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Bringing countries back to the negotiating table with updated national plans on greenhouse gas emissions will now be the hardest task for the UK and the UN for the next year, say developing countries and climate experts.
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the Paris agreement and the Glasgow pact contain no “policing mechanisms” for ensuring that countries make pledges that are commensurate with the scale of the climate crisis.
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BBC2 8:00
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Britain has made big promises about reducing our impact on the planet, but getting there means huge changes to our everyday lives. In this surprising and funny documentary, we follow members of the UK’s first ever Citizen's Assembly on Climate Change, where 108 ordinary Brits are tasked with deciding what we should do to meet our climate change goals.
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NICOLA Sturgeon has cleared up her position on controversial plans to open up a new oil field amid the climate crisis – by telling MSP that the proposals should not be given the green light.
Despite authority for approving new oil and gas permits being reserved to the UK Government, the First Minister has received a host of pressure to set out opposition to the move – seen as flying in the face of global efforts to tackle the climate emergency.
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“It’s a good site for a pumped storage hydro scheme, which is much needed to stabilise the grid and make energy supplies more secure.”
The project will involve raising the water level of Loch Kemp, and could produce electricity for up to 400,000 homes and save up to 500,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year.
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Canada
‘A tipping point’: how poor forestry fuels floods and fires in western Canada
Clearcutting worsens heavy rain events but selective logging is needed to limit wildfire threat, experts say
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/16/canada-floods-fires-logging-british-columbia
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Fckn wine company can keep fossil fuels in the ground, so why can’t Scot Govt., Brit ago this, Cop26 etc
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Pleased to speak to the Morningside Justice and Peace group today on why transport changes are needed in Edinburgh (inequalities, climate response, public health). Thanks for the warm reception and great Qs.
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TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE (TRI) MEETS SCOTLAND’S CLIMATE ASSEMBLY
FREE online webinar – Tuesday 30th November (10am-11.30am)
Register via the link.The Scottish Climate Change Assembly was formed within the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2019. In response to the recent Recommendations by the Assembly, why not join our Webinar on Transport and Climate change. Edinburgh Napier University’s Transport Research Institute (TRI) is hosting this FREE online Webinar event in collaboration with Scotland’s Climate Assembly, where some of our expert researchers will be available to talk about aspects of their current work that speak to the ongoing multidisciplinary issue of climate change. After an intro about the TRI, each speaker will present a short sketch and the floor will open for questions and answers, chaired by Prof Pat Langdon, Director of the TRI. All are welcome.
PROGRAMME
0:00 Prof Pat Langdon, Director of TRI
‘An introduction to TRI and new directions’
10:10 Susie Townend, Head of Secretariat, Climate Assembly Scotland
‘Scotland’s Climate Assembly: The People’s Recommendations on Transport’
10:15 Prof Achille Fonzone, TRI
‘Impact of COVID-19 on public transport’
10:27 Prof Adrian Davis, TRI
'What is robust evidence? And how do we get it applied by those who shape our built environments?'
10:40 Dr Greg Fountas, TRI
‘Evaluation of traffic safety interventions in Scotland and abroad’
10:52 Dr Jonathan Cowie, TRI
‘Policy implications for greening the last mile’
11:05 Ms Susan Tully, TRI
‘Parking: the allocation and re-allocation of space’
11:20
Q&A session and closing comments
11:30
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In an open letter, prominent figures including a former chair of the UN’s climate body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and several leading scientists, many of whom have worked closely with the museum in the past, say they are “deeply concerned” about its fossil fuel sponsorship deals and they are severing ties with the museum until a moratorium is announced.
“We are in a climate crisis and should not be doing anything to legitimise those companies that are still driving up emissions by exploring for and extracting new sources of fossil fuels when the science is clear that we need to be leaving them in the ground,” the letter states.
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The fear (and sleight of hand) begins.
‘We’ll go green, but not yet’.
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OGUK, the trade body which represents the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry, has said that if new projects are not approved the country would become increasingly reliant on foreign supplies, and warned that this could leave people exposed to global energy shortages and soaring prices.
Deirdre Michie, chief executive of OGUK, said: “If we cut our own supplies of gas and oil faster than we can reduce demand then we will have to import more of what we need. Our import bills will go up without any reduction in emissions.
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The OGUK said that if projects like Cambo are not approved UK production would drop, and gas output would fall by 75 per cent by 2030, which would mean the economy which mostly relies on fossil fuels for energy production would be dependant on foreign supplies.
The trade body said the oil field would help meet the country’s energy demands while the UK Government plans to reduce fossil fuel usage, plans OGUK said would take years to implement.
It added Cambo would help meet this demand, and claimed the projects in the pipeline would be among the world’s cleanest oil and gas projects.
A UK Government spokesman said that no other “significant oil and gas producing nation has gone as far as the UK in supporting sector’s gradual transition to a low carbon future”.
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Interesting acronym, especially OG.
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Writing about the climate crisis in the i newspaper this summer, Marr urged “timid politicians” to leave “vacuous generalities” behind. His words are a taste of what is to come. “Public support on ripping out and replacing domestic boilers, even at a high cost to millions of families, can be won, just as support for mask-wearing and social distancing was,” he argued, adding: “As a lifelong political hack, I now feel we should spend less time on the distracting national puppet show.”
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Humphrys, who presented Today for 32 years, now has a show on Classic FM, a station Marr is also to join. Marr’s show about politics and the environment will go out on LBC. The two stations are owned by Global. “I used to be shocked when I heard radio presenters expressing their opinions on LBC, but I have had a change of heart about that. It is a different role and is fine as long as it is clearly labelled,” said Humphrys.
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This may or may not relate to the idea of ‘BBC balance’ where for far too long climate scientists were ‘balanced’ by Nigel Lawson (and others).
Justin Rowlatt seems to have managed ‘impartiality’ and ‘self-censorship’ better…
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Cop26 was described as the world’s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control.
We needed the final deal to be a landmark moment in the world’s response to the climate crisis. Instead, it seems we’re settling for a moment of mediocrity.
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The MPs said they were not convinced that BEIS had fully acknowledged the scale of its failures with this scheme. Hillier said it was vital to have a massive step-change in the way homes and public buildings are heated. “But the way this was devised and run was just a terrible waste of money and opportunity at a time when we can least afford it.”
The report said the failure of the scheme had damaged confidence in government efforts to improve energy efficiency in private domestic homes. The way government was tackling the issue of domestic heating was “fragmented, stop-go activity” which had hindered stable long-term progress towards its energy efficiency ambitions.
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He became a household name in the 90s, then disappeared from view. But he never stopped protesting. Now the man known as the human mole is busier than ever
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It’s ironic that a company – and ministers – desperate for more people to travel by rail, rather than take to the roads, are still making it such a dismal prospect, months before the franchise ends.
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