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In Tokyo, World Bank President Ajay Banga emphasized his vision that the global financial institution will need to grow in order to realize its new climate-focused agenda.

For some properly researched and modelled figures regarding , the Journal of Industrial Ecology have published some research entitled 'Recalibration of limits to growth: An update of the World3 model'. You can read the whole article here:

But the most immediately instructive part is the State of the World Plot here:

Note that food production is less than 50% of the 2024 figure by 2050. Industrial output is less than 25%. Population has declined by about 0.5 Billion.

OK, so maybe 2040 is a bit pessimistic for 'grow your own food or die' but please note that population is less than 50% by 2100.

The Great Carbon Divide

According to a report by Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Institute the richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66% of the world population.

The wealthy have more choices to act in lower-carbon ways than the poor. Therefore, it is important they reduce their carbon footprint by adopting more sustainable practices.

Priest, 73, among climate activists made to wear GPS tags for years

Relentless demographic growth, climate change and decades of neglect of water management are making water rise to become the most desirable resource of the future. To meet the challenges of the global market, companies are consolidating and promising innovative solutions to save us from shortages. Todays water industry has its undisputed leaders here are the biggest of them.

Oh no, no one never noticed it, including the ecological movements about

Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source

Is the world close to ending Doomsday Clock time to signal threats
In deciding the time for 2024, scientists will consider multiple global threats, including AI, the Russia-Ukraine war, Israel-Hamas conflict and the climate crisis.

Is the world close to ending Doomsday Clock time to signal threats
In deciding the time for 2024, scientists will consider multiple global threats, including AI, the Russia-Ukraine war, Israel-Hamas conflict and the climate crisis.

Is the world close to ending Doomsday Clock time to signal threats
In deciding the time for 2024, scientists will consider multiple global threats, including AI, the Russia-Ukraine war, Israel-Hamas conflict and the climate crisis.

We're so fucked.

Alberta farmers face growing risk of soil erosion in 2024 as drought persists Canadian Press

Want to save the planet Fly budget.

For my English speaking audience: From now on, every Tuesday will be English Tuesday. I provide you with information about dialogue procedures, digital dialogue creation, stakeholder management and news around energy transition, particpartory and deliberative approaches and climate change. Stay tuned!

China has overtaken the European Union in research related to clean-energy technologies, according to a study done for the blocs executive arm and creating a challenge for its green-tech ambitions.

- How does one of the worlds largest reinsurance companies manage the risks of climate change - Ernst Rauch, Munich Re, Germany - 23.01.2024, 16:00 - 17:30, Online - Climate Talks Wintersemester 2023/24 - Free public online seminar of the master's programme Climate Change Management - of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf

Loss of scientific data from Russia's Arctic monitoring stations following the invasion of Ukraine has worsened information gaps that could have serious implications for tracking and predicting climate change globally, researchers warned.

What happens when people arr left to fend for themselves, as will increasingly be the case with disasters: women step in. Well worth reading this.

Womens leadership and a community saving itself: learning from disasters, health and well-being impacts of the Northern Rivers flood 2022

A departmental assessment recommended approval of the project because the benefits of the modification outweigh its residual costs.

benefits = profit to the corporation
residual cost = environmental & climate destruction

NOTE The approval comes two months after the NSW parliament passed new legislation that enshrined the states emission reduction targets in law.

screwing the world as per usual

Our courts are the only effective way to bring about accountability for climate damage. And any other damage to our environment #

(a railways engineer & researcer, quoted in FT) points out that in light of ageing & the impact of a major programme of is badly needed on the :

'The way you make disruption less costly in the long run is by spending more money upfront to build a more robust & resilient system in the first instance.... But the do-nothing option costs a lot more money over a longer period'!

But also true for all UK's ageing infrastructure!

"Corporate loves to talk about climate action, but fails to follow through on rhetoric"

Why 2024 will be a crucial year for climate litigation

"Amid record domestic oil and gas production in the US and broken promises from fossil fuel companies, climate champions are increasingly looking to the courts to bring about accountability for climate damage."

Strategic Autonomy in the Context of the Space Economy

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https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2024/01/23/strategic-autonomy-in-the-context-of-the-space-economy/

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Worth $A3.5 trillion, our superfunds sit alongside funds from Canada, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and United States to make up 92% of total global pension assets.
But none of these funds are investing enough in the net zero transition.

"people across the political spectrum hold stereotypes about scientists political orientation (e.g., scientists are liberal) and that these stereotypes decisively affect the link between their own political orientation and their trust in scientists"

From a new paper by Marlene S. Altenmller and others,

Redwoods aren't native to Washington state -- at least not in historic times. But they're being planted there more and more often as climate change makes the region a better home for the iconic California trees.

"The failure's not in us, it's in our governments, our corporations, our leadership all of whom are acting out of willful ignorance and greed but each passing day there are more of us awakened to the problem, what the solutions are and who's to blame."

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Wind, solar energy output hit record high in Italy in 2023

> Wind and solar energy production hit a record last year in Italy. And all renewable sources, including hydroelectric plants, covered nearly 37% of total electricity demand.

How Sea Ice Blew the Socks off Scientists

There is a case to be made for
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Corporations that enjoyed generous subsidies and tax breaks for production, while in scientific knowledge that their actions would be the primary driver of during the following decades of their funding of ' effects, must be held accountable.

Civil action should have that money clawed back, and given for solutions currently on the ground.

Loss of from Russia's Arctic monitoring stations following the invasion of Ukraine has worsened information gaps that could have serious implications for tracking and predicting globally, researchers warned.

As storms and an unstable become the norm for the contiguous US (especially states in the southern plains and deep south), how long before small communities have to start considering salt trucks, snow plows and other infrastructure often associated with northern climates

On the other side of that coin, how long before schools up north get air conditioning

For 50+ years, Big Oil has known the links between burning fossil fuels and climate change.

Check out this video by More Perfect Union:

Largest US solar-storage project goes online

> A new 875 MW solar project in California features nearly 2 million solar panels and offers more than 3 GWh of energy storage.

New Westminster mayor defends trip to climate summit in Dubai
New Westminster Mayor Patrick Johnstone defended his trip to the COP28 summit, saying he broke no municipal rules and that the event was good for the city.

New Westminster mayor defends trip to climate summit in Dubai
New Westminster Mayor Patrick Johnstone defended his trip to the COP28 summit, saying he broke no municipal rules and that the event was good for the city.