From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Sep 1 01:20:03 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 02:20:03 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] =?utf-8?q?CENN_Monthly_Bulletin_for_August_is_out_no?= =?utf-8?b?dyEg8J+UlA==?= Message-ID: <12BC15810D3C42549D2BC6F5AE5C93F1@evol.sp.ru> Environmental issues and other relevant topics from the world and South Caucasus Region Nana Janashia, Inspirational Leader and Founder of CENN, Passes Away Tragically With heavy hearts, we share the deeply saddening news of the sudden and early demise of Nana Janashia, who faithfully served as the Executive Director at CENN for over 25 years. Nana Janashia wasn't just a leader; she was a source of inspiration, dedicating her life to making the world a better place. Her influence dates back to the establishment of CENN in 1998, an organisation she founded. Over the course of 25 years, CENN's unwavering commitment has spearheaded over 300 impactful projects across the Caucasus region, fostering a more sustainable and inclusive future. Nana's vision and unwavering dedication have played a crucial role in shaping a more environmentally friendly and harmonious world. While her physical presence is no longer with us, Nana's spirit will continue to live on through the work of CENN. As we remember her, we are reminded of the power of one individual's passion to transform lives and pave the way for a better tomorrow. Amidst the profound sorrow, we extend our deepest gratitude to our partners and friends for their unwavering cooperation. The CENN team extends an earnest hand, expressing our sincere desire to continue our journey together, building upon the foundations we've laid and working tirelessly to further democracy, foster progress, and build a brighter future for the Caucasus region. Monthly Bulletin August 2023 News from Georgia US Ambassador Kelly Degnan Bids Farewell to Georgians EU-funded civil society fellowships 2023: Apply by 4 September US Ambassador Kelly Degnan, whose term as an Ambassador ends this summer, has expressed her affection for Georgia?s culture, nature and people in her farewell letter to Georgian citizens. In the letter, published in Georgian, she writes that during her time in Georgia, she learned that Georgians, like Americans, have fought for the unity and strength of their country. She stresses that Georgians throughout the centuries, have preserved their freedom, faith and values, which define Georgian identity. The Ambassador emphasizes that these are values that Americans share with Georgians: the pursuit of freedom, independence, creativity, compassion, and perseverance. Source: civil.ge Photo: US Embassy Georgia The Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility has announced the next call for applications for its EU-funded fellowship programme. Fellowships will support civil society activists or civically minded women and men from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine who demonstrate a deep commitment to leading positive social change in their communities. The selected candidates will be provided with tailored training and coaching, ?5,000 to implement activities and networking opportunities. Under this Call, there are two types of Fellowship: Community Engagement Fellowships and Civic Digital Fellowships (specially designed for IT experts such as software engineers, data scientists, and designers who use technology to benefit the community). Source: euneighbourseast.eu Read more Read more Call for experts from Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine to join the Culture Moves Europe evaluators? pool Taking COBERM Further: EU-UNDP Initiative for Lasting and Inclusive Peace (FLIP) - Call for Project Ideas The EU-funded Creative Europe programme invites experts to join its evaluators? pool for the Individual Mobility Action within the Culture Moves Europe grant programme. The selected experts will evaluate project proposals submitted by applicants aiming to develop cultural or artistic mobility in a different Creative Europe country to the one they legally reside. The candidate must be at least 18 years old and have knowledge of and professional experience in one of the following fields: architecture, cultural heritage, fashion design and design, literary translation, music, performing arts or visual arts, as well as in international cultural exchange and/or mobility projects and evaluation. Source: euneighbourseast.eu The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with funding from the European Union (EU), is announcing a Call for Project Ideas under the ?Taking COBERM Further: Joint EU-UNDP Initiative for Lasting and Inclusive Peace? (FLIP). The initiative aims to improve the capacity of civil society actors in locally-led peacebuilding initiatives; facilitate inclusive processes to increase the engagement of youth, women and excluded groups in dialogue and confidence-building measures; and promote sustainable conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Grants will be awarded to local civil society organisations, foundations, academia and international NGOs. FLIP aims to back initiatives developed by both experienced and younger, potentially less experienced local CSOs and representatives within civil society. Source: undp.org Read more Read more EU?funded call for civil society actors to research violent extremism in Georgia 15 Years Since Russia-Georgia 2008 War - A Deeper Look The Hedayah International Centre for Countering Extremism, as part of the EU-funded STRIVE Global II programme, is launching a call for proposals for civil society actors to research violent extremism in Georgia. The competition aims to build the capacity of local CSOs and state organisations to develop and implement effective projects to prevent radicalisation leading to violent extremism and terrorist recruitment. Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between a minimum of ?50,000 and a maximum of ?100,000. Source: euneighbourseast.eu 15 years ago today, Russia launched a war against Georgia. As a result of the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, Georgia lost 170 employees of the Georgian Ministry of Defense, 14 employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and 228 civilians. The total number of wounded and injured civilians and military personnel was 2,232. To date, more than 20% of Georgia?s territory is still occupied by the Russian Federation. To this day Russia has not implemented 6-point cease-fire agreement, brokered by the European Union. Moreover, the occupation regime continues to move the occupation line (the so-called borderization process) within the Georgian government-controlled territory, to divide communities with barbed wire and to militarize the occupation regime. Local civilians are frequently illegally detained and abducted. Source: civil.ge Photo: AP/Musa Sadulayev Read more Read more News from Azerbaijan Job opportunity from EU4Environment: Consultancy in Protecting Biodiversity and Ecosystems in Eastern Partner countries Opportunity to volunteer for German NGO supporting Ukraine The EU4Environment is seeking a consultancy firm or a consortium of firms to provide analytical and advisory support to national counterparts in the Eastern Partnership countries. The consultancy will focus on protecting biodiversity (the Emerald Network) and natural ecosystems through knowledge sharing, information exchange, and regional collaboration. The tasks include developing a regional report, supporting knowledge sharing, disseminating analytics results, facilitating exchange of good practices, enhancing scientific knowledge, and raising awareness about the Emerald Network. The ideal candidate should have expertise in biodiversity conservation, particularly Natura 2000 and the Emerald Network, as well as experience working in the EU and EU?s Eastern Partner countries. The deadline for applications is 7 September. Source: euneighbourseast.eu Young people from Ukraine and Moldova, as well as other EaP and EU countries, aged 18-28, are invited to apply for a volunteer year in Freiburg, Germany, working with S?Einl?dele, a Christian non-profit organisation providing assistance to Ukraine for over 30 years. The NGO has projects in Ukraine aimed at supporting children and the elderly in need, especially children and the elderly. The deadline for applications is 1 September. Volunteers attend on-arrival-trainings as well as mid-term meetings. Regular sessions about political issues and sustainability are offered and volunteers are expected to play an active role and are encouraged to take over responsibility and initiate their own small projects. Source: euneighbourseast.eu Read more Read more News from Armenia EU4Environment is looking for a contractor to support environmental impact assessment for Armenia?s Northern River Basin Management Plan Armenian media invited to apply for grants on justice reform - Apply until 15 September Office International de l?Eau, the implementing partner of the EU-funded programme EU4Environment, is looking for a contractor (individual or legal person) to support the environmental impact assessment of Armenia?s Northern River Basin Management Plan. The main objective of this assignment is to promote the adoption of the Northern River Basin Management Plan in Armenia by providing expertise and support to the realisation of the Environmental Impact Strategic Assessment and expert examination process. The contract amount is ?12,000. The reports and deliverables are to be submitted in English and Armenian languages. The deadline for application is 11 September. Source: euneighbourseast.eu The Juremonia project funded by the European Union has announced a project proposal competition for grants to engage and support media organisations (or journalists) in their monitoring, reporting and advocacy efforts on justice reforms. The call is open for media organisations and/or journalists from the Republic of Armenia. The aim of small grants (?9,000) is to engage and support media organisations or journalists in their monitoring, reporting and advocacy efforts on justice reforms as well as to create public awareness on the reforms and to stimulate cooperation between civil society and media in advocacy initiatives. The deadline for submission of the full proposals is 15 September. Source: euneighbourseast.eu Read more Read more International News THE CIRCULARITY GAP REPORT 2023 - WE LIVE IN THE OVERSHOOT ERA Sustainable Development Report 2023 is out - Implementing the SDG Stimulus The global economy is now only 7.2% circular; and it?s getting worse year on year?driven by rising material extraction and use. The global economy increasingly relies on materials from virgin sources. In the six years of the Circularity Gap Report, the global economy extracted and used more than in the entire 20th century1?improving people?s living standards but at the same time breaking through the safe environmental limits of the planet. Source: circularity-gap.world The Sustainable Development Report (SDR) reviews progress made each year on the Sustainable Development Goals since their adoption by the 193 UN Member States in 2015. At the halfway mark to 2030, the Sustainable Development Report 2023 takes stock of progress made and discusses priorities to restore and accelerate SDG progress. Published on the eve of the 2023 Paris Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, this year?s edition focuses specifically on the need to scale up development finance and to reform the global financial architecture to support the SDGs. Source: sdgindex.org Read more Read more Circular economy: New law on more sustainable, circular and safe batteries enters into force THE IMPACT OF MINING: HOW MANY RAW MATERIALS DO WE REALLY NEED? A new law to ensure that batteries are collected, reused and recycled in Europe is entering into force today. The new Batteries Regulation will ensure that, in the future, batteries have a low carbon footprint, use minimal harmful substances, need less raw materials from non-EU countries, and are collected, reused and recycled to a high degree in Europe. This will support the shift to a circular economy, increase security of supply for raw materials and energy, and enhance the EU?s strategic autonomy. In line with the circularity ambitions of the European Green Deal, the Batteries Regulation is the first piece of European legislation taking a full life-cycle approach in which sourcing, manufacturing, use and recycling are addressed and enshrined in a single law. Source: environment.ec.europa.eu Photo: GettyImages/Petmal As Europe accelerates its pursuit of transition materials, concerns arise over potential compromises to crucial environmental and social safeguards. Some are beginning to ask if the type of transition that depends on further exploitation of resources and environmental harm is really the best way forward. Is there a fairer way to achieve the green transition which benefits everyone? This interview with CATAPA?s Kim Claes helps to shine a light on some of these questions. Source: meta.eeb.org Read more Read more News from CENN Members of the governing board of Local Action Groups (LAG) were elected In Ozurgeti, Chokhatauri and Lanchkhuti municipalities Supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), about 40 were trained on milk hygiene and safety In the framework of the EU-supported ongoing ?Green Guria ? Supporting Local Democracy and Rural Development for Inclusive and Resilient Green Growth? project, elections were held for the members of the management board of Ozurgeti, Chokhatauri and Lanchkhuti local action groups (LAG). LAG members elected 16 management board members in Ozurgeti, 15 in Chotakhauri, and 11 in Lanchkhuti. The number of candidates submitted for membership of the management board was 38 in Ozurgeti, 20 in Lanchkhuti, and 54 in Chokhatauri. The composition of the management board of LAGs of the municipality was distributed as follows: FAO and CENN, with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), continue training sessions for farmers. Up to 40 participants from Gurjaani, Dmanisi, and Kazbegi municipalities were trained on milk hygiene and safety topics. The training included the following: milk production and processing conditions, milk hygiene, correct milking practices, basic principles of food safety, milk safety, and related Georgian legislation. Read more Read more Stay up-to-date with our monthly bulletin! CENN bulletin 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: Thursday, August 31, 2023 10:20 AM Subject: CENN Monthly Bulletin for August is out now! ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Sep 1 19:54:03 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 20:54:03 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Here is the latest news from the High-Level Champions! Message-ID: UN Global Climate Action 01 September 2023 High-Level Champions' Newsletter Africa?s Moment is Upon Us Africa Climate Week is the first of four Regional Climate Weeks coordinated by the UN Climate Change. It is taking place from 4-8 September 2023 in Nairobi, Africa, hosted by the Government of Kenya. The climate weeks, which will also take place in the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia-Pacific, provide vital opportunities to rally policymakers, cities, subnational regions, business, investors, practitioners, and civil society to address barriers and unlock climate solutions in regions. The climate weeks will also contribute to the Global Stocktake process, concluding at COP 28, by bringing focus to specific, region-relevant, forward-looking actions to accelerate progress towards a resilient 1.5 C trajectory. Both UN Climate Change High-Level Champions will be attending in Nairobi, as a culmination of their engagement to galvanise stakeholders, from all levels of governments to civil society groups to investors, over preceding months in support of climate action and nature restoration opportunities in Africa. An overview of the High-Level Champions? engagement at the Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week is available here. Transforming Africa into a green powerhouse This is Africa?s moment. There is now an enormous opportunity for the continent to show its importance as a driver of global markets on energy, heavy industry and the burgeoning market for ecosystem services, as a key solutions provider for a net zero and resilient future. For example, according to the IEA, Africa could supply the entire world with affordable low-carbon energy in the form of hydrogen. In addition, Africa could power its rising industry and provide green energy to 600 million Africans who today do not have access to electricity, plus approximately one billion people without means of clean cooking. The UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP 27, Mr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, as well as Ms. Frannie Leautier, CEO of SouthBridge Investments, recently wrote an article in ?African Business? on how African countries, such as Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania and Kenya, could be electrified with renewable power. In doing so, they would create the conditions to produce, use and export green hydrogen. These solutions and many others can combine to power Africa?s economic growth, as well as helping regions such as Europe to realise their climate commitments. ?Realising Africa?s bioeconomy opportunity? After renewable energy, the next best action to support halving net emissions by 2030 is to halt the destruction of forests and instead invest in Africa?s abundant nature and the ecosystem services that it provides. Africa is home to many critical biodiversity hotspots and more than 20% of the world?s protected areas, yet it receives less than 3% of global climate finance. This has to change. The continent is particularly well placed to develop a bioeconomy; by capitalising on restoring and protecting vital carbon sinks. Sustainably managing Africa?s natural gifts would allow numerous Sustainable Development Goals to be met by 2030, while creating jobs, improving health and food security, as well as generating wealth by connecting smallholder farmers to new bio-based value chains. To realise the opportunities for Africa?s bioeconomy, it?s critical to draw upon the traditional knowledge of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and farmers who understand the importance of working with nature, not against it. Pioneering African climate solutions In the wake of the shocking recent wildfires and flooding - in Europe and North America - it?s crystal clear that financing climate adaptation and mitigation is far more cost-effective than financing crisis responses to shocks (not accounting for the tragic human toll of extreme weather events). That?s why the High-Level Champions are supporting actions for investment of public and private finance into projects in developing countries. This drives major impact - firstly in boosting the economy and resilience of regions, as well as supporting the globally-agreed mission to curtail the climate crisis. Africa Climate Week is no exception - it will showcase a pipeline of 15 shortlisted projects that can be quickly activated across the continent. For example, investors will be presented with the following bankable opportunities: a.. Imperative Global?s $180 million carbon credit program to restore Malawi?s forest and provide improved cookstoves in the country. b.. A $192 million project, led by Oando Clean Energy, to transform Nigeria?s transport system through procurement of e-buses and charging infrastructure. Numerous game-changing African projects are seeking projects to raise investment by COP 28, with funding requirements ranging from $3 million to $200 million. For example, a new series of videos below demonstrates the wide range of qualified investment opportunities. a.. The Power of Waste in Nigeria with Phoenix Edison b.. Waste to Fertiliser: Increasing Yield Changing Kenyan Lives with Safi Organics c.. Biking by Battery in East Africa with Ampersand d.. E-transport is on the move in Lagos with Oando Clean Energy Guest interview: Susan Chomba, Global Director of Vital Landscapes at the World Resources Institute (WRI) Susan leads the institution?s work on Forests, Food systems and People which includes forest landscape restoration, sustainable agriculture/food systems and thriving rural livelihoods in Africa. Susan is a distinguished global ambassador for the Race to Zero and Race to Resilience under the High-Level Champions. Realising Africa?s latecomer advantage - empowering a global climate leader in waiting In her role at the WRI, Ms. Susan Chomba leads the Food, Land and Water programs in Africa under the Vital landscapes pillar. Susan is leading the nature track and has contributed to the Food Systems as a whole at the Africa Climate Summit and the Africa Climate Week next week. Here, Susan explains her vision for the summit - and the opportunity to transform Africa?s food systems - while setting in motion a reset of the global food system as a whole. Increasingly, the world is waking up to Africa?s potential as a pivotal leader in the climate crisis. Why is Africa central to the climate change conundrum? Africa does not bring all of the historical baggage of major emitting countries to the climate crisis. The entire continent contributes less than four per cent of global greenhouse gases, an amount that is absorbed by African forests currently. So, Africa comes to the table with an even ledger in terms of carbon debt. This allows African countries to see two things clearly. ? Firstly, we must avoid coupling the growth of our economies with volatile, polluting fossil fuels. Secondly, we must protect Africa?s existing ability to act as a carbon sink - and more than this, on the way to 2050 we must massively boost the capacity of natural systems to absorb the emissions already locked into the atmosphere. I call this ?Africa?s latecomer advantage? - it?s a clear perspective that a different path is vital and possible. But make no mistake, Africa cannot realise the opportunity by itself. What are the key opportunities for Africa? Africa has all the ingredients of a global climate leader. Firstly, Africa?s natural resources are unsurpassed, accounting for 30% of the world's mineral reserves, many of which are critical to renewable and low-carbon technologies, such as electric vehicles. The continent is also home to vast areas of uncultivated land and forests, for example, the Congo Basin absorbs four per cent of global carbon emissions annually - even more carbon than the Amazon. These factors add up to huge potential for Africa to pioneer climate mitigation, direct carbon capture, and the transformation of global food systems. Secondly, Africa is projected to overtake Asia as the world's fastest-growing region, with a ready market of over 1.4 billion people, twice that of Europe. As Africa also has the youngest population in the world, we?re not entrenched in conventional ways of working. With the right steer new innovation can be designed by Africa?s young people and rapidly scaled across the countries of the continent. What are the key food challenges faced by Africa? Africa is one of the world?s critical bread baskets but it?s facing a perfect storm leaving nearly 290 million Africans facing hunger. Almost 60% of arable land on the continent is degraded - and rising, largely due to failed industrial farming methods, placing yields on a downward trajectory. Climate change is exacerbating food shortages. Agriculture is also one of the sectors most vulnerable to climate change, especially droughts and cyclones, which is increasing in frequency and severity in the Horn of Africa countries, such as Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. Cyclone Freddie was also one of the most dangerous cyclones of the last few decades; having a massive effect on food security in countries like Malawi. And when extreme weather events of this scale hit, they wipe out previous attempts to bolster food security. Simultaneously, the cost of traditional fossil fuel-based fertiliser has soared in African countries such as Kenya, due to the war in Ukraine. With yields falling, prices rising, and without adequate support systems, African farmers are increasingly clearing areas of forest, wetlands and grasslands to feed themselves, which drives further biodiversity and habitat loss. To break this cycle, we must urgently scale-up innovative, regenerative and agroecological practices. And lastly, the global food system, including the processing, transport, and retailing of food, is responsible for at least a third of GHGs. So, it?s impossible to meet the 1.5 target unless we address emissions from the food system as a whole - from farm to fork - including food production, transport, processing, through to retail. The good news is that the solutions to decarbonising the core emissions of food production, can also enable land degradation to be addressed, while drastically improving the resilience and health of African communities. How can the upcoming Africa Climate Week catalyse African climate leadership? The summit is a major moment to unify African stakeholders to address the climate and finance issues ahead of the COP 28 climate talks. Crucially, the summit is open to all. It?s not just about politicians negotiating at a top-level - it?s an opportunity for the voice of private sector actors, especially smallholder farmers, to be heard. This is crucial. Also, it?s an opportunity to match up innovative ideas and new models with investors that are seeking bankable, long term solutions to the climate crisis. The summit should connect large-scale investors with small-scale innovators on the ground in Africa, so that investment is not just absorbed by big-scale corporate players. We need to consciously catalyse small-scale initiatives, allowing them to grow and attract investors of their own. What does success look like for this Africa Climate Week? Beyond the talks, I want to see changes in policies, new deals for sustainable innovation on energy, food systems and nature. I want to see more positive engagement with civil society, with new faces bringing forth innovative ideas, more innovators farmers, smallholder farmers, and Indigenous Peoples explaining what they?re already doing and what help they need, so that we can link them up with investors, and policymakers. Every segment of African society can be involved, and by working together we can put tangible outcomes on the table. To read the full interview, including details of the AFR100 and Niger?s Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) restoration projects, please click here. A video excerpt of the interview can be found here ACTO Summit: Drawing on Indigenous knowledge to save the forest The Amazon rainforest is crucial to a stable global climate. And so, the recent Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) Summit was a vital moment to focus leaders? minds on their duty to protect the rainforest from further damage from deforestation and the impacts of a warming climate. The Summit, held in the Brazilian city of Bel?m in August 2023, gathered Heads of State from the eight countries spanned by the Amazon, plus international leaders, and civil society, including Indigenous Peoples who have traditionally been overlooked in climate action campaigns. On the coinciding International Indigenous Peoples? Day, the High-Level Champion for COP 28, H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak strongly advocated for Indigenous Peoples, the true guardians of the forest, who can draw on centuries of knowledge of protecting their ancestral lands. Indigenous Peoples make up just 6% of the global population, yet their lands are home to an astounding 80% of the world's biodiversity. To empower Indigenous Peoples, H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak called for direct access to finance for Indigenous Peoples and the integration of the food and forest agendas. H.E. Razan Al Mubarak commented: ?It is time to embrace a rights-based approach to climate justice that centers on the Indigenous Peoples from the Amazon basin? In doing so, we can ensure Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities have the agency and support needed to protect their lands, livelihoods, and, ultimately, the health of our planet.? This sentiment was echoed by Brazilian President Lula da Silva, who called for a fairer share of benefits from the Amazon's natural resources - and international finance - to go to forest communities, as part of a "just ecological transition." The summit's final declaration did not address a range of urgent priorities, including a proposed goal to end deforestation by 2030, plus ending oil development and illegal gold mining in the Amazon. It?s paramount that stakeholders rally behind the solutions to these issues at the upcoming Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW 2023): Panama City, in 23-27 October, and further at COP 28. However, the ACTO declaration?s strong support for Indigenous Peoples? rights and protections was welcomed as a starting point by Indigenous leaders and environmental groups, although they called for promises to be followed up with action. Declaration Puts Food on the Table at COP 28 The Leaders Declaration on Food Systems, Agriculture and Climate Action, recently launched at the UN Food Systems Summit+2 (UNFSS+2) in Rome on 24-26 July, strongly urged nations to align their food systems with their climate commitments. As a co-chair of the Food Systems and Agriculture Agenda at COP 28 (alongside the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Boston Consulting Group), the High-Level Champions? are now rallying leaders from across food value chains, from farmers, manufacturers, financiers to civil society, to fast-track the regenerative transition of agricultural landscapes and food systems. Together, these actors can drive major progress across food production, consumption, loss and waste. Food systems are not only vital for meeting societal needs and enabling adaptation to climate impacts but are also responsible for significant greenhouse gas emissions ? representing up to 33% of total global emissions. By engaging food system players in this way, nations can correctly understand the opportunity to drive down emissions in our food systems, allowing them to, in turn, strengthen country climate commitments. Aligning food systems with nature not only yields ecological and health benefits ? but also helps to maintain soil health and increase long term crop yields, reducing the cost of inputs like fertiliser, boosting resilience, and meeting growing demand for sustainably produced foods. As Gonzalo Munoz, former UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP25 recently highlighted, ?Embracing these solutions can be a win-win-win situation: a healthy planet, healthy people, and a healthier bottom line.? The Declaration preceded a forecast that global heating is likely to disrupt food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target; threatening global agriculture faster than previously expected. The warning, issued by Alain-Richard Donwahi, who led last year?s UN Convention to Combat Desertification summit, COP 15, is yet another key reason for the food value chain to collaborate to create a food system that is resilient to increasing water scarcity. Race to Zero latest developments: Race to Zero welcomed the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) as an Accelerator of the Race to Zero after many years of collaboration. WBCSD is a global community of leading businesses driving systems transformation for a world where more than nine billion people can live well, within planetary boundaries, by 2050. Watch this space for a bigger announcement at New York Climate Week. Giki, the corporate climate action platform and programme and Race to Zero member, hosted a webinar on the Employee Race to Zero; a new initiative for the 8,300 for Race to Zero member companies that are seeking to educate and engage their employees on sustainability. Race to Resilience latest developments: The Resilience Hub is returning to the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) for its third year. Through the partnership with the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, the Resilience Hub pavilion will continue to serve as the home of the Race to Resilience campaign. This year the Hub will feature a diverse program ? available online and in-person, that places resilience front and centre on the climate action agenda at COP 28, delivering on the mission of the partners to accelerate knowledge, action on and investment in climate resilience. News from Race to Resilience Partners - The Extreme Heat Resilience Alliance led by Arsht-Rock has appointed Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State, as Global Ambassador for Heat, Health, and Gender. In her new role, Secretary Clinton will raise awareness on the disproportionate impacts of climate-driven extreme heat health-related risks on women and girls. - The Risk Informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) welcomed The Republic of Gambia?s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) as its newest member. - Scale for Resilience launched the Women in Resilience Finance Mentorship Program (WiRF). The WiRF Mentor Program will unite women across the entire financial value chain in order to build strong relationships among the women in Resilience Finance, empowering them to take leadership roles in their fields. - Global Evergreening Alliance (GEA) is kicking off the next phase of the Restore Africa Programme with Climate Impact Partners in Kenya. A further USD 180 million is being invested into Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia. Solution Stories: Learn more about the Race to Resilience partners leading action from the ground - - Nepal: Protecting farmers with flood insurance Partner: Insuresilience - Reviving Brazil?s Babassu: A sustainable alternative to imported palm oil Partner: Initiative 20?20 - The guardians of the mangrove forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Partner: Global Mangrove Alliance Keeping up with the Champions H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak attended Earth Overshoot Day event H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak joined leaders including the President of Slovenia and a range of the country?s Government Ministers, plus the International Resource Panel at UNEP, to mark the annual day when humanity's demands on nature exceed Earth's biocapacity. H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak?s address can be found here. Dr. Mohieldin chairs the GFANZ Africa Network Meeting Mohieldin joined the GFANZ Africa Network Board Members in a virtual meeting to advance discussions on regional Climate Finance priorities ahead of the Africa Climate Summit (ACS) and Africa Climate Week (ACW) during the first week of September in Nairobi, Kenya. ? Dr. Mohieldin joined the Sharing Actions Africa Meeting The High-Level Champions in partnership with Sharing Strategies have convened the third of their series of Sharing Actions Africa meetings to discuss the upcoming ACS in Kenya. During the meeting, Mohieldin shared his views around the ideal narrative of the Summit encompassing the intersection of climate and SDGs, followed by a presentation from Joseph Ng?ang?a, Africa Climate Summit CEO. Champions attended Independent High Level Expert Group (IHLEG) on Climate Finance talks Both Champions attended two days of talks held in Abu Dhabi, where they highlighted the importance of blended finance for climate action. The talks were convened by the COP 28 Presidency, with delegates including the UN Special Envoy on Climate Action & Finance, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. Independent High Level Expert Group (IHLEG) on Climate Finance roundtable. Credit: Gulf Today Dr. Mohieldin calls for urgent replenishment of the Green Climate Fund in Financial Times Mohieldin highlighted the status of the centrepiece of the climate finance landscape, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) - in a Financial Times column. The article explained that new finance commitments at the upcoming GCF pledging conference on October 5th in Germany can provide a key signal to the developing world, ahead of COP28. Dr. Mohieldin participated in a meeting on Climate Finance Capacity Building Mohieldin participated in a virtual roundtable meeting convened by GFANZ in collaboration with the UN Climate Action Team to discuss the establishment of a global coalition of organisations providing capacity building support to emerging markets and developing country financial institutions to facilitate their transition. Dr. Mohieldin and AlKhulaif discuss Bahrain Efforts to Achieve SDGs On the sidelines of the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2023 in New York, Mohieldin met Noor Bint Ali AlKhulaif, Bahraini Minister of Sustainable Development. They discussed Bahrain?s progress against its dual goals of boosting economic development, and meeting the sustainable development goals. In case you missed it ? The Summary Report of the third meeting of the Global Stocktake?s technical dialogue (TD 1.3) which took place from 6-13 June 2023 during the SB 58 sessions has been published on the UNFCCC website here. An overarching factual synthesis report is expected to be published by 8 September. The co-facilitators intend to organize an informal consultation on both of the reports tentatively in mid-September and the exact date will be confirmed on the GST website. ? Submissions from Parties and non-Party stakeholders of views on the elements for the consideration of the outputs component of the first Global Stocktake are still welcome by Friday, 15 September 2023. Guidelines on how to make submissions can be found here. ? Ahead of the second global dialogue and the second investment-focused event under the Sharm el-Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Programme (MWP) which will take place from 15?17 October, 2023 in Abu Dhabi with the theme of accelerating just energy transition in transport systems, all stakeholders are invited to submit their views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topics of the dialogues by Friday, 15 September 2023. ? The Expression of Interest for organizing a Side Event or Action Hub at the Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2023, scheduled for 13-17 November in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, is now open. To express your interest, apply here before 12 September. ? The Expression of Interest to organize capacity-building related events at the 5th Capacity-building Hub hosted by the Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB) from 4-10 December at COP 28 is now open! 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Asia-Pacific Climate Week (APCW 2023): Johor (Malaysia), 13-17 November m.. Net Zero Festival: London (UK), 31 October - 1 November n.. COP 28: Dubai (UAE), 30 November - 12 December 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: Friday, September 01, 2023 6:02 PM Subject: Vladimir, here is the latest news from the High-Level Champions! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There are several cash awards worth 30,000 USD to be won for photographs of beautiful landscapes taken either with a regular DSLR/Mirrorless camera or a mobile phone. c.. The competition opens on 1 September 2023, with a submission deadline of 30 September 2023. d.. Charlie Waite (UK), Emily Garthwaite (Iraq), Latika Nath(India) and Len Metcalf (Australia) are the esteemed Jury members. ------------------------------------------------ Bonn & Kochi, 1 September 2023 - The highly anticipated Greenstorm Global Photography Festival opens Friday, 1 September 2023, and will run until 22 April 2024. Its unprecedented total prize pool of 30,000 US dollars raises the Greenstorm Award to the pinnacle of nature photography competitions. The top two awards for photos taken with a mirrorless camera (DSLR) and with a mobile phone will receive cash prizes of 10,000 and 3,000 United States dollars (USD), respectively. Under the theme of "Beautiful Landscapes?, this year's festival celebrates the beauty of the land around us to foster dialogue and inspire action in landscape restoration. Photographers can submit their entries via the competition portal www.greenstorm.green from 1 ? 30 September 2023. Greenstorm Foundation and the G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Office of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) have joined forces to organise the 15th Edition of the Greenstorm Global Photography Festival. The photography festival is part of a series of activities undertaken by the G20 Global Land Initiative to raise global awareness about and interest in land restoration. Dr Muralee Thummarukudy, Director of the Global Land Initiative Coordination Office, emphasised the significance of the theme, stating: "By focusing on the beauty of the landscapes around us, the theme calls us to reflect on how people and nature are connected and the pivotal role we must play going forward to safeguard, restore and preserve our beautiful landscapes for benefit and that of future generations." The ambition of the G20 Global Land Initiative is to reduce land degradation by 50 per cent by 2040. The leaders of the G20 countries established the Initiative in 2020 under Saudi Arabia?s Presidency. Dileep Narayanan, Managing Trustee of the Greenstorm Foundation, expressed great pleasure in the partnership and said: "We are honoured to partner with the G20 Global Land Initiative for this edition, which recognises the power of visual storytelling to raise environmental consciousness among youth effectively." "This partnership signifies our commitment to raising awareness about the importance of land and nature conservation. We firmly believe that through the power of photography, we can foster a deeper appreciation and inspire positive change for our natural world," he added. Winning photograph of the Greenstorm Global Photography Award 2022 by Phan Thi Khanh from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. ------------------------------------------------ Social Media Campaign Hashtags #UNCCD #GLI #Greenstorm #Photography #Nature #PhotographyCompetition #LandRestoration #NaturePhotography #G20LandInitiative #LandisLife #Environment #Sustainability #GSF #ClickYourFrameToGlobalFame #LandinFocus #BeautifulLandscapes ------------------------------------------------ About Greenstorm Foundation Greenstorm Foundation is a Global Creative Conservancy formed to impact an appropriate attitudinal shift toward environment conservation among the youth. Using the remarkable power of creativity, this green initiative from Kerala, India, has reached 75 nations worldwide and has inspired over 12 million young minds since its inception in 2009. The Greenstorm initiative began as a CSR initiative of Organic BPS, a brand-purpose consultancy. Greenstorm Foundation is a registered (not-for-profit) public trust in India. Anil K Menon, Dileep Narayanan and George Korah are the trustees of the Foundation. Over these years, Greenstorm has also won many major national and international recognitions, including the prestigious IAA Olive Crown Award ------------------------------------------------ About the G20 Global Land Initiative The G20 Global Land Initiative was set up in 2020 by the leaders of the Group of Twenty of the largest economies in the world (G20), under the Presidency of Saudi Arabia. The ambition of the leaders is to achieve a 50 per cent reduction in degraded land by 2040. The G20 Global Land Initiative is hosted by United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. For more information, please contact: Tel: +91 99611 42800 Email: green at greenstorm.green or g20ico at unccd.int Copyright ? 2023 UNCCD, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to our mailing list, attended or registered for one of our events or requested to receive documents from UNCCD or to interview our staff. Our mailing address is: UNCCD Platz Der Vereinten Nationen 1 Bonn 53113 Germany Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? From: G20 Sent: Friday, September 01, 2023 10:46 AM Subject: Press Release - The world?s most prestigious photography competition opens in September. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Hu et al. used a newly developed coalescent model to predict past human population sizes from more than 3000 present-day human genomes (see the Perspective by Ashton and Stringer). The model detected a reduction in the population size of our ancestors from about 100,000 to about 1000 individuals, which persisted for about 100,000 years. The decline appears to have coincided with both major climate change and subsequent speciation events. ?Sacha Vignieri Abstract Population size history is essential for studying human evolution. However, ancient population size history during the Pleistocene is notoriously difficult to unravel. In this study, we developed a fast infinitesimal time coalescent process (FitCoal) to circumvent this difficulty and calculated the composite likelihood for present-day human genomic sequences of 3154 individuals. Results showed that human ancestors went through a severe population bottleneck with about 1280 breeding individuals between around 930,000 and 813,000 years ago. The bottleneck lasted for about 117,000 years and brought human ancestors close to extinction. This bottleneck is congruent with a substantial chronological gap in the available African and Eurasian fossil record. Our results provide new insights into our ancestry and suggest a coincident speciation event. ??, 1 ????. 2023??. ? 16:57, Svet Zabelin : ? ?????????, ???????? ?? ?????? ??????????? ????????, ????? ???? ?? ?????. ??? ? ?????, .... ? ????? ??.... ???? ????? 930 000 ??? ????? ????????? ?????????? ?????????? ? ??????? ???????????? ?????????, ? ??????? ?? ?? ?????????? ??? ?????? ?? ?????. ? 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The first reported ransomware attack took place in 1989 and used floppy disks. Since then, the attackers have been evolving their techniques on the dark web. Hitting bigger and bigger targets, they have gained in confidence. We chart this worrying development in our latest Insights long read and examine how the next generation of hackers could exploit weaknesses in cryptocurrencies. Ghanaian fashion designer Kofi Ansah had a successful career in the UK. But after he returned to his home country, he had an even greater impact by influencing styles, manufacturing and business practices. Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, Akosua Keseboa Darkwa and Katherine Gough use the late Ansah?s case to illustrate the potential of ?brain gain? ? when highly skilled and experienced African professionals come home. Paul Keaveny Investigations Editor, Insights Shutterstock/JLStock International ransomware gangs are evolving their techniques. The next generation of hackers will target weaknesses in cryptocurrencies Alpesh Bhudia, Royal Holloway University of London; Anna Cartwright, Oxford Brookes University; Darren Hurley-Smith, Royal Holloway University of London; Edward Cartwright, De Montfort University What will ransomware attackers focus on next? Kofi Ansah changed fashion in Ghana after his return from the UK. Eric Don-Arthur, courtesy of Kofi Ansah Foundation Kofi Ansah left Ghana to become a world famous fashion designer - how his return home boosted the industry Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST); Akosua Keseboa Darkwah, University of Ghana; Katherine V. Gough, Loughborough University International career mobility can give people valuable knowledge and expertise to be used in their home country. When teens can?t sleep, they often scroll online well into the night, which only exacerbates the problem. ljubaphoto/E+ via Getty Images Screen time is contributing to chronic sleep deprivation in tweens and teens ? a pediatric sleep expert explains how critical sleep is to kids? mental health Maida Lynn Chen, University of Washington Exposure to screens before bedtime can contribute to chronic sleep deprivation, which raises the risk for anxiety, depression and even suicidal thoughts. PFAS concentrations were discovered in almost all of the paper and bamboo straws tested. Sia Footage/Shutterstock ?Eco-friendly? straws contain potentially toxic chemicals ? posing a threat to people and wildlife Ovokeroye Abafe, University of Birmingham Paper and bamboo straws contain ?forever chemicals? ? maybe threatening the health of people and wildlife. The coup enjoys a high degree of popular support in Niger. EPA-EFE/Issifou Djibo Niger?s resource paradox: what should make the country rich has made it a target for predators Francis Okpaleke, University of Waikato; Olumba E. Ezenwa, Royal Holloway University of London A geopolitical struggle for valuable resources such as uranium is behind the wrangling over Niger. 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, August 31, 2023 10:32 AM Subject: Ransomware hackers train their sights on bitcoin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sun Sep 3 02:50:23 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 03:50:23 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Could work be kinder to our bodies? Message-ID: <80CADF405D3143338F5595E901D1B4F9@evol.sp.ru> Could work be kinder to our bodies? In the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, I woke up from a flare-up from my autoimmune illness, the little known but increasingly studied mast-cell activation syndrome (MCAS). Spasms rippled through my lower body, in a now tedious ritual that has been all too well rehearsed over the past years. The worst of the symptoms always strikes at night. During the day, unless you picked up on my occasionally flagging energy, you wouldn't know that I suffer from a health condition. That's partly because I'm lucky enough to have an understanding employer that allows me to start and finish my job later, more in tune with my body's rhythms. Could these types of personal arrangements be the future of work? As we return to our offices after the summer break, companies are thinking about how they can best adapt to our bodies and minds to maximise productivity. Marie-Rachel Jacob, an expert in management science who grappled with a pregnancy-related health condition herself, examines how organisations could better work with those with chronic conditions, as well as the "neurodiverse", including early birds and night owls. In a related piece, Audrey Tautou looks at the science behind our body clocks, with genes playing the role of the ultimate tempo setters. The double helix also provides precious clues to researchers seeking to know more about our distant ancestors. Based on DNA analysis, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany recently determined that Europe's oldest mummy, the 5,300-year-old ?tzi the iceman, may have had dark skin and been balding. This isn't the first study that attempts to determine a person's appearance based on remains ? when the bones of King Richard III, the inspiration of Shakespeare's eponymous play, were discovered under a parking lot in Leceister, the extracted DNA was enough to match with descriptions of his hair and eyes. But how reliable are these predictions? No doubt that many of Spain's women would like to see the country's football chief, Luis Rubiales, under a car park or deep into the ice this week. Celebrations of the national team's win at the FIFA Women's World Cup were overshadowed by his behaviour after he kissed one of his players without consent and made obscene gestures during the match. Miren Guti?rrez of the University of Deusto analyses Rubiales's speech and finds that it bears all the hallmarks of a man resisting feminist change. Also in our highlights this week is an article remembering the French philosopher Marc Aug?, who devoted his life to thinking the city and the concept of the "non-place" ? the spaces through which we traditionally transit, such as subways, gas stations and airports. Should you wish to sit down over a drink to contemplate them in a renewed light, be wary to use any straw, however. While the plastic ones are a known blight on the environment, the latest research shows that the "eco-friendly" varieties made from paper and bamboo contain potentially dangerous chemicals. ? Natalie Sauer, head of the English section for The Conversation France Menstrual leave, neurodiversity, chronic illnesses: what if workplaces adapted to our bodies? Should companies offer tailored timetables and workplaces on the basis of our different bodies, or are universal solutions, such as the four-day week, the way forward? Was this email forwarded to you? Join the hundreds of thousands of people who subscribe to email newsletters from The Conversation. Subscribe now. Recap Luis Rubiales: these seven tactics made his speech excusing his assault on Jenni Hermoso a textbook case in silencing women New research reveals that ?tzi the iceman was bald and probably from a farming family ? what else can DNA uncover? ?Eco-friendly? straws contain potentially toxic chemicals ? posing a threat to people and wildlife For the curious a.. The philosopher Marc Aug? defined our cities - now it's in our hands to make them home b.. Biological clocks: how does our body know that time goes by? Podcast Researchers are constantly pushing at the edges of human knowledge. In a global podcast from The Conversation, Dan Merino and Nehal El-Hadi get leading scientists and scholars to connect new discoveries with the biggest trends, ideas and issues of today. New episodes every Thursday. Follow wherever you get your podcasts. Recommended newsletters for you a.. 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News of the world environment NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 No Denying Climate Chaos I live in Southern California, and a few weeks ago, we started hearing news about a rare hurricane, Hilary, heading our way. Concerned about potential flooding from the back patio into the basement stairwell and windows, my brother-in-law and I dutifully took a Saturday morning to find sand bags. We waded through agitated crowds at Home Depot, bought our full ration of empty sacks, then proceeded to a county facility to join another crowd of sand-scoopers. People were sweating, grumbling, passing around shovels, offering help, and generally being good neighbors. We ended up hauling and placing 45 sand bags. The storm did come, but the rains weren?t as bad as we expected. The basement stayed dry. I wonder how may personnel hours were spent prepping for the storm, not to mention on the mobilization of other resources, despite the outcome. The weather has turned baking hot here again, and this week the nation turned its eye to the next hurricane, Idalia, which blasted Florida, Georgia, and other portions of the Southeast. As part of its coverage, the Wall Street Journal warned that a $100-billion storm, or worse, can?t be far off. This comes as intensifying hurricanes are contributing to massive insurance increases. Florida homeowners have seen their premiums triple in the past five years. A number of people are just plain foregoing homeowner?s insurance these days. ?Some effects of the increased insurance premiums are already being felt in the real-estate market, with coastal and flood-prone areas seeing slower sales and canceled deals,? the paper reported. (Meanwhile, insurance companies are similarly abandoning homeowners in the West, where wildfires are intensifying.) All of this is to say that climate change is here, and it is having an impact. And it?s not just the climate scientists who know it. I know, you know it, our neighbors know it, and even Wall Street knows it. How much longer can cynical politicians discredit, ignore, or deny it? As long as we let them, I suppose. The end of this hurricane season will mean a ramp-up toward election season and the 2024 polls. Now is the time for people who want to see climate accountability to step up. It?s time to organize, canvas, and get ready to vote. Because another storm is always coming, and eventually our luck, if you can call it that, is going to run out. Brian Calvert Associate Editor, Earth Island Journal Photo by Carl Jones TOP STORIES Small Matters Among the many reasons to love local parks ? these small green oases offer quick access to nature, with its associated health and mental wellness benefits, climate resilience, and, above all, fun. READ MORE YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE! Earth Island Journal is a nonprofit publication. Our mission is to inform and inspire action. 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For many young women in China with brothers, this is made even harder by the cultural preference for sons and the remnants of the country?s one-child policy. As researcher Chihling Liu found in thousands of posts on Chinese social media, daughters are discriminated against in their own families, and yet are expected to financially support their parents and brothers. These expectations, which leave women socially isolated, under financial pressure and even suicidal, should be of great concern in a country with a declining birth rate and huge gender imbalance. Also today, read our coverage from Johannesburg of a fire that killed dozens in the city last week, and while it might seem like a hassle to get regular COVID boosters, here?s why older adults should make those appointments. Avery Anapol Commissioning Editor, London aslysun/Shutterstock ?I almost lost my will to live?: preference for sons is leaving young women in China exploited and abused Chih-Ling Liu, Lancaster University Many young women feel trapped and indebted to their families. South African police officers at the scene of the burned building in Johannesburg. Luca Sola/AFP via Getty Images Johannesburg fire disaster: why eradicating hijacked buildings is not the answer Richard Ballard, University of the Witwatersrand Inner city occupations and shack settlements alike are the inevitable consequence of the fact that huge populations of people have to get by without a living wage. After winning a third term, Ali Bongo has been ousted as president of Gabon by a military coup. 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We are pleased to inform you that on the 13th of October, 2023 Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Building I) will host an international scientific conference ?Challenges of Modern Geoinformation Systems? which is dedicated to the memory of Mamuka (Malkhaz) Khurtsidze, one of the founders of the applied geographic information systems (GIS) in Georgia. The main topics of the international scientific conference are modern geoinformation technologies, land surveys, remote sensing, mapping, applied GIS in environmental protection, spatial arrangement, sectoral planning, exploration and research activities, socio-economic sector, public health, defence, etc. A discussion is also planned. Registration of attendees will start at 09:00 am on the 13th of October, 2023 at the main conference hall of Tbilisi State University, Building I. 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Click here If you've encountered Japanese knotweed in your garden, or heard about the Asian hornets threatening bees around the world, you'll know invasive alien species can be disastrous for ecosystems. At least 3,500 invasive alien species are threatening the diversity of living things on Earth and costing the global economy US$423 billion (?363 billion) a year. That's according to the most thorough investigation to date by a global body of experts tasked by the UN with assessing the state of nature and its benefits to society. Humankind is moving plants, animals and other organisms around the world at an alarming rate. As these non-natives bed down in new environments, they can proliferate unbound by predators or other pressures which have kept locally evolved species in check ? and ultimately outcompete them for habitat and food. After a summer of extreme weather in the northern hemisphere has highlighted the threat of climate change to Earth's ecosystems, this new report suggests how wide-ranging the assault on our planet's life support systems is. 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, discussing how climate change and biological invasions are changing life on Earth. Climate change appears to have aided the spread of non-native species in some studied ecosystems. Marine heat waves, bouts of abnormally high sea temperatures, have decimated hard coral populations in the Mediterranean, for example. The loss of these intricate, habitat-forming species will deny shelter to countless other natives they have evolved alongside. In their place, exotic species capable of withstanding higher temperatures such as lionfish and silver-cheeked toadfish are gaining a foothold. "Some research even suggests that invasive species in the eastern Mediterranean, where native populations have collapsed, will soon become the only ones capable of sustaining ecosystems," says John Spicer, a professor of marine zoology at the University of Plymouth. Combined, invasive species and climate change can accelerate the deterioration of biodiversity, the name scientists give to the dazzling variety of life found on Earth. As unique ecosystems containing species which may have evolved over millennia in relative isolation, including Antarctica, become more uniform, they could also become more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. "Already established invasive alien species can supercharge environmental disasters," say Andy Sheppard (CSIRO), Melodie McGeoch (La Trobe University), Philip Hulme (Lincoln University, New Zealand) and Phill Cassey (University of Adelaide). "For example, the wildfire-promoting properties of introduced African pasture grasses exacerbated bushfires in Hawaii this year." In some cases, the dynamic flows in the opposite direction. Scientists fear that some invasive species are accelerating the rate at which Earth is heating. Kudzu is a vine related to beans and other legumes. After evolving in east Asia, kudzu was transplanted to the US via a handful of plants in 1876, where it now occupies millions of hectares. Kudzu can grow up to a metre every three days, allowing it to quickly engulf native needled pine forests and grasslands, not to mention buildings and electricity transmission lines. Among the most nefarious of kudzu's talents is its ability to speed up the rate at which soil microbes in the forests it invades break down decomposing plant matter. "When it takes over ecosystems, this invader causes soils to surrender their carbon and release it as greenhouse gas," says Malcolm Campbell, a professor of plant biology at the University of Toronto. Invaders must die? Not all invasive plants cause the soil to "puke carbon" as Campbell describes it. Knotweed, native to Japan, China and Korea, may have actually helped soil store more carbon in some of the European and North American habitats it has overran according to the same study, by plant ecologists Nishanth Tharayil and Mioko Tamura of Clemson University. Cold comfort for anyone who lives near rivers choked with knotweed. Nevertheless, it demonstrates that the contributions of alien species to the ecosystems and communities they find themselves in are not entirely negative. Even the designations "invasive" and "alien" are complicated and subjective to an extent. "Alien species can also benefit people, says Kelvin Peh, an associate professor of conservation science at the University of Southampton. "Perceptions of their threat can vary depending on who you ask, which can complicate their management". Peh notes that on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, introduced cattle, sheep, goats and pigs have gone feral, but regular culls offer a steady supply of meat for local cuisines. Elsewhere, humanity's proclivity for moving species around could help some ecosystems to adapt to climate change according to a team of researchers from the University of Debrecen in Hungary. Judit Sonkoly, a research fellow in ecology, came to this conclusion after allowing stowaway seeds in samples of commercial potting mix to germinate in a greenhouse, and discovering an average of six species per litre of soil. Five of these species were not native to Hungary. Some seeds had travelled more than 1,000 kilometres from the peat they originated in to the garden centre they were sold in. "Many of their former habitats are becoming too hot or dry, so moving can ensure plants persist in rapidly changing landscapes," Sonkoly says. "The loss of large wild herbivores, herded livestock and fruit-eating wildlife has already severed options for long-distance dispersal. In their absence, humanity can act as the main dispersal agent, transporting many species over very long distances." It would be a mistake to write off invasive species as a law unto themselves, argues Peh. "Like other environmental changes, biological invasions are largely determined by how people live and how society is organised," he says. This notion leaps out at you when you compare the composition of modern plant communities in distant regions. "We investigated the alien flora of four European empires (British, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch) and showed that regions that were once occupied by the same European colonial power are still more similar today compared to other regions not occupied by the same power," say Bernd Lenzner and Guillaume Latombe, experts in environmental change at Universit?t Wien and the University of Edinburgh respectively. "The longer regions were occupied by a colonial power, the more similar they are to each other." Today's invasive species problem was centuries in the making. But after modelling future scenarios for biodiversity according to how well countries cooperate to regulate trade, the biggest driver of biological invasions, Latombe concluded that there is still time to bring the rate of new invasions under control. "[Either] countries eschew cooperation but maintain lightly regulated trade and preside over a rising number of invasions [or] high levels of regulation and regional and global governance foster low or stable levels of biological invasions," he says. "While invasions have already caused substantial damage, the future outcome is still largely ours to decide". - 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. Invasive species risk a biodiversity disaster ? but there is still time to stop it Modern ecosystems are very different to how they were just a few centuries ago. Read more The true damage of invasive alien species was just revealed in a landmark report. Here?s how we must act Alien invaders are penetrating the borders of every country in the world. Now the full extent of the problems and potential solutions have been exposed, in a new United Nations report. Read more Invasive species are threatening Antarctica?s fragile ecosystems as human activity grows and the world warms While some invasive animals have breached Antarctica, the continent is still pristine. Our challenge is keeping it that way. Read more The ?plant that ate the South? makes soil puke carbon Recent research shows that the impact of invasive species kudzu is more troublesome than had been previously thought. Read more Growing plant trade may spread invasive species ? but help ecosystems adapt to climate change Potting soils are helping plant seeds travel. Is it benign or harmful? Read more European colonialism has had a lasting legacy on how plants are distributed around the world Scientists have found more 'alien species' today in regions that were once key parts of European empires. Read more Latest from The Conversation on climate change a.. 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They are taking 32 governments to one of the world's most powerful courts. If they win, all those countries will be legally forced to cut their carbon emissions and phase out fossil fuels.They are facing an army of government lawyers who hope this case will fly under the radar. After years of preparing for this historic moment, these climate heroes need to know they are not alone. Avaaz will bring our voices to the youth and project messages across the court, so everyone can see that the world is watching: In days, 6 young climate heroes will face off against 32 governments in a historic battle to protect their rights from climate chaos. They are ready to put up a brave fight against an army of government lawyers resisting urgent emission cuts ? a tidal wave of support would really fire them up as they march into court and show the world is watching. Click to show your support, and then leave a message: CLICK TO STAND WITH THE KIDS Dear friends, Raging wildfires scorched entire forests in their country, killing over 100 people. Cl?udia, Catarina, Martim, Sofia, Andr? and Mariana are growing up with heat waves spiraling out of control, watching in horror as the ongoing reality of climate chaos inches closer to home than ever. But they?re not giving up. They are taking 32 governments to one of the world's most powerful courts. If they win, all those countries will be legally forced to cut their carbon emissions and phase out fossil fuels. They are facing an army of government lawyers who hope this case will fly under the radar. After years of preparing for this historic moment, these climate heroes need to know they are not alone. Avaaz will bring our voices to the youth and project messages across the court, so everyone can see that the world is watching: CLICK TO STAND WITH THE CLIMATE KIDS ?? The European Court of Human Rights is extremely selective about the cases it hears ? and yet, the judges have fast-tracked this one. That's how critically important this is. This trial could force a swathe of powerful European governments to slash carbon emissions and give huge momentum to other climate cases hitting the courts around the globe! Because governments? climate inaction is a human rights crisis, these kids are standing up to protect themselves from the climate emergency. And they wouldn?t be here without Avaaz members like you. Together we helped pay for these kids? powerhouse legal team and funded ground-breaking research showing how government behavior is linked to climate anxiety in young people. Now they need our help once more, will you stand with the climate heroes before they go to court? CLICK TO STAND WITH THE CLIMATE KIDS ?? 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Sep 8 02:35:02 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 03:35:02 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Shifting attention in tourism from guests to hosts Message-ID: <341C6F2B6AA34F329658AEBF9C00E9E0@evol.sp.ru> Does Europe have enough energy to weather the winter? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Tourism should be made for locals I live in a part of northern Spain that tends to not be favoured by summer travellers because of frequent bad weather. In recent years, however, more and more visitors have been arriving. Some consider the area to be a "climatic haven", others simply fall in love with its lush and mountainous landscapes. But becoming a sought-after destination has not seen by everyone who lives there as a positive thing. For centuries, tourism has been a source of income for regions. But in recent years it has also become a cause for concern ? benefits are felt less than the daily consequences of mass tourism that disrupts cities, natural surroundings and the economy. Private and public initiatives must work together to facilitate responsible tourism, but residents should also be involved in the decision-making process. Despite the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Europe was able to withstand last winter's cold. This year, confident voices have already declared we're covered with existing gas reserves. However, some caution appears to be in order, with Europe more dependent than ever on the volatility of the liquefied natural gas market. In other energy news, French scientists have chanced upon what may be the world's largest deposit of naturally occurring hydrogen, also known as white hydrogen. In contrast to coal-based black hydrogen, or grey hydrogen (derived from natural gas), this fuel's production process carries a much smaller carbon footprint. The Conversation Europe takes you behind the scenes of what could soon become the 21st century's new Gold Rush. The British Museum is never one to disappoint. After spending months diverting attention from the controversy over the Parthenon marbles, it recently emerged that around 2,000 items in its collections were stolen and illegally sold around the world, including on eBay. This is yet another case of negligence in an institution whose collection seems very difficult to control ? especially if only half of it is catalogued. Earlier this month marked the 50th anniversary of the death of one of the most revered writers of the 20th century, J.R.R. Tolkien. The bravery of his characters is inspired by the "Northern courage" of Scandinavian mythology and medieval literature: bravery to keep persevering despite knowing that defeat is inevitable. Another good example of courage was shown by the victims of a plane crash that took place in the Andes 51 years ago. Faced with avalanches, cold and hunger, they overcame the circumstances. Now, Juan Antonio Bayona tells their story in a film that will close the 80th Venice International Film Festival. ? Claudia Lorenzo, Culture Editor for The Conversation Spain Sustainable tourism needs to be built with the help of locals Tourism must be economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. To this end, and given the sector's weight in the economy, participatory governance in which there is room for all citizens is essential. Was this email forwarded to you? 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Rugby expert Wilbur Kraak previews the teams in competition and looks at the state of the game on the continent. If you simply want to cut to the chase to find out who is most likely to win, then read Niven Winchester on the use of 10,000 simulations to rank the contenders. Some exciting news from The Conversation team: the network has been expanded with the launch of an edition in Brazil. You can read about it here. Charl Blignaut Arts, Culture and Society Editor Rugby World Cup 2023: Africa?s hopes lie with South Africa and Namibia, for now Wilbur Kraak, University of the Western Cape South Africa eyes a fourth title while Namibia aims to win its first world cup match. Rugby shows huge potential for growth in Africa. Who will win the 2023 Rugby World Cup? This algorithm uses 10,000 simulations to rank the contenders Niven Winchester, Auckland University of Technology The Rugby World Cup kicks off this weekend with hosts France playing New Zealand. 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sat Sep 9 01:13:27 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2023 02:13:27 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] CNF Announces a Vacancy for the Position of Conservation and Social Officer (CSO) Message-ID: CSO will assist the Regional Conservation Director to carry out the Georgian conservation portfolio Daily News 8 September, 2023 Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) Announces a Vacancy for the Position of the Conservation and Social Officer (CSO) Organization: Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) Position Title: Conservation and Social Officer (CSO) Job Schedule: Full-time (with a 6-month probation period) Duty Station: CNF Tbilisi Office Start Date: As soon as possible Application Deadline: 22nd of September, 2023 (COB UTC/GMT +4h) Application Procedure: The application package should be sent to recruiting at caucasus-naturefund.org Background The Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) is a conservation trust fund founded in 2007 with the support and encouragement of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through the German Development Bank KfW, Conservation International (CI) and WWF. By providing long-term funding and management assistance to help meet the core needs for Protected Areas (PAs) in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, CNF supports the conservation of the unique flora, fauna and ecosystems of the Caucasus for future generations, while at the same time improving the lives of local people today. CNF provides matching grants for the operating costs of the protected areas, including staff training to build new protected area-level capacities, to introduce new technologies to ensure better patrolling and protection, salary supplements, and equipment including vehicles and uniforms. CNF also supports biodiversity monitoring projects by paying for equipment and studies so the parks have reliable data about the species in the region; encourages cooperation among governments, local communities and park authorities to promote sustainable economic development and nature protection; supports sustainable tourism plans which provide alternative and more sustainable economic opportunities and has worked with international consultants and local NGOs to create a standard for management plans that encourages long-term planning and efficient use of resources. Duties and Tasks The Conservation and Social Officer (?CSO?) will assist the Regional Conservation Director (?RCD?) in carrying out the Georgian conservation portfolio in the CNF Georgia office, namely, to assist in the planning, implementation and monitoring of conservation-related programs, including Environmental and Social Management System-related activities. The tasks of CSO will include but will not be limited to: a.. Developing annual CNF Georgia conservation portfolio with activities, milestones, key results, outcomes, outputs and respective budgets; b.. Elaborating ToR?s for activities to be implemented in close collaboration with other CNF staff members, potential beneficiaries and field experts as needed; c.. Planning and organizing regular visits to Georgian PA?s and surrounding communities to participate in and monitor conservation-related activities; d.. Tracking the progress of implementation, of the annual CNF Georgia conservation portfolio, including budget spending; e.. Coordinating the review process and delivery-acceptance of deliverables, including narrative and financial reports; f.. Reviewing and commenting on the studies carried out by CNF-contracted experts or organizations; g.. Drafting quarterly/annual reports for internal use or for partner/donor organizations; h.. Actively communicating and coordinating with partner organizations, and governmental, non-governmental, scientific and international on planning as well as implementation phases; i.. Planning and organizing working meetings/workshops/seminars/trainings, as needed; j.. Contributing to the METT Scorecard development and revision as needed; k.. Contributing to periodic update of the CNF Dashboard as needed; l.. Contributing to regular update of the CNF Database as needed; m.. Supporting the establishment and operationalization of ESMS in CNF Georgia, which might include: n.. Planning and organizing regular visits to Georgian PA?s and surrounding communities to collect ESMS-related information; o.. Coordinating with other members of the CNF team, as well as external partners, for the collection of ESMS-related information; p.. Participating in drafting the analysis and reporting, external as well as internal, on ESMS implementation; q.. Interacting and coordinating actively with other members of the CNF/Programme Office team. More specifically: for procurement and admin-related tasks, exchanging with the Financial/Admin team; for country-specific and PA-related tasks, communicating with the CNF national program team to ensure data gathering and flow of the information; for PR and communication purposes, interacting with the Communication/PR team. Qualification and experience We are looking for a smart, open-minded, energetic and enthusiastic professional who has the passion to work on a diverse conservation portfolio of CNF, including social aspects within the Protected Areas system of Georgia. She/he should be a team player, a quick-learner willing and able to travel often while doing meticulous office work that requires attention to detail, discipline, analytical and critical thinking and a creative attitude. The person should be comfortable working in a small team while guided and supervised by senior staff members. Mandatory requirements: a.. Academic background in nature conservation, natural resources, ecology, environmental law, public affairs, development studies, tourism, geography or other social sciences preferably with professional trainings/qualification in nature conservation; b.. At least 1 year of practical experience in project management, preferably related to conservation, protected areas, natural resources management, forestry, climate change, green economy, sustainable tourism and/or natural disasters; c.. Ability to travel to different parts of Georgia independently or accompanied; d.. Strong writing and verbal communication skills in Georgian and English languages; e.. Strong computer skills and knowledge of MS Office program. Preferable requirement: a.. Professional training/qualification in project management; b.. Experience in fieldwork, preferably related to conservation, protected area management or related; c.. Experience in reviewing scientific/technical studies and papers; d.. Experience in communication with local communities; e.. Experience in communication and coordination with governmental structures and donor organizations; f.. Experience in organizing meetings, including logistics; g.. Experience in public speaking and participation in working meetings; h.. Skills required for accurate and systematic management and tracking of a large number of documents and/or data; i.. Knowledge of PA and the conservation sector of Georgia and/or the Caucasus; j.. Knowledge and experience in ESMS or similar. Application package: a.. Full CV or Resume in English, indicating relevant knowledge and experience in English; b.. One-page cover letter in English explaining why the position is interesting for a candidate and how it fits with a person?s past experience, interests and future plans in English; c.. Contact information of 3 referees (at least, one of them should be a former or present employer). Note: Short-listed candidates will be invited for written test and interview. Read more 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: Friday, September 08, 2023 12:59 PM Subject: CNF Announces a Vacancy for the Position of Conservation and Social Officer (CSO) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sat Sep 9 16:40:20 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2023 17:40:20 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] What's Coming Up Message-ID: <39A4701BB60B439A829D4C17550265F9@evol.sp.ru> Taking on BlueTriton, Coca-Cola and more + your survey response! Last month, we surveyed the Story of Stuff Community about the ways you see consumerism showing up in your lives and communities ? and the ways you want to address them. Thousands of you, from nearly 70 countries and territories answered the call, giving us detailed feedback and some incredible suggestions for ways our team can help you flex your advocacy muscles. The gist: you?re not big fans of waste (no surprise there!), from plastic bottles to electronic gizmos to fast fashion, and you want to hold the companies that make all this trash to account. You?re also remarkably solutions-focused, creative and ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work. That?s why I?m so excited to fill you in on our plans for the coming months: First, in mid-September we expect to bring your voice inside the California Water Board hearing over BlueTriton?s illegal removal of public water from the San Bernardino National Forest for bottling as Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water. We?ve already delivered more than 10,000 petition signatures from you and our partners at Eko demanding the Board approve a Cease & Desist Order to shut down BlueTriton?s theft of our water once and for all. We?ve been at this campaign for more than six years now (wow!), through many ups and downs, and we?re excited that a big win appears to be imminent. But we?re not resting on our laurels; far from it. In early October, we?ll be launching Bring Back Refill, a campaign demanding that Coca-Cola, the world?s largest bottler, match its global commitment of 25% refillables by 2030 worldwide here in the United States, its largest market. To date, Coke has been sketchy about its plans for refill in the United States, where more than 200 PET beverage bottles are wasted per capita each year, the highest rate in the world. So we?ll be holding their feet to the fire, ensuring that the company that created the refillable bottle brings it back to the country where it all started. And yes, because we share your skepticism that a company like Coke will ever do the right thing, we?ll also be introducing legislation in several states that mandates across the board refill quotas for the whole beverage industry! Does your state need such a law? 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sun Sep 10 16:11:16 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2023 17:11:16 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Cactoexplorers Message-ID: <8721AB3DCCDE471BAF4FB6100680499F@lewpostnew> Cactoexplorersunique. News of the world environment NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 United in Desire THERE IS A MORBID THRILL in searching for the last of something. I considered this while looking for the critically endangered cactus Uebelmannia buiningii among the quartz hills of the Serra Negra in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Uebelmannia is a small genus of Brazilian cactus described by Dutch botanist Alfred Buining. The genus is named for the Swiss cactus collector and former race car driver Werner J. Uebelmann, a lifelong collector, nurseryman, and devotee of Brazilian cacti. These Eurocentric tendencies in species naming are common in botany, a field whose entwinement with settler colonialism and imperialism runs deep. I was travelling with a group of self-described European ?cactoexplorers? for several weeks through the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil, a region with some of the highest cactus species richness and endemism in the world. I was invited to join the search as part of the research for my book on the global illicit trade in cactus and succulent plants. Thanks to our guide, an expert Brazilian botanist, we were equipped with the precise coordinates of one of the few known locations of U. buiningii, so our prospects for seeing it were high. Unlike other species I had already encountered in Brazil, U. buiningii isn?t primarily threatened by farmland development or urbanization. According to species experts it is threatened above all by illegal collection for international trade. U. buiningii?s habitat is restricted to an area of less than 40 square kilometers, with just a few small and isolated subpopulations remaining. The type locality for the species, or the location where a plant was first taken and used to formally describe the species on an archived herbarium sheet, is now absent any remaining plants. Political ecologist Jared Margulies takes readers inside the intriguing world of cactoexploring and unravels the similar passions that animate both illicit cacti collectors and conservationists in our Autumn 2023 print issue cover story. READ MORE Photo by Lindsey / Unsplash 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. 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Abbey Stockstill, of Southern Methodist University in the US, has been living on and off in Marrakech since 2014, completing research on a book about the development of the city as a medieval metropolis. Here she writes about the tragedy. For the searching mothers of Calama in Chile?s Atacama desert, today has a special meaning that has nothing to do with the attack on New York?s twin towers. Fifty years ago, in the early hours of September 11 1973, a US-backed coup led by General Augusto Pinochet laid the groundwork for an economic project that would inspire both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. But Chile under Pinochet was also a catalyst for the torture and enforced disappearance of hundreds of thousands of people throughout South and Central America ? using techniques honed at the infamous School of the Americas, a US Defense Department training facility in Georgia. In our latest Insights investigative long read, Brad Evans, co-director of the State of Disappearance project, traces the modern use of disappearance as a psychological weapon of control. Its currency, he writes, is emotional fear that infects the population like a virus, creating a climate of suspicion and betrayal. Some of those left behind still roam the land for signs of their loved ones. Decades of searching mean they can easily tell the difference between white stones and human fragments. Then they insert a thin metal pole or varilla into the ground, testing for the telltale stench of death. And for readers of Spanish we have a special series on the anniversary of the Pinochet coup. Elsewhere in the world, Greece was recently hit by devastating flash floods caused by Storm Daniel. So, who better than Ioanna Stamatak, a Greek expert in this type of flooding, to explain why this is part of a pattern of more dangerous weather throughout the Mediterranean region. And Nitasha Kaul explains why G20 host India has also been going by the name ?Bharat?. Mike Herd Investigations Editor, Insights Relatives of those who disappeared under the Pinochet regime demand information about their loved ones in Santiago, Chile, in 2000. Frans Lemmens/Alamy How disappearance became a global weapon of psychological control, 50 years on from Chile?s US-backed coup Brad Evans, University of Bath State-sponsored disappearance plays into the most primal of human fears ? to vanish without a trace. The modern era started with Chile?s US-backed coup on September 11 1973 The earthquake has damaged many homes in Ijjoukak village, near Marrakech, Morocco. AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy Marrakech artisans ? who have helped rebuild the Moroccan city before ? are among those hit hard in the earthquake?s devastation Abbey Stockstill, Southern Methodist University A scholar who has been working in Marrakech writes about the artisan communities, which have maintained the city?s architectural rich heritage for generations and have been hit hard by the earthquake. EPA-EFE/Alexandros Beltes Bharat: why the recent push to change India?s name has a hidden agenda Nitasha Kaul, University of Westminster The move to rename India as ?Bharat? is part of a push by the Hindu nationalist right to create an ideologically pure state that in reality never existed. a.. South Africa?s great white sharks are changing locations ? they need to be monitored for beach safety and conservation Alison Kock, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity; Alison Towner, Rhodes University; Heather Bowlby, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Matt Dicken, Nelson Mandela University; Toby Rogers, University of Cape Town South Africa?s white shark population is not in decline but migrating to survive. b.. Greece?s record rainfall and flash floods are part of a trend ? across the Mediterranean, the weather is becoming more dangerous Ioanna Stamataki, University of Greenwich One village recorded 1.5 year?s rain in 18 hours. c.. Past Lives: a luxurious and lingering portrayal of lost love and identity in the Korean diaspora Hyunseon Lee, SOAS, University of London Loving portrait of an unrequited love and a cultural divide. d.. Mangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions Gerhard Mar?, University of KwaZulu-Natal If Mangosuthu Buthelezi had not opposed the apartheid state?s plans for an ?independent? Zulu kingdom, South Africa?s history would have unfolded very differently. e.. Can ??s change minds? How social media influences public opinion and news circulation Juan S. Morales, Wilfrid Laurier University Two recent studies shed light on how seemingly simple social media features can have complex effects on user attitudes and beliefs. f.. Temu: China?s answer to Amazon is already Australia?s most popular free app. What makes it so addictive? Shasha Wang, Queensland University of Technology; Xiaoling Guo, The University of Western Australia While Temu employs common sales promotion tactics seen on other e-commerce platforms, it uses what is arguably the broadest range of these techniques. 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IN THIS ISSUE Editorial News and Opinions Key Publications Courses and Events Arts and Culture Resources News from Deep Adaptation Forum EDITORIAL Collapse is the word on the street (just not online) Like me, at some point in the past it probably felt too painful to allow yourself to consider the possibility that it?s too late to avoid catastrophic damage to communities around the world, including one?s own. Like me, you probably still experience moments when it feels too painful. I still distract myself from it - and quite often. Maybe that?s why I have a passion for English Premier League football! I?ve tended to keep that one quiet. Someone just wrote to me about feeling distraught and confused, and that he envied my life with devotional music and regenerative farming. I?m about to reply and mention that this summer I read about all the football transfers and was wondering who will have the best midfield this season. My point is that we all have various ways to distract or entertain ourselves, with some being nourishing, others less so. We need to find what works for us right now, without then lying to ourselves about reality, or postponing the decisions we know we need to make. I might need to take the decision to become far less bothered by people not being able to face reality! They?re not unusual, after all. And I was the same for many years. But knowing the benefits that can come from recognising the environmental predicament facing humanity, it feels sad for so many of my friends and colleagues to be duped by the two main narratives being promoted by different factions of capital today. One narrative is that technology and enterprise will fix the problems and the other is that the climate agenda is a total hoax. Big finance, big tech, clean tech, big pharma and nuclear are backing the former, whereas big oil is backing the latter. Both narratives are popular as they help to suppress anxiety. On the one hand, the techno-salvation story offers a path of calm obedience, and on the other the climate conspiracy story offers a way to eternal self-righteousness. Yet both stories lead to ineffectiveness and a lack of attention to what is happening and what is to come. It?s why I addressed this decay of public dialogue during my speech to launch my book Breaking Together. I argued that we need to articulate a positive ?doomster? story instead, where we celebrate the many of us who are changing our lives positively and helping others precisely because we believe we are in a new era of disruption and collapse. But there is no faction of capital behind that ?doomster? response - we tend to be rather post-consumer. Maybe that?s why I was booted off Twitter without an explanation and have been ?shadow banned? by other platforms (the evidence and process of which I explain in Chapter 13 of my book). My wish for greater civil society discussion and initiative on the matter of societal disruption and collapse is why I teach the online Leading Through Collapse course. But beyond having skills and a clear strategy, something far more simple is now necessary. The suppression of information from collapse-acceptors means that if we want others to hear about positive ways of responding, we need to go back to ?good old word of mouth?. That doesn?t occur through social media anymore. Instead, we need to contact people directly and make ourselves available to discuss. So I recommend you forward this newsletter to a few people who haven?t already discussed such things with you, and offer to chat. To help with that, I hope you find something of interest in this newsletter. As we didn?t reach our fundraising target for producing the DA Quarterly every 3 months, from now on it will be produced every 4 months or so. So we have renamed it the Deep Adaptation Review. With ?word of mouth? in mind, next year I will be going back to that old modality of a book tour. I already know the cities I intend to visit (see here) - as long as the world and ?yours truly? are still functioning OK. I hope I?ll get the chance to discuss things in person with many of you. Perhaps we could even watch a football match at your local pub? Warmly, Jem Bendell, Publisher of the Deep Adaptation Review Author of Breaking Together This review is brought to you by Jem Bendell (publisher) and Jessica Groenendijk (editorial assistant). This issue also received inputs from Terry Rankin, Stella Nyambura Mbau, and Stuart Smith. We are grateful to the following for contributions that help us keep this review free: Mr Alan Heeks, Dr Brian Lavendel, Dr C Pieroni, Dr Fran Martin, Dr Kay Trainor, Dr Mary Campbell, Reed Tibbetts, Mr Alberto De Capitani, Mr Andreas Williams, Mr Andy Horsnell, Mr Charles Phillips, Mr Christopher Sassano, Mr Claude Schryer, Mr Kamil Pachalko, Mr Niall Glynn, Mr Owen Davies, Mr Peter Vertigan, Mr Robert Buhr, Mr Stuart Basden, Mrs Susan Starkey, Mrs Teresa Belton, Ms Betti Moser, Ms J A Witford, Ms Julia Mountain, Ms Maggie Burlington, Ms Patricia Duke, Ms Priscilla Auchincloss, and Ms Ramey Rieger. Please join them in covering the costs of our research, formatting, and emailing for 2024, by visiting here. Antler arch at Knepp Wildland. Photo: Jessica Groenendijk. As a window on the world of collapse, this newsletter reflects on ways to find meaning, and to support the work and healing of others. NEWS AND OPINIONS In the years since his 2011 book of future societal and economic disruption due to environmental change, Paul Gilding has remained positive that societies still had time to lessen the harm and transition to a more sustainable form. Until now. On September 3rd, he explained ?we have hit a multi-system tipping point ? the ?crash? that I have long argued would trigger ?the great disruption?. We can now expect a destabilisation of the global climate system at a scale that is so chaotic, unpredictable and costly, it will trigger cascading disruptive change in the global economy, national politics, investment markets and geopolitical security. The implications are profound.? Gilding's essay provides a useful summary of the shocking temperatures, droughts, fires, ocean current trends, and impacts around the world over the last few months. In reporting on this planetary derangement, most journalists have turned to the usual senior suspects for their self-serving comments on the situation, as Matt Colborn noticed in a September review. Unusually, one person who describes himself as a ?doomer? appeared on CNN. Professor Eliot Jacobsen had been producing graphs of the latest global data. He managed to squeeze into his interview that ?we are witnessing the collapse of industrial civilisation?. Reporting on the interview, the CNN headline writer preferred the more ambiguous-sounding claim that 'we are witnessing the sixth great extinction'. That can be reassuring if people think Homo sapiens won?t go the same way as many other species during this global extinction event. Some mainstream publications have mentioned, in passing, the implications for humanity of a destabilising climate and collapsing biosphere. In August, Newsweek reported on an article by Professor William Rees, warning that ?Humanity could be on the cusp of a civilizational collapse? including a ?major population ?correction' before this century is out.? As usual, the media journalists watered down the message, saying ?could be on the cusp?, whereas the original paper plainly stated in its subtitle, ?... a Major ?Population Correction? Is Inevitable? (emphasis added). IFL Science reported on the same article with the headline Big Population Crash Is "Inevitable" And It Could Get Messy. The discussion of a ?population crash? sometime this century doesn?t, however, seem to land with us, emotionally. Perhaps only when people realise it means that tomorrow their supermarket shelves might be empty, and that some of their neighbours will be panicking, will any of this scholarly analysis actually ?sink in?. A former Mayor in New Zealand broke ranks in a national newspaper column which, surprisingly, managed to carry the title Time to give up on the false hope and prepare for the worst from climate change. A group of scientists said something similar in their ?expert statement? in support of the new Climate Majority Project (CMP): "In truth, time?s up for ?last warnings? to prevent major, irreversible climate degradation." Interestingly, it was endorsed by Dr Alison Green and Dr James Dyke, who have previously critiqued other scholars for making such claims. Perhaps this indicates a shift is underway and a more serious dialogue can be had in civil society about realistic futures. However, the CMP avoided stating what ?climate degradation? means for the public they claim they don?t want to protect from bad news anymore. In that sense, the taboo remains, despite hundreds of scholars from over 30 countries trying to break through with regular public statements on societal disruption and collapse. Public letters are no longer considered helpful by some activists. We saw this in June when a group of UK Academics asked the Royal Society to ?issue an unambiguous statement about the culpability of the fossil fuel industry in driving the climate crisis.? Citing the Guardian article about the letter, the founder of campaign group Just Stop Oil, Roger Hallam, tweeted, ?It's 2023 and the liberal class write a letter to call for a statement. To condemn an ?unprecedented act of violence against humanity?. This is how liberalism commits suicide.? He repeated his call for scholars to participate instead in civil disobedience. Seeing the blight at the end of the tunnel, some experts have begun calling for a new global initiative on crisis management. Australia's former Liberal opposition leader, John Hewson, wrote: "it is with mounting despair that I note several mega threats to our planet and to humanity seem to be simultaneously gathering considerable momentum, yet governments and policy authorities are simply ignoring the severity and urgency of the challenges." Sir David King, former UK chief scientific adviser and chairman of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, called for similar action, in the form of a new UN agency to help nations cope with disruption from climate change. These calls resonate with those from hundreds of scholars in May 2022 for disaster risk reduction to become the guiding paradigm for international cooperation, rather than the myth of sustainable development. Although multilateral cooperation on global challenges is ostensibly a good idea, the growing influence of multinational corporations and billionaires over agencies within the UN system will likely trigger an understandable backlash. The very real concern is that proposals to reform the UN will help it become a conduit for authoritarian global capitalist policies. Harris Gleckman, of the Transnational Institute, said that ?the UN?s vision for the future involves giving corporate executives crucial say in decisions. That is too dangerous to be allowed.? To avoid the future of the planet being a discussion limited to elites, with their own interests and biases, we need to see more honest engagement across civil society on the real prospects of climate change and its impacts. The podcast Planet Critical has emerged as an important contributor to discussions within the field of professionals and activists engaged in the environmental and social dilemmas of our age. In one episode, the host Rachel Donald interviewed the author of An Inconvenient Apocalypse, Dr Bob Jensen.They explored the painful ?opportunity? and need to return to less hierarchical forms of social organisation in the face of collapsing systems and ideologies of modernity. Also focused on the upside of breakdown is the organisation Shareable. This US nonprofit describes itself as a news outlet, action network, and consultancy for the ?sharing transformation ? a global movement of movements emerging from the grassroots to address today?s biggest challenges.? They explain that ?Amid crisis, new and resurgent people-powered solutions are democratising communities. The solidarity economy, open source software, transition towns, the maker movement, right to repair, open government, public banking, and participatory budgeting are just a few of the movements showing a way forward based on sharing.? They favourably reviewed the book Breaking Together: a freedom-loving response to collapse as demonstrating beyond doubt that the time has come for us all to become involved in local alternatives to both big business and big government. Further bringing us down to earth, literally, there were a variety of articles about how to get ?collapse ready? by growing food in one?s community. For instance, in June, Sharon Astyk published an overview of gardening for collapse. Five Kinds of Survival Gardens covered different considerations and methods, with a strong focus on considering one?s community in efforts towards resilience. These responses align with the peoples? environmentalism that Shareable, Low Impact, and other NGOs are promoting, but which is still the poor cousin of the mainstream green movement. As members of the latter, like Paul Gilding, embrace the collapse agenda, there will be discussions and disagreements ahead about what best to do in response. In June, one co-founder of the environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion, Gail Bradbrook, gave her view on the need to turn to each other in community, in her speech What next for Climate Movements? In July, Atmos magazine chronicled the mental health challenges faced by the most affected by climate disasters in the Philippines, and the need for community-based interventions to address the issue. As an editorial team we are aware that we need to put in more time to access information from around the world on the subject of collapse risk, readiness, and response. Even when commentary on situations in different parts of the Majority World appear to us, they do so in the English language and in Western-based publications. We therefore welcome any submissions for items to include in our next review, which will be in January 2024. KEY PUBLICATIONS Welcome to the Great Unravelling: Navigating the Polycrisis of Environmental and Social Breakdown was released in June 2023 by the Post Carbon Institute. The organisation has been at the forefront of English-language discussions on the implications for societies from environmental change. Their report summarises some of the latest data, before exploring what people can do in response. They emphasise a need to maintain social cohesion within societies and peaceful relations between them during what they term the ?Great Unravelling?. The lead author of the paper, Richard Heinberg, published an article that summarises some of the ideas in the report. ?Doomer humour? has started to appear in books. I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope and Gallows Humor is written by climate activist Andrew Boyd. He also launched an interactive flow chart with the same title, useful for people who, like so many of us today, watch a lot of video clips. Comedy is a well-known way to both cope with and approach painful topics and situations. However, it can also belittle what we are dealing with. Two new books addressed the psychological implications of our predicament. A steadfast volunteer for the Deep Adaptation Forum, Terry Le Page (MDiv, PhD), published Eye of the Storm: Facing climate and social chaos with calm and courage. It draws on experience of years of discussing and collaborating with people in the Forum. It therefore asks the tough questions, such as: How do we bear the seemingly unbearable? How do we find meaning and even joy in the face of collapse? Spinning Out is another book on eco-anxiety, which came out in June 2023. Charlie Hertzog Young has a dramatic story to tell of his own activism, overwhelm, depression, suicidal ideation, and recovery. To accompany the launch, he wrote an article on eco-anxiety that links to a bunch of useful initiatives. Unfortunately, the Deep Adaptation framework and its many modalities and volunteers were overlooked. This could be a reminder to continue outreach to break through the increasing suppression of discussion about societal collapse. We need to find each other to be able to learn from each other! Therefore, please forward this Review to three people you know who aren?t yet engaged in the DA conversation. Forget using social media for this, as your posts will not get seen by anyone other than those already engaged. A scholar on religion and climate change, Ahmed Afzaal has a book coming out on how to teach about societal collapse, Teaching At Twilight. He describes it in his newsletter, which also links to a powerful video summary of the book. The video features an incongruous positive-sounding AI narration, which ironically reminds us of the emotional limitations of modernity. Samuel Alexander?s new collection of essays is called S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. The first instalment ? the Preface to the collection ? offers a fascinating philosophical and poetic background and perspective on our collapse predicament, laying a formidable foundation for Alexander?s premise that ?humanity?s primary obstacle is not an intellectual or evidential one but an aesthetic one, related to our sensibilities, felt needs, communication strategies, and imaginative capacities.? This obstacle is further seen as being an ?aesthetic deficit?, calling for an ?aesthetic revolution.? COURSES AND EVENTS ? July 10th, 2023, marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of the book Small Is Beautiful by EF Schumacher. This was marked in turn by The Schumacher Institute making the book Breaking Together free to download from their website. Additionally, the Schumacher Centre for a New Economics progressed with its series of webinars. This includes a free webinar on democratizing money as a tool for resilience, on September 21st. ? The online course Leading through Collapse begins again in November, with two cohorts, so that people can join from any time zone covered. The course is favoured by activists and executives who want to adapt their leadership and communications activities for an era of societal disruption and collapse. It is led by Professor Jem Bendell and Katie Carr, from the DA Forum. ? That course is not to be confused with Leading Through Storms, an organisation which also offers courses on the softer skills of collapse readiness. In addition to courses, they organise monthly online gatherings on various related topics. ? More relevant courses and events are listed at the end of this Review, provided directly by the team at the DA Forum. Complete our form to submit details of your own online event or course for consideration in our next DA Review. "Released", handpainted bronze by Jonathan Hateley. Photo: Jessica Groenendijk ARTS AND CULTURE Events like COP-27 signal the collective failure to imagine the next steps. Let's inspire with new ways of seeing, open windows to innovation, and reach through to people?s hearts. Sometimes mainstream TV covers the phenomenon of people walking away from their lives to try to live more sustainably and offgrid. Sometimes those people explain their actions as an attempt to become ?collapse ready.? One such segment appeared on DW TV, based on a ?doomer? living outside Berlin. Unlike some mainstream journalism, they do not lampoon the doomer, but nevertheless argue against his outlook in typical ways (by only focusing on climate issues and relying on the IPCC for assessments of risk). Working with Italian author and artist Darinka Montico, our DA Review publisher Professor Jem Bendell produced a Kintsugi World art exhibition. The image production process was supported by AI and each image relates to a chapter in his book Breaking Together. The images will be exhibited at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali in October. They appear at the start of a video that includes the introduction of the audio book. Jem explained the Japanese idea of ?kintsugi? and why these images were used, including for the cover of his book, during a talk on Creativity beyond hope at a cultural festival in the Netherlands. The Kintsugi Piggy Bank accompanies Chapter 2 of Breaking Together, on the topic of monetary collapse. By Jem Bendell & Darinka Montico There is a long history of apocalypse-related fiction, in both literature and film. Some books, such as Ministry for A Future, seem to be designed to promote reflection on what we might actually choose to do in real life. As collapse-awareness sparks existential crises, even academics are getting into fiction! One short story appeared in the academic journal SPOOL. The authors say that ?the following story is fiction, not for entertainment purposes or to instruct readers what to do, but to inspire their critical faculties.? Reading it, you might appreciate the sentiment that by working together and building strong communities, we can thrive in a different future. However, there is technotopian hope, and some issues of equity and power don?t receive full attention. Time to write your own? You could start with poetry. For instance, the Ark collection of metaphysical poetry presents a tour-de-force on the inconvenient truths and permanent lies about reality in our times of collapse in the hands of ?Imperial Modernity.? Here?s a sample from IN TIMAN-PECHORA (p. 17): American democracy eats Its young?pockets emptied to Big Pharma Big Banks, murder-cop trials, neo-Nazi podcast Or demagogue variant QAnon A memory of wax-melt heat, sawtooth ferns In a flying lizard?s shadow, drill bits Sluggish with lost worlds In chilly cottages and flats, pterodactyls Clawing through the thermostats The Adbusters group has a long track record of cultural disruption in defence of society against corporate rule. Their new book reflects a new boldness from parts of the environmental movement, in reaction to both unfolding breakdowns and the hijacking of climate concern by capitalists and technocrats. Introducing their Manifesto for a World Revolution, they say "The planet is on fire, democracy under siege, and even many hard-bitten optimists believe we are spiralling towards a new dark age. Is there a way out of our existential crisis? From the strategists who sparked Occupy Wall Street comes an enthralling field guide to a new world order. With the most revolutionary tool ever invented in the palms of our hands, a mighty grassroots insurgency - borderless, leaderless, beyond Left and Right - is coming together in a last-ditch We-the-People stand." RESOURCES We are aware that there needs to be a comprehensive online source of English-language guidance and tools for the full gamut of responses to collapse awareness. We don?t mean a typically defensive prepper-type approach, with lists of what to buy to survive a few weeks during a civil war, but the broader agenda for collaborative resilience. If you know of any online resources like that, please contact us. We know of online initiatives for engaging in collapse conversations, navigating the challenges of a changing world, and mobilising for a common good (respectively). These include: www.justcollapse.org and www.postdoom.com and www.livinginthetimeofdying.com and https://livingresilience.net. We are also aware of initiatives that facilitate the exchange of resources and skills between individuals and communities, with experience or anticipation of societal disruption, such as: www.transitionresourcecircle.org and www.offersandneeds.com and www.lowimpact.org and www.shareable.net. Plus, we are aware of initiatives that invite a radically different analysis and politics at this time, including Radical Ecological Democracy and Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures. If you would like us to help share information on relevant initiatives that can empower collapse-accepting social action, then please send it here. Educational resources aimed at children are needed. Currently, we don?t know of relevant resources. Instead, there is content like the newly-updated National Geographic ?interactive map? that explores the 6th mass extinction. The map focuses on various extinct, endangered, and critically endangered species around the world and emphasises the dominance of humans in bringing it about: On the Brink (NatGeo page) (Interactive Map page). However, educational support that is more practically focused on living differently in an era of collapse, and avoiding manipulation, is missing. If you know of any, please send us info. Past issues of this Deep Adaptation newsletter also provide a useful resource, and you can find them here. If you have some spare funds and feel that saving for the distant future is a bit over-confident, then please consider a donation to help us cover the costs of our research, writing, formatting, and emailing this Review during 2024. We will keep the newsletter free for everyone and won?t accept organisational sponsorship or advertising. To help, visit here. NEWS FROM DEEP ADAPTATION FORUM The Deep Adaptation Forum is an online platform that emerged soon after Jem Bendell?s paper, Deep Adaptation, was published in 2018. DAF is a collapse-aware community of highly diverse people seeking to enable and embody loving responses to our predicament. As our societies, ecologies, and economies collapse, DAF works to reduce harm and suffering through a strong community of resilient, compassionate, and active human beings. The following text is provided to the Review by the DAF Communications Circle. Facilitated Support for Collapse-Aware People A major component of the Deep Adaptation Forum is its ongoing, regular online events such as Deep Listening, Deep Relating, Grief Circle, Earth Listening, The Spoken Word, Death Caf?, Wider Embraces, and more. These facilitated events allow DAF community members to witness their own and other?s spectrum of emotions, to find solid ground beneath their feet, to connect deeply with one another and carry on, holding the perpetual uncertainty that each day brings. Grief, joy, laughter and rage, numbness, and meltdown find safe spaces where self-knowledge can grow and the DAF community can evolve. See all events on the DAF events calendar. The Deep Adaptation Forum is open to all walks of life and all levels of collapse-awareness. DAF?s New Governance Model Takes Shape In September, DAF will launch a new sociocratic governance model engaging a more volunteer-based and shared leadership network. Many voices are heard, as a small central circle - consisting of volunteer representatives from six functional circles - communicates directly with one another. This General Circle and all other Functional Circles are easily accessible to the wider community. Also, in DAF?s efforts to include BIPOC and other groups, they are experimenting with the Empty Chair, an excellent practice to expand the community?s awareness to include all those who went before and all those to come; to hold the living world - from stone to cloud - in our hearts and minds. This practice also honours, more specifically, those people and species who are dying right now due to our predicament or are suffering from the consequences of modern-colonial injustice. The Empty Chair is present at all meetings of all circles. Deep Live Gathering 2023 - We are the Life The Deep Adaptation Forum, We Are Here, and Relearn are promoting the Deep Live Gathering, a live coming-together that will take place in many different locations around the globe between October 30th and November 5th. DAF facilitator Igor Polskiy of Montenegro originally initiated the Gathering, which is a multi-local, non-commercial event where people can meet in physical, virtual, and spiritual places. The event will combine online and offline activities, connecting virtually to the various Gathering locations to share space and processes. Each group will create their offline program collectively. There are also rooms in the common program for online processes for sharing with other groups and individuals. From the Deep Live Gathering website: "We invite people who are not in denial about the situation and ready to live and to act together in the world as it is. We invite people of different professions and backgrounds, especially activists, artists, researchers and protectors of ecosystems, alternative education practitioners, urban and rural community and ecovillage members, thinkers, philosophers and writers, social entrepreneurs, traditional knowledge holders, psychologists and psychotherapists, cultural workers, meditation practitioners, natural beekeepers, forest gardeners, seed savers, and farmers practising regenerative agriculture." 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The decision was hailed by small islanders and scientists who warned that devastation lay beyond this threshold. Nearly eight years later, meteorologists have confirmed that July 2023 was the hottest ever recorded ? a month in which the air temperature at our planet's surface was 1.5?C hotter than the pre-industrial average. Have efforts to avert dangerous warming now officially failed? And what is so important about the 1.5?C target anyway? 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 discussing life at 1.5?C. "The threshold was breached for a month before average temperatures dropped back. And July 2023 isn?t actually the first time this has happened either ? the dubious honour goes to February 2016, where we broke the threshold for a few days," say Ailie Gallant and Kimberley Reid, climate and atmosphere scientists at Monash University. Then, as now, Earth was in what is called an El Ni?o event. This is the hot phase of a natural fluctuation in the climate which tends to last a few years and temporarily amplifies the background rate of warming caused predominantly by burning fossil fuels (animal farming and deforestation are also big sources of planet-warming greenhouse gases like CO? and methane). These two factors combined meant Earth exceeded the 1.5?C threshold for a whole month for the first time this summer. "But the climate is more than a single month," Gallant and Reid stress. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the global authority on climate change, defines the threshold as the first 20-year period in which air surface temperatures average 1.5?C above what they were between 1850 and 1900 (referred to as the pre-industrial average). A study published earlier this year estimates that we could pass this point in the early 2030s. So what awaits us in this world made a degree-and-a-half hotter? Gallant and Reid describe "dangerous" levels of warming as that which threatens the stability of ecosystems, economies and agriculture and makes adapting very difficult or impossible. "Put simply, the 1.5?C threshold is the best estimate of the point where we are likely to find ourselves well up the proverbial creek, without a paddle," they say. And then there is the risk of triggering irreversible climate tipping points. These are self-sustaining shifts in the climate system that lock in devastating changes after a certain level of warming has occurred, such as the collapse of ice sheets or the rapid die-back of the Amazon rainforest. Both changes could accelerate the rate at which Earth is heating by reflecting less sunlight to space or releasing more carbon to the atmosphere. But a scientist studying these possible tipping points explains that passing 1.5?C is not necessarily "game over" for the climate. "Most scientists don?t expect the world to reach a slew of climate tipping points if El Ni?o causes the world to cross 1.5?C briefly," Stockholm University's David Armstrong McKay wrote in April. "Our estimates for climate tipping point thresholds are based on what would happen if global warming stayed at that level for many years. So a tipping threshold that is estimated to lie at 1.5?C won?t have been reached until global temperatures average 1.5?C for around a decade." If that sounds reassuring, McKay has a caveat: "Recent research I led judged that several of these climate tipping points become likely beyond 1.5?C and can?t be ruled out even at current warming of around 1.2?C." If dangerous shifts in Earth's climate are possible south of 1.5?C, why is so much hope and anxiety invested in it? "There?s nothing magic about this number," Gallant and Reid say. "Every increase worsens the impacts." '2?C is a death sentence' For much of the time countries have been debating Earth's rising temperature, 1.5?C was not the official goal at all. "Halting global heating at 2?C remained the horizon to which negotiators strived for nearly two decades," says Piers Forster, director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds. "And yet, you?re more likely to hear about the rapidly approaching 1.5?C temperature limit nowadays." That world leaders eventually agreed to revise down the acceptable level of climate damage is testament to the campaigning of a formation of island nations known as the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), Forster says. At Copenhagen's 2009 climate summit, the world still lacked a scientific assessment of what a "safe" limit to warming looked like. But research had started to paint a picture of an Earth 2?C warmer: widespread coral bleaching, receding coastlines and increasingly erratic weather. Worse, it seemed sea-level rise would proceed more rapidly and violently than in earlier predictions. At stake was the survival of some small islands. "Only stopping global temperature rise well below 1.5?C would head off this catastrophe, AOSIS argued," Forster says. "As Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, would later put it: '2?C is a death sentence.'" "The idea that a 'safe' level of warming could be achieved was subjective: current levels were already unsafe for those on the sharpest end of climate change," Forster adds. The story of the 1.5?C limit highlights that the only acceptable level of warming is that which humanity collectively decides, Forster says. So can the Paris signatories still keep their promise? Maybe, say Gallant and Reid. "We would need extremely aggressive cuts to emissions to have a chance. Failing that, we will likely exceed the Paris target within the next decade or so." "The closer we stay to the line ? even if we cross it ? the better. And there?s now good evidence that even if we overshoot 1.5?C, we could still reverse it by ending emissions and soaking up excess greenhouse gas emissions. "It?s like turning around an enormous container ship ? it takes time to overcome the inertia. But the sooner we turn around, the better." Correction: last week's newsletter on invasive species referred to "rivers choked with [Japanese] knotweed". This behaviour is more accurately ascribed to Himalayan balsam. - 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. We just blew past 1.5 degrees. Game over on climate? Not yet July was the hottest month on record ? and took us past 1.5 degrees. But one month isn't the same as failing to meet our Paris Agreement goals. Read more What El Ni?o means for the world?s perilous climate tipping points The Pacific Ocean is entering the hot phase of its temperature cycle, an event that will turbo-charge global warming. Read more 1.5?C: where the target came from ? and why we?re losing sight of its importance There is no safe limit to global warming ? there is only what people deem to be acceptable damage. 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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 What is the current situation in Guria - latest news from the disaster zone Heavy rains in the Guria region have triggered landslides and flooding, resulting in three fatalities. The natural disasters have caused significant damage to the region's infrastructure, impacting houses, bridges, and roads connecting villages. Authorities are urging residents in the affected area to stay put and follow instructions from emergency personnel on the ground, with over 100 reports received by the Emergency Management Service. Eco-activists file a climate lawsuit against Russia at the ECHR In September 2023, the first climate lawsuit from Russia was filed with the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) after the Russian Supreme Court refused to hear it a year ago. The plaintiffs are demanding a review of plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, insisting on more stringent targets in line with recommendations from environmental experts. Lawyers hope that the ECHR's ruling in the case will carry significant implications for climate policy, not only in Europe but also globally, despite Russia's strained relations with international institutions. The Georgian Road to Russia: when everything goes south The North-South Corridor, a road project financed by international institutions to facilitate transportation of goods between Russia, Iran, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, runs through Georgia, impacting cultural heritage and raising questions among Georgian taxpayers. The project has led to concerns regarding the destruction of cultural heritage sites and environmental issues, with inadequate impact assessments and consultation processes. Furthermore, the project's necessity is questioned due to Georgia's strained relations with Russia, and concerns about it serving as a route for prohibited goods to reach Russia from Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. Transition to ?green economy? in Uzbekistan: Opportunities and challenges Uzbekistan has adopted a program for transitioning to a green economy and green growth until 2030, with the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The program aims to increase the share of renewable energy sources to about 30% of the country's total electricity generation by 2030. However, the region faces water scarcity issues, and the reduction of water resources in the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers could have significant social and economic consequences for Uzbekistan. Additionally, while renewable energy sources are seen as environmentally friendly, their stability and dependence on various factors raise concerns about their long-term sustainability and potential waste issues. Kazakhstan: Farmers plead for president?s help in overcoming grain harvest woes Kazakh farmers are seeking urgent assistance from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev after a difficult summer marked by intense heat severely reducing the grain crop. In addition to the scorching conditions, prolonged rains in northern regions are causing early-ripening wheat to spoil, making it challenging to harvest effectively. The farmers have appealed for loan repayment deferment, government support with fixed grain purchase prices above market rates, and protectionist measures, including a ban on the importation of cheap agricultural products from Russia, to mitigate potential bankruptcy. Despite these challenges, Kazakhstan is still exploring new grain export opportunities, such as to China, but faces ongoing competition from cheap Russian grain imports. The Ministry of Energy has changed its mind about banning Kara-Kechi coal in Bishkek The Kyrgyz Energy Minister, Taalaibek Ibraev, announced the delivery of Kara-Kechi coal to Bishkek for sale, arguing that local coal needs cannot be met by imports from Kazakhstan alone. He also emphasized that stocks of Kara-Kechi coal in the Balykchy warehouse are ready for delivery to Bishkek and the Chui region. Earlier, there was a discussion of banning Kara-Kechi coal as part of the fight against smog, but this proposal drew criticism and raised concerns about a potential increase in the cost of coal for consumers. -------------------------------------------------- World Climate News Summer 2023: the hottest on record The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has released its monthly climate bulletin, showcasing global surface air temperature, sea ice cover, and hydrological changes. The report highlights the boreal summer of 2023, which was the warmest on record globally, with an average temperature of 16.77?C, 0.66?C above average. Additionally, the summer of 2023 witnessed record-breaking high sea surface temperature anomalies in the North Atlantic and globally, along with marine heatwaves in various European areas and above-average precipitation in parts of Europe, T?rkiye, North America, Asia, Chile, Brazil, and northwestern Australia, while other regions experienced drier conditions leading to wildfires. G20 leaders strike renewables deal, stall on fossil fuels G20 leaders have agreed to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, a vital step in limiting global warming. However, they failed to commit to phasing out fossil fuels, a significant setback for climate goals. The agreement also includes support for controversial carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. The focus now shifts to the Dubai Cop28 summit for further fossil fuel discussions. Additionally, G20 leaders called for a major increase in climate finance, aiming to move from billions to trillions of dollars globally, partly through multilateral development bank reforms freeing up $200 billion over the next decade. World record: Wind turbine generates enough energy in a day to power 170,000 homes The world's largest wind turbine, the Goldwind GWH252-16MW, set a new record for single-day power generation by producing 384.1 megawatt hours (MWh) in 24 hours off the coast of Fujian Province, China, during a typhoon on September 1st. This massive turbine, with a 252-meter diameter, can power approximately 170,000 homes, 38 million LEDs, or cover 2.2 million kilometers driven in an electric car. It surpasses the previous record of 364 MWh set in Denmark in August and showcases China's leadership in wind power, with the country accounting for a significant portion of global offshore wind capacity and planning to build the world's largest wind farm, although concerns about its coal projects and distant net-zero target remain. Champions of clean air: People power in the fight against air pollution The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) highlights that air pollution is the most significant global threat to human health, with the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines revealing that 99% of the world's population is breathing unhealthy air. Despite the well-documented health risks, many governments and companies contributing to air pollution are failing to take sufficient action. As a result, a global movement advocating for clean air and local solutions, such as air quality monitoring, sustainable public transportation, and cleaner energy sources, is gaining momentum, with champions emerging to inspire and empower communities in the fight against air pollution. On the path to international recognition of ecocide Environmental NGOs and activists are pushing for the inclusion of "ecocide" as a recognized crime within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to the environmental destruction resulting from conflicts like Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While the Rome Statute currently governs the ICC's activities and includes crimes like genocide and crimes against humanity, it does not specifically address ecocide. Proposed definitions of ecocide focus on intentional acts leading to severe and widespread environmental damage, potentially holding corporations accountable for large-scale environmental harm, and various countries have already recognized ecocide at the national level. Efforts to include ecocide as a recognized international crime have been ongoing since the 1970s and gained momentum in recent years, with support from organizations, governments, and legal experts. 3.9 Magnitude aftershock rattles Morocco amid ancient city rescues Morocco was hit by a magnitude 3.9 aftershock following the country's deadliest earthquake in over a century, with more than 2,000 people confirmed dead and the toll expected to rise. The United Nations estimated that 300,000 people were affected by the magnitude 6.8 quake, and international aid crews were ready to deploy but awaited the Moroccan government's request for assistance. Many people left homeless or fearing aftershocks slept outside in the streets or makeshift canopies in the affected areas, which are challenging to reach due to the mountainous terrain. African leaders seek global taxes for climate change at Nairobi summit African political and business leaders have adopted the Nairobi Declaration, aiming to address climate challenges in Africa. The declaration, proposed at a major climate summit in Nairobi, Kenya, calls for new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to support climate change initiatives. The summit focused on financing strategies for dealing with extreme weather events, conserving natural resources, and developing renewable energy in Africa, emphasizing the continent's potential to become a renewable energy superpower and highlighting the urgent need for rich nations to fulfill their climate pledges to support vulnerable countries like those in Africa. Global Stocktake highlights urgent need for climate action The Global Stocktake, described as a "first official report card" on the Paris Climate Agreement, has revealed that despite some progress, the world is not on track to meet the long-term goals of the agreement. The report calls for a "radical decarbonization of all sectors of the economy" and emphasizes the need for deep and rapid shifts in industry, transport, buildings, and other sectors to reduce emissions and limit global warming. It also highlights the importance of involving whole societies, not just national governments, in the transition to a low-carbon future. ??Dutch police detain 500 activists on second day of climate protests Dutch police reported that over 500 climate activists were arrested on the second consecutive day of protests against government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry. Demonstrators marched on the A12 highway leading to The Hague, ignoring warnings not to block the major traffic artery. 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Nearly nine out of 10 recorded killings occurring in Latin America in 2022. Read the report Colombia is the world?s deadliest country for land and environmental defenders, with 60 deaths last year alone. Despite commitments to protect defenders, this figure has nearly doubled from 2021. The Amazon Rainforest is also among the most dangerous places for defenders, constituting more than one in five of all defender killings worldwide. The figure of 39 deaths in the Amazon includes Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British Guardian journalist Dom Phillips, whose lives were taken while working to protect this climate-critical ecosystem. Across Asia defenders working to address pressing issues like the climate emergency, biodiversity loss and pollution also face serious threats. Beyond the horrifying fatalities, defenders are also being subjected to criminalisation, a calculated strategy employed to silence their voices. 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Thu Sep 14 01:27:37 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 02:27:37 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Healthy land the size of Central Asia lost since 2015 Message-ID: Healthy land the size of Central Asia lost since 2015Media Advisory CRIC 21 2023 View this email in your browser Media Advisory Spanish French Russian Arabic Chinese Healthy land the size of Central Asia lost since 2015 UN conference to tackle rapid land degradation and worsening droughts to take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from 13-17 November 2023 Bonn/Samarkand, 13 September 2023 ? For the first time since its inception, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will convene one of its official meetings in Central Asia. The twenty-first session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 21) will reveal the latest global trends in land degradation and drought, and review how countries are progressing with land restoration. It comes at a vital moment, when the world is witnessing an uptick in extreme weather events, with historic heatwaves and wildfires across Europe and North America, several failed rainy seasons in the Horn of Africa, and devastating floods, monsoons and cyclones in Asia. Land degradation contributes to these climatic changes and events and is simultaneously made worse by them. Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary, said: ?We are at a crucial juncture in our efforts to sustain life on land. 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.? The meeting will be held at the Silk Road Samarkand Congress Centre in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from 13 to 17 November 2023. On 15 November, there will be a high-level event on sand and dust storms, many of which have occurred in Uzbekistan and surrounding countries and regions with increasing frequency and severity in recent years. In addition, the UNCCD Gender Caucus on 14 November will convene international experts to discuss women?s land rights as a prerequisite to the success of global land restoration and drought resilience efforts. According to the latest UN data, between 2015 and 2019, at least 100 million hectares of healthy and productive land were degraded every year, affecting food and water security globally and directly impacting the lives of 1.3 billion people. This adds up to 420 million hectares, or 4.2 million square kilometres, slightly over the combined area of five Central Asian nations: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. If current trends continue, restoring 1.5 billion hectares of land by 2030 will be necessary to achieve a land-degradation-neutral world. Alternatively, halting any new land degradation and accelerating existing commitments to restore 1 billion hectares can surpass the neutrality target. CRIC21 will review progress in implementing the Convention?s strategic objectives on promoting sustainable land management, building drought resilience, supporting women's leadership in sustainable agriculture, and addressing forced migration due to land degradation and climate change. It will bring together representatives from 196 countries and the European Union which are signatories to the UNCCD, as well as civil society, academia and international organizations. ENDS 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 prior to CRIC21. 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. 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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: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 7:07 PM Subject: Healthy land the size of Central Asia lost since 2015 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In the early 1990s, Jan Egeland was Norway?s deputy foreign minister. In an interview for Inside the Oslo Accords, a new podcast series for The Conversation Weekly, Egeland reflects on the unique set of circumstances that allowed the negotiations to happen when they did. ?People couldn?t believe it,? he remembers. The series is hosted by James Rodgers, reader in international journalism and Amnon Aran, professor of international politics, both at City, University of London. After hearing discussion about the Israel-Palestine conflict by students on campus, they came to The Conversation wanting to inform a new generation about what happened. In the coming weeks, through conversations with some of the leading participants in the process, they?ll help us to explore what happened after the handshake, as well as the legacy of Oslo today. Subscribe to The Conversation Weekly to listen. The statement issued by the G20 after its meeting in New Delhi threw a proverbial cat among the pigeons. Jennifer Mathers argues that understanding the dynamics behind the statement - which didn?t explicitly mention Russia as the aggressor in the war in Ukraine - requires looking at the drive by countries in the global south (developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America) for greater influence in international forums. Their efforts are affecting the global balance of political power. Gemma Ware Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast Inside the Oslo accords: a new podcast series marks 30 years since Israel-Palestine secret peace negotiations James Rodgers, City, University of London; Amnon Aran, City, University of London A new podcast series from The Conversation Weekly marks 30 years since the first Oslo accord was signed in September 1993. Ukraine war: why the G20 refused to condemn Russian aggression ? and how that might change Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University The joint statement that emerged from the G20 summit in New Delhi reflected the growing influence of the global south in world affairs. a.. CDC greenlights two updated COVID-19 vaccines, but how will they fare against the latest variants? 5 questions answered Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina; Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina Only time and data will tell whether the CDC-recommended reformulated shots can stand their ground against the ever-changing SARS-CoV-2 variants. b.. Powerful black holes might grow up in bustling galactic neighborhoods Jaclyn Champagne, University of Arizona An astronomer and ?black hole historian? explains how the parts of the universe black holes grow in might influence how quickly they become bright, supermassive objects. c.. How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered Suresh V. Kuchipudi, University of Pittsburgh Researchers still don?t know how well BA.2.86 will evade immunity or whether it will cause more severe disease than its predecessors. d.. Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world Brad E Tucker, Australian National University The James Webb Space Telescope has detected key carbon-bearing molecules on the potential ocean world K2-18b, including tantalising hints of a substance produced by tiny plankton on Earth. e.. Seismologists can?t predict an impending earthquake, but longer-term forecasts and brief warnings after one starts are possible Harold Tobin, University of Washington The idea that scientists could warn a region that a big quake was coming at a certain time ? with enough advance notice for large-scale preparation and evacuation ? remains a dream, not a reality. f.. President Hassan is the face of Tanzania?s reform agenda. But she needs to carry the country with her Nicodemus Minde, United States International University Current reforms in Tanzania lack popular participation and legal safeguards. Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the ?new abnormal?, study warns Edward Doddridge, University of Tasmania; Ariaan Purich, Monash University Sea ice around Antarctica has always followed a predictable seasonal cycle. Now, we?ve experienced a sudden dramatic loss, and the changes are here to stay. 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Drawing on the latest data and scientific insights, the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023, entitled ?Times of crisis, times of change: Science for accelerating transformations to sustainable development,? offers practical solutions to accelerate SDG implementation. ?The 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report helps to shine new light on transformative processes and practices that can help move the world from commitment to action, and from declaration to delivery,? said UN Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres. At this critical juncture, midway to 2030, the evidence makes clear that incremental and fragmented change is insufficient to achieve all 17 SDGs in the remaining seven years, or even by 2050. Instead, strategic, whole-of-society transformations are needed. And this must be achieved globally ? leaving no country, society or person behind. About the Global Sustainable Development Report The quadrennial Global Sustainable Development Report was mandated by the United Nations General Assembly, to inform the SDG Summit. It has been drafted by an independent group of 15 scientists appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General. The scientists represent diverse disciplines in the natural and social sciences and hail from both developed and developing countries. Online: a.. The full report, ?Times of crisis, times of change: Science for accelerating transformations to sustainable development? b.. Biographies of the scientists can be found here. Read more 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? 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If you think water is a public good ? not something to be bottled in plastic for profit ? this is a big deal. BlueTriton, Nestl? and their predecessors have been bottling water from springs nestled in a mountain in the National Forest since the 1930s. But they never had a right to the water ? it actually belongs to the American people. For decades they?ve hoodwinked regulators, but now their scam is about to come to an end! I?ll be in the boardroom in Sacramento representing the 25,000+ Story of Stuff Project and Eko members who signed a petition urging the Board to turn off the spigot on this water theft once and for all. Contribute to our campaign to defend public water We first blew the whistle on Nestl??s theft of water from these public lands in 2015 and eight years later we?re as committed as ever to return this precious resource to public control. Over the past year, we?ve participated fully in the hearings leading up to this vote ? our legal team introduced hundreds of pieces of evidence to supplement the record developed by Water Board investigators, we called and cross-examined numerous witnesses and participated in a site visit to the spring complex BlueTriton taps, all at considerable expense. But what really got us to this exciting juncture is the enormous public attention and pressure our Community has been able to generate, on Nestl? and BlueTriton, on the Forest Service and on the Water Board. In Sacramento, I?ll be standing alongside Steve Loe, Amanda Frye and Hugh Bialecki, the local residents who?ve led the campaign through thick and thin. You met Steve and Amanda back in 2015 when we made This Land is Your Land, a short documentary about Nestl??s controversial decision to keep bottling California?s water in the midst of a severe drought. Their stick-to-it-ivness and grit are the stuff citizen-led campaigns are made of and their commitment has kept us going. They, and all of us at Story of Stuff Project, are in turn incredibly grateful for the support our Community has shown them and us over the years. This has been a costly, years long legal battle ? the Story of Stuff Project has been footing the bill, and we think it?s worth every penny. But unlike our opposition, we don?t have deep corporate pockets. We have you ? and you?ve taken us right to the finish line! Will you show your support for this campaign by pitching in today? You can watch the Board meeting here on Tuesday starting at 9:30 ? the Cease & Desist Order is Agenda Item #7. I?ll be sure to get an update out as soon as we know the result of the vote. Thanks as always for your support! Sincerely, Michael O?Heaney Executive Director P.S. If you?re interested in reading the Draft Order the Water Board will vote on, you can access it here. 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Mon Sep 18 19:13:21 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:13:21 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] =?utf-8?q?=F0=9F=9A=B4_Tbilisi_hosts_the_EUROPEAN_MO?= =?utf-8?q?BILITY_WEEK_2023_on_16-22_September?= Message-ID: <2B3A752A37C24FD6B6D9EC8BF2B98B63@evol.sp.ru> It mobilises individuals to embrace sustainable mobility solutions Daily News 18 September, 2023 Tbilisi Hosts the EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK 2023 on 16-22 September 16-22 ??????????, ??????? ??????? ????????? ???????? ??????????? The EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK 2023 initiative aspires to inspire and mobilise individuals, communities, and organisations to embrace sustainable mobility solutions. These solutions mitigate carbon emissions and enhance urban livability, fostering healthier, cleaner environments. The overarching theme for this year's event is "Save energy". In line with this, the GESRP project with the support of the EU and KfW and in partnership with GOPA intec and CENN was delighted to present a one-day program that was open to the public at large. The event program encompassed a diverse range of activities, including promoting clean and intelligent transportation solutions, interactive workshops devoted to energy efficiency, and informative sessions centred around Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) - Affordable and Clean Energy. The participants had the opportunity to explore and test environmentally friendly vehicles, including scooters, bicycles, rollers, electric bicycles, and more. Throughout the day, engaging energy quizzes tailored for young individuals have been conducted, and educational activities such as board games on SDGs and coloring workshops on energy efficiency organized. As part of the week, on September 23, at 01:00, the "Evening Metro" event will be held at the "State University" metro station. Visitors will be able to learn about the specifics of the metro operation and the important infrastructure located at the "State University" metro station. Vashlovani Street is planned to be closed on September 24. ??????? ????????? ???????? 2023 ?????? ??????? ????????????? ?????????????? ???????????? ???????????? ???????????. ?????????? ????????? ??????? "?????? ???????". ?? ????? ???????????, ???????????? ???????????? ???????? ???????? ????????? (GESRP)", ????????????? ?? ????????? ?????????????? ????????? ?????? (KfW) ???????????? ?? ???????? GOPA Intec-??? ?? 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Months after 114 bears were killed last December, the state is gearing up for more hunts, scheduled twice a year in multiple counties until 2028. The justification for these hunts is flawed. While the state claims that the bear population and bear-to-human interactions have increased, there has been no exhaustive effort to implement non-lethal management methods. More than $344,000 was spent on an education campaign in fiscal year 2022, but this has not been coupled with tangible actions like stricter garbage management rules. Sign the petition to demand New Jersey halt the extended bear hunts and adopt a humane, effective approach to bear management! Thank you, Jess Care2 Petitions Team P.S. This hunt is not necessary. Demand action! 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: Monday, September 18, 2023 7:01 PM Subject: These bears are being slaughtered and it's totally legal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Mon Sep 18 19:26:12 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:26:12 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] UWEC Work Group Issue # 15 Message-ID: UWEC Work Group Issue # 15We 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! ?The war is slowing down? All processes are becoming more complicated and slower,? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said. But this does not mean that the danger for people and nature has grown any less. In fact, the likelihood of a disaster is as high as ever, and has not receded since the destruction of the dam at the Kakhovka hydropower plant. For example, the IAEA is currently reporting on an increase in military activity near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Unfortunately, the war goes on, and it is as important as ever to understand what is happening, to speak about it, and to find solutions and ways out which will allow us to restore both the cities and nature that have suffered from the conflict. The restoration of Ukraine was the main subject of discussion at the URC23 conference which took place in London in June. While the conference can hardly be labeled ?shameful? ? as was the case with last year?s meeting in Lugano ? no ambitious solutions were presented during the event. Ukrainian environmental journalist Viktoria Hubareva has prepared an exclusive overview for UWEC Work Group of what happened in London at the end of June. a.. URC23 Review: Ukraine offers investment opportunities In order to develop a recovery plan for Ukraine, it is also necessary to understand the consequences of the full-scale invasion. As we have already noted on several occasions, many consequences are of a transnational character. The war is now increasingly spreading beyond the borders of Ukraine and Russia. Military drones have twice been recorded falling onto Romanian soil in recent days, and the serious impact of military activity on transborder territories such as the Black Sea are clear. You can read about the negative effects of the full-scale invasion on the waters of one of the region?s most important seas in the article by Sofya Sadohurska, an expert from the Ukrainian environmental organization Ecodia. a.. Impact of Russia?s invasion of Ukraine on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov Another example of cross-border influence is the militarization of borders. This is felt especially strongly in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. These countries are not only Ukraine?s most active supporters, but have a more comprehensive view of the war. Following the migrant crisis on the border with Belarus in 2021, they took the decision to build and strengthen fences along their frontiers. Ukraine is also reinforcing its border with Belarus. A barrier like this is seen as one of the ways of demilitarizing the border with Russia after the end of the war. However, these decisions, driven by security policies, have an extremely negative impact on the environment. Read about the impact of fences and enclosures on wild animal populations in Vadim Kirilyuk?s article: a.. Beasts and Barriers: Obstacles along international borders and their impact on land-based vertebrates As we have previously reported, the war also has consequences in regions far from the combat zone, where nature is also suffering as a result of the invasion. The imposition of sanctions and the refusal to finance the war through the purchase of carbon-based fuels in Russia has seen the aggressor begin to seek other sales markets. The most prospective of these is China, to which Moscow now plans to redirect its gas supplies. This, however, will require the building of new infrastructure, which will potentially pass through the unique natural landscapes of Altai or Tunka. Unfortunately, today there is almost nobody left to protect them, and stopping the construction of a pipeline, like several years ago, will be impossible ? largely thanks to the designation of NGOs such as the Altai Project as ?undesirable.? You can read about the possible consequences and how Altai may suffer from Russia?s invasion of Ukraine in our article: a.. Gas intrigues: Pipelines, nature preserves, NGOs and the war You can also learn about the increasingly intense persecution of environmental activists in Russia and Belarus since the beginning of the full-scale invasion by watching recordings from our webinar, organized in collaboration with RSF Sweden and Svea Green Foundation. a.. Webinar #4. Persecution of environmental activists in Russia and Belarus before and after the start of Russia?s military invasion of Ukraine The destruction of nature as a result of Russia?s invasion of Ukraine is increasingly frequently being described as ecocide. But while this term has a long history ? discussions of what constitutes ecocide have been ongoing since the 1970s ? it remains not only unrecognized in international practice, but there is no established definition at national level. What do we understand by ecocide? To what degree are Ukraine and Russia willing to integrate ecocide into their legal system? Which other countries recognize ecocide? How is data on ecocide being gathered in Ukraine? We have tried to answer these and other questions in our introductory article on the subject: a.. On the path to international recognition of ecocide 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: Monday, September 18, 2023 2:59 PM Subject: UWEC Work Group Issue # 15 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Mon Sep 18 19:29:12 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:29:12 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Here is the latest news from the High-Level Champions! Message-ID: ! UN Global Climate Action 18 September 2023 High-Level Champions' Newsletter ?We can. We will?- New York Climate Week Gets Underway New York Climate Week (NYCW) theme ?We can. We will? reflects the focus on showcasing existing world-leading climate projects - and vital discussions of how to practically scale more action, faster. The annual event hosted by the Climate Group and New York City, in conjunction with the UN General Assembly (UNGA) opens this Sunday 17 September, with some 400 sessions taking place across the city. The UN Climate Change High-Level Champions will participate in and convene various events, aiming to engage a number of stakeholders to enhance climate action in alignment with goals of the Paris Agreement and the Global Biodiversity Framework. During the opening ceremony, Her Excellency Razan Al Mubarak will highlight the importance of protecting nature for achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement - unless we halt the erosion of nature we will destroy one of our main climate action levers. She will also raise the opportunities under nature, for example, it?s estimated that ocean-based mitigation options can reduce the ?emissions gap? (the difference between emissions expected if current trends and policies continue and emissions consistent with limiting global temperature increase) by up to 21% on a 1.5?C pathway, by 2050. H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak will also stress the role of the Global Stocktake as a critical tool for identifying the gaps and solutions pathways to 2030 and beyond to engage all stakeholders in a just transition to a 1.5C, resilient and inclusive world. On the next day, Dr. Mohieldin will tackle the issue of financing climate justice for a sustainable and resilient future alongside Asif Saleh, CEO, Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee (BRAC) and Dominique Hyde, Director at UNHCR at the Hub Live hosted by Climate Group, New York Climate Week Official Host. Dr. Mohieldin will mainly shed light on the hurdles to the flow of finance to the landmark Loss & Damage Fund, announced last year at COP27, and climate justice more broadly. Being concerned with both quality and quantity, he will also explain the need of developing countries for more concessional finance to avoid future debt challenges. The opening remarks of the session will be delivered by the Scottish First Minister, Hamza Yusuf, given his government?s financial pledge at COP27 and notable commitment to the issue of loss and damage. The key focus areas of the High-Level Champions at this year?s NYWCW are: ? The release of the second annual Breakthrough Agenda Report, in partnership with IRENA, IEA and the Breakthrough Agenda, at a High-level virtual media roundtable, where Dr. Mohieldin gave opening remarks alongside Fatih Birol and Francesco La Camera at the outset of the event on the 14 September. ? The High-Level Champions will join forces with the UN Regional Economic Commissions, and the COP 27 and COP 28 Presidencies to host an event on ?Regional Platforms for Climate Projects: Building an Impactful Climate Finance Marketplace? on 17 September at the UN HQ. The event will demonstrate SDG 17 (Partnerships for Sustainable Development) in action, heightening the visibility of projects for public and private investors, as well as developers of projects on climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience, which cut across SDGs 6, 7, 11, 13 and 14. Dr. Mohieldin will give scene-setting remarks followed by discussions around climate finance mobilisation and project acceleration in practice. ? Evidence of the significant progress made against the Sharm-El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda (SAA) adaptation outcomes, especially Health, Finance and Loss and Damage, will be discussed at the event ?Adaptation and Resilience Action: Showcasing Progress and Catalyzing Pace and Scale.? ? Showcasing progress on nature initiatives, including transforming food systems and leveraging private finance to build resilience and drive a net zero and nature positive future. For example, on the 18 September, at the event ?Unlocking the Catalytic Potential of Private Finance to Accelerate Delivery of a Net Zero and Nature-Positive Future?, a new Champions-led paper will be launched on the Nature-Climate Nexus - helping to catalyze private capital for nature-based solutions (NbS). ? Driving the ambition loop through stronger net zero policy and regulation. On 19 September, the event ?Driving the Road to Regulation? will discuss the role for non-Party stakeholders to clear and fair ground rules for a just and resilient net zero economy, which would turbocharge voluntary action and halve emissions by 2030. ? Harnessing the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples for the implementation of climate action. H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak and H.E. Shamma Al Mazrui, the COP28 Youth Climate Champion will address an event on 22 September on Indigenous Peoples? (IP)?s inclusion and engagement, reporting back on IP related progress towards a more sustainable and healthier future, with a view to building momentum to COP 28 and beyond. At the NYCW, the High-Level Champions will also focus on galvanizing leadership on climate finance, technology transfer and capacity building. Keep fully up to date with the Champions? involvement at Climate Week NYC here. ?Africa Shows the Way - Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week Highlights Africa Climate Summit and Africa Climate Week in Nairobi at the beginning of September have supported the channelling billions of dollars of new finance towards a net zero, nature positive transformation, that would meet the socio-economic needs of Africans, while addressing energy poverty and driving development. Bringing together more than 10,000 participants, ranging from governments, cities and subnational regions, the private sector, and civil society from across the continent and the world, the two events highlighted the challenges, barriers, solutions and opportunities for climate action and support within the context of Africa, showcasing how Africa is not just a continent facing climate impacts but also can lead the world in climate solutions, and serving as a critical source of key regional messages and recommendations to inform the Global Stocktake, which will conclude at COP 28. The Nairobi Declaration, a blueprint for Africa?s green energy transition The Summit culminated in the adoption of the African Leaders Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action by 19 Heads of State, a unanimous agreement to raise billions of dollars for green growth, mitigation and adaptation to address Africa?s climate challenges. The Declaration laid down a goal to raise Africa?s renewable generation capacity to 300GW clean energy by 2030, up from 56GW in 2022. According to President William Ruto of Kenya, "Africa?s abundance of wind and solar energy can power our development, creating jobs, protecting local economies, and accelerating the sustainable industrialization of the continent. But for us to lead the way toward a sustainable and prosperous future for our continent and the world, finance and technology must be provided to our developing countries Call for a global tax on fossil fuels The Nairobi Declaration also proposes the establishment of a global carbon taxation system to increase climate finance and incentivise industrialised countries to accelerate their decarbonisation. The Declaration sets out the expectation for the world?s richest countries and biggest emitters to keep their pledge of USD100 billion in annual climate finance for developing nations, stating: ?No country should ever have to choose between development aspirations and climate action?. Other highlights included: ? The United Arab Emirates (UAE) committed to buying USD450 million of carbon credits from the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) at the Carbon Markets for Global South event. Instigated by the Champions? first regional finance event at COP27 in Egypt, ACMI seeks to unlock voluntary carbon markets to finance Africa?s energy, climate and development goals. Speaking at the event, Mohieldin welcomed the investment, adding that we now need to work on ?cross border adjustment mechanisms so exporters of carbon markets like Africa ensure the integrity of their offerings?. ? H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak announced that USD100 million has been secured to accelerate the implementation of The Great Blue Wall Initiative, a Western Indian Ocean (WIO)-born, African-driven roadmap to achieve a nature-positive world by 2030. Contributions from the Canadian Government, WWF, Wetlands International, Ocean Hub Africa and Pew, were confirmed at the ?Advancing Africa?s Blue Economy? Presidential event. ? Following a 60-million Euro debt conversion deal between Germany and Kenya to free up renewable energy and sustainable agriculture investment, the Champions convened a broader dialogue on the need for credit enhancement led by the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to scale these instruments more broadly. ? At a ministerial meeting on ?Scaling High Impact Climate Finance for Africa?, Bogolo Kenewendo, High-Level Champions? Special Advisor and Africa Director, highlighted the wide range of bankable, climate-focused investment opportunities in Africa, as shown by the UN Compendium. Mohieldin, Kenewendo, and Reuben Wambui (Climate Finance Expert at the Net-Zero Africa Initiative) outlined ?Five bold reforms to Close Africa?s Climate-Finance Gap?, in Project Syndicate. ? Speaking at a Green Climate Fund (GCF) event on ?Climate Initiatives to Finance Climate Action and the SDGs? Mohieldin highlighted that Africa needs more equity investments and concessional financing to boost climate resilience for vulnerable communities.The replenishment of the GCF is one of the means ensuring that financing coupled with real-economy impact reaches people at the forefront of the climate challenge. ? Mohieldin participated in a session on ?Unlocking Climate Finance Flows to African Projects? within the activities of Africa Climate Summit where he highlighted that financing for African climate projects need to account for the debt crises shackling many countries, and the continent?s climate targets, mainly the adaptation activities. ? Mohieldin also took part in the High-Level Dialogue on the Global Stocktake: Enhancing climate action and support for Africa, emphasizing how non-Party stakeholders are ready and willing to support national governments with opportunities to achieve our collective goals. He also highlighted the importance of the Global Stocktake becoming a living manual of forward-looking actions that is accessible and understandable for all. ? During the Investment in Nature and Biodiversity ministerial, Ms. Kenewendo urged the scaling of finance in nature for Africa and increasing domestic private capital to accelerate Africa?s green transformation. The launch of the Pan African Fund Managers Association aims to support this as a mechanism to help African pension funds share ideas and skills, as well as facilitate co-investment opportunities. ? ? During ?The Just Energy Transition Collaboration (JET-Co) Dialogue for Africa event? Mohieldin called for the mainstreaming of JET-Cos to contribute to economy-wide transformations, including hard-to-abate sectors and food systems. ?No one would argue that an energy transition needs to be just. Yet we?ve seen with the Jet-P initiatives how complicated the implementation can be. We need frameworks that are not just conceptual but practical too. The cost of introducing new energy infrastructure is huge so public- private finance partnerships are critical. Similarly, local communities need to be consulted on how these projects are developed and implemented to ensure they?re in line with their local priorities and realities on the ground.? ? As the official initial session of the Track 2 (?Cities, Urban and Rural Settlements, Infrastructure and Transport?) programme, the Local Governments and Municipal Authorities (LGMA) Constituency, alongside the Covenant of Mayors for sub-Saharan Africa (CoM SSA) and Cities Race to Resilience convened an event on ?Unlocking Finance for city-scale transformation through Multi-level Governance.? The session included opening remarks from co-hosts, the COP 28 Presidency, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the High-Level Champions - represented by Dr. Mohieldin. ?Mohieldin announced that: "The first integrated municipal financial framework for the local level, using two pilot cities in Egypt and Mozambique, will be launched at COP28" (see below). The session included a valuable interactive segment, where Mayors, Ministers and Development Finance Institution representatives shared tangible examples of how and where multi-level governance and collaboration has directly supported the unlocking of finance within specific sectors. The outcome from the session was a strong call that multilevel action & urbanisation must be key at COP28, and the 'new normal' going forward, recognising the important role for subnational governments to translate national commitments into practice. ? Introducing the African NbS Implementation Dialogue workshop H.E. Ms. Al Mubarak said: ?Nature-based projects hold the key to unlocking the ambitious climate action required in this critical decade of delivery. The collective experiences of governments and non-government entities will shape our understanding of the opportunities and obstacles we face in accelerating the vital projects?. ? Importantly, both High-Level Champions met with Marrakech Partnership stakeholders to exchange their reflections on the Africa Climate Week and how capturing real examples of implementation and concrete solutions is crucial to bring regional perspective to the Global Stocktake going towards COP 28. Global Stocktake technical report calls for all-of-society approach A technical report on the Global Stocktake (GST) report recently published by the two co-facilitators of the GST technical dialogue provided the most comprehensive assessment of global climate action to date. Based on the inputs received throughout the GST technical assessment process in 2022 and 2023, the report highlighted the progress made but also underscored a looming gap between promises and action towards limiting global warming to 1.5?C and the phase out of any unabated coal power needs to be accelerated in this decade to course correct on climate. The report coincided with the recent shocking news that June to August 2023 was the planet?s warmest summer since records began in 1940. With 17 key technical findings, the report showed that to curtail further warming and strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, the gap between intention and action must be urgently closed. This can be achieved, for example, through systems transformations and whole-of-society approaches with accelerated implementation efforts by and collaboration between national and sub-national governments, businesses, investors, youth, indigenous peoples, workers and civil society across all areas of climate action, including finance, adaptation and resilience, emissions reductions and nature regeneration. An unprecedented surge of businesses, investors, cities, regions and civil society demonstrating robust, science-based commitments, is helping to shift entire sectors, redirecting capital, disseminating new technologies, and driving innovation. These include the Marrakech Partnership Climate Action Pathways, 2030 Breakthroughs, Breakthrough Agenda, and Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, as well as Race to Resilience and Race to Zero campaigns. Ms. Al Mubarak, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for the UAE?s COP28, said: ?The global stocktake shows us that businesses, investors, cities and regions can provide the groundswell of action needed to halve emissions, build resilience and end nature loss by 2030, if they collaborate to implement commitments. A more resilient, nature-positive, net-zero emissions economy will enhance health, security, jobs, equality and wider sustainable development for all.? Further information on the GST report, including responses from Dr Mohieldin, plus the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy and the We Mean Business Coalition can be found here. The Road to Regulation: Turning climate policies into reality On Tuesday, 19 September, an important roundtable will take place at New York Climate Week, ?The Road to Regulation?, focusing on the role of non-Party stakeholders to align and collaborate to encourage a supportive policy and regulatory environment. Through the lens of the GST technical synthesis report the problem is abundantly clear - voluntary commitments are still not translating into the scale of real emissions reductions we need. According to the IPCC, reaching net zero by 2050 requires halving emissions by 2030. That requires commitments to be implemented and ramped up ? quickly. The ground is therefore ripe for net zero rules, regulations and incentives. The recent groundswell of voluntary commitments has built common norms, aligning actors behind common criteria and signalling to governments that climate action is feasible and desirable. Since launching in 2020, the partners of the Race to Zero campaign have mobilized over 12,000 businesses, investors, cities, regions, healthcare facilities and academic institutions behind robust, science-based commitments to halve emissions by 2030. However, voluntary action can only go so far. Government policies will help to ensure these commitments are fulfilled, supported, and strengthened. They will create a level playing field across regions and industries, drive innovation, reward first-movers, and unlock investment. The High-Level Champions are already working with partners to encourage greater advocacy. They put out a call to action in June for businesses, investors, cities, regions and civil society to join the Race to Zero and align their advocacy, policy and engagement with net zero goals. The Race to Zero also released The 5th P (Persuade) Handbook setting out best practices for advocacy, policy and engagement and showcasing examples of leadership. Prior to the Road to Regulation roundtable, a blog will be published here highlighting the growing momentum behind net zero policy making, both in the public and private sector. Watch this space. Race to Zero latest developments: Exponential Roadmap Initiative launched their Greening Cash Action Guide. This Guide examines a driver of corporate GHG emissions - emissions associated with how banks manage and repurpose the cash deposits of their corporate clients for emission-producing activities. You can read more details here. The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), who supports a number of Race to Zero?s finance partners, such as Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance, Net Zero Investment Consultants and Net Zero Asset Managers, has just released a report on ?Responsible Investment and Sustainability Outcomes in China?. Positively, the report notes that: ?Internationally, China?s foreign investment activity, particularly through the Belt and Road Initiative, is focused on open, green, clean and inclusive sustainable development that follows high standard, people-centred and sustainable approaches.? In an open letter coordinated by Climate Group and We Mean Business Coalition, and covered in the Financial Times, leading Indian businesses and companies operating in India have written to G20 leaders with seven key policy asks. Read the letter in full here. Race to Zero also warmly welcomes their first UAE based Accelerator, The Surpluss. The Surpluss is a B2B climate-tech operator with more than 400 members in the UAE that drives the net zero transition by assisting companies to reduce the intensity of their industrial processes by reducing greenhouse gas emissions through resource sharing and industrial symbiosis cluster formation. The Surpluss aims to transform excess into equal access, empowering communities and reshaping the future of business, one synergy at a time. Race to Resilience latest developments: Race to Resilience Partners Convene with Dr. Mohieldin at Africa Climate Week Champions Re-energise Resilience ? A host of knowledge-sharing meetings took place at Africa Climate Week, between Dr. Mohieldin, H.E. Ms Al Mubarak and a range of Race to Resilience partners. During the meetings, partners shared their experiences of adaptation and resilience solutions that are currently being implemented, including challenges and opportunities for scalability and replicability across the African region. On the 5th September, a roundtable discussion took place with Dr. Mohieldin and select R2R partners. The meeting had the participation of Mayor Manuel de Ara?jo from the City of Quelimane, Mozambique, one of the first member cities of Cities Race to Resilience, who shared on some of the resilience building efforts undertaken at local level: ?As the city of Quelimane, we recognise the importance of underpinning our actions with sound policies and strategies to strengthen resilience and DRR work. This DRR work is also aligned with our Cities Race to Resilience and Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa (CoM SSA) commitments and further supported by these initiatives. These voluntary opportunities are raising the ambition of our current climate adaptation actions, and accelerating implementation, but more work is needed in proactively securing finance for climate change, disaster risk reduction and sustainability actions. This funding is essential for implementing risk reduction measures. It can be used to build seawalls, improve drainage systems, restore our ecosystems, educate residents about disaster preparedness, and more.? Dr. Mohieldin challenged partners to support Quelimane, and his own home village, Kafr Shokr in Qalyobeya in Egypt, to explore avenues to increase the delivery of finance, capacity building and technology for locally-led adaptation action in the two African cities, by using an integrated municipal financing framework that builds on resilience efforts and enhances collaboration between R2R partners. H.E Razan Al Mubarak meets with Slum Dwellers International SDI)?s Women Collaborative Group in Nairobi, Kenya Looking ahead to COP28, Ms. Al Mubarak expressed her interest in working on grant mechanisms that flow efficiently and directly to support the resilience building of communities in informal settlements. Water: a Resilience Amplifier and a Priority for Africa The climate crisis is exacerbating a severe drought crisis in the Horn of Africa. Over 36.1 million people in the region are currently affected, with Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya shouldering the highest burdens. During Africa Climate week the Race to Resilience, Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) and UNICEF Somalia, co-hosted a panel discussion highlighting the role of non-State actors working closely with governments, and UN agencies to deliver Climate Resilient Solutions for Water, Hygiene and Sanitation in the Horn of Africa. The event convened Rania Dagash, UNICEF Regional Deputy Director; plus Ahmed Nur Yusuf, Director General of Somalia?s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change; and Dr. Ismail Fahmy M Shaiye, Advisor- Water and Climate Change, Executive Office of the President of Kenya; plus the Youth Ambassador for SWA, Anita Soina, among others. News from Race to Resilience Partners Build Change celebrated a significant milestone after eight years of collaboration with the Colombian Seismic Engineering Association and the Colombian Government. The adoption of AIS 410 into Colombia's Building Code marks the nation's first guideline for enhancing the resilience of informal housing. The Global Evergreening Alliance welcomes its newest member - the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which is an international nonprofit organisation leading timber certification to promote the sustainable management and consumption of forest and forest products worldwide. Resilience First welcomes its newest member - the International SOS, which is delivering customised health, security risk management and wellbeing solutions to fuel organisations' growth and productivity. Ocean Risk Resilience Alliance Executive Director Karen Sack shares her insights on the race to ocean resilience, and why COP28 will mark a pivotal moment to build momentum for the protection of oceans. The International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure announces a call for contributions to the second issue of The Climate Resilient Infrastructure report, which focuses on Nature. Deadline for contributions 30 September. Solution Stories: DARAJA: Transforming Weather Information into Urban Resilience in East Africa Partner: DARAJA, Resurgence Implementers: Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) in Nairobi, the Centre for Community Initiatives (CCI) in Dar es Salaam, Resurgence, the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD), the Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) and key local community partners and leaders. Countries & Region: Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda ? Africa Impact System: Human Settlements /Early Warning Systems Beneficiaries / Impact: 982,000 people benefited to date Manhattan debuts ambitious coastal protection blueprint Partner: International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) Implementer: New York City Country & Region: U.S , North America Impact System: Human Settlements, Infrastructure and Water Beneficiaries / Impact: < 110,000 people In case you missed it ? The UN Sports for Climate Action initiative is inviting all sports fans around the world to take part in a global sports fan survey ? Bigger Than The Game ? which aims to understand the potential of sports clubs and organizations in inspiring fans to engage with sustainable development and climate action. Additionally, fans are encouraged to share the survey on social media using the provided toolkit. ? The Breakthrough Agenda Report 2023 has been launched by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the High-Level Champions, highlighting that strong and targeted international collaboration on technologies and markets for sectors such as power, transport, industry, buildings, and agriculture must be supercharged to deliver transitions that are faster, easier and cheaper for all. ? The Roadmaps to Nature Positive which provides companies with step-by-step guidance to achieve credible and impactful nature-positive ambition, action and accountability, have just been released by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. ? The Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) and ARUP released the highly anticipated Unlocking Urban Energy Access and Poverty research and summary reports, pointing out the great potential that local governments have to facilitate energy access and alleviate energy poverty, which can be unlocked with policies & regulation, stakeholder collaboration, internal capacity building & data collection, investment & securing finance, and city-led programmes. Mark Your Calendar a.. New York Climate Week: 17-24 September b.. SDG Summit: New York (USA), 18-19 September c.. Climate Ambition Summit: New York (USA), 20 September d.. High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development: 20 September e.. IEA Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Summit: Paris (France), 28 September f.. Building Bridges Conference: Geneva (Switzerland), 3-5 October g.. High-Level Pledging Conference of the second replenishment of Green Climate Fund (GCF-2): Bonn (Germany), 5 October. h.. 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URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Tue Sep 19 14:04:13 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (enwl) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:04:13 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] CENN Announces a Call to Take Part in the EU-Supported Young Professionals Program Message-ID: Professional growth of young individuals residing in the region Daily News 19 September, 2023 With the support of the European Union, CENN announces a competition for participation in the Young Professionals Program The objectives of the Young Professionals Program are: a.. To foster the professional growth of young individuals residing in the region; b.. To contribute to the development of civil society organizations in Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti. As part of this initiative, CENN selects 10 applicants, who will have the unique opportunity to work for one month with leading civil society organizations in Georgia. Following this, they will receive grant funding to implement their innovative ideas in collaboration with local civil society organizations in Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions. We invite young individuals aged 18-30 living in Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti who share an interest in civil society development, both at the local and national levels, to participate in this program. To express our interest, please complete the application form at the following link https://forms.gle/TqW2Pjc7rzYnHw9ZA The deadline for application submissions is October 1, 2023. Please note that each application must include a resume and a motivation letter from the applicant. Wishing you the best of luck! This program is organized with the support of the European Union under the framework of the project "Empowering CSOs to Promote Inclusive and Green Post-COVID Recovery" implemented by CENN, in collaboration with the Center for Consultation and Training (CTC), Kvemo Kartli Media, and the organization "First European." 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Our bold and beautiful call is already all over the news -- now let?s make sure Brazil?s President Lula sees this right before he opens the UN General Assembly. Click to watch this incredible Amazon spectacular and please share it with everyone you know. Together, Avaaz members have organized the largest call for Amazon protection in the world. Already more than 9 million Avaazers have joined. Now let?s make it even bigger -- President Lula takes the stage on Tuesday and this call for the Amazon needs to be everywhere. With hope and determination, Diego, Nell, Liliana, Dudu, Luciana, Will, Laura, Carmen, John, Gabi and the entire Avaaz team 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. 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Our mailing address is: c40newsletter 120 Park Ave New York, NY 10017 Add us to your address book From: C40 Cities Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 7:34 PM Subject: #UnitedInAction at the UN Climate Ambition Summit C40 ship -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Wed Sep 20 19:21:37 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 20:21:37 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] =?utf-8?q?Victory!_Ending_Nestl=C3=A9_/_BlueTriton?= =?utf-8?q?=27s_Water_Theft?= Message-ID: <24E694F3D1EA443D858C63DFEF9B8688@lewpostnew> We did it! Just yesterday, the California State Water Board approved a Cease & Desist Order that will stop bottling giant and Nestle-successor BlueTriton from removing tens of millions of gallons of water annually from southern California?s San Bernardino National Forest. This is a huge, long-awaited win for the Story of Stuff Community and our friends and allies around the world. Thank you for seeing this campaign through with us! I was so glad to be in the hearing room for the vote with our attorney, Rachel Doughty, and afterwards, to be able to congratulate Amanda Frye, Steve Loe and Hugh Bialecki, the local heroes who?ve led the campaign through thick and thin. As I wrote to you over the weekend, their stick-to-it-ivness and grit are the stuff of which people-led campaigns are made of. They, and all of us at Story of Stuff Project, are in turn incredibly grateful for the support our Community has shown them and us over the years. The story is making national and even international news, with coverage from the Los Angeles Times to the Financial Times to Bloomberg and the Desert Sun. While the Order ensures BlueTriton will have to cease its unauthorized removal of the public?s water by November 1st, there?s still some mopping up to do. Over the coming month, we?ll push the Forest Service to deny BlueTriton?s request for a new Special Use Permit and to force the company to remove the tunnels, boreholes and pipeline that have been sucking water out of this severely drought-impacted Strawberry Creek for decades. With this Order in hand, they?ll really have no other choice. We?ll also push the Water Board to impose the maximum fines allowable for BlueTriton and its predecessors decades-long removal of water without a valid right. But today, we?re going to celebrate! Thank you for your generous, steadfast support of this campaign. Water is life ? and you have proved to the world through this campaign that it's well worth fighting for. Onwards! Michael O?Heaney Executive Director 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. Any amount makes a difference! The Story of Stuff Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Donations to The Story of Stuff Project are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law in the United States. visit storyofstuff.org From: Michael O'Heaney, The Story of Stuff Project Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 10:10 AM Subject: Victory! Ending Nestl? / BlueTriton's Water Theft -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Thu Sep 21 00:02:56 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 01:02:56 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Libya's horrific flood should have been prevented Message-ID: <913ED4871AD54AE79A0A57C34F14A339@lewpostnew> Scientists suspected this was coming. Libya's Devastating Flood Crisis Needs Action! Sign Now In the eastern Libyan city of Derna, a catastrophic flood has claimed at least 3,900 lives, with thousands more still missing. The flood was made worse by the failure of two poorly maintained dams, leading to protests and widespread public outrage against negligent officials. This is not just a natural disaster; it's a catastrophic failure of governance. Since 2014, Libya has been divided between two rival governments in the east and west. Both governments have pledged to help with rescue efforts in the flood-affected areas, but they have never successfully collaborated before. Sign now to urge the rival Libyan governments to set aside their differences and cooperate to effectively manage the Derna flood crisis! Just last year, the governments were warned about the area's vulnerability to flooding disasters. A scientific paper published last year even called for urgent maintenance of the dams, but nothing happened. Given the fractured state of governance in Libya, cooperation between the rival governments is essential for effectively managing this crisis and preventing future disasters. By signing this petition, you send a strong message to both of Libya's rival governments and the international community at large: The people of Derna, and the thousands who have lost their lives, deserve justice, support, and effective governance through cooperation. Thank you, Jess Care2 Petitions Team P.S. The flooding in Libya is a disaster. Demand action! 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: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 11:16 AM Subject: Libya's horrific flood should have been prevented -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Thu Sep 21 00:14:12 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 01:14:12 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] Has Antarctica entered a new state? Message-ID: <5A92A5D9116C49ABAAE794F678903937@lewpostnew> + why it matters to the rest of the world ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?No images? Click here While the UN convenes a summit on raising national ambitions to tackle global heating ? in which several leaders of the biggest polluters are absent ? dramatic changes are underway in Antarctica which suggest Earth's climate system is unravelling. Here in the planet's far south, sea ice surrounding the frozen continent has shrunk so rapidly that there is no precedent in nearly half a century of measurements. As ocean and air temperatures around the Antarctic rise, the region may be entering an entirely new state ? with profound consequences for the rest of the world. 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 focusing on Antarctica: Earth's refrigerator in meltdown. "Something has fundamentally changed Antarctic sea ice this year," say Edward Doddridge and Ariaan Purich, a physical oceanographer at the University of Tasmania and a lecturer in climate variability and change at Monash University. "For many years, while the Arctic lost sea ice, the Antarctic did not. Then, in the spring of 2016, Antarctic sea-ice coverage dropped dramatically. Over two years, the Antarctic lost as much sea ice as the Arctic had lost in three decades. Since then, Antarctic sea ice has been below average almost constantly." A particularly strong El Ni?o ? the warm phase of a natural fluctuation in Earth's climate ? has amplified the background rate of global warming and shattered records worldwide in 2023, from extreme heat to deadly storms. Antarctica is no exception. Antarctic sea ice reached its lowest recorded extent on February 19: 1.77 million square kilometres, 36% below the 1977-2022 average for the summer minimum. Doddridge compares the rhythmic contraction and expansion of this sea ice to a heartbeat. The last two summers in Antarctica have seen it retreat further than ever before ? a skip in the beat. "And just as a change in our heartbeat affects our whole body, a change to sea ice around Antarctica affects the whole world," he says. The continent has been enduring a long and dark winter in recent months. But something is wrong say Doddridge and Purich: "Ever since we?ve had satellites to measure it, the surface of the ocean has reliably frozen into sea ice at about the same pace every winter, even following low sea ice summers. Except for this year." At a time when the area of floating sea ice around the continent should be rapidly expanding, the refreeze has proceeded in slow-motion according to Ella Gilbert and Caroline Holmes, polar climate scientists at the British Antarctic Survey. "There is now an area of open ocean bigger than Greenland. If the 'missing' sea ice were a country, it?d be the tenth largest in the world," they say. 'The new abnormal' If Antarctic sea extent has fluctuated in the past, why is its behaviour this year so worrying? Because, according to Doddridge and Purich, the current low sea-ice period could represent a new state for Antarctica. One in which warmer water temperatures prevent sea-ice coverage from returning to its previous state. How did they come to this conclusion? By comparing ocean temperature measurements from 100 metres to 200 metres below the surface with sea ice measurements, the pair found that strong subsurface warming began in 2015 and explained substantial sea ice loss in certain regions the following year. "Since then, the warm subsurface ocean seems to be maintaining the low sea-ice coverage," the pair say. "Together, this evidence suggests the overall way of how Antarctic ice behaves in the atmosphere-ocean-sea ice system has changed. Our results suggest that even though the record-breaking low sea ice we?ve seen this year is shocking, it is likely to be the new abnormal." Doddridge and Purich think they have uncovered preliminary evidence for the inevitable decline of Antarctic sea ice which climate models have long predicted. Craig Stevens, a professor in ocean physics at the University of Auckland, says the consequences will be felt far beyond the poles: "These floating expanses of frozen seawater are central to how our world works. They regulate how much light our planet reflects, help ventilate the oceans, and host important ecosystems in the form of algal meadows on their underside." Stevens explains that polar sea ice also connects the atmosphere with the ocean surface and deeper waters. Less sea ice means less cold, oxygenated seawater sinking to the abyss, where it drives deep water currents which redistribute heat throughout the global ocean. This great ocean conveyor has been a significant brake on global heating so far. Estimates suggest more than 90% of the excess heat caused by burning fossil fuels and chopping down forests (among other activities which emit greenhouse gases like CO?) has been absorbed by the ocean. "The scale of the oceanic contribution to storing heat means any small change to how this has operated over the past millennia may have very large impacts," Stevens adds. "It is impossible to overstate the urgency with which we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions." - 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. Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the ?new abnormal?, study warns Sea ice around Antarctica has always followed a predictable seasonal cycle. Now, we've experienced a sudden dramatic loss, and the changes are here to stay. Read more Record low Antarctic sea ice is another alarming sign the ocean?s role as climate regulator is changing The world's oceans regulate our climate, but they are entering uncharted territory, with record surface warming and changes to Antarctica's deep meltwater which drives global currents. Read more Antarctica?s heart of ice has skipped a beat. Time to take our medicine The rhythmic expansion and contraction of Antarctic sea ice is like a heartbeat. But there's been a skip in the beat. Deeply concerned scientists have released a diagnosis for policy-makers. Read more Antarctica is missing a chunk of sea ice bigger than Greenland ? what?s going on? Sea ice extent in July 2023 has been around 10% below last year's record low for the month. Read more I?ve spent 40 years studying Antarctica. The frozen continent has never needed our help more After several decades in research, including 22 years at the Australian Antarctic Division, this scientist is standing up for our icy continent. Here's why Antarctic research needs ongoing funding. Read more Fractured foundations: how Antarctica?s ?landfast? ice is dwindling and why that?s bad news More trouble in Antarctica: the extent of frozen seawater fastened to the coast (called landfast ice) hit a record low in March 2022. If this trend persists, the consequences could be catastrophic. Read more Latest from The Conversation on climate change a.. Renewables are cheaper than ever yet fossil fuel use is still growing ? here?s why b.. What are ?planetary boundaries? and why should we care? c.. Libya dam collapse: engineering expert raises questions about management d.. How weather ?blocks? have triggered more extreme heatwaves and floods across Europe The Conversation is an independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community and delivered direct to the public. You are receiving this email because you have signed up to Imagine, a weekly newsletter from The Conversation. From: Imagine newsletter Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 9:02 PM Subject: Has Antarctica entered a new state? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Sep 22 02:19:19 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 03:19:19 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] CENN welcomes Laurent G. Nicole as the new director of the organization Message-ID: Co-founder of CENN and the Chairman of the Board ? Daily News 21 September, 2023 CENN appointed its new executive director ? Laurent Georges Etienne Nicole, co-founder of CENN and the Chairman of the Board Laurent is a Swiss chemical engineer and health and safety engineer with a strong professional background in environmental audit and natural resources management, waste management, DRR, water safety, humanitarian engineering and EIA around the globe, including Georgia. He first arrived in Georgia in 1993, accompanied the first steps of CENN back in 1998, and since then, he has been involved as an advisor on strategic organizational planning and management as well as the chairman of the governing board. CENN welcomes Laurent G. Nicole as the new director of the organization and looks ahead to new cooperation and opportunities he will bring to the organization! ? CENN-?? ????? ????????????? ????????? ?????? - ????? ???? ????? ??????, ???????????? ???????????????? ?? ????????? ??????????? ?????? ??????????? ??????? ???????? ?? ?????????? ?? ???????????? ?????????, ?????????? ???????????? ????????????? ??????? ?? ????????? ?????????? ???????????, ?????????? ???????? ?? DRR-??, ????? ?????? ????? ????????????? ?? ???????? ???????????? ???????????. ?????? 30 ????? ????? ????????????? ???????? ?????????? ??????? ?????????, ??? ????? ????????????. ?? ???????????? ???????? 1993 ???? ????????, 1998 ???? CENN-?? ????????? ?????? ???????? ???????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?? ???????? ????????? ????????? ?? ??????????? ???????????? ????????? ????????????. CENN ?????????? ????? ??????, ?????? ???????????? ???? ????????? ?? ?? ???? ???????????????? ?? ??????????????, ????????? ?? ??????? ????????????! ? ? 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While the US, the UK and France, among other allies, aren?t expected to join Canada?s stand against India, Bano argues the dispute raises serious concerns about Narendra Modi?s authoritarian tendencies that must not be ignored by the West. For her part Stuti Bhatnagar unpacks the complex history of the Khalistan movement and its campaign for a separate Sikh state in India. Lee-Anne Goodman Politics Editor Justin Trudeau?s India accusation complicates western efforts to rein in China Saira Bano, Thompson Rivers University Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?s allegations that India was involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen complicates efforts by Canada and its allies to woo India to counter-balance Chinese might. Explainer: what is the Khalistan movement sparking a diplomatic feud between India and Canada? Stuti Bhatnagar, Australian National University India has long accused Canada of giving safe haven to separatists seeking a Sikh homeland in Punjab state ? an accusation the Trudeau government denies. a.. The Federal Reserve held off hiking interest rates ? it may still be too early to start popping the corks D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University News of a soft landing may be premature. b.. AU and G20: membership will give Africa more say on global issues ? if it speaks with one voice Ulf Engel, University of Leipzig The African Union?s membership in the G20 is an important complement to existing strategic partnerships. c.. Morocco?s earthquake and Libya?s floods highlight obstacles to relief efforts, from botched disaster diplomacy to destroyed infrastructure William Lawrence, American University With Morocco, there?s stronger bureaucracy, and in Libya, authorities are weaker. 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Underage citizens have the ability to seek legal recourse against nations that do not take action, such as by regulating businesses and emissions, to prevent climate catastrophe. This applies to every nation and every child on Earth... except for those in the United States. Why? Because, even though the Convention on the Rights of the Child is considered the most widely ratified treaty in human history, the U.S. is not a signatory. Meanwhile, every single other country in the world has signed it. Young people literally can't consent to the actions taken by governments around the world, because they are too young to participate in the political process. Yet they will be saddled with all the future consequences of adults' inaction on climate change. That is exactly why their right to a clean environment must be protected at all costs. The United States must finally ratify the treaty that gives children this right. 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This deal is shameless neocolonialism: It would put nearly ten percent of Liberia's land area under foreign control, violating the rights of forest communities while benefiting neither the forests nor the climate. To protect the climate, we must make fossil fuels history. Greenwashing projects by wealthy petro-states seeking to delay the end of fossil fuels have no place here. Please support Liberia's environmentalists by signing our petition to the German government and others. TAKE ACTION Thanks for being involved, John Hayduska Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald e.?V.) Share this petition Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email News Putting their lives on the line: Indigenous people and environmentalists face threats Our consumption of agricultural commodities, metals, minerals and timber is taking a heavy toll on people in the global South: In 2022, at least 177 activists were killed for defending their land rights and protecting nature. 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Empowering the Public for Circular Solutions in Georgia The intern will work in collaboration with CENN?s communications team and will support them in all project-related activities (planning, implementation, field trips, communication, logistics and administration, reporting, monitoring, and evaluation), including thematic contribution to waste management and other thematic areas. To apply, please send a resume (including two reference persons and GPA) to communications at cenn.org. Please indicate ?Intern/CENN/2023? in the subject line. Application Deadline: September 27, 2023 Read more ? ? 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? 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With an eye on Washington and Beijing, von der Leyen called on the EU to cut red tape for the continent's green industry and ease the processing and production of critical minerals that will be crucial for the continent's energy transition. Her speech bore all the hallmarks of a politician abiding by the notion of green growth. In fact, von der Leyen spoke of growth several times when evoking the bloc's climate strategy. However, the concept is increasingly being seen as an oxymoron in academia. Interviewing nearly 800 climate researchers, spanning disciplines from engineering and economics to natural sciences and environmental studies, Ivan Savin and Lewis King found that 73% were sceptical of the idea that we can grow our way out of the climate crisis. Instead, approaches such as "agrowth" (a focus on sustainability irrespective of GDP fluctuations) or "degrowth" (the theory that our climate goals can be reached only by shrinking our economies) are fast gaining traction. In addition, von der Leyen announced that Brussels will be launching an anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles (EV) imports from China, amid fears that their prices could be kept artificially low by generous state support. But is this really a good idea? Louise Curran, who has long studied EU-China trade relations, is not so sure. Many in the UK and in the country's Conservative party itself are also not so confident in Rishi Sunak's latest plans to backtrack on national climate goals. Looking at the history of carbon pricing policy, Marc Hudson explains how the British prime minister may be taking a leaf from the playbook of other right-wing politicians in the Anglosphere. Meanwhile, climate change continues to produce real victims. In Libya, the unusually fierce storm Daniel has caused fatal flooding, with the current death toll estimated at 11,300 and almost as many people reported missing. At this stage, you may be moved to contribute food items or blankets, but physical donations may end up burdening the local humanitarian network. Under such circumstances, cash remains the best way to help. In Sweden, welfare professionals are rebelling against plans to make them "snitch" on undocumented migrants. Doctors, social workers, dentists, and teachers have said that a planned law would force them to report on their patients, students or clients, and so violate fundamental professional ethics ? some have even compared it to surveillance in the Soviet Union. With the bill affecting 1 million workers, Rebecca Selberg writes that protests could potentially bring down the country's far-righ government. We hope this newsletter hasn't caused you too much stress. If you did find yourself grinding your teeth while reading it, the good news is that the jaw movement against which your dentist might warn you can actually carry health benefits. 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Captured off Whidbey Island in Washington?s Puget Sound as a young orca in 1970, she lived in the same 80-foot by 35-foot concrete pool at the Miami Seaquarium for more than half a century, forced to turn daily tricks for an enraptured audience. She was the last remaining survivor of the 50 or so southern resident killer whales captured around the time from the Salish Sea and shipped around the world to serve the entertainment industry. Animal advocacy groups and the Lummi Nation had been pushing for Tokiate?s release for decades, but the movement to free her gathered critical mass in recent years after the National Marine Fisheries Service extended Endangered Species Act protection to the captive orca in 2015. In 2018, the Lummi Nation undertook a 27-day, cross-country Tokitae Totem Pole Journey to Florida demanding she be returned to her family. In March, I was delighted to learn that the Miami Seaquarium had agreed to let Tokiate go home. But 50-plus years of living in the small, often unsanitary enclosure had taken its toll on a being meant to swim in the open ocean. On August 18, even as plans were being put in place to fly her to a sea pen in the Puget Sound, within calling distance of her family pod that includes a 95-year-old orca believed to be her mother, Tokitae died unexpectedly of a renal condition. As she was drawing her last breaths in Florida, all three clans of southern resident killer whales met up in the Sound in a rare ?superpod? gathering. Tomorrow, Lummi Nation members will hold a private, traditional water ceremony and spread Sk?aliCh?elh-tenaut?s ashes at a sacred spot in the Salish Sea. It?s not the homecoming those who worked so hard for her release envisioned. But there is perhaps some small consolation in knowing that Tokiate?s life helped raise awareness about the plight of captive cetaceans and of the southern resident orcas, who face myriad threats, including plummeting salmon populations, pollution, and ship traffic. She brought together a community of allies ? the Lummi people, researchers, activists, and supporters around the world ? who will continue the critical work of restoring our relationship with our other-than-human relatives. Maureen Nandini Mitra Editor-in-Chief, Earth Island Journal Photo of orcas in the Salish Sea by Terri Stewart TOP STORIES Ex Situ Some of the most endangered species on the planet no longer exist in the wild. While their continued existence hinges on human care right now, these plants and animals also represent a singular opportunity for biodiversity recovery. READ MORE The Web Will Hold Us All ?We?re starting to get that we?re not separate. 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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 New #WorldWeWant video: story of adaptation and survival Climate change, coupled with the legacy of the outdated Soviet irrigation system, has led to a water scarcity crisis in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley, endangering the survival of its population, particularly women farmers who oversee 21% of the valley's farms. Rising temperatures are causing glaciers that feed critical rivers in the region to recede rapidly, intensifying the water crisis, and increasing the risk of climate refugees in the area, highlighting the urgent need for global attention and action, as emphasized in the #WorldWeWant campaign by CAN EECCA. How Moldova?s climate plans are entangled with separatists and Russian troops Moldova's attempt to establish a carbon pricing scheme in line with EU climate laws is complicated by its breakaway region, Transnistria, a major exporter of iron and steel to the EU. The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Measure (CBAM) could result in job losses and reduced wages in Moldova, but the challenge lies in implementing complex carbon pricing policies in Transnistria, which does not recognize Moldova's government. Moldova may have to exclude Transnistria temporarily from its carbon pricing scheme to meet CBAM requirements, with long-term cooperation needed for continued exports to the EU. Cities of Central Asia: New hotspots of air pollution in the world Central Asian cities are experiencing severe air pollution, with annual PM2.5 concentrations up to ten times higher than safety limits, according to a study. The research analyzed PM2.5 levels and meteorological factors in six major Central Asian cities, revealing a clear seasonal pattern of pollution, with winter peaks in Almaty, Bishkek, and Astana, and pollution in both summer and winter in Tashkent and Dushanbe. The primary source of PM2.5 pollution in most cities was found to be coal combustion, highlighting the need for policymakers to address coal use to mitigate air pollution and improve public health in the region. Russia in the Arctic: International Isolation, Environmental Blackmail and Arms Rattling Arctic countries, including the United States, Canada, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden, have suspended cooperation with Russia in the region since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, and Russia itself has withdrawn from the Barents/Euro-Arctic Council. This chaotic policy could threaten the global community's efforts to combat climate change and raise tensions in the Arctic region, which is strategically important to Russia because of its rich oil and gas resources and the Northern Sea Route, although there are doubts about its long-term sustainability due to high costs and global trends in renewable energy development. Biden suggests dialog for Central Asia's energy security The United States plans to increase security funding and cooperation with Central Asia by starting a dialog with the five countries in the region on mining and energy security. U.S. President Joe Biden met with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan at the first C5+1 summit and emphasized the importance of developing cooperation with the region, which finds itself between Russia and China, and announced his intention to create a business platform for U.S. investment in Central Asian economies. Ukrainian communities calls on the U.S. to include renewable energy in aid packages Ukrainian communities, along with 50 local governments, have sent a joint letter to the United States government expressing gratitude for humanitarian support, including diesel generators, provided to Ukraine. However, they emphasize the importance of including renewable energy technologies in such assistance. While the generators have helped during power outages, renewable energy solutions are seen as a long-term strategy to enhance energy independence, reduce environmental impact, and support critical facilities like hospitals, schools, and water supply systems in the country Rustavi Civic Groups Working to Reduce Air Pollution Civic groups Gavigudet and EcoCentre in Rustavi, Georgia, are collaborating to combat pollution and enhance living conditions in their city. They are actively monitoring pollution levels from the local industrial zone, advocating for emissions reduction measures, and have successfully encouraged 13 out of 15 factories in Rustavi to install air filters and self-monitoring systems. Their efforts have even influenced the Ministry of Environmental Protection's evaluation of air improvement plans for the city, demonstrating their commitment to a cleaner and healthier environment for Rustavi's residents. BelNPP's first power unit will be taken out for scheduled preventive maintenance in the first half of October As part of the next reactor overhaul at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP), 25% of the fuel assemblies (TVELs) will also be replaced. Spent nuclear fuel will be transferred to a holding pool inside the reactor building, while fresh nuclear fuel has already been delivered and is ready to be loaded. As part of the repair, extensive diagnostics of technological systems and control of metal and welded joints will also be carried out. The work will be carried out jointly by Belarusian and Russian organizations, with the Belarusian organizations aiming for full maintenance of BelNPP in the future. -------------------------------------------------- World Climate News Libya floods: Collective grief morphs into a rallying cry for unity The devastating flooding in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, which claimed over 11,000 lives and displaced 30,000 people, has prompted an outpouring of support and unity among Libyans, transcending political divides that have plagued the country for years. Zahra el-Gerbi, a clinical nutritionist from Benghazi, initiated an online fundraiser to aid those affected by the floods, receiving immediate support from friends and strangers alike. Despite political differences between the eastern and western administrations, the disaster has led to rare instances of cooperation, emphasizing the collective grief and willingness to help among the Libyan people. Climate protesters around the world join fight against fossil fuels Global climate protests, part of the "Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels" movement, are set to take place in hundreds of cities worldwide from September 15th to 17th. Tens of thousands of climate activists, including those from Greta Thunberg's Fridays for Future movement, are demanding an end to the burning of fossil fuels as the planet experiences severe weather extremes and record-breaking heat. These protests are occurring in the lead-up to the United Nations Secretary General?s Climate Ambition Summit, with participants urging urgent action to address climate change and curb warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius as outlined in the Paris Agreement. Can COP 28 steer climate change back on course? Adnan Amin, the CEO and number two official at the upcoming COP28 conference in Dubai, is aiming for a "course correction" in climate negotiations but acknowledges that a complete phase-out of fossil fuels is unlikely. Instead, he suggests that a "phase down of fossil fuels is inevitable." Amin emphasizes the importance of including fossil fuel interests in the negotiations, noting the desire of some African countries to use fossil fuels for development, while also striving to increase financial aid for developing nations, decarbonize energy systems, and involve more groups, including youth, in the negotiations. How fast fashion fuels climate change, plastic pollution, and violence The fast fashion industry, despite the wake-up call from the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013, continues to produce over 100 billion clothes annually, mostly from oil-based polyester, often in hazardous conditions. This massive overproduction of clothing not only contributes significantly to climate change and plastic pollution but also fuels conflicts, such as Russia's war in Ukraine, through the demand for polyester made from fossil fuels. The use of synthetic fabrics, like polyester, creates long-lasting environmental problems, as they do not easily break down and release microplastics into the environment, impacting both ecosystems and human health. How to Supercharge Renewables and Energize the World The power sector generates the electricity that sustains modern life -- but it's also the number one contributor to climate change. We need a swift and equitable shift to renewable energy, says 2023 Audacious Project grantee and ReNew2030 executive director Rebecca Collyer. In conversation with TED's David Biello, she introduces a new coalition of governments, businesses and communities that aims to drastically scale wind and solar capacity in the 30 highest-emitting countries. Learn more about their plan -- and why Collyer has hope for a greener, more equitable future. (This ambitious idea is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.) Remote working could cut emissions by half, claims new study A study conducted by researchers from Cornell University and Microsoft suggests that working from home full-time can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 54% compared to working in an office. However, working from home one day a week only resulted in a 2% reduction in emissions due to factors such as increased non-commuting travel and home energy use on remote days. The study highlights the potential environmental benefits of full-time remote work but also emphasizes the importance of considering commuting patterns, building energy consumption, and other factors to fully realize these benefits. French company has designed the first e-bike that doesn?t need a battery French entrepreneur Adrien Leli?vre has developed the Pi-Pop e-bike, which uses supercapacitors instead of traditional lithium batteries for energy storage. The supercapacitors charge when the rider pedals or brakes, quickly releasing energy when needed, making it suitable for various terrains and ideal for urban commuting. Leli?vre's design prioritizes sustainability, avoiding the use of rare-earth materials and offering a longer lifespan compared to lithium batteries, and he plans to expand the production and market reach of these innovative e-bikes in the future. Major win for Indigenous Peoples in Brazil The Brazilian Supreme Court has rejected the "Marco Temporal" loophole, which could have undermined Indigenous Peoples' land rights by requiring proof of occupation since Brazil's 1988 constitution. 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Avaaz has identified a "sleeping network" of Sudanese journalists, ready to report from the frontlines. They can drag hidden horrors into the light -- but first they need funding to operate in a literal war zone. We can provide it, along with photographers, fact-checkers, and targeted political pressure to shatter the silence. You'd also be supporting Avaaz campaigns on human rights. This isn't about "making a donation" -- it's about funding action to prevent genocide. Together we can amplify Sudan's silent scream, waking world leaders before it's too late. Another community could be under imminent attack. But now millions of us know. Let's do something about it! Donate what you can now: I'LL DONATE $2 I'LL DONATE $3 I'LL DONATE $4 I'LL DONATE $5 I'LL DONATE $8 OTHER AMOUNT This is a chance to have direct impact in the face of horror. The scale of Sudan's crisis is staggering -- but by pooling our donations, we can have an out-sized impact, pressuring world leaders to act. This could unlock far more than we'd achieve on our own: billions in life-saving aid, urgent peace-keeping missions, and sanctions on mass-murder weapons. Sudan is at the heart of many Avaaz campaigns: from tackling hate speech and disinformation on social media, to fighting global inequality and the accelerating climate crisis. So while funding concrete action to prevent genocide, your donation will also power Avaaz campaigns on human rights and democracy. If we raise enough we could: a.. Fund independent journalists to file photos, footage, and first-hand reports from Darfur and across Sudan; b.. Support fact-checking organisations to verify news reports, tackle disinformation, and enable international coverage of mass atrocities; c.. Power hard-hitting advocacy and media campaigns to drive political action on the looming genocide and the wider civil war; and d.. Launch a specialist Human Rights Action Team to track emerging threats, and mobilise millions across the planet to defend democracy and our fundamental rights. I refuse to live in a world where genocide can just slip by -- where "never again" becomes "again and again". Parents are being executed, their children orphaned in a war zone, as Sudan slides into darkness. Let's sound the sirens of genocide NOW: I'LL DONATE $2 I'LL DONATE $3 I'LL DONATE $4 I'LL DONATE $5 I'LL DONATE $8 OTHER AMOUNT When acts of bloodcurdling violence are kept in the dark, warlords win -- their crimes shielded from international scrutiny and action. But brought to light, survivors have a shot at justice and peace. We've proudly supported journalists on the ground before in war zones from Syria to Yemen to Ukraine, and we can help break the blackout again -- this time in Sudan. So we can truly say, never again. With endless hope and fierce determination, always, Mike, Camille, Kaitlin, Abdelrahman, Adela, Bert, and the whole team at Avaaz --- Note: The photo we're using shows Adam Abdel, a young boy from central Darfur. He was badly burned when the Sudanese government dropped a bomb outside his home, in Burgu, Sudan, February 12, 2015. That violence is still ongoing -- and all signs are now pointing towards genocide. But due to the extreme danger and restrictions that journalists are facing, we are relying on older images to portray the violence unfolding today. As Darfur edges towards genocide again, reporters must be able to document mass atrocities so the bloodshed can be stopped -- and those responsible held to account. Image credit: Adriane Ohanesian More information: 1.. Chaos in Sudan: Who Is Battling for Power, and Why It Hasn?t Stopped (The New York Times) 2.. Sudan: Darfur Town Destroyed (Human Rights Watch) 3.. Sudan: War crimes rampant as civilians killed in both deliberate and indiscriminate attacks (Amnesty International) 4.. In Sudan, a genocide unfolds ? again ? and the world does little (The Washington Post) 5.. Darfur: International Criminal Court launches investigation into surging violence (United Nations) 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 . To ensure that Avaaz messages reach your inbox, please add avaaz at avaaz.org to your address book. 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It?s a decade since the project launched in the country and it was exciting to see many of those I worked with on that expansion into the northern hemisphere planning for what The Conversation will look like in its second decade. Equally encouraging were the energy and ideas brought by editors who have joined The Conversation in the UK more recently. Teams in other parts of the world will also be gathering soon to consider what sort of the content can be of value to you, our readers, as we go forward. The London meeting came at the end of a week in which we heard about a huge shift in the control of another international media organisation; one that was founded, and dominated for decades by Rupert Murdoch. For detailed coverage of the changes at Fox Corporation and News Corp, click here. Meanwhile, your thoughts on what we do are central to how we forge the future, and we very much encourage you to engage with your editorial team. That?s how The Conversation works, as an open collaboration between academic authors, editors and readers. Stephen Khan Global Executive Editor Our grocery stores are increasingly filled with ultra-processed foods, which have little to no nutritional value and a huge environmental impact. (Nathalia Rosa) Ultra-processed foods are not only bad for our bodies, their production damages our environments Laila Benkrima, Simon Fraser University Ultra-processed foods are bad for our health and our planet and must be central to any efforts to reduce our carbon emissions, and waistlines. Mary Altaffer/AP Why is Rupert Murdoch stepping aside now and what does it mean for the company? Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne This is a decision that was always going to come in one of two forms: either Rupert dropping off the perch or him leaving on this own terms. He has opted for the latter. Old Testament Trinity by Rublev (1420s). Reaktion Books Andrey Rublev has been called the ?greatest Russian artist who ever lived? ? but one of his most famous works is at risk under Putin Robin Milner-Gulland, University of Sussex Rublev, active around 1400 in and near Moscow, was a monk and painter of icons, frescoes and (possibly) manuscripts in the tradition of the Orthodox Church a.. Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals Ivan Savin, ESCP Business School; Lewis King, Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona According to a survey of almost 800 climate researchers, 73% are sceptical of the idea of green growth. Instead, approaches such as agrowth and degrowth are gaining ground. b.. South African hominin fossils were sent into space and scientists are enraged Dipuo Winnie Kgotleng, University of Johannesburg; Robyn Pickering, University of Cape Town Experts insist there is no scientific reason for allowing these fossils to travel to space. c.. Carbon removal: why ambitious ?no nonsense? plans are vital to limit global heating to 2? Christian Turney, University of Technology Sydney; Lennart Bach, University of Tasmania; Philip Boyd, University of Tasmania Global efforts to cut emissions fall well short of what?s needed to avoid dangerous warming. It?s becoming essential to develop carbon-removal strategies to get to net zero. d.. Ukraine War: why the Black Sea is key to Kyiv?s counteroffensive Basil Germond, Lancaster University Ukraine?s recent successes at sea and in Crimea create strategic opportunities in the Black Sea and, in the longer term, for the war on land. e.. Do blue-light glasses really work? Can they reduce eye strain or help me sleep? Laura Downie, The University of Melbourne They?re heavily promoted. Your optometrist may even prescribe them. But when we looked at the evidence, this is what we found. f.. Chandrayaan-3?s measurements of sulfur open the doors for lunar science and exploration Jeffrey Gillis-Davis, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis India?s Chandrayaan-3 rover has found sulfur on the Moon?s surface at higher concentrations than previously seen. Sulfur, a useful resource, could pave the way for future Moon bases. g.. How air pollution is making life tougher for bugs Ben Langford, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; James Ryalls, University of Reading; Robbie Girling, University of Southern Queensland We?re making life tough for insects ? and not just by swatting them away with a newspaper. You?re receiving this newsletter from The Conversation Tenancy B, Level 5 700 Swanston Street Carlton VIC 3053 Australia Forward to a friend ? Unsubscribe From: The Conversation Global highlights Sent: Monday, September 25, 2023 10:37 AM Subject: Engage with our Editors -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The ensuing outrage prompted the resignation of House speaker Anthony Rota, who had invited Yaroslav Hunka to Parliament so he could take in an appearance by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. David Roger Marples, a professor of Russian and East European History, takes a deeper dive into the scandal. Venice has a tiny population - less than 50,000. It?s therefore not surprising that the city is trying to find ways to curb the number of tourists - 20 million - who pass through every year to soak up its history, art and architecture. Will its decision to impose a fee for day-trippers reduce the numbers? Sameer Hosany isn?t hopeful. Lee-Anne Goodman Politics Editor Canada?s House speaker quits: What the Hunka scandal reveals about Second World War complexities David Roger Marples, University of Alberta Russia seeks evidence in western countries that justifies its anti-Ukraine propaganda, and Canadian Parliament has provided it with much-needed ammunition for a tired and erroneous argument. An entry fee may not be enough to save Venice from 20 million tourists Sameer Hosany, Royal Holloway University of London The lagoon city needs to stem the flow of visitors. a.. Environmental disasters and climate change force people to cross borders, but they?re not recognised as refugees ? they should be Cristiano d'Orsi, University of Johannesburg Without refugee status people aren?t able to receive valuable support, like the right to live and work in a country. b.. China?s new anti-espionage law is sending a chill through foreign corporations and citizens alike Marina Yue Zhang, University of Technology Sydney The revised law is targeting not only Westerners working in China, but also Chinese nationals who work for foreign companies or organisations or interact with foreigners in any way. c.. Nagorno-Karabakh: crisis in the Caucasus could destabilise the whole of Eurasia Anna Matveeva, King's College London The Nagorno-Karabakh crisis is just one part of a very complex issue at the heart of the South Caucasus. d.. Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here?s why Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Royal Danish Defence College The success of the Somali case illustrates what a high degree of shared interests among international actors can achieve. e.. Supreme Court supermajority will clarify its constitutional revolution this year, deciding cases on guns and regulations Morgan Marietta, University of Texas at Arlington The Supreme Court in recent terms has upended the interpretation of core laws. This term, the justices will decide just how far this revolution goes. World?s biggest bat colony gathers in Zambia every year: we used artificial intelligence to count them Dina Dechmann, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior; Benjamin Koger, University of Wyoming; Roland Kays, North Carolina State University Monitoring and protecting the Kasanka bat colony helps protect bats from the entire sub-continent, and thus supports ecosystem services in a wide area. 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Last week?s unanimous California Water Board vote to stop the unlawful removal of water from Strawberry Creek means tens of millions of gallons of water annually will remain on public lands rather than going in plastic bottles. This was no ordinary campaign: waged over the course of nearly a decade and led by a remarkable coalition of local, regional and national groups and individuals, it transcended the fairly mundane facts of the case to become something bigger ? a metaphorical fight about who controls our water. ------------------------------------------------ To read more about campaigns like ours, pick up the new book Unbottled: The Fight against Plastic Water and for Water Justice, from Portland State University?s Dan Jaffee. Dan explores what bottled water?s meteoric growth means for social inequality, sustainability, and the human right to water. Use code UCPSAVE30 at checkout to save 30% ------------------------------------------------ Now, having sent a clear message that water doesn?t belong in plastic bottles, our next campaign will tackle the bottle itself. Plastic bottles are emblematic of today?s plastic crisis ? they?re fueling the so-called ?petrochemical build out,? are one of the largest sources of plastic pollution, and have a clear alternative: the reusable bottle. Our Bring Back Refill campaign will launch in early October with a 30-page report that makes the indisputable case for the refillable bottle to policymakers. And we?re not letting the top global source of plastic pollution off the hook: to illustrate why refill matters, we?ll be turning our attention from one beverage company giant to another. Stay tuned for a searing expos?-style short documentary highlighting one company?s role in popularizing and then undermining reusable bottles. Then we?ll ask you to help push for an industry leading refillables pledge. Just like our Unbottle Water campaign, Bring Back Refill will take time, and run into opposition with deep pockets ? but we?ve got an ambitious goal that we think is worth the effort: state laws that mandate beverage producers to implement reuse and refill. Keep your eyes peeled for the launch of Bring Back Refill on October 4th. And thank you for all the ways you?ve flexed your citizen muscles with us and for us this year. Sincerely, Michael O?Heaney Executive Director 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. Any amount makes a difference! The Story of Stuff Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. 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Daily News 27 September, 2023 Call for Participation: The First Ever Media Boot Camp on Environmental and Climate Change Reporting in Georgia The Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) - the UK?s leading democracy support organization, is pleased to announce a first ever Media Boot Camp under UKAID supported "Advancing Environmental Protection, Climate Change, and Democratic Resilience in Georgia" programme. WFD invites journalists, producers and media professionals working in Georgian media to apply, offering an opportunity to further enhance their skills and capacities for evidence-based, non-partisan environmental and climate change reporting. The two-day Boot Camp, scheduled for November 11-12, 2023, in Batumi, Georgia, is tailored to provide media professionals with the tools and knowledge essential for impactful reporting on environmental and climate issues. Please note that November 10th and 13th are designated for arrivals and departures. 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That's according to Fatih Birol, the economist who leads the world's energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency (IEA). Thanks to a "staggering" rise in clean energy generation and investment over the last two years alone, the prospect of halting global heating at 1.5?C remains intact, he added. After a summer of unparalleled climate disasters in Libya, Greece and Canada, should dread turn to optimism? 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 discussing new figures on the energy transition. In a recent update on humanity's progress with cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the IEA concluded that by 2030: - fossil fuel demand must fall 25% - the energy efficiency of homes, vehicles and other appliances must double - methane emissions from the oil and gas sector must fall 75%. The report assumes that renewable energy capacity will need to triple and replace coal, oil and gas at a rapid pace by the end of this decade to guard against catastrophic levels of warming. But despite sources like solar consistently defying even the most bullish predictions, fossil fuels have hardly budged: they supplied 82% of the world's energy last year and 87% in 2000. Why? Fossil fuels linger, wind power stalls "Rapidly increasing renewable energy hasn?t cut coal and gas consumption at the same rate because humankind is using a lot more electricity than we used to, especially in Asia," says Malte Jansen, a lecturer in energy and sustainability at the University of Sussex. "[In Europe and North America] renewable energy has slowly eaten into the proportion of energy generated by fossil fuels, while all other energy sources (nuclear, hydro, biomass) have remained about the same. In Asia, electricity demand has tripled since the 2000s, with the bulk of this energy coming from fossil fuels." And while the report was glowing in its assessment of solar power's performance, it noted that planned projects for generating wind energy this decade trail what the IEA says will be necessary by 2030. Jansen says wind is a particularly valuable energy source during winter, when energy demand peaks. Unfortunately, the wind industry has been buffeted by inflation. "For those involved in the construction of an offshore wind farm, this means the cost of both the physical parts (such as the turbines) and the debt (bank loans) has gone up," says Phil McNally, a research fellow in electricity markets at UCL. McNally does not believe this setback heralds the end of cheap offshore wind, as some have claimed. Instead, he argues, it means governments must produce strategic plans to grow the sector which include how much energy they wish to procure in auctions with developers. Net zero must come sooner According to the IEA, "almost all countries" will also need to move their net zero target dates forward by several years. Most developed countries, including the US and Australia, aim to fully decarbonise by 2050. Under the UN principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, developing countries have a bit longer: India plans for 2070, for example. A team of energy experts at Australian National University (with support from nearly 900 engineers) recently argued that Australia could hit net zero as early as 2035. But in the UK at least, government policies on net zero are moving in the opposite direction. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently scrapped requirements on landlords to raise the energy efficiency of their properties and delayed the phase-out of petrol and diesel car sales from 2030 to 2035. "As my own analysis has shown," says Tim Jackson, a professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey, "the UK?s fair share of the global carbon budget, taking into account the development needs of the poorest parts of the world, will be exhausted before 2030. Forget 2050. The science is clear. Delay is tantamount to capitulation." We've been here before What can earlier energy transitions teach us about what is happening today? According to energy historian Vaclav Smil, past energy transitions took on average 50-75 years to ripple through society. We no longer have that kind of time says Liz Conor, an ARC Future Fellow at La Trobe University. "To farm fields and build cities, we?ve gone from relying on human or animal muscle to wind and water to power sailboats and mill grain. Then we began switching to the energy dense hydrocarbons, coal, gas and oil. But this can?t last." "We were first warned in 1859 that when burned, these fuels add to the Earth?s warming blanket of greenhouse gases and threaten our liveable climate," she says. Environmental limits have spurred the shift to new energy sources before. Take England's transition from burning wood to coal. "England was once carpeted in forest. Endemic deforestation drove the change to coal in the 16th and 17th centuries. Most English coal pits opened between 1540 and 1640," Conor says. Later, dwindling whale populations saw the US abandon whaling as a source of fuel and lubricant for crude oil extraction. But the dominance of coal, oil and gas today was not inevitable. Conor points to 1850s New England, where steam generated from burning coal was three times more expensive than water for powering textile mills. Smil's research documents how waterwheels and turbines ?competed successfully with steam engines for decades?. "The energy of flowing water was free. Digging up coal was labour-intensive. Why did steam win?" asks Conor. The answer, she says, referring to work by human ecologist Andreas Malm at Lund University, is capital. "Locating steam engines in urban centres made it easier to concentrate and control workers, as well as overcoming worker walk-outs and machine breaking," Conor says. Today's energy transition requires another active intervention, she adds. "Once solar panels and wind turbines are built, sunlight and wind are free. It is the resistance of the old guard ? fossil fuel corporations ? that is holding us back." - 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. Muscle, wood, coal, oil: what earlier energy transitions tell us about renewables You might look at the task ahead of weaning ourselves off fossil fuels and despair. But we've changed energy sources many times before ? and it's never a straightforward process. Read more Renewables are cheaper than ever yet fossil fuel use is still growing ? here?s why Despite the meteoric rise of wind and solar, fossil energy sources have met most new demand in fast-growing economies. Read more Offshore wind: a perfect storm of inflation and policy uncertainty risks derailing the UK?s main hope for a low-carbon future The government wants offshore wind to form the backbone of the UK's future electricity system ? but a key auction has delivered no new projects. Read more Net zero by 2050? Too late. Australia must aim for 2035 We've wasted a lot of time delaying climate action. As the damage becomes ever clearer, it's time to accelerate the transition. Read more Rishi Sunak has ripped up decades of cross-party consensus on climate change The prime minister's decision to delay or scrap green measures will make it harder for the UK to keep its climate commitments. 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From: Imagine newsletter Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 9:02 PM Subject: Net zero goal still alive, says IEA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Fri Sep 29 13:30:48 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:30:48 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] =?utf-8?q?=F0=9F=94=94_September_Sustainability_Bull?= =?utf-8?q?etin=3A_Dive_In_for_Your_Monthly_Update!?= Message-ID: <09E3F614183F4B96A56BFE59A3396326@lewpostnew> Environmental issues and other relevant topics from the world and South Caucasus Region ? ? Monthly Bulletin September 2023 ? News from Georgia Annual Survey 2023: Georgia Georgia: Call for applications for the Young Professionals Programme ?Annual Survey 2023 ? Georgia. Perception of the European Union was carried out by the EU Regional Communication Programme for the Eastern Neighbourhood (EU NEIGHBOURS East). The survey was conducted in February 2023, with face-to-face interviews. An overwhelming majority of Georgians (84%) feel their country has good relations with the European Union, nine points more than in 2016 when the surveys began. Awareness of the EU?s financial support for Georgia has also risen dramatically, standing at 82% this year compared to just 60% in 2016. Source: euneighbourseast.eu CENN invites young people aged 18-30 living in Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, to join its Young Professionals Programme. The EU-supported Young Professionals Programme aims to foster the professional growth of young individuals residing in the region and contribute to the development of civil society organisations in Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti. As part of this initiative, CENN will select ten applicants, who will have the opportunity to work for one month with leading civil society organisations in Georgia. Following this, they will receive grant funding to implement their innovative ideas in collaboration with local civil society organisations. The deadline for applications is 1 October. Source: euneighbourseast.eu Read more Read more ? Landscapes of the Invisible: EU4Climate to hold exhibition and discussion on climate change in Tbilisi Georgia Marks 30 Years Since the Fall of Sokhumi From 29 September to 1 October, Tbilisi, Georgia, will be hosting an exhibition entitled ?The Landscapes of the Invisible?. The initiative is part of the EU-funded regional EU4Climate project, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The event is organised by Georgian organisations Collective Failure, Climate Basics and Tbilisi Multifunctional Libraries with the aim of stimulating meaningful public debate on climate change and communicating environmental and climate change issues in Georgia through the expressive language of contemporary art. The exhibition will open at 19:00 on 29 September. On 30 September, a discussion on ?Climate Crisis: Seeking Solutions? will be held at 15:00. The exhibition will take place at the Vake Mediathek (Vake Park, 76, Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi). Source: euneighbourseast.eu National flags are lowered to half-mast at government buildings as Georgia commemorates the 30th anniversary of the fall of Sokhumi on September 27, 1993, marking the end of armed conflict in Abkhazia in 1992-1993. To honor the victims, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, the Cabinet Ministers, Mayor of Tbilisi, opposition leaders as well as the members of the public have paid tributes at the memorial of the fallen Georgian soldiers on Tbilisi?s Heroes Square. The US Embassy in Georgia also reacted, saying that ?on the 30th anniversary of the fall of Sukhumi to Russian-backed forces, the Charg? D? Affaires Alan Purcell and the U.S. military personnel honored the memory of tens of thousands who died. In addition to the countless lives lost, this tragedy resulted in hundreds of thousands of people losing their homes. We remember September 27, 1993, the day of the fall of Sukhumi.? Source: civil.ge | US Embassy Read more Read more ? Digital Competence for CSOs: Apply for a new EU-funded course until 4 October! 15 Years Since Russia-Georgia 2008 War - A Deeper Look EU, EBRD and Sweden boost female entrepreneurship in Georgia The EU-funded Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility has launched a new course for civil society organisations in the Eastern Partner countries to strengthen their digital competence. The ?Digital Competence for CSOs? is a hybrid course ? both online and offline. It is composed of a mixture of online diagnostic sessions, physical workshops, and practical one-to-one coaching. CSOs will have the opportunity to focus on their priority needs, from improving the way data is accessed and used and the use of digital tools for communication and outreach, to strengthening cybersecurity. The course is aimed primarily at CSO managers/staff/volunteers who have a direct impact on how the organisation deals with data and technology, and who can describe themselves as entry-to intermediate-level practitioners. The participants should have a working knowledge of English. The deadline for applications is 4 October. Source: euneighbourseast.eu The European Union, together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Sweden, is unlocking fresh funds for Georgian women-led micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). A US$20 million EBRD loan to TBC Bank, one of Georgia?s largest banks, will further expand TBC?s lending to women-led firms, with a focus on financing companies outside the capital city. Borrowers will be able to access funds in Georgian laris or US dollars. This loan is part of the EBRD?s Women in Business (WiB) programme, supported by the EU and Sweden. WiB aims to boost women?s access to finance and entrepreneurship through loans and business advice. As part of the programme, female entrepreneurs will also benefit from advisory services, mentoring, and training series. TBC Bank successfully joined the WiB programme back in 2017 with a US$20 million loan, which is now fully utilised. Source: euneighbourseast.eu Read more Read more ? News from Azerbaijan EU facilitates meeting between Baku and Yerevan Apply now: new call for Young European Ambassadors The EU has facilitated a meeting between Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan and the Azerbaijani President?s Foreign Policy Adviser Hikmet Hajiyev to exchange views on the current situation and efforts to address the urgent needs of the local population. The meeting on 26 September was hosted by Simon Mordue and Magdalena Grono, diplomatic advisers to European Council President Charles Michel. The meeting was also attended by the diplomatic advisers of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as well as the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Toivo Klaar. President Michel joined the participants for a brief exchange. Source: euneighbourseast.eu If you are aged between 16 and 26 and from one of the six Eastern partner countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine), the European Union or the United Kingdom*, you can apply now and until 1 October to join the ?Young European Ambassadors? initiative. Successful candidates will engage in online and dialogue-driven activities and represent the youth of their countries both domestically and abroad. You can find out more on the special application page. To apply, applicants should complete this application form by Sunday, 1 October, 2023, midnight CET. Source: euneighbourseast.eu Read more Read more ? News from Armenia EU launches project in Armenia to strengthen law enforcement and promote security sector reforms Call for Entries for the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024 is now open! A new EU-funded project has been launched in Armenia to support the country in its law enforcement and security sector reforms. The opening event took place on 19 September. The ?Support to law enforcement and security reforms in Armenia? project will be implemented in line with the priorities identified by the European Union-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) that entered into force on 1 March 2021. It will be implemented by the Central Public Management Agency (CPMA) of Lithuania. The Head of the EU Delegation in Armenia Vassilis Maragos told the opening event that was essential to ensure transparency, inclusivity and credibility in the establishment of the new Ministry of Internal Affairs. Source: euneighbourseast.eu The European Commission and its Creative Europe programme invite projects in the field of the conservation of cultural heritage to apply for Europe?s most prestigious awards ? the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2024. This year, awards will be given in five categories: conservation and adaptive reuse; research; education, training and skills; citizens engagement and awareness-raising; and heritage champions. Entries can be related to tangible, intangible or digital heritage, ranging from small to large, from local to European and international. The deadline for applications is 13 October. Source: euneighbourseast.eu Read more Read more ? International News THE CIRCULARITY GAP REPORT 2023 - WE LIVE IN THE OVERSHOOT ERA Sustainable Development Report 2023 is out - Implementing the SDG Stimulus The global economy is now only 7.2% circular; and it?s getting worse year on year?driven by rising material extraction and use. The global economy increasingly relies on materials from virgin sources. In the six years of the Circularity Gap Report, the global economy extracted and used more than in the entire 20th century1?improving people?s living standards but at the same time breaking through the safe environmental limits of the planet. Source: circularity-gap.world The Sustainable Development Report (SDR) reviews progress made each year on the Sustainable Development Goals since their adoption by the 193 UN Member States in 2015. At the halfway mark to 2030, the Sustainable Development Report 2023 takes stock of progress made and discusses priorities to restore and accelerate SDG progress. Published on the eve of the 2023 Paris Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, this year?s edition focuses specifically on the need to scale up development finance and to reform the global financial architecture to support the SDGs. Source: sdgindex.org Read more Read more ? A UNITED CALL FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS IN THE EU SORTING THROUGH THE TRASH TALK TO SOLVE EUROPE?S PACKAGING WASTE CRISIS To counter the threats posed to climate, biodiversity, human health and societal well-being, food systems need urgent transformation. Isabel Paliotta and Ben Snelson report. Food connects us all, transcending borders, nationality and language. As Vandana Shiva puts it, ?food is the currency of life?. From farmers to lorry drivers, chefs to supermarket assistants, entrepreneurs to lobbyists and, of course, consumers, interdependencies and power relations define the structures and processes that shape what we eat. ?Food systems? are basically the aggregation of everyone with a stake in food and the dynamics that link them. Source: meta.eeb.org As a raft of new evidence makes the case for reusable packaging, opposition to waste prevention and reuse appears increasingly untenable for policy makers working on Europe?s new packaging law, write Jean-Pierre Schweitzer and Marco Musso. The EU regulation on packaging and packaging waste has been one of the most intensely lobbied and debated files of this political term. Policy makers across institutions have complained about an endless influx of meeting requests, untransparent studies and increasingly aggressive lobbying strategies. Source: meta.eeb.org Read more Read more ? News from CENN CENN appointed its new executive director ? Laurent Georges Etienne Nicole, co-founder of CENN and the Chairman of the Board. CENN invites media representatives to participate in the media tour covering Marneuli municipality Laurent is a Swiss chemical engineer and health and safety engineer with a strong professional background in environmental audit and natural resources management, waste management, DRR, water safety, humanitarian engineering and EIA around the globe, including Georgia. He first arrived in Georgia in 1993, accompanied the first steps of CENN back in 1998, and since then, he has been involved as an advisor on strategic organizational planning and management as well as the chairman of the governing board. CENN welcomes Laurent G. Nicole as the new director of the organization and looks ahead to new cooperation and opportunities he will bring to the organization! On October 6, within the framework of the ongoing project "PRAISE Marneuli" with the financial support of the Swiss organization HEKS/EPER, CENN invites media representatives to participate in a media tour in the municipality of Marneuli. Those wishing to participate must register by October 4, 2023 at the following link: https://forms.gle/xNWXA97XE2hoMrrD9 Supported by HEKS/EPER, CENN will cover all costs of participating in the tour. Read more Read more ? ? Stay up-to-date with our monthly bulletin! CENN bulletin 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: Friday, September 29, 2023 10:51 AM Subject: ? September Sustainability Bulletin: Dive In for Your Monthly Update! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From enwl at enw.net.ru Sat Sep 30 18:28:05 2023 From: enwl at enw.net.ru (ENWL) Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:28:05 +0400 Subject: *[Enwl-eng] An Old Threat Resurfaces Message-ID: <1F012505BDC74D40B9C7A0E6F6FC3ED4@lewpostnew> Jaguar poaching is on the rise again and Suriname has become an unexpected hub. News of the world environment NEWSLETTER | SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 An Old Threat Resurfaces THE JAGUAR?S CORPSE was ceremoniously extended on the ground. Its eyes were closed, and a swarm of flies hovered over its half-opened jaws. ?This is the dangerous species that lives in the woods,? intones the man filming the dead animal with his cellphone in Sranan Tongo, the vernacular language of Suriname. ?Today is the day you were shot.? He steps away from the lean corpse of the feline, beautiful even in death, before continuing: ?We had seen [you] a couple of times before. You were doing a show, and today we shot you. We are going to cook you and eat you.? In September of 2022, the video of the dead jaguar started circulating in Surinamese social media. One of the first people to receive it was Els van Lavieren, a Marine & Wildlife Conservation Program manager at Conservation International Suriname and a consultant for the big cat conservation group Panthera. Van Lavieren, an affable Dutch primatologist with a leonine mane, had been analyzing the dynamics of wildlife trafficking in the small South American nation for almost half a decade. During that time, she had compiled a database of events related to the illegal trade of felines. There were 70 records involving jaguars: fangs sold at massage centers and Chinese stores, pelts seized near illegal gold mines or at small roadside stands, jaguar skulls in jewelry stores, week-old cubs in private residences, and carcasses paraded in logging camps, farms, and, as in this footage, on social media. This particular video confounded her. Outside of some small factions in Suriname?s Chinese community, who might partake of jaguar parts for their supposed medicinal purposes, she had never heard of people eating jaguars? Early last year, I traveled to Suriname to investigate the trafficking of jaguar parts from America to Asia, where people reportedly use the fangs, bones, and claws as ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine, or as luxury status symbols in a subculture known as Wenwan... The illegal trade of jaguar parts is a relatively old story... But unlike the wider trafficking of jaguar parts, reports from Suriname about the production of jaguar paste ? a replacement for tiger glue, popular in Vietnam and Thailand for supposed health benefits ? was new. This made the country a great candidate for understanding the evolution of the trade. Journalist Santiago Willis?s feature in our Autumn 2023 print issue delves into jaguar-poaching in Suriname, one of South America's most obscure countries, as rising demand for this big cat?s body parts threatens to undo decades of conservation work. READ MORE Photo by Tambako The Jaguar SUGGESTED BROWSING Finding a Home Creating the perfect shelter for a lizard or owl displaced by, say, rising temperatures or urban development, is no easy task. Which is why some scientists are turning to new technologies like virtual simulations, microchip-automated doors, and 3D printing for help. 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