The impact of climate change and environmental degradation in the Mediterranean region is the subject of a new report launched at COP29 by MedECC and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM).

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Waar gaat die 925 miljoen dan precies naartoe Het grootste deel (266 miljoen) valt onder het kopje klimaat, waar weer veel energieprojecten onder vallen, zoals grote zonneparken in Afrika. 184 miljoen gaat naar voedselzekerheid, zoals hulp aan boeren met klimaatresistente zaden. 89 miljoen is bestemd voor water, bijvoorbeeld door nieuwe putten te slaan in gebieden waar het steeds warmer en droger wordt.

BDG feature: Taking and Offering Refuge -- grounding in times of uncertainty

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Korea's iconic pine trees face extinction due to climate change

Korea's iconic pine trees are at risk of withering and dying due to the effects of climate change, according to a government study, Wednesday. This has raised growing concerns that the nation's symbolic tree could potentially disappear from the Korean Peninsula, marking a significant environmental loss

It's a water planet, after all, and messes up especially the water cycle.

"While total annual rain and snowfall levels may not change dramatically, long periods between intense precipitation events allow the soil to dry and become more compact. That decreases the amount of water the ground can absorb when it does rain. "

Odd background on avocado cultivation in Queensland, Australia.

Crop revenue drops because too many farmers converted too much land to avocado plantations at the same time, about 8 years go.
Several are now pulling out.
One of them is bulldozing and burning all trees and instead will be using the land for... raising cattle ffs!!
now contributes 0.52C to
And those redneck guys are ALLOWED to raise cattle and allowed to burn perfectly fine trees!

A giant tunnel and vast sponge parks: How Denmark is trying to avoid devastating floods

The climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new records

Data tracks how Earths heating has led to rising sea levels and extreme weather yet there is no sign of emissions slowing

Ireland rises 14 places in climate action index, but SOS for planet issued at Cop29

Ireland has risen 14 places in an international ranking of performance on climate change.

The country is now in 29th place in the influential Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), compared with 43rd last year

Australia Drops To 52nd Place On Global Climate Index

Australia has dropped two places on this year's global Climate Change Performance Index, chiefly because of the government's plans to increase coal and gas production.

Australia is now in danger of dropping back into the red zone for its climate performance

84% of Maltese fear climate change will force them to move

Maltese survey respondents see climate change as second biggest national challenge, after the cost of living

Pollution Climate change is fuelling rise of non-communicable diseases in India

While the physical health impact of climate change is evident, its also taking a toll on mental health

Despite countries having signed up to the Paris Agreement pledging to reach net zero in coming decades, which would mean not emitting more carbon than is absorbed into the land and sea there is no sign of this happening. This year is on track to set another new record for global carbon emissions.

At a boiling point: how the global combat against climate change took shape :AffordableAndCleanEnergy :ClimateAction :LifeOnLand

Environmental agenda must be pressed, Pallone

Climate change is affecting Kenyas high performing and upcoming athletes, and the impact is felt during training and also at international competitions

Boosting private sector investment is, for rich nations, a crucial part of clinching a deal at the COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan this week on a global commitment for annual funding to fight climate change dubbed the New Collective Quantified Goal.

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Chart des deutschen Strommix ber die letzten 6 Stunden.

"Former South African politician and arms expert has warned that the very real possibility of a ban on Action would be a fundamental attack on British democracy. Palestine Action has frequently been protesting against Israeli weapons manufacturer Systems in the .
Feinstein adds that under British Prime Minister , the UK government could use anti- laws to crack down on pro-Palestine and activists."
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Its unique coverage offers on-the-ground news, comment and analysis that brings local viewpoints to the fore. Reporters are encouraged to read between the lines and take stories one step further rather than simply follow the official narrative.")

"Worlds 1.5C climate target deader than a doornail, experts say

even if current national pledges are met the world is on track for 2.7C (4.8F) warming"

If I remember correctly, 2 is disastrous while 4 means no more ice, meaning no more Florida

'All of us are complicit': Richard Flanagan declines $97,000 in prize money due to fossil fuel investment
By Hannah Story

Richard Flanagan has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, but he's declined to accept the prize money until its sponsors make a plan to divest from fossil fuels.

Adaptation and Peace: Extending the Agenda for Capacity-Building in Climate and Conflict-Affected Communities

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Things went on this way for a few months. A few friends did visit that first fall, but mostly it was just us in isolation, learning slowly how much we did not know but unable to ground ourselves in any way that enabled filling in those gaps.

We decided to throw a party. Our first event. Things were kind of ready, and we had gutted and made somewhat liveable a 1976 Airstream trailer we got from a family member. This innocuous and silly decision actually ended up being the turning point we needed. Several friends flew in from the East Coast, many of our LA and Bay Area friends drove out, and I recall vividly looking out the window while preparing dinner, watching everyone laughing, playing with the dog, and helping to prepare. Some friends came days in advance to help clean up trash, outline walking paths, make furniture. One made a light installation for us. Another was going to be our DJ. It was a preview of the potential for gathering here. We did so much to prepare, and it was hectic, and then the party was wonderful until a brutal windstorm swept through and ended it early.

But that evening while everyone was dancing, stargazing, eating, sharing, laughing, I had one of the most intense visions I've ever had in my life.

Generations of women, mostly of nomadic clans, passed into and out of the land. I witnessed thousands of years of this land's history in moments - but at first I thought I was being shown a different place, because up until the most recent few generations of women, this place did not look like a desert. They showed me my place in this story, and it was twofold:
Offer spiritual guidance through shared rites and training others
And making the land green again. I saw myself middle aged, and then old, and saw the land progress and trees grow taller between those two stages.

My partner had a simultaneous visionary experience, and I set out researching, almost convinced there was some metaphor here. But I learned that wasn't the case: this was a grassland, once. Before settlers cut down every last tree to fuel the gold rush, razing the vulnerable vegetation with enormous herds of cattle, and hunting the local ruminants to near extinction. And our valley was hit hard: in a lower elevation than nearby Joshua Tree and with less average precipitation, a higher concentration of mines here sealed the death sentence for nearly everything that lived here. And so that ancient creosote, some 13,000 years old, this living network of unforgetting and unforgiving medicine, took over and held the land when nothing else could. Gone were junipers, oaks, mequites. Gone from this valley were bighorn sheep, tortoises, cottontails. Gone were roadrunners, most of the jackrabbits even. Songbirds failed to stop here on their migratory routes. The cholla didn't make it, even. Nor the ocotillo. Not a saguaro to be found. One after the other sacred beings disappeared. The first summer we spent here there were no birds. Only wind and coyotes and the creosote branches whispered and whined and lamented, waiting for ears to listen to their tale.

yep this exactly where we are and the fuckwit's is not even in office.
The worst is that you can escape it. Even if you leave the country whatever these dimwits will be doing will affect the entire world...
It's a lot like : It was totally avoidable but we refuse to do the reasonable thing, rather, like a stubborn child, insisted the worst won't happen ...

"Will significant financial contributions be agreed to, enough to call COP29 a success Or..." Read more in the Condor at or link in bio

Floods strike thousands of houses in northern Philippines

> Floodwaters reaching more than four meters high swamped thousands of houses in the storm-battered northern Philippines on Tuesday after rivers overflowed following heavy rain and a dam release.

>More than a million people fled their homes ahead of Man-yi, which struck the Philippines as a super typhoon before significantly weakening as it swept over the mountains of the main island of Luzon.

>Man-yi dumped heavy rain, smashed flimsy buildings, knocked out power and claimed at least eight lives.

>**Climate change is increasing the intensity of storms, leading to heavier rains, flash floods and stronger gusts.**

Australian author Richard Flanagan rejects $97,000 in prize money due to fossil fuel investment
By Hannah Story

Richard Flanagan has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, but he's declined to accept the prize money until its sponsors make a plan to divest from fossil fuels.

G20 Supports Climate Finance at COP29, Ignores Fossil Fuels

COP out: Azerbaijan, the Caucasus, and Central Asia building three times as much fossil as wind and utility-scale solar capacity

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Report Deploying a World-Renowned Advanced Nuclear Industry in Texas

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Ireland Climate Opinion Maps

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Climate Changes Four Irelands 2023: An Audience Segmentation Analysis

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As the climate crisis worsens, the warming outlook stagnates, Climate Action Tracker, November 2024

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The China emissions paradox

As the worlds biggest emitter, China needs to cut its emissions for global climate goals to be met. But if China did curb its emissions, the deployment of renewable energy would slow down almost everywhere in world

Yeah, but what if the ignite

Understanding the Rise of US Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and the Implications for Time Element Insurance

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Actual photo of the weather-manipulation energy weapon in the Gulf of Mexico that caused Hurricane Helene.

They're so close to figuring it out!

Clearly, a man of good conscience (unlike the sponsors)

Richard Flanagan wins Baillie Gifford prize but rejects 50,000 over sponsors ties

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged leaders of the Group of 20 major economies to accelerate their national climate targets, calling on them to reach net zero climate emissions five to 10 years ahead of schedule.