progress towards net zero emissions, humanity is only on track with one: electric vehicle (EV) sales. Globally, the share of EVs in passenger car sales has risen by 65% a year on average ? up from 1.6% of sales in 2018 to 10% in 2022. But even this silver lining has a tarnish according to experts. You're reading the Imagine newsletter ? a weekly synthesis of academic insight on solutions to climate change, brought to you by The Conversation. I'm Jack Marley, energy and environment editor. This week, we're analysing the latest figures on humankind's efforts to bend the curve of climate-heating emissions. The report assessed different indicators of climate action according to where they need to be in 2030 to preserve the 1.5?C goal. Six were heading in the right direction but too slowly, such as the increasing share of zero-carbon sources in power generation (39% in 2022 with a goal of 88%-91% by 2030). Twenty-four were well off track, such as red meat consumption in regions where people eat a lot, like North America and Europe. And six were heading in the wrong direction, such as the carbon intensity of steel manufacturing. Despite being the only measure on track, soaring EV sales disguise a deeper problem according to Laura Lander and Grazia Todeschini, engineering experts at King's College London. Nearly half (40%) of all EVs sold in 2022 were sports utility vehicles (SUVs). "There?s an issue with this. Larger and heavier EVs require bigger batteries to power them. In fact, the battery of an SUV can be double the size of that in a smaller vehicle," they say. Bigger batteries need more raw materials like lithium, cobalt and nickel. In the case of SUVs versus smaller EVs, the difference can be 75% more minerals extracted from the environment, Lander and Toddeschini say. Research has warned of possible shortages in the supply of these battery materials. SUV market dominance could mean there is 55% less lithium and 8% less nickel and manganese than is needed to meet demand for EV batteries and other renewable technologies by 2030. And then there are the greenhouse gas emissions associated with making bigger cars. "For example, the CO? emissions resulting from materials processing and battery manufacturing can soar to levels 70% higher for electric SUVs compared to smaller EVs," Lander and Todeschini add. Public transport gets people from A to B using finite resources far more efficiently. Worldwide, the equivalent of three New York City subway systems must be built in cities across the world each year this decade to put the world on track for its 2030 target, the report says. According to Vera O'Riordan, a PhD candidate in transport policy at University College Cork, cutting emissions from the transport sector will also involve avoiding journeys where possible (with better urban planning so amenities are closer to home) and making it easier for people to get out of their car and walk, cycle or skate. "While years of investment into roads have made it very difficult for some cities to move away from car use, the future is still unwritten for many of our growing cities," O'Riordan says. The good kind of tipping points The cleaner air and healthier lifestyles that such changes could produce hint at the spin-off benefits of climate action which we're only beginning to see says Sebastien Chastin, a professor of health behaviour dynamics at Glasgow Caledonian University. "There is a cascading effect," he says. Less air pollution prevents millions of premature deaths and boosts crop yields. Renovating buildings to make them more energy-efficient and emit less (a measure of climate action that was deemed to be well off track in the recent report) could create 5.4 million jobs worldwide for specialists according to one estimate. But for every one of these new "green jobs", 4.2 other new jobs could be created according to the London School of Economics. "The value of these parallel benefits often equals or exceeds the cost of climate actions. But the net benefit of climate actions and their constructive, rather than disruptive, potential is too often disregarded," Chastin says. The State of Climate Action 2023 report notes that some of its indicators of climate action could suddenly take off, just as EV sales have done since 2018, and follow an S-curve trajectory. For instance, solar and wind power may shortly hit an inflection point beyond which installation rates become exponential. In other words, a tipping point is reached and the low-carbon alternative to the fossil fuelled option is rapidly established as the norm. Social scientists have argued that this needn't be a passive process. People can influence the rate at which these transitions happen ? and even accelerate them. "As people observe their neighbours installing rooftop solar panels they might be more inclined to do so themselves. This effect could cause a shift in cultural and social norms," say Matthew Carl Ives, Penny Mealy and Thom Wetzer, economists at the University of Oxford. But it's worth remembering that not all of these climate solutions are subject to how quickly people adopt new technologies. Public financing for fossil fuels is one of the indicators of climate action most off track in the recent report. Fortunately, public opinion can also shift radically in unpredictable ways, especially in light of collective experiences like historic extreme weather. These social tipping points can upend political reality according to Sonia Graham, an environmental geographer at the University of Wollongong in Australia. "The status quo is very well entrenched and shifts away from it rarely happen without significant pushback," she says. "But it can happen ? especially in times of crisis, as the COVID pandemic demonstrated. Three years ago, many of us shifted to working from home ? and the change happened remarkably quickly. Changing back to working in the office every day is turning out to be much harder than first thought." - Jack Marley, Environment commissioning editor Thanks for emailing us your thoughts about Just Stop Oil last week. Reader comment of the week ? I think a lot more educating of the public is needed until we reach a point where a majority really understand the need for, and support the really radical change to society that is required, so everyone begins to understand the real links between carrying on as we are and the flooding, heatwaves and breakdown of nature, that will force us to change eventually, if we don't do so preemptively Dave Butt This week, we'd like to hear your questions about COP28, the UN climate summit which will kick off two weeks from now in Dubai. Was this email forwarded to you? Join the 20,000 people who get one email every week about the most important issue of our time. Subscribe to Imagine. Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags More and more motorists are opting for bigger EVs ? but there are several environmental concerns to consider. Read more Electric cars aren?t enough to hit climate targets: we need to develop better public transport too From buses in Bogot? to cycling through Cambridge, we can learn valuable lessons from how countries across the world deliver sustainable transport. Read more Climate change can drive social tipping points ? for better or for worse Climate change is going to bring social change. Will it drive ever-faster efforts to stave off the worst ? or trigger social upheavals making it harder for us to respond? Read more How the spin-off benefits of climate action will improve life for everyone As well as helping to save the planet, climate action provides huge opportunities to enhance people's health, security and economic prospects. Read more Tip the planet: tackling climate change with small, sensitive interventions A rapid transition from fossil fuels is possible by targeting the 'tipping points' in our political and economic systems. 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Troops are now reported to have entered the hospital, leading to ever growing pressure for steps to be taken to manage the humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Some of this is coming from the US, which is increasingly concerned about rising civilian casualties and an apparent lack of an exit strategy. Biden and Netanyahu may be on a collision course, Parmeter says. The UK supreme court yesterday ruled against the British government?s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Five judges said the deportation plan could lead to refugees being returned to their countries of origin where they risk facing persecution. Devyani Prahbat explains what happens next. Justin Bergman International Affairs Editor As calls grow louder for a Gaza ceasefire, Netanyahu is providing few clues about his strategy or post-war plans Ian Parmeter, Australian National University With so many questions left unanswered, there is a growing disconnect between Netanyahu and the Biden administration in the US. 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It's unlikely to cause the pan-European chaos of the 2010 Eyjafjallaj?kull eruption but the local impact could be significant. Iceland has an exceptionally advanced monitoring system, so scientists have been able to track the subterranean build-up of magma in some detail. Two earth science professors explain here what they've seen that suggests something big is coming very soon. Meanwhile, an eruption of the metaphorical kind is barely being contained in Spain, where prime minister Pedro S?nchez has made the extraordinary decision to offer amnesty to the Catalan separatists who attempted to hold their own referendum on independence. Among them is Carles Puigdemont, who has agreed to support the formation of a S?nchez-led government in exchange for being let off the multiple charges against him for organising the vote. The deal is an attempt to resolve the instability caused by July's inconclusive election result but only seems to have caused anger among the public. 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sat Nov 18 17:40:19 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 18:40:19 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Altered Mental Status Message-ID: <18A4977B67294406AB1ED5AAE041456E@lewpostnew> The increasing perils of a hotter planet. News of the world environment NEWSLETTER | NOVEMBER 17, 2023 Altered Mental Status This week, two important ? and concerning ? reports came out. The federal government issued its Fifth National Climate Assessment, an analysis of the country?s climate vulnerabilities, making clear that climate change is no longer a specter of the future but a clear and present danger affecting all aspects of our lives. ?As a climate scientist, I am not surprised by the extremes we have witnessed this year,? Katharine Heyhoe, chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy, and an author of the assessment, says. ?But as a human, I am still shocked by them. It?s one thing to see these impacts in your scientific models, but it?s another to live it in real life, affecting the people and places you love.? The second report is a planetary health checkup by the esteemed science journal Lancet, which shows that climate change is doing more than affecting our lives ? it is taking them. The report, known as the Lancet Countdown, marks an 85 percent increase in heat-related deaths of people age 65 and older since the 1990s, coinciding with a rapid rise in the number of heat-wave days Earth has endured. Such news is hard to process, especially as it competes with ongoing catastrophes, with the violent conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, with news of near fist-fights in the halls of Congress, and another surge of Covid-19. It?s all a little disorienting. In wilderness medicine, especially in the desert, one thing you watch for is heat exhaustion. The condition is easily treatable with rest, shade, and hydration. If ignored, though, it can lead to heatstroke, where the body loses its cooling capacity. It can no longer sweat. The main warning sign for heatstroke is an ?altered mental status? that makes a patient confused and disoriented. The most effective treatment is an ice bath. I would nominate 2023 as the year humanity showed the first signs of an altered mental status. We have moved to a new phase in the climate crisis, and the pressure of that crisis is starting to strain many, many systems ? personal, emotional, economic, political. We are running out of time. ?We know what we need to do,? Hayhoe says. ?We need to cut our carbon emissions as much as possible and as soon as possible. We need to invest in nature to take carbon out of the atmosphere as well as providing a host of other benefits for our health and biodiversity. And we need to build resilience to the impacts that are already here today.? If you have the means to help, this is your moment. It is time to ready the ice baths. 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It served as a platform to communicate results, discuss challenges and opportunities, and engage national and international partners on how resource efficiency can guide Georgian businesses toward success. Between 2020-2023, within the EU-funded EU4Environment programme, with the technical assistance of UNIDO, eleven professionals and 44 companies have been assessed and trained (17 RECP Clubs members and 27 Demonstration Companies) using the RECP methodology. Overall, 115 RECP measures were recommended, which could potentially yield annual savings worth 2,173,268 EUR. So far, 26 RECP measures have been implemented, expecting savings of 557,650 EUR per year. Gathering over 100 participants in a hybrid format, the event centred around Georgia?s SMEs through six specialised sessions. Here, the stakeholders discussed practical means to base Georgia?s growth agenda on the CE, assessed the country?s integration of CE practices in the past decade, and rejuvenated the policy and regulatory framework for green growth. In addition, international experiences from EU4Business and others, paired with the national experiences on resource efficiency, value chains, and regulatory frameworks, were the catalyst for the increasingly urgent conversation on green skills and how to direct investment towards efficient use of resources in the country. Read more here ? ???????????? ????????????? ?????? ?????????? ???????? ????? ????? ??????????? ??????????? ?????? ?????????????? ???????????? ???? ?????????????? EU4Environment ?????????, ?????? ??????????? ???????????? ???????????? (UNIDO) ????????? ???????????, ???????? ?????????, ?????????????? ?? ????? ????????? 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CENN is a member of: www.cenn.org CENN, 27 Betlemi Str., 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia From: CENN Bulletin Sent: Friday, November 17, 2023 4:47 PM Subject: The EU-funded programme on green economy brings resource efficiency to the core of Georgian industries -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Mon Nov 20 00:03:45 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 01:03:45 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] =?utf-8?q?can_you_help_us_document_Coke=E2=80=99s_ad?= =?utf-8?q?s_and_greenwashing=3F?= Message-ID: Join our photo project Last month we launched the Bring Back Refill campaign showing how Coke ushered in an era of throwaway plastic packaging. Coca-Cola was once a pioneer of a successful reuse and refill system, but ditched that for single-use plastic, and has since become one of the biggest plastic polluters in the world. What is the company up to now? We?re starting a project documenting Coke's advertisements and comparing their promos, commercials and billboards with reality. See a Coca-Cola ad while you?re out and about? Take a photo! Coke seems to be spending a nice chunk of its PR and marketing budget on greenwashing. The company sponsors climate summits, touts sustainability promises it doesn?t keep, and is even a prominent participant in the UN international Plastic Treaty talks this week. But we believe there's a gap between what Coke is saying and what it's actually doing. We need your help ? your eyes and ears on the ground ? to report back on what you?re seeing in the real world. We're documenting photos of Coke ads on posters, in magazines, on social media and more. Then, we'll compare how the company wants to be seen versus reality. We need our entire global Community - will you join in? Next time you see a Coke ad, snap a photo and share it with us here. 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Tue Nov 21 02:00:23 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 03:00:23 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] The IUCN Community Meeting of Europe, North, and Central Asia took place in Yerevan Message-ID: This was the first international environmental meeting of its Daily News 20 November, 2023 The IUCN Community Meeting of Europe, North, and Central Asia took place in Yerevan This was the first international environmental meeting of its kind in Armenia and the region, which brought together over 50 professionals and representatives of environmental entities from around the world from the 16th to the 18th of October. For FPWC, it was very important to host this meeting, especially during these challenging times for the South Caucasus and even wider EaP region. Due to this meeting, many local environmental organizations and state representatives created new links for further cooperation. The meeting was the first in-person one for the IUCN ICENCA community and put the region on a global map as an important area for environmental conservation. This meeting highlighted different commissions of IUCN: Species Survival Commission, Red Lists and Green Lists, Commission on Ecosystem Management, Commission on World Commission on Protected Areas, and Commission on Education and Communication, stressing the importance of engaging new members and empowering young professionals to be a part of IUCN community. As a result of the meeting, the Ministry of Environment expressed its willingness to become an IUCN member, which will give the country many opportunities for new international partnerships and visibility when it matters. Within this meeting, Yerevan Municipality announced that the city authorities applied to become an IUCN member. 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Tue Nov 21 19:51:22 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 20:51:22 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] How scientists are tackling antibiotic resistance Message-ID: <54F3FBE89FDF48078F6FA61AF404AFDB@evol.sp.ru> Plus: music to be heard after 250 years ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Global Edition - Today's top story: Antibiotic resistance: microbiologists turn to new technologies in the hunt for solutions ? podcast View in browser Global Edition | 20 November 2023 The rise of drug-resistant infections is one of the biggest global threats to health, food security and development. Antibiotic-resistant superbugs were estimated to kill 1.27 million people in 2019, and the UN projects that drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths a year by 2050. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear from Fron Jackson-Webb, Deputy Editor and Senior Health Editor of our Australian edition, about the issue and some of the experts she has commissioned as part of a special series. We also speak to a microbiologist at a hospital in Nigeria working on the frontlines against antibiotic resistance, and find out about the new scientific techniques, including artificial intelligence (AI), being deployed to find new potential antibiotics. Gemma Ware Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast Testing for antimicrobial resistance in the lab. AnaLysiSStudiO via Shutterstock Antibiotic resistance: microbiologists turn to new technologies in the hunt for solutions ? podcast Gemma Ware, The Conversation From the frontline battle against antibiotic resistance in Nigeria, to the techniques being used to find new antibiotics. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast. The music room of the Ospedaletto is known for its remarkable acoustics. Marica S. Tacconi Music painted on the wall of a Venetian orphanage will be heard again nearly 250 years later Marica S. Tacconi, Penn State On the wall of an orphanage in Venice, a musicologist encountered a fresco featuring an aria written for an opera. She?s since embarked on a project to bring this forgotten music back. Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon. Courtesy of Apple Did Napoleon really fire at the pyramids? A historian explains the truth behind the legends of Ridley Scott?s biopic Joan Tumblety, University of Southampton Here are the truths behind some of the major scenes from Ridley Scott?s new Napoleon biopic. a.. What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses? A medical toxicologist explains Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School Fentanyl?s wide availability in the drug supply has led to an increase in unintentional overdoses. While prevention strategies are available, limited availability stymies their use. b.. The Spanish amnesty law for Catalonia separatists, explained Mar?a Luz Mart?nez Alarc?n, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Pedro S?nchez is offering Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont amnesty for his role in illegal independence referendums in 2014 and 2017. c.. There are too few toilets in Africa and it?s a public health hazard ? how to fix the problem Omololu Fagunwa, Queen's University Belfast; Helen Onyeaka, University of Birmingham The struggle with open defecation is a silent emergency, undermining the continent?s efforts towards sustainable development goals. d.. Colleges face gambling addiction among students as sports betting spreads Jason W. Osborne, Miami University The rise of sports betting has made gambling addiction a bigger issue on college campuses, but there are steps universities can take to address it. e.. How we?re building the world?s biggest optical telescope to crack some of the greatest puzzles in science Derryck Telford Reid, Heriot-Watt University From improving our understanding of dark matter to revealing the location of Earth 2.0, the Extremely Large Telescope promises answers to some of the biggest scientific questions of our time. f.. The Crown season six: an overly detailed, unimaginative soap opera ? I needed a martini to get through it Giselle Bastin, Flinders University When The Crown debuted in 2016, the quality of the story lines, acting and impressive production standards were striking. What happened? g.. Nkoli: The Vogue Opera ? the making of a musical about a queer liberation activist in South Africa Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria A 26-member theatre ensemble aims to bring history to light in a fresh way. h.. 5 marketing lessons from the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce romance Angeline Close Scheinbaum, Clemson University Of course the NFL is embracing Taylor Swift. i.. Grey Cup 2023: Canadian institution or antiquated tradition? John Valentine, MacEwan University While the Grey Cup and Canadian football were once considered significant national institutions, part of their allure appears to have faded over the years. You?re receiving this newsletter from The Conversation Tenancy B, Level 5 700 Swanston Street Carlton VIC 3053 Australia Forward to a friend From: The Conversation Global highlights Sent: Monday, November 20, 2023 11:32 AM Subject: How scientists are tackling antibiotic resistance -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Nov 24 03:00:03 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 04:00:03 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] UWEC Work Group Issue # 16 Message-ID: <42DC718E040149C6B7DF4C215B8E85DD@lewpostnew> UWEC Work Group Issue # 16We are continuing to analyze the environmental consequences of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We are continuing to analyze the environmental consequences of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We are continuing to analyze the environmental consequences of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Dear Friends! Analysis of the environmental consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine facilitates understanding of military anthropogenic impacts on the environment and how (and whether) nature adapts in response. Some consequences, such as the desalination of the Black Sea as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, turned out to be less dangerous in the short term than experts had expected. Not much is said about other consequences, for example, the possible ?seizure? by introduced and invasive species of areas most affected by military operations. Our Work Group analyzes cases of the war?s impact on the environment, and this allows us not only to understand the consequences, but also to identify adaptation strategies. The explosion of the Kakhovka hydropower station dam on 6 June 2023 has been described as an example of ecocide during Russia?s invasion of Ukraine. Even earlier this summer, UWEC experts noted that we will only be able to begin a full analysis of these consequences in the coming months. For the time being, it seems that the disaster has not had serious negative impacts on the Black Sea ecosystem. Freshwater dilution of the sea?s salinity was not as radical as expected, and local species, such as dolphins, suffered no more greatly than usual since the beginning of the war. However, clearly this is only a preliminary analysis, and more detailed research is ongoing. Of particular concern is the wartime release of heavy metals, nitrates, and phosphates into the Black Sea. Large rivers such as the Dnieper, Danube, and Don are continuously polluting the sea, and the additional anthropogenic load is problematic for the Black Sea: a.. Black Sea heals its wounds: 4 months after the Kakhovka catastrophe As for the now-dry Kakhovka reservoir, we see active regrowth of forest at an impressive rate of growth. In just a few months, two- to three-meter-tall willows and poplars have appeared. There was even talk of the possible restoration of the forests of the ?Great Meadow? (Velykyi Luh), the area flooded as the complex?s dams were erected. And although power engineers are determined to restore the Kakhovka hydropower station, environmental experts are categorically against it, unable to find any economic or energy argument in favor of rebuilding: a.. Is it time to restore Velykyi Luh? Another topic in need of particular analysis is ecosystem restoration plans in Eastern Ukraine, especially those areas affected by hostilities. As the head of Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group and UWEC Work Group expert Oleksiy Vasyliuk notes, there is a high probability that war-affected lands will become hubs for the spread of invasive species, as well as centers experiencing ecosystem change. Full analysis must wait until peacetime; for now, the war is ongoing. Meanwhile, satellite monitoring allows us to make preliminary assumptions: a.. Restoring Ukraine?s nature post-war: Hopes and risks Our fifth webinar, held jointly with Reporters Without Borders - Sweden and Svea Green Foundation, was dedicated to the use of satellite data, open source data, and information-gathering on the environmental consequences of war. During the event, Olexander Opanasenko of Ukrainian NGO Ecodia, OSINT Analysis Specialist Wim Zwijnenburg, and expert Linas Svolkinas of CEOBS gathered to discuss techniques for understanding and assessing the environmental consequences of the invasion of Ukraine. The webinar recording and presentations can be viewed on our website: a.. Webinar 5: Gathering and analyzing data on the environmental consequences of Russia?s invasion of Ukraine Another important issue is the state of occupied territories ? a situation in which very little information is available. One of the largest nature reserves in Europe, Askania-Nova Nature Reserve, not only remains within the occupation zone, but also suffers negative impacts. In September, almost 2,000 hectares of its protected steppe burned from fires caused by combat operations. Instances involving construction of military structures on the reserve?s territory have been recorded, in part using satellite data. Despite this, it remains difficult to understand the impacts on the reserve?s animals and remaining protected areas workers and to what extent work is continues inside the occupied reserve: a.. Fires in Askania-Nova: Consequences of military occupation of a reserve As we have written more than once, the war in the region is not limited to Ukraine and it has been going on for quite a few years. Hybrid warfare negatively impacts Europe's protected areas as a whole, often dividing them, for example the unique Bia?owie?a Forest. These impacts are also recognized at the international level. For example, construction of border fences was condemned during the UNESCO World Heritage Session that occurred in late September. Read more about how the session on World Heritage went in the context of a growing global political crisis in expert Eugene Simonov?s article: a.. UNESCO condemns construction of border fences We continue to follow the environmental consequences of the invasion on our website, on Twitter (X) and on Facebook. We wish you strength and peace! Alexej Ovchinnikov, editor, UWEC Work Group UWEC ? Charnali, 2 ? Charnali 6400 ? Georgia From: UWEC Work Group Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2023 10:08 AM Subject: UWEC Work Group Issue # 16 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Nov 24 16:44:20 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 17:44:20 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] How world can get off oil fast Message-ID: <6A5159A9995043CC81ACD8D67B5544CC@lewpostnew> + fossil fuel firms corrupt climate talks ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?No images? Click here The state hosting next week's UN climate change summit owns an oil company intent on expanding production by more than any other firm. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's (Adnoc) chief executive, Sultan Al Jaber, will even preside over the talks, known as COP28, in Dubai. But the world needs no new oil according to leading energy experts. In fact, burgeoning technologies and industrial planning could usher in a world without oil sooner than you might think. You're reading the Imagine newsletter ? a weekly synthesis of academic insight on solutions to climate change, brought to you by The Conversation. I'm Jack Marley, energy and environment editor. This week, we consider how oil could be phased out much faster than many countries and companies are planning for. The climate crisis is increasingly stark. A combination of record-high heat-trapping emissions, El Ni?o (the warm phase of a natural cycle in Earth's climate), dwindling sea ice and other factors have caused a spike in global temperatures this autumn. For two days last week, Earth was more than 2?C hotter than it was before the industrial revolution. Instead of halting global warming at 1.5?C above pre-industrial levels, the relatively safe limit scientists have advised, humanity is on track for 3?C by 2100 according to a UN report. This "hellish" outcome can be avoided by preventing 22 billion tonnes of CO? from entering the atmosphere by 2030 (42% of global emissions). UN secretary general Ant?nio Guterres says, to achieve this, humanity will need to "tear out the poisoned root of the climate crisis: fossil fuels". No technology has rendered more oil obsolete than the electric bike say Muhammad Rizwan Azhar and Waqas Uzair, engineers at Edith Cowan University. Mopeds and bicycles equipped with electric motors are displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the electric cars on Earth. Compare the 20 million electric cars and 1.3 million commercial electric vehicles (buses, delivery vans and trucks) on roads last year with the more than 280 million electric two- or three-wheelers. "Their sheer popularity is already cutting demand for oil by a million barrels of oil a day ? about 1% of the world?s total oil demand, according to estimates by Bloomberg New Energy Finance," say Azhar and Uzair. For the first time ever, the International Energy Agency released a forecast earlier in 2023 showing demand for all fossil fuels (coal, gas and oil) peaking this decade. Although this has yet to be reflected in the plans of oil producers themselves, other industries are already planning for a post-oil world. Take the container vessels laden with many of the goods people buy. If the international shipping sector was a country, it would rank within the top ten carbon emitters, just behind Saudi Arabia. These ships overwhelmingly burn oil in their engines. But for how much longer ask Christiaan De Beukelaer and Tristan Smith, climate and transport experts at the University of Melbourne and UCL respectively. Talks in July 2023 yielded a new strategy for decarbonising the shipping industry and an aim to cut emissions by at least 20% by 2030. This falls far short of the cuts necessary for limiting warming to 1.5?C. But it does portend an impending drop in oil demand for one of the world's largest consumers. "We calculate the strategy will require cuts in emissions per ship of up to 60% by 2030 and as much as 91% by 2040," say De Beukelaer and Smith. "This means the days of fossil-fuelled ships are numbered." Switching to alternative fuels like methanol, derived from heating plants or by combining hydrogen with CO? captured from the air, will take time. The global fleet of 61,000 ships will need new engines, new terminals to refuel at and a network of pipelines and refineries to supply them. In the meantime, James Mason, Alice Larkin and Simon Bullock at the University of Manchester believe the transition from oil can be expedited by installing sails on ships and training satellites to track the most favourable winds for ocean crossings. "Not the billowing canvases of centuries past but high-tech systems capable of harnessing renewable wind energy to supplement the propulsion from a ship?s engine," they say. "By taking advantage of wind patterns moving across the ocean on routes [with ideal conditions], sails and optimised routing can cut annual emissions by over 30%." Rich world must ditch oil fast Countries are expected to debate a deadline for phasing out all fossil fuels at COP28. Major oil-producing nations are generally opposed to setting a date for the demise of their climate-heating product. Much of the focus at previous summits has been on getting developing countries like India to kick coal. But a paper published in February argued that the onus should be on countries that have grown rich by pumping oil and gas to abandon these fuels faster and buy time for the developing world to decarbonise. Otherwise, staying on track for 1.5?C would oblige poor nations to stop burning coal faster than any energy transition in history. Securing any agreement on fossil fuels in Dubai will be tough. At last year's climate talks, COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, oil and gas industry lobbyists outnumbered the combined delegates from the ten most vulnerable countries to climate change. Oil companies faced with shrinking markets to sell their fuel may turn to making cheap and difficult-to-recycle plastic instead, inflaming another environmental crisis says Keele University geographer Deirdre McKay. The influence of oil firms in international negotiations to limit plastic pollution appears to be just as pernicious. Fergus Green (UCL) and Harro van Asselt (Stockholm Environment Institute) research the politics of the low-carbon transition and argue that solving the climate crisis will be impossible without a confrontation with fossil fuel producers. "Curbing the growth in fossil fuels will not come about through consensus-oriented negotiations among governments that include those corrupted by the fossil fuel industry," they say. "It will require social movements pressuring leaders to legislate a managed phase out of fossil fuels, while ensuring a just transition for affected workers and communities." - Jack Marley, Environment commissioning editor Was this email forwarded to you? Join the 20,000 people who get one email every week about the most important issue of our time. Subscribe to Imagine. The world?s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars Electric vehicles get all the press ? but it's the smaller unsung two-wheelers cutting oil demand the most. Read more In September we went past 1.5 degrees. In November, we tipped over 2 degrees for the first time. What?s going on? Daily global temperature records keep breaking. It's a sign we're on a rapidly warming planet. Read more Why the shipping industry?s increased climate ambition spells the end for its fossil fuel use Growing ship numbers and reductions in the industry's total emissions add up to big emission cuts per ship ? as much as 60% by 2030 and 91% by 2040. The days of fossil-fuelled ships are now numbered. Read more Sails and satellite navigation could cut shipping industry?s emissions by up to a third Modern mariners can harness trade winds to reduce carbon emissions. Read more For developing world to quit coal, rich countries must eliminate oil and gas faster ? new study Developing countries are expected to quit coal faster than any energy transition in history. Read more COP27 flinched on phasing out ?all fossil fuels?. What?s next for the fight to keep them in the ground? Smaller international deals and fossil free zones point a way forward. Read more Latest from The Conversation on climate change a.. Amazon region hit by trio of droughts in grim snapshot of the century to come b.. More than half of Indonesia?s protected coral areas look set to suffer severe bleaching every year by 2044, researchers warn c.. Lizards, fish and other species are evolving with climate change, but not fast enough d.. Denial is over. Climate change is happening. But why do we still act like it?s not? The Conversation is an independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and delivered direct to the public. 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Mayors are ready and willing to work with national governments to set and implement climate targets, unlock resources, build capacity for implementation, and accelerate progress across key sectors, including buildings, transport, waste and water. Keep reading to learn about C40-led events at COP28 and follow our COP28 coverage on C40's website, X/Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook. VIEW ALL COP28 ACTIVITIES & RESOURCES C40 events at COP28 Featuring mayors and key thought leaders, C40 events at COP28 will showcase cities? expertise in impactful climate policy design and implementation, which can be scaled and incorporated into national and international climate action. 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Message-ID: Save our oceans -- stop deep-sea mining before it starts Imagine giant beasts like these ripping up our ocean floors! Norway wants to do just that by unleashing massive machines to do dangerous and untested deep-sea mining. The key parliamentary Committee is discussing right now and it?s on a knife edge ? and that?s where we come in: Norwegian politicians care about their global image and aren't often the target of people power from across the world ? If we join our voices now with local citizens already taking to the streets we can help kill this harmful plan. Let's stop this before it starts: Sign Now! Dear friends, Norway wants to let giant machines rip up the ocean floor in the Arctic? vandalising one of the last remaining untouched places of our planet and wrecking important areas for whales and countless other species. It?s called deep-sea mining, and we have a window of opportunity to stop it before it starts -- simultaneously protecting a stretch of seabed the size of the United Kingdom, and boosting the global call for a ban on deep-sea mining everywhere. Here's how: Norway?s government isn?t often the target of people power from around the world. They care about their global image, and with the key Committee set to publish a recommendation soon, allies in the country say Avaazers speaking out en masse will make a huge impression. Citizens in Norway have been hitting the streets and sending messages, now let's join our voice with theirs: Norway: say NO to deep-sea mining! We need to stop Norway, but this is about so much more. The world is deciding whether to start destroying the ocean floor like we have our mountains, rivers, and forests on land. Imagine if we?d had the chance to stop chasing fossil fuels before we burnt, drilled, dredged and polluted our planet to the brink of catastrophe. We are there right now with our oceans. Dozens of countries are already calling to ban or at least pause for these mining activities ? to win time to regulate the deep-sea properly. And even private companies are rallying behind. Norway's parliament is looking at the deep-sea mining plans right now, and time is running out. There?s real momentum and it?s working ? just days ago, Norway was slammed at an ocean summit, and the more we can help turn pursuing deep-sea mining into an international issue, the higher the chances politicians reject it. Together we can stand with countries that are committed to protecting our oceans, and against politicians like Norway's Prime Minister who want to rush into untested waters. Sign and share now: Norway: say NO to deep-sea mining! Avaazers love the oceans and all ocean life ? together, we?ve helped establish some of the largest marine reserves in history. When the blue whale was close to extinction, we brought millions together and convinced Europe to close its ports to whalers. Today our movement can join others to protect our oceans and their incredible animals from yet another threat: the irreversible destruction of their habitat on a multi-generational timescale. With hope and determination, Antonia, Nate, Mel, Huiting, John, and the whole Avaaz team Image: The image is a still from a Greenpeace animation about deep-sea mining, not a photo of a real deep-sea mining operation. Used with friendly permission. More Information: a.. Future of deep-sea mining hangs in balance as opposition grows (Guardian) b.. Deep-sea mining may disrupt whale communication, study finds (Reuters) c.. Whale warning as clock ticks towards deep sea mining (Greenpeace) d.. UK backs suspension of deep-sea mining in environmental U-turn (Guardian) e.. 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sat Nov 25 03:34:47 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 04:34:47 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] =?utf-8?q?COP28_=E2=80=93=C2=A0Brazil_editor_on_extr?= =?utf-8?q?eme_Amazon_drought?= Message-ID: Plus: what ceasefire means for Israel, Gaza and hostages ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Global Edition - Today's top story: Amazon region hit by trio of droughts in grim snapshot of the century to come View in browser Global Edition | 23 November 2023 In the Amazon, there is extreme drought. Wildlife is perishing. Life for many humans is getting more difficult. The level of water in the region?s rivers continues to fall and the outlook for the year ahead is bleak. This, as scientists, researchers and policy makers from all over the world head to Dubai next week for COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Many of them will have an eye on the Amazon, trying to understand the causes and predict the consequences of the drought, but also to propose alternative approaches before it?s too late. Our new Brazilian edition of The Conversation is publishing a series of key commissions on the situation in the Amazon, a region that perhaps more than any other represents the health ? and future ? of the whole of humanity. Among the articles produced by colleagues in recent weeks is this portrait ? drawn by biologists Phillip Fearnside and Rosimeire Ara?jo, both from the Amazon Research Institute (INPA) ? detailing the damage that the combination of unprecedented seasonal droughts and the El Ni?o phenomenon is bringing to the region?s riverside population. They look at what is likely to happen in the months, years and decades to come. And at what can change the course we are now on. In the next few weeks we will have content in text and audio formats from our bureaux around the world, considering all aspects of COP28 and a climate emergency that is now a reality for communities across the planet. Daniel Stycer Editor, Rio de Janeiro The largest tributary on the left bank of the Amazon, the Rio Negro is known for its paradisiacal landscapes, fresh, clean and abundant waters, where pink dolphins swim. Today, much of its riverbed around Manaus looks like this. AP Photo/Edmar Barros Amazon region hit by trio of droughts in grim snapshot of the century to come Philip Fearnside, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz?nia (INPA); Rosimeire Ara?jo Silva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz?nia (INPA) The drought is expected to affect the region until mid-2024 at the earliest. Signs of its severity include the lowest water levels in the city of Manaus in 121 years. a.. Deforestation jeopardises agribusiness and food security in Brazil and worldwide Argemiro Teixeira Leite Filho, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Diminishing forests reduces the capacity of the Amazon and Cerrado to regulate rainfall patterns. That?s bad for communities, but also bad for business and global food security. b.. Oxygen in the St. Lawrence Estuary is decreasing ? and having a major impact on small animals living there Ludovic Pascal, Universit? du Qu?bec ? Rimouski (UQAR); Gw?na?lle Chaillou, Universit? du Qu?bec ? Rimouski (UQAR) The waters of the St. Lawrence are running out of breath and bottom-dwelling organisms are already feeling the effects. Here?s how ecosystems are reacting. The Hesitant Fianc?e: this painting is helping women to express their rage on TikTok ? here?s the story behind it Cydney Thompson, Trinity College Dublin Why this 1866 painting by French artist Auguste Toulmouche has become an online sensation. a.. A national security expert explains what the ceasefire deal means for Israel, Hamas and the remaining hostages Gregory F. Treverton, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas calls for the release of at least 50 hostages taken during the violent attack on Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. b.. Under pressure, Netanyahu agrees to a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas. Are his days now numbered? Ran Porat, Monash University Despite mounting public anger, the veteran leader has proven time and again that it is not wise to bet against him. c.. Antibiotic resistance causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. What Africa is doing to fight this silent epidemic Tom Nyirenda, Stellenbosch University Africa bears the heaviest burden of antimicrobial resistance, a phenomenon fuelled largely by poverty, But there are encouraging signs that the continent is taking action to fight it. d.. Florence Bell died unrecognised for her contributions to DNA science ? decades on female researchers are still being sidelined Natalia I. Kucirkova, The Open University In the academic world, researchers are rewarded for publishing frequently. Not only is this affecting research quality but it is also hindering female scientists. e.. Forget dystopian scenarios ? AI is pervasive today, and the risks are often hidden Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University The explosion of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and fears about where the technology might be headed distract from the many ways AI affects people every day ? for better and worse. f.. Napoleon and Josephine?s real relationship was intense ? but they loved power more than each other Katherine Astbury, University of Warwick A historian explains what the relationship between one of the most famous couples in history was really like. You?re receiving this newsletter from The Conversation Tenancy B, Level 5 700 Swanston Street Carlton VIC 3053 Australia Forward to a friend From: The Conversation Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2023 11:32 AM Subject: COP28 ? Brazil editor on extreme Amazon drought -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sat Nov 25 16:35:24 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 17:35:24 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Nostalgia in politics & Napoleon Message-ID: <3F6BD0BB5462473F9EE607220BA4993F@lewpostnew> + arming bees with robots to avoid extinction ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?- Today's top story: Nostalgia in politics: pan-European study sheds light on how (and why) parties appeal to the past in their election campaigns View in browser | 23 November 2023 This week you?ll notice a few changes to our email as we?ve adopted a style that is more like the main newsletters of our other editions. We hope you keep enjoying our European-focused content as we cover more and more European research. As we prepared this email, news was breaking of far-right leader Geert Wilders apparent win in the Dutch election. Is this another sign of the power of nostalgia in European politics? Stefan M?ller of University College Dublin and Sven-Oliver Proksch of the University of Cologne have been studying how parties appeal to the past. Speaking of the past, British director Ridley Scott is no stranger to historical films. More than two decades ago he released Gladiator, which won the Oscar for best picture. But just because Scott has a preference for stories from the past doesn?t mean he clings rigidly to historical evidence. His new film, which opens this week in much of Europe, aims for a monumental feat: to cover the life and work of Napoleon Bonaparte in two and a half hours. Critics have already jumped on the film, pointing out its historical errors. Scott?s response? To tell them to get lost. We wanted to find out which of the details Scott has chosen to include might not be entirely true. Joan Tumblety, from the University of Southampton in the UK, sorts fact from fiction ? and explains the sources of the stories we?ve been told about Napoleon. Misinformation is not only found in films, which after all have a licence to fictionalise. Today, social media is full of fake news. New research by Carlos Diaz Ruiz, of the Hanken School of Economics, shows that the presence of misleading information is now essentially a feature of the business model rather than a bug. In a recent newsletter, we talked about fewer insects ending up squashed on our car windscreens these days as a sign of troubling species loss. Today we focus specifically on the declining bee population and how to solve it. A group of scientists wants to arm bees with robots. In one of their projects, they will turn a beehive into a smart home. Another will be devoted to pampering the queen bee. Both demonstrate the surprising and exciting directions science can take when faced with an urgent and vexing problem. Please, feel free to browse around our other articles, including research in politics looking at why the radical left hasn't been able to replicate the successes of Wilders and the rest of the radical right in Europe ... and Russian rap. Claudia Lorenzo Rubiera Culture editor for The Conversation Spain Nostalgia in politics: pan-European study sheds light on how (and why) parties appeal to the past in their election campaigns Stefan M?ller, University College Dublin; Sven-Oliver Proksch, University of Cologne Nationalist parties are the most likely to be found dreaming of a glorious past in their campaign literature, especially in central and eastern Europe. Did Napoleon really fire at the pyramids? A historian explains the truth behind the legends of Ridley Scott?s biopic Joan Tumblety, University of Southampton Here are the truths behind some of the major scenes from Ridley Scott?s new Napoleon biopic. Disinformation is part and parcel of social media?s business model, new research shows Carlos Diaz Ruiz, Hanken School of Economics Deceptive content on social media is being monetised by digital platforms, advertisers, and influencers Faced with dwindling bee colonies, scientists are arming queens with robots and smart hives Farshad Arvin, Durham University; Martin Stefanec, University of Graz; Tomas Krajnik, Czech Technical University Two EU-funded projects are looking at high-tech solutions that could transform honeybee colonies into bio-hybrid entities. a.. Russian rap has long held up a mirror to Russian society ? and the current reflection isn?t flattering John Vandevert, Uppsala University Vladimir Putin and his KGB men have steadily extinguished the artistic freedom the genre enjoyed in the 1990s, with Ukraine?s invasion adding yet another nail in the coffin. b.. 6 ways children?s rights can help create a cleaner, healthier planet for all Carlos Villagrasa Alcaide, Universitat de Barcelona The UN has officially recognised children?s right to be protected against climate change. c.. Earth in the Anthropocene: how did we get here? Can we limit the damage? Victor Court, Universit? Paris Cit? Humanity?s ecological footprint takes many different and interconnected forms that are all getting worse. d.. 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Climate Action Network Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Digest of news on climate change, energy issues www.caneecca.org -------------------------------------------------- Someone forwarded this digest to you? You can subscribe using this link -------------------------------------------------- Regional Climate News When Russia wants to create dependency in another country, it builds nuclear power plants there The French company Framatome is planning to send a shipment of enriched uranium dioxide to Russia, to the ?Mashinostroitelny Zavod? enterprise near Moscow, owned by the state corporation Rosatom, which has environmentalists worried. Experts believe that these supplies not only pose risks to the environment, but also violate the sanctions regime. According to co-chairman of "Ecodefense!" Vladimir Slivyak, nuclear power has become Russia's main geopolitical tool, increasing its influence by building nuclear reactors in different countries. A number of international organizations presented recommendations to address smog in Bishkek International organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, have made recommendations to combat air pollution in Bishkek. The report emphasizes that changing coal to cleaner and more efficient heat sources, such as geothermal heat pumps, is a necessary measure, while investments in clean coal or gas heating are insufficient. The importance of developing clean public transportation and supporting green mobility is also noted. Risky agriculture in the Belarusian way Belarus, despite global efforts to reduce the negative impact of agriculture on the environment, continues to develop intensive and extensive farming projects without giving importance to climate change issues. There is a decrease in the area of agricultural land in the country, although the state program for 2021-2025 includes initiatives to develop environmentally friendly agriculture. Agriculture continues to be a key sector of the Belarusian economy, but its extensive nature has significant negative consequences for the environment, including water pollution by mineral and organic fertilizers and toxic chemicals, and soil contamination. "Nature does not wait for our decisions". Is it necessary to restore the Kakhovka reservoir and HPP? Velikiy Meadow, a key natural and historical landscape of Ukraine, was flooded in 1955-1958 due to the construction of the Kakhovka reservoir. The area preserved the monuments of the Zaporizhian Sich and unique species of flora and fauna. In 2023, the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam destroyed the reservoir, giving Ukraine a choice between restoring nature or building a new hydroelectric plant. An energy policy specialist advises choosing the restoration of the Great Meadow and the development of alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power. Aset Nauryzbaev: Renewable energy in Kazakhstan is cheaper, faster and safer than nuclear power plants Currently, Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants has not completed a feasibility study (FS) for the construction of nuclear power plants. Unlike world practice, where feasibility studies are conducted to determine the cost per kilowatt hour and make investment decisions, in Kazakhstan it is proposed to hold a referendum and then consider the feasibility study. The author points to high prices for nuclear electricity, citing data on the cost per kilowatt-hour from various sources, where nuclear energy is presented as one of the most expensive. Green Alternative's position on Georgia's Climate Change Action Plan Green Alternative shared comments and position on the updated Climate Change Action Plan 2024-2025 (energy sector). The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia presented the working version of the updated Climate Change Action Plan for 2024-2025. The focus of the strategy until 2030 highlights priority sectors aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including the energy sector. Division of the energy sector into sub-sectors (energy production and transmission, transportation, construction), which was discussed in various working groups. -------------------------------------------------- World Climate News COP28: Activists fear surveillance and arrests at Dubai climate summit Activists preparing for the COP28 climate talks in the UAE express concern over potential surveillance and arrests by the strict authorities, despite the country's assurance of allowing "peaceful assembly" in designated areas. The UAE's history of limiting protests and suppressing civil society, including the imprisonment of human rights defenders, raises fears among activists, who also worry about extensive surveillance capabilities. While the COP28 gatherings are restricted to the UN-managed "blue zone" for security reasons, activists remain determined to address human rights issues within the confines of the conference. Lobbying undermines climate pledges of more than half the world's top companies A recent analysis by the non-profit think tank InfluenceMap reveals that many major companies, such as Glencore, ExxonMobil, and Stellantis, are engaging in lobbying activities that contradict their net-zero emissions commitments. The study, examining 293 companies from the Forbes 2000 list, suggests that nearly 60% of those with net-zero or similar climate targets risk "net zero greenwash" due to conflicting lobbying efforts. The findings underscore the need for companies to align their policy-influencing actions with their climate commitments, as emphasized by the United Nations ahead of the COP28 climate summit later this month. Power Up for Climate Justice: a landmark report on financing a global renewable energy target The upcoming COP28 climate conference is set to focus on a landmark report, "Power Up for Climate Justice: Financing and Implementing a Global Renewables Target," advocating for a tripling of renewable energy capacity to over 11,000 gigawatts by 2030. The report emphasizes the necessity of accompanying this target with a robust energy package, including financial support for the Global South and reforms in the financial system. To ensure climate justice, the report calls for a binding commitment in the COP28 final text to phase out fossil fuels by 2050, supported by concrete processes and resources for implementation, including debt cancellation, $100 billion in concessional finance, and $200 billion in grants yearly. Deep sea mining will not start on our watch Greenpeace activists aboard the Arctic Sunrise have been monitoring and protesting against The Metals Company, a leading entity in the deep-sea mining industry, during one of its last expeditions in the Pacific before seeking approval for commercial operations. With kayaks and banners, Greenpeace activists disrupted the industry's exploration tests, emphasizing the environmental risks and rallying against the destruction of the seabed. Over a million people, supported by hundreds of scientists and 24 governments, are opposing deep-sea mining, asserting its unsustainability and potential for irreparable harm to the ocean ecosystem. World on track for nearly 3C of warming under current climate plans, UN report warns A new report from the UN Environment Programme warns that the world is on track for 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius of heating this century under current Paris Agreement climate plans. Urgent action is required to prevent this outcome, with the report highlighting the need for a 28% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions to stay within the 2-degree limit and a 42% reduction to preserve the 1.5-degree target. Despite progress since the 2015 Paris Agreement, the report notes missed opportunities to cut emissions and emphasizes the critical need for strengthened mitigation efforts in the coming decade. World stands on frontline of disaster at COP28, says UN climate chief UN's top climate official, Simon Stiell, has urged world leaders to take urgent and drastic action on carbon emission cuts as global temperatures hit record highs, making this year the hottest on record. Stiell, overseeing the upcoming COP28 climate summit, emphasized that everyone is now on the frontline of the climate crisis, and further delays in addressing emissions would be dangerous. With temperatures heading towards a potentially disastrous 3C increase, Stiell called for significant leaps in climate action to stay within the crucial limit of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Reducing pollution accelerates global warming. How do we solve this catch-22? Efforts to reduce air pollution, particularly sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from sources like coal plants, have led to an unmasking effect, where the removal of pollutants has allowed more solar radiation to reach the Earth, leading to an increase in temperatures. This phenomenon has been observed in China, where a successful "war on pollution" led to significant reductions in SO2 emissions but also a 0.7-degree Celsius rise in average temperatures since 2014. The unmasking effect could have a greater impact on warming than greenhouse gases in some industrial Chinese cities, and experts warn that similar jumps in warming may occur in other highly polluted regions if they clean the skies of SO2 and related aerosols. ? Copyright, CANEECCA This email has been sent to you, because you are a subscriber of CANEECCA From: CAN EECCA Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 4:09 PM Subject: ?CAN EECCA Newsletter: Dependence on NPPs, Restoration of Kakhovskaya HPP and dangerous COP28 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Tue Nov 28 19:00:42 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:00:42 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Here is the latest news from the High-Level Champions! Message-ID: <7D4DD17AE4EB4F09A7592FB50A8FEFFF@lewpostnew> UN Global Climate Action 28 November 2023 ? High-Level Champions' Newsletter ? The UN Climate Change High Level Champions at COP 28: Presenting the Marrakech Partnership Path to Systems Change As leaders gather for the imminent COP 28 UN Climate Change summit, the world stands at a critical juncture, amid a confluence of pressing global challenges dominated by geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainties. This unprecedented convergence of challenges underscores the interconnectedness of global issues and the imperative for nations to unite under a coordinated approach to tackle the climate crisis, restore nature - and build a healthier, resilient future for all. 2023 is set to be the hottest year ever recorded. While the assessment done so far through the Global Stocktake shows that significant progress has been made, it also provides a stark reminder that we are deep in the climate emergency - the window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all is rapidly closing. COP 28 is a crucial chance to course correct. Using the outcome of the Global Stocktake as our roadmap, we need to bring the whole of society on the journey. Only by mobilising cross-sector, collaborating cross-region and embedding an inclusive approach will we reach our destination of a resilient 1.5?C world and leave no one behind. This is expected to be the largest COP ever, with more than 70,000 delegates expected to attend. The collaborative power of non-State actors - from the wisdom of Indigenous Peoples, to the capacity building of civil society, to cities, subnational regions, investors and transformational business leaders - all play a vital role in calling for bold ambition. Since COP 27, the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, together with the Marrakech Partnership, have assiduously worked to mobilise a movement of governments, businesses, public and private financiers, cities and regions, workers, youth, Indigenous Peoples, civil society and others - ready to build adaptation and resilience, reduce emissions and protect nature. At the COP, the High-Level Champions will present a wide range of best practices and collaborative solutions from across the Marrakech Partnership; showing clear routes to scaling up regenerative systems change across sectors, geographies and economies. The showcase of collective cross-society momentum will include the Global Climate Action High-Level Events, the Action events - highlighting tangible progress in near-term implementation, plus Implementation Labs (iLabs) - offering solutions and fostering collaboration to achieve the 2030 Breakthrough and Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda goals and targets, and the Champions? special events - addressing specific priorities and issues they are spearheading. Here?s a taste of the High-Level Champions? key focus areas over the COP: a.. Galvanising non-State actors, especially business, to help to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, building on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to build a nature positive future. b.. Launching the Just Energy Transitions Collaborative Framework (JETCo), as a means to ensure the energy transition is just, fair and relevant to regional contexts, particularly in Africa. c.. Placing food systems firmly on the climate agenda, with the launch of a transformational Call to Action to transform food systems for people, nature, and climate, calling for 10 priority actions, governments to implement the Emirates Declaration and for targets, metrics and roadmaps to be developed to measure progress. d.. Supporting the call to deliver the COP Presidency?s goal for global renewable energy generation capacity to be tripled by 2030. e.. Demonstrating that a pipeline of investable, scalable climate projects exists in developing countries that were presented at the ?Regional Platforms for Climate Projects?, details of which will be presented in the second Assets of Flows report. In parallel, encouraging reforms of the global finance architecture to unlock urgently needed public and private finance to empower these nations as pivotal leaders of climate action and protectors of nature. f.. Showcasing efforts to implement, finance and plan adaptation work by 2030, via the Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda?s first progress report. g.. Strengthening the resilience of people in vulnerable communities through progress in the Race to Resilience as evidenced in its progress report. Over the COP there will be a raft of announcements from the High-Level Champions, and their partners, which will be reported here on our website. Also, to help your colleagues stay informed, please pass on this link to subscribe for the ?Top of the COP? newsletter, which sets out the announcements to expect at the start of each day at COP, from the 30 November to 11 December. ?Transformational Calls to Action on Food & Nature Photo by Norbert Braun on Unsplash In preparation for COP, the High-Level Champions recently released two transformational Calls to Action, laying out the steps for non-State actors to play a leading role in reducing the strain of our modes of food production on our ecosystems and transforming our relationship to nature. Firstly, The Call to Action for Transforming Food Systems for People, Nature, and Climate leads with the need to support frontline food systems actors, including farmers, fishers and others, to adapt and build resilience to climate risks, and other shocks and stresses. Around 30 percent of food is lost or wasted, and over 900 million people are food insecure ? for example in countries like Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Somalia. Therefore, this shared approach can play a vital role in scaling action, raising ambition, and unlocking the potential of food systems as one of the main solutions for people, nature, and climate. The Call to Action mobilizes collective efforts of key actors, from farmers and fishers to businesses, cities, civil society, consumers and all those engaged in food systems - around a shared vision of food systems that deliver significant, measurable progress for people, nature, and climate by 2030. Now is the time to get involved. We are encouraging all non-State Actors from across the food system to endorse the Call to Action. Those companies, farmers groups, civil society groups and others who endorse the Call to Action will be invited to submit Statements of Action which will go towards informing a package of announcements on food systems transformation at COP 28. Secondly, The Nature Positive for Climate Action Call To Action is a global commitment to halt the decline of our natural habitats and reverse their loss by 2030, with an ambitious goal for full restoration by 2050. Nature-based solutions, which include everything from regenerative agriculture to green roofs, have the potential to create over 390 million jobs by 2030. It?s clear that when we invest in nature, we build resilience, adapt more effectively to shifting climates, and bring temperatures down. In practice, the Call to Action invites businesses and investor to place nature at the core of their operations - and that starts with including nature in climate transition plans, with a science-based emissions reduction target using SBTi Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) guidance. When businesses and institutions adopt nature and climate positive approaches, regulators and policymakers not only listen - but they are encouraged to enshrine environmental protection into law. For example, the European Union recently agreed to a landmark nature restoration law that binds member states to restore at least 20% of the bloc?s land and seas by the end of the decade. Guest Interview: Paul Polman Leading systems transformation - ?It?s better to make the dust, than eat the dust.? Business leader and campaigner Paul Polman discusses his role as a Global Ambassador to the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, the transformation of food systems to benefit nature ecosystems, and his hopes for the upcoming COP. What does the Race to Zero mean to you? ?The Race to Zero is a unique initiative that works to galvanise non-state actors to help lead a stepchange in decarbonising the economy. As we enter COP 28, this role is vitally important to give the politicians and negotiators the confidence to act boldly at the negotiations. We know that the geopolitical situation is extremely difficult right now. And yet the urgent imperative for decarbonisation remains. The consequences of not acting will be significantly greater in every part of the world than any of the shorter-term issues that we currently face. It?s clear that optimising the current system, which candidly isn?t designed to function in the current context, will not give us the desired results. That?s why we?re falling short. The Race to Zero is about building a movement of non-state actors to step up and drive systems transformation. ? In my role, I focus on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the emphasis on climate and inequality. The book Net Positive, which I recently co-authored, provides a blueprint for business leaders to support this agenda, to tap into the ingenuity and reach of the private sector, and to encourage capital to flow where it counts most. Why is the food system critical to the climate and nature crises? Global food companies have an enormous role to play in changing our food system, to mitigate climate change and protect nature. Our food system is broken, and the mission to fix it is critical, as it goes to the very heart of the SDGs - dealing with poverty, climate change, inequality, resource scarcity, deforestation, oceans - the list goes on. Our current global food and agriculture systems account for about one third of GHG emissions, 70% of freshwater use, and 80% of biodiversity loss. Food is at the heart of everything. And since food generates nearly a third of global emissions, this presents an opportunity, because it?s also one third of the solution. We have overshot our planetary boundaries to the extent that frankly being ?net zero? isn?t enough any more. It is certainly possible for companies to profit by improving the state of the world, rather than making it worse, by being ?nature positive? and ?health positive? and so on. The consequences of the current system are enormous. 900 million people around the world are food insecure and rising. Three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. Two billion people are overweight or obese, leading to enormous healthcare costs. I cannot overstate the need for finance to transform our food system. Although food accounts for 30% of the solution, it only attracts 4-5% of global investment; this is clearly insufficient for the scale of the risk and the opportunity at hand. If we can turn this around and make it a sustainable, regenerative system, the social and environmental benefits would amount to around $10 trillion annually. There?s an enormous opportunity for business to lead this change. The Call to Action for Transforming Food Systems for People, Nature, and Climate leads with supporting frontline food systems actors to adapt and build resilience. Why is this important? The first and most important priority should be for food businesses to help the front-line players of the system, especially the farmers - who are probably the most stressed in this value chain - to build resilience to climate risk. That cannot be done unless companies support their suppliers' in shifting to regenerative agriculture, ensuring that new models are economically viable, and by incentivising regeneratively grown, healthy food. Business can play an incredible role in implementing new business models based on sustainable regenerative practices. Redirecting finance is key to ensuring that the cost of the transition doesn?t fall to farmers. We will fail if we bankrupt our primary food providers. Regenerative agriculture practices firstly deal with restoring our biodiversity, restoring soil health - ensuring that landscapes remain a carbon sink, not a carbon emitting source. This also demands that we tackle unsustainable practices of animal husbandry, methane emissions and many others. The first step for food companies is to align their business models with 1.5 C. This places a climate lens over the value chain that prompts the right strategic questions: ?Is deforestation taking place?? ?Are we degrading land?? ?What?s our methane emissions exposure?? ?How much food is wasted?? ?Are we using green energy fully?? And so on? We need to ensure that food is available, accessible and affordable for everyone. Companies also have a responsibility to protect the most climate-vulnerable people, who are also the guardians of our most precious ecosystems - the Indigenous Peoples. To realise these opportunities, I want to encourage all food businesses to sign up to - and endorse the Champions? Food Systems Call to Action to Protect People, Nature and Climate - and to submit a statement of action by 29th Nov - if not soon after. What are your hopes for the upcoming COP? Firstly, we must understand that delivering the Paris Agreement, the Global biodiversity Framework and 1.5 C is not a target, it?s a limit for the planet. The Global Stocktake will show that we?re well off track, despite some tremendous efforts going in from many businesses and governments, and other participants. However, as long as we stay on this linear, extractive production model, which is only measured by GDP, we?ll continue to create issues faster than solutions. We are on track in many areas, we've seen major acceleration in investment in green energy, with solar and wind providing the cheapest power of energy in most places in the world - renewables are forecast to provide 40% of electricity by 2030. And electric vehicles are forecast to reach two thirds of car sales by 2030. So the direction of travel is clear, we just need to accelerate. To pick up the pace we need all of society, as governments are side-tracked by geopolitical issues and short-term political gains. If they don?t hear from us, the non-State actors, that systems change is possible, that some businesses are already doing it, and that it?s the only viable route to long term profits for business and a prosperous society, then they will be less ambitious. We must get this message across loudly and clearly from all stakeholders in society This COP we need real ambition, no backsliding - the Loss & Damage Fund, the $100bn Green Climate Fund - these are all necessary for leaders to show populations that they live up to their commitments. Additionally, we also need very simple focus areas that everyone can understand. For example, we need to transform our energy systems - tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency. We need to transform our relationship with nature, with business playing a leading role. And of course, we need to transform financial systems. It?s a scandal how many parts of the world, especially the developing world, where 80% of the population reside, are treated, with a lack of access to finance, or basic healthcare, such as vaccines. The $100 billion GCF is a meagre amount when you consider that Europe and the US combined spent $60 trillion on recovering from the pandemic. And currently, conflicts and wars are eating up 10-12% of global GDP, while the core issue of climate change is not being addressed. The ambitions are high; if we fall short at the COP, there will be a public outcry beyond the magnitude that we?re seeing right now, with politicians losing the confidence of their electorates and trust in business declining more than increasing. And finally we need to ensure that the COP is well represented by people that are most affected by the climate crisis, including Indigenous Peoples and young people, who must not only have a voice in these negotiations, but also a seat at the table. Expectations are high on negotiators and politicians, for the benefit of humanity, and the benefit of their own children, this is the moment. I?ll leave you with a quote by Waangari Maatthai, who I believe captured where we are now: ?In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now?. Paul Polman is a business leader, campaigner, and co-author of ?Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take,? a Financial Times Business Book of the Year. Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to tackle climate change and inequality. As CEO of Unilever (2009-2019), he demonstrated that business can profit through purpose, delivering shareholder returns of 290% while the company consistently ranked 1st in the world for sustainability. Today, he works across a range of organisations to deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which he helped develop. Paul is #3 in Thinkers50. The full interview with Paul can be found here. Global Conference on Gender & Environment Data A key focus of the High-Level Champions right before COP is the global conference on gender and environment data (28-29th November); which will address the important issue that - as women face disproportionate barriers to owning land and other assets - their capacity to cope with climate-related disasters is severely limited. Data shows that women rely on natural resources more than men do, but they are underrepresented in environmental decision-making, which, in turn, limits their opportunities to shape environmental policy and cope with crises. For example, women are under-represented in agriculture, forestry and fishing jobs most in Asia and the Pacific, especially in Samoa, the Maldives and Tonga. Also, where women do engage in these jobs, they are consistently underpaid compared to men. To open our eyes to these challenges, the conference will address the need for more data on gender and the environment, by exchanging best practices, leveraging innovation and finding solutions to common challenges at the ?gender-environment nexus.? The role of Indigenous Peoples, local communities and civil society organizations in producing and using data to fuel advocacy and drive change will be a key area of discussion. H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak, said: ?As we get ready to kick-off COP 28, I am emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between climate and nature, the importance of inclusivity, and especially, the empowerment of women and girls in climate action. ?Without data - we can never have truly gender-responsive finance and therefore, we can never truly have a gender-just transition.? The outcome of the conference will be a ?Global Call to Action on Gender and Environment Data? that will aim to collectively raise the profile of gender-environment data and its utility at COP 28. Race to Zero latest developments: COP 28 will see corporate leaders uniting, acting, and delivering climate action to benefit the global economy, society and environment. Convening in Dubai this year, the world's largest group of non-State actors will showcase their immediate actions to halve global emissions by 2030. The shared solutions and challenges by Race to Zero members will shape an atmosphere of action and real-economy transformation across the Action Agenda. a.. Race to Zero membership almost doubled from 7,760 to 12,566 over the past 18 months and continues to grow. Membership represents nearly ? of the Fortune 500, over 60% of the FTSE 100, approximately 40% of global financial assets, and more than 12% of global population. b.. Last year, Asia had the greatest proportional growth in the actual number of science-based targets in 2022, with the addition of 317 new companies, representing a 127% increase in comparison with 2021. Latin America and Africa follow with more than doubling figures in 2022. MENA?s growth jumped to 107%, with two consecutive COPs in the region. c.. These "first mover and doer? leaders from business, finance, cities, healthcare and civil society are now voicing the need for robust plans to provide policy and regulatory certainty. Sign up for our Newsletter UN Climate Change | Global Climate Action | Race to Zero | GlobalClimateAction at unfccc.int | unfccc.int STAY CONNECTED UNFCCC | Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, Bonn, 53113 Germany Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by globalclimateaction at unfccc.int From: Global Climate Action Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 7:55 PM Subject: Vladimir, here is the latest news from the High-Level Champions! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Wed Nov 29 02:06:36 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 03:06:36 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] They're murdering the Amazon Message-ID: <4168266052C744569E09065ADA137A80@lewpostnew> The Amazon isn't dying. It's being murdered. My people have cherished this rainforest for 6,000 years -- it is the greatest manifestation of life, anywhere on the planet.But oil companies don't see that. They drill precisely where the rainforest is most alive, spilling their black death, poisoning our rivers -- and fuelling the climate fever. They are killing the rainforest and all the life it holds.Now those same oil giants are ready to grease negotiations at the UN climate talks, starting in days. A huge oil boss will lead the summit in Dubai, and hundreds of industry lobbyists are ready to feast.We cannot let them speak for the Amazon.Negotiations are about to start -- but we have a bold plan to flood the talks with the voices that matter most: ours. We don't just live in the rainforest; we are a part of it. The Suru? people, the Baniwa, Karipuna, Ashinka and so many others?let us ALL be heard.If we raise enough, we can send a powerful delegation of Indigenous leaders to the summit, supported by Avaaz campaigners to get face to face with decision makers, and in front of TV cameras. We'd be standing up to some of the most powerful corporations on Earth -- we can't do it alone.I'm calling on you to help power an Indigenous uprising to ban fossil fuels in the Amazon. I promise no one will fight harder -- donate what you can now: Dear friends, The Amazon isn't dying. It's being murdered. My people have cherished this rainforest for 6,000 years -- it is the greatest manifestation of life, anywhere on the planet. But oil companies don't see that. They drill precisely where the rainforest is most alive, spilling their black death, poisoning our rivers -- and fuelling the climate fever. They are killing the rainforest and all the life it holds. Now those same oil giants are ready to grease negotiations at the UN climate talks, starting in days. A huge oil boss will lead the summit in Dubai, and hundreds of industry lobbyists are ready to feast. We cannot let them speak for the Amazon. Negotiations are about to start -- but we have a bold plan to flood the talks with the voices that matter most: ours. We don't just live in the rainforest; we are a part of it. The Suru? people, the Baniwa, Karipuna, Ashinka and so many others?let us ALL be heard. If we raise enough, we can send a powerful delegation of Indigenous leaders to the summit, supported by Avaaz campaigners to get face to face with decision makers, and in front of TV cameras. We'd be standing up to some of the most powerful corporations on Earth -- we can't do it alone. I'm calling on you to help power an Indigenous uprising to ban fossil fuels in the Amazon. I promise no one will fight harder -- donate what you can now: I'LL DONATE ?2 I'LL DONATE ?4 I'LL DONATE ?8 I'LL DONATE ?15 I'LL DONATE ?30 OTHER AMOUNT My father was the Great Chief Almir Suru? -- he taught me that we must listen to the stars, the wind, the animals, and the trees. They are pleading with us now. Today the climate is warming. The animals are disappearing. And our plants don't flower like they did before. The Amazon has more plant species than the number of stars you see in the night sky -- and look what they're doing to it! The Avaaz community has been a steadfast ally in our fight for the rainforest. You have supported Indigenous communities to rally, plan, and speak with a united voice. Now we need help getting our voices into the halls of power -- we cannot do it alone. With your support, Avaaz could: a.. Bring powerful Indigenous voices straight from the Amazon to meet decision-makers at the critical UN climate talks; b.. Run bold stunts to soak up media attention outside the summit, forcing Amazon protections onto the political agenda; c.. Support Indigenous leaders with Avaaz's brilliant media and advocacy campaigners -- helping us win legal protections for our Amazon lands; d.. Equip Amazon communities to show up at every key negotiation summit next year -- we'll fight for rainforest protections at every opportunity; and e.. Fund Avaaz's campaign to save the Amazon, building a powerhouse of campaigners and legal experts to take on miners, loggers and Big Oil. The Amazon is Earth's most intricate ecosystem -- and my people are part of that web. If the rainforest is under mortal attack, then so are we. The fate of the Amazon hangs in the balance, and we must be heard. Donate what you can now: I'LL DONATE ?2 I'LL DONATE ?4 I'LL DONATE ?8 I'LL DONATE ?15 I'LL DONATE ?30 OTHER AMOUNT The Amazon doesn?t just need heroes; it needs voices of wisdom. Voices that resonate with the depth of the forest and the clarity of the waters that sustain it. It has never been this urgent, and we must keep showing up, again and again. The survival of the Amazon hinges on our unity now, and your support could help ignite an historic uprising to save it. For the Wild, Txai Suru?, of the Paiter Suru? Indigenous community in Brazil, and the whole team at Avaaz Txai Suru? is a 26-year-old activist, land defender, environmentalist, and advocate for the rights of Indigenous people. Her community's lands are some of the most devastated by the impacts of climate change. She founded the Indigenous Youth Movement of Rond?nia, which rallies young people in her state, and coordinates the Associa??o de Defesa Etnoambiental-Kanind?, a community organisation that has worked with Indigenous people for over 30 years. PS. This might be your first donation to our movement ever. But what a first donation! Did you know that Avaaz relies entirely on small donations from members like you? That's why we're fully independent, nimble and effective. Join the over 1 million people who've donated to make Avaaz a real force for good in the world. More information: 1.. My people have lived in the Amazon for 6,000 years: You need to listen to us (Climate Home News) 2.. What drought in the Amazon means for the planet (The Washington Post) 3.. Cop28 host UAE has world?s biggest climate-busting oil plans, data indicates (The Guardian) 4.. Petrobras expects to drill near Amazon mouth in 2024, says CEO (Reuters) 5.. A Growing Movement Looks to End Oil Drilling in the Amazon (Inside Climate News) Avaaz is a 70-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making. ("Avaaz" means "voice" or "song" in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18 countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz's biggest campaigns here, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. To ensure that Avaaz messages reach your inbox, please add avaaz at avaaz.org to your address book. 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Daily News 27 November 2023 ECO.Georgia Announces an Idea Competition to Foster Sustainable Forest Management in Georgia with the Support of the Swiss Government ECO.Georgia is a Green Climate Fund (GCF) project to enable the implementation of a forest sector reform, implemented by GIZ and the Government of Georgia. The project aims to mitigate greenhouse gases through improved, nature-based management of the country's forests and improvement of energy efficiency to reduce the demand for fuelwood. The idea competition is funded by the Swiss government and serves to strengthen the civil society at the local level, in the 8 target municipalities of the project, and to increase the involvement of the local population and self-government in forest management. ECO.Georgia is looking for innovative ideas for small-scale projects that will promote the sustainability management of forests and natural resources while improving the well-being of local people - It should offer tangible benefits to members of the local community, thereby improving the overall quality of life. The selected projects will be implemented through the joint efforts of community members, local municipal authorities and the National Forestry Agency. A grant of up to 10,000 euros (equivalent in GEL) will be provided for each project. Applicants must submit their projects by 15 December 2023, 23:59. Read more here ? ECO.Georgia, ?????????? ????????? ???????????, ???? ??????? ??????? ??????????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ???????? ????????? ??????? ???????? ???? ??????? ??????? ?????????? ?????? ECO.Georgia-? ???????????. ECO.Georgia ???????????? ?????? ???????? ???????? ?????????????? ??????????? ????????, ??????? ???????? ?????? ?????? 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CENN newsletter provides its subscribers with information on environmental issues and other relevant topics from the world and South Caucasus Region. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of CENN unless otherwise stated. Want to disseminate information? View the CENN Bulletin policy here. ? CENN is a member of: www.cenn.org CENN, 27 Betlemi Str., 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia From: CENN Bulletin Sent: Monday, November 27, 2023 10:17 AM Subject: ECO.Georgia Initiates Idea Competition for Sustainable Forest Management in Georgia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Wed Nov 29 03:08:26 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 04:08:26 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] We MUST address the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands Message-ID: Your matched gift will help power the grassroots climate action we need now, Vladimir. This Giving Tuesday, I?m thinking about how far we?ve come and how far we must go to ensure a livable planet for generations to come, Vladimir. Together, our Climate Reality community is at the forefront of the fight for real and urgent solutions ? and demanding greater integrity and action from local, national, and global climate decision-makers. But in the face of record-breaking temperatures, more frequent and severe extreme weather disasters, and Big Oil?s stubborn hold over our political and financial systems, it is imperative that we continue this fight and address the climate crisis at the speed and scale it demands. To meet this critical moment, Climate Reality has set an ambitious Giving Tuesday goal to raise $25,000 by midnight tonight to propel our movement forward. Right now, we are expanding our urgent work to reduce emissions, call out greenwashing, finance a just transition, and strengthen international cooperation on climate. But this ambitious work will take the strongest grassroots movement we can build ? and we all must play a part in it. That?s why I?m asking you personally, Vladimir: Will you make your first gift of $15 or more before midnight tonight to help Climate Reality grow our global grassroots movement? Thanks to a generous donor, all gifts made until tonight?s deadline will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, up to our $25,000 goal. That means your gift will go TWICE as far in our fight for a safe and sustainable future. DONATE $15 (BECOMES $30!) DONATE $25 (BECOMES $50!) DONATE $50 (BECOMES $100!) DONATE $100 (BECOMES $200!) DONATE ANOTHER AMOUNT The stakes for our planet are the highest they?ve ever been, Vladimir. But our 50,000 trained Climate Reality Leaders across the globe are taking bold action to prevent and stop the fossil fuel projects worsening this crisis and are pushing their towns and cities to transition to 100% clean energy. 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View in browser Global Edition | 27 November 2023 Social and news media erupted into a frenzy late last week when reports emerged of a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia-like illness in China, accompanied by images of crowded hospitals. The cases are mostly affecting children, but adults as well. It?s not altogether surprising this news sent people into a panic, given the events of the COVID pandemic. But as C Raina MacIntyre and her colleagues from UNSW Sydney explain, this isn?t cause for alarm. Rather than a single unknown pathogen, the outbreak appears to be due to a number of known respiratory pathogens, including the bacteria mycoplasma, RSV, influenza and adenovirus. Although there is no indication that the current situation in China is a new pandemic, we should always pay attention to, and work to identify, undiagnosed pneumonia clusters. According to MacIntyre and her team, early warning systems give us the best chance of preventing the next pandemic. Phoebe Roth Deputy Health Editor, Melbourne Ng Han Guan/AP/AAP How worried should we be about the pneumonia outbreak in China? C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW Sydney; Ashley Quigley, UNSW Sydney; Haley Stone, UNSW Sydney; Rebecca Dawson, UNSW Sydney There are a number of pathogens which are reported to be causing the outbreak of respiratory illness in China. a.. India: COVID enabled new forms of economic abuse of women Dr Punita Chowbey, Sheffield Hallam University The lockdown gave some men a chance to increase their control and coercion of women. Look to the mainstream to explain the rise of the far right Aurelien Mondon, University of Bath Extremists are not ?capturing? our systems ? they are part of them. Doctor Who at 60: what qualities make the best companion? A psychologist explains Sarita Robinson, University of Central Lancashire Doctor?s companions need to be open to new experiences, keep going in the face of adversity and be resilient. a.. The professor, the general and the populist: meet the three candidates running for president in Indonesia Dadang I K Mujiono, Universitas Mulawarman; Triesanto Romulo Simanjuntak, Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana; Wawan Kurniawan, Universitas Indonesia Indonesians will go to the polls on February 14 to elect a new leader. Here are the three leading candidates and their running mates. b.. Climate crisis: what to consider if you?re questioning whether to have children Jasmine Fledderjohann, Lancaster University; Laura Sochas, The University of Edinburgh Is the disastrous impact we?re having on the planet affecting our decision about having children of our own? c.. Are rents rising in your neighbourhood? Don?t blame the baristas Geoff Moss, Temple University When it comes to gentrification, Philadelphia baristas say they?re ?part of the problem.? But as low-wage workers, where else should they live and work? d.. WeWork approached physical space as if it were virtual, which led to the company?s downfall Joseph L. Clarke, University of Toronto WeWork?s bankruptcy casts doubt on hype that the boundaries between physical space and computer technology are dissolving. e.. After 8 years in power, what is Justin Trudeau?s legacy ? and how will he cement it? Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada Justin Trudeau has been in power for almost a decade, achieving some of his objectives and stalling on others. What will be his legacy, and is constitutional reform in the cards in the next two years? f.. Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil and Ayn Rand all felt ?different? in the world ? and changed the way we think Jen Webb, University of Canberra A new book follows four women philosophers through ten of the worst years in the 20th century, spanning 1933, the year Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, to the thick of the second world war. g.. Frozen?s 10th anniversary: how the musical reignited our love for sing-along cinema Malcolm Cook, University of Southampton The musical has become a singalong sensation harking back to a day when cinema was more of a communal experience. You?re receiving this newsletter from The Conversation Tenancy B, Level 5 700 Swanston Street Carlton VIC 3053 Australia Forward to a friend From: The Conversation Global highlights Sent: Monday, November 27, 2023 10:52 AM Subject: Pneumonia uptick in China ? don't panic -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Thu Nov 30 17:43:05 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 18:43:05 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Climate change is killing us. Biden must attend the U.N. climate summit. Message-ID: The U.S. must show strong leadership during the annual U.N. climate summit. Biden Is Skipping This Year's U.N. Climate Summit. Why? Sign Now Starting later this week, leaders from almost 200 countries around the world will gather together for two weeks to address the existential threat that is climate change. Pope Francis, King Charles III, and countless other high-ranking officials will all be present at the COP28 conference to show how important this issue is. But one very important person will not be there. That person is U.S. President Joe Biden. President Biden has said he understands that climate change is "the ultimate threat to humanity," and claimed he would make tackling climate change a top priority for his administration. Where is his global leadership on this issue if he's not even present for this significant annual climate conference? The summit provides a crucial platform for world leaders to collaborate, negotiate, and commit to more ambitious climate targets. This is all to save our Earth and ourselves from the implications of global warming, so it shouldn't be ignored! The United States is one of the world's largest economies and historically one of the largest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions. That means it has a huge responsibility for tackling this problem and providing strong leadership. Given the urgency of the climate crisis, we need collective action - fast. The United States must be part of the solution, and to prove its commitment to the cause, President Biden must attend COP28! Sign the petition now! Thank you, Miranda Care2 Petitions Team P.S. President Biden must change his mind and agree to attend the United Nations climate summit! Sign the petition. Sign Now ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Care2.com, Inc. 3141 Stevens Creek Blvd. #40394 San Jose, CA 95117 https://www.care2.com From: Miranda B., Care2 Action Alerts Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 8:03 PM Subject: Climate change is killing us. 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Click here Days before the latest climate summit is due to begin in Dubai, the first flight powered entirely by "sustainable aviation fuel" landed safely in New York. The twin engines of this Boeing 787 Dreamliner ran on farm waste and used cooking oil, an alternative to the kerosene that is usually dug up, refined and burned to satisfy the wanderlust of a relatively wealthy minority of Earth's people. Sadly, the entire event was a stunt, say political economists Gareth Dale (Brunel University London) and Josh Moos (Leeds Beckett University). They point out that the market for cooking oil is poorly regulated, and so "sustainable fuels" can come from palm oil plantations which have devastated orangutan habitat in the tropics. The result is "a smoke-and-mirrors exercise" designed to give the illusion of a world leaving fossil fuels behind, they say. With climate disasters mounting and greenhouse gas emissions at an all-time high, the same could be said for the UN negotiations themselves. You're reading the Imagine newsletter ? a weekly synthesis of academic insight on solutions to climate change, brought to you by The Conversation. I'm Jack Marley, energy and environment editor. This week we're preparing for COP28: the latest round of talks to tackle the climate crisis, hosted by one of the world's biggest producers of fossil fuels. First, let's check in on the climate. "Eight years ago, the world agreed to an ambitious target in the Paris Agreement: hold warming to 1.5?C to limit further dangerous levels of climate change," says Brendan Mackey, an environmental scientist at Griffith University. "Since then, greenhouse gas emissions have kept increasing ... In 2023, the world is at 1.2?C of warming over pre-industrial levels. Heatwaves of increasing intensity and duration are arriving around the world. We now have less than 10 years before we reach 1.5?C of warming." COP28 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will proceed under the shadow of the UN's global stocktake. This assessed whether humanity was on course to cut emissions in line with the Paris agreement's targets by 2030. The results are in: if all national pledges are fulfilled (not guaranteed), global warming will peak between 2.1-2.8?C this century. Blowing past 2?C, the upper temperature target of the Paris agreement, makes triggering feedback loops (like the release of potent greenhouse gas methane from Arctic permafrost) and catastrophic sea-level rise more likely. For a chance to avoid climate breakdown and limit warming to 1.5?C, the world needs to prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to 22.9 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (CO?) from reaching the atmosphere over the next six years. This is roughly how much the top five polluters (China, US, India, Russia and Japan) emit in a year. Tasked with leading negotiations to secure this outcome is Sultan Al Jaber, chief executive of Adnoc, the UAE's state-owned oil company. Al Jaber and the UAE hosts were recently embarrassed by leaked documents showing they intended to pitch oil and gas deals to international delegates at the summit. "The UK invited ridicule by expanding its North Sea oil fields less than two years after urging the world to raise its climate ambitions as summit host. The UAE seems destined for a similar fate ? before its talks have even begun," say Emilie Rutledge and Aiora Zabala, economists at the Open University. On the agenda at COP28 is a proposed target for tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling the efficiency of existing sources by 2030. Delegates from countries within the High Ambition Coalition demand a written agreement to halt the burning of coal, oil and gas which accounts for roughly 90% of all CO? emissions. Rutledge and Zabala argue that the UAE is an apt case study for the inertia which seems to prevent countries from meeting these aims. The Persian Gulf state subsidises rampant energy use among its public with oil and gas sales that total 80% of government revenues. Little wonder the UAE would rather talk about the potential for technology to mop up its emissions. "Adnoc, along with the wider oil and gas industry, has invested in carbon sequestration and making hydrogen fuel from the byproducts of oil extraction. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), such measures, even if fully implemented, will only have a small impact on greenhouse gas emissions," Rutledge and Zabala say. Where's the money? Another test of the UN negotiations will concern the money needed to help developing countries phase out fossil fuels, adapt to a hostile climate and overcome the damage wrought by greenhouse gases overwhelmingly produced by developed countries. According to the UN, 80% of climate change can be attributed to G20 countries, a group consisting of the world?s major economies. "For decades, nations have wrestled over the fraught question of who should pay for loss and damage resulting from climate change," says Mackey. "Now we?re close to finalising arrangements for the new Loss and Damage Fund. This will be [a] major issue for negotiators at COP28." Lisa Vanhala, a professor of political science at UCL, has followed the wrangling over a fund to compensate poor nations for climate change since one was agreed in principle in 2013. Ten years later, questions remain over who will pay into it, who will be able to draw from it and who will control it. The last of those three questions was at least partially answered in early November. The World Bank, headquartered in Washington D.C., will administer the fund for an interim period. This would give rich donor countries like the US disproportionate influence over loss and damage funding, Vanhala says, and is a far cry from the partnership model small-island developing states had urged. The World Bank traditionally offers loans instead of grants. Developing countries have consistently argued this funding should not increase a recipient's debt burden, Vanhala says. And a board member for another fund hosted by the World Bank has reported that the admin fees it charges are rising and absorbing a larger share of its aid. "This could mean that, for every US$100 billion offered to countries and communities reeling from disaster, the World Bank will keep $US1.5 billion. This will be hard for an institution still funding the climate-wrecking oil and gas industry to justify," Vanhala adds. Aside from loss and damage, rich countries failed to keep a promise to raise US$100 billion of climate change mitigation and adaptation funding by 2020. This money would help the most vulnerable nations build sturdier storm defences and solar farms, for instance, and will be the subject of heated debate at COP28. US and EU negotiators have argued that China, the world's second largest economy and its current biggest emitter, should be obliged to contribute to such funding ? despite sitting with other developing countries in the UN talks. But a new analysis by Sarah Colenbrander, director at the Overseas Development Institute and guest lecturer in climate economics at the University of Oxford, tells a different story. By following the substantial climate aid China already provides via other channels, such as multilateral development banks, Colenbrander argues that the real laggard and obstacle to a financial settlement is the US. "The fastest way to restore trust in the international climate regime would be for the US to step up with its fair share of climate finance," she says. "Only once the developed countries have fulfilled their longstanding promise does a conversation about new climate finance contributors become politically possible." - Jack Marley, Environment commissioning editor Has the climate crisis affected your decision about whether to have children? With a panel of experts, a group of Conversation editors will debate the environmental, economic and personal dilemmas behind modern parenthood. There are still a few tickets left. If you?re able to join us in central London tomorrow, sign up here. Was this email forwarded to you? Join the 20,000 people who get one email every week about the most important issue of our time. Subscribe to Imagine. As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at the COP28 climate talks? In what's likely to be the hottest year on record, nations are gathering to try and hash out faster action on climate change. Read more COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant hosting 2023 climate change summit UAE will preside over talks to limit climate change ? despite revelations it plans oil deals. Read more COP28: four key issues that will dominate the latest UN climate summit A COP regular worries about a conflicted host and a lack of trust. Read more COP28: how bad is climate change already and what do we need to do next to tackle it? Temperature records are tumbling ? how much progress is really being made towards tackling climate change? Read more China is already paying substantial climate finance, while US is global laggard ? new analysis Climate finance can help developing countries adapt to climate change and phase out their emissions. Read more COP28: a year on from climate change funding breakthrough, poor countries eye disappointment at Dubai summit Rich polluters have evaded any notion of compensating poor countries at the UN talks. 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