Aug 30, 2022
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It’s wild that the UK hosted COP26 only nine months ago.
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Tory leadership candidate criticised by campaigners after reports her team have met energy firms
It’s wild that the UK hosted COP26 only nine months ago.
Activists tell of how extractive industries are intertwined with violence against women and girls
“Remember my face,” Sii-am Hamilton told the crowd gathered on Finnieston Street near the high fencing that surrounds the Cop26 summit on Tuesday morning. “Remember because it’s not if, it’s when you will go missing, if you are involved in land rights.”
The rally for murdered and missing indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people heard a painful litany of lost loved ones from witnesses from Alaska to the Amazon, and the legacy of their absence for families and communities.
“Say their names,” said Delee Nikal, a Wet’suwet’en activist. “Do not forgot our sisters who have been stolen.” Like her fellow speakers, she was explicit: “The femicide is directly linked to the ecocide … there needs to be more awareness that these extractive industries, all that is affecting our climate and destroying our territories, is intertwined with violence against our women and girls.”
In Canada, Indigenous women and girls are targeted for violence more than any other group, and are 12 times more likely to go missing or be killed. In the US, the justice department found that Native American women faced murder rates more than 10 times the national average.
But this abuse does not happen free of context: in 2019, Canada’s national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls accepted the link between “boomtown” and “man camp” environments that emerged around resource extraction projects and violence against Indigenous women and girls, as well as increased sex industry activities in those areas.
And still this has yet to translate into genuine recognition by the leaders at the UN summit or indeed the wider environmental movement, Hamilton, from British Columbia, said after the rally. “At larger international events like this one and even at home, I don’t think that people understand just how dangerous the lives of Indigenous women have gotten. Our conversations shift towards catchy phrases like ‘net zero’ or ‘1.5’, which don’t represent just how violent the experience of growing up in an extractive world has become.”
The fear Hamilton expressed at the rally was, she said, “really natural”. Over the past year she has been involved in direct activism at Fairy Creek, protesting against the logging of old-growth forest in southern Vancouver Island. “And this year alone I’ve watched so much violence, towards specifically young Indigenous women and girls, at the hands of the police. I’ve watched so many people have their bones broken, their hair ripped out, their eyes gouged.”
She said articulating and sharing these struggles with women from different countries and communities could be at once reassuring and devastating. “It makes you feel less isolated when you’re meeting so many other people who are experiencing similar forms of violence. No matter what kind of extractive industry is attacking a community, it has same rippling effect on women.”
She added: “It makes you feel less lonely, but at the same time it creates this different type of rage that I really can’t describe – knowing that there are so many women missing, it’s not just in Canada, and it’s not just in Mexico, it’s all over the world. Wherever you find people that are struggling for the land, you will find missing women.”
La différence entre le réchauffement climatique moyen de 1,5°C, 2°C ou 3-4°C peut sembler marginale. En fait, ils représentent des scénarios très différents pour l'avenir de l'humanité.
La fréquence des catastrophes, la survie des plantes et des animaux, la propagation des maladies, la stabilité de notre système climatique mondial et finalement la possibilité pour l'humanité de survivre sur cette planète dépendent de ces quelques degrés. Aujourd'hui, nous avons encore la chance d'atteindre l'objectif 1,5°C mentionné dans l'Accord de Paris. Nous pouvons toujours nous protéger des pires impacts climatiques et commencer à façonner un avenir plus sain. Mais nous approchons rapidement de points de basculement climatiques irréversibles. Pourquoi la conférence sur le climat COP26 en novembre 2021 est si importante pour la lutte mondiale contre le changement climatique. Les pays doivent conclure les points en suspens concernant la mise en œuvre de l'Accord de Paris et jeter les bases d'une décennie transformationnelle d'action climatique dans les années 2020
Emma Watson behind the scenes of Cop26 [November 04, 2021]
COP26 Summit Underway
About 120 global leaders are meeting in Glasgow, Scotland for the COP26 conference, in what many are calling a last ditch effort by world leaders to combat the climate crisis. World leaders will be giving speeches and engaging in talks on how to mitigate the effects of climate change. The conference will last until November 12.
Conference topics will address rising sea levels, slashing greenhouse gas emissions, and transitioning to sustainable economies. Many leaders have already expressed low expectations and disappointment with the conference, asserting no major climate agreement will be reached because many countries have not yet committed to adequate environmental goals. The map depicts global CO2 emissions per capita.
Further Reading: The New York Times, Reuters, NBC News, ABC News, American Geographical Society.
Graphic Source: Phys.org.
Adrift
I saw Noah the other day still fixing that rickety old boat. ‘Just get a new one already, here’s an all-time low quote. What a great deal – Use Now, Pay Later – sure gets my vote!’ He sighed, voice resigned, ‘We’re all in the same boat. ‘Such deals made this mess, whether you deny it or gloat. We’ll all sink together if we can’t stay afloat.
A chasm will form when there’s too great a rift. Balance will be restored once the patterns shift but Nature is uncaring if we’re anchored or adrift.
Her brushwork is fine, but her broad strokes are bold. Her gaze is warm but her heart is cold. On such cosmic scales dust equals gold.
For the things we call free the cost is truly grave. We won’t make it, say the weary We have options, say the brave. Yet there’s only one version of the future we may save.
It won’t be shiny new, just what we salvage – like twigs in a nest like ancient metal in a hull, like hope squirreled away in the breast – from the great grand constant just what we can wrest.’
- SJM (written Oct 2021)
COP26 - сейчас или никогда (It's now or never)
Ролик ООН "не выбирайте вымирание" с динозавром, озвученным Джеком Блэком.
COP - ежегодная "конференция сторон" ООН по изменению климата. Настоящая, 26я, в настоящее время проходит в Глазго, как раз после выхода первой части нового (6го) оценочного доклада межправительственной группы экспертов по изменению климата под названием "Изменение климата, 2021 год: Физическая научная основа". С полным текстом можно ознакомиться ЗДЕСЬ
Главные его выводы неутешительны.
Масштабы последних изменений беспрецедентны за тысячи, если не сотни тысяч лет. Многие изменения, вызванные прошлыми и будущими выбросами парниковых газов, необратимы в течение столетий и тысячелетий, особенно изменения в океане, ледяных щитах и глобальном уровне моря.
Многие факторы воздействия на климат, согласно прогнозам, изменятся во всех регионах мира. Изменения, характерные для конкретных регионов, включают усиление тропических циклонов и внетропических штормов, увеличение наводнений на реках, уменьшение среднего количества осадков, увеличение засушливости и увеличение случаев пожароопасной погоды.
При глобальном потеплении на 1,5 °C будет наблюдаться усиление волн тепла, удлинение теплых и сокращение холодных сезонов, а также изменение характера осадков, влияющее на наводнения и засухи. При глобальном потеплении на 2 °C экстремальные показатели жары будут чаще достигать критических порогов толерантности для сельского хозяйства и здоровья.
Если не будет немедленных, быстрых и крупномасштабных сокращений выбросов парниковых газов, то ограничение потепления почти 1,5 °C или даже 2 °С будет недостижимо.
В преддверии конференции был опубликован предварительный доклад Всемирной метеорологической организации "О состоянии климата в 2021 г." ЗДЕСЬ можно почитать основные выдержки из него. В свою очередь, работники здравоохранения в лице 300 организаций, представляющих не менее 45 миллионов врачей и других категорий медицинского персонала, подписали открытое письмо для глав государств о необходимости активизации усилий глав правительств в связи с изменениями климата.
3 ноября 2021 г. Всемирная метеорологическая организация, члены программы развития ООН и программы ООН по окружающей среде (ЮНЕП) объявили о создании фонда финансирования систематических наблюдений (SOFF), что позволит получать более достоверную информацию о погоде и климате "на местах".
Популяризатор науки, натуралист Дэвид Аттенборо обращается к участникам конференции:
Однако не обошлось без ложки дёгтя:
Экоактивисты сомневаются в том, что мировым лидерам удастся прийти к договоренностям.
Действительно, мы подошли к точке невозврата. Именно нашими лидерами будет определяться курс, направленный на модернизацию экономики. Именно от их конкретных, а не голословных решений зависит ни много ни мало наше будущее. "Сейчас или никогда" должно звучать для них постоянным напоминанием о том, что промедление может обернуться непоправимыми катастрофами.
Ну и напоследок, смотрим экологический клип от Midnight Oil :)
Everyone is saying the same thing about Leonardo DiCaprio meeting Prince Charles
Royal fans are all saying the same thing on social media after Hollywood icon Leonardo DiCaprio met Prince Charles at the COP26 summit in Gl
Hollywood royalty met IRL royalty yesterday when Leonardo DiCaprio and Prince Charles crossed paths at the COP26 climate change summit. The pair met while attending designer Stella McCartney's sustainable fashion event, and a photo of their encounter was shared on the official Clarence House Instagram account, much to the delight of royal fans.
"Designer @StellaMcCartney was showcasing a sustainable fashion installation at @kelvingrove_artgallery today," the caption on the Clarence House Instagram read. "The Prince of Wales was introduced to actor and environment advocate @leonardodicaprio, who was also visiting the installation."
Everyone is saying the same thing about Leonardo DiCaprio meeting Prince Charles
Understandably, plenty of fans took to the comments section to share their excitement over the chance encounter, with many pointing out how happy DiCaprio looks. "Love Leo's face here. He looks like the one who's star struck!" said one Instagram user, with another commenting "Leo is fangirling." A third fan wrote: "What a lovely photo! Have never seen Leo so star struck before, it's really endearing!"
The COP26 summit, which is currently being held in Glasgow, sees over 100 world leaders (and clearly celebrities too) come together to discuss how to tackle climate change. So far, leaders have already agreed to end deforestation by 2030, and work towards net-zero carbon emissions.
Given DiCaprio's passion for environmental activism, which he has made no secret of over the years, it makes sense that he made the transatlantic journey from the US to the UK to attend the annual event. In the last decade alone, he's donated millions towards conservation efforts, and was even named by the United Nations as a Messenger of Peace on Climate Change in 2014.
Speaking about the accolade, the 46-year-old said in a statement: "It's an honour to accept the role of UN Messenger of Peace on Climate Change and to support the Secretary General in his efforts to address one of the most important issues we face as a global community."
He continued, "I feel a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in human history – it is a moment for action. How we respond to the climate crisis in the coming years will likely determine the fate of humanity and our planet."
It's a message that Prince Charles himself has been keen to highlight throughout his lifetime, meaning there's no doubt that the pair had plenty to talk about during their meeting at COP26.
Is this the start of a budding bromance? We hope so...