The Climate Crisis Post 4

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When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Hannah Arendt

September 2023 is breaking all records

Climate news

The government’s climate committee calls for an oil phase-out and a halt to oil exploration https://e24.no/energi-og-klima/i/ve25om/klimautvalg-ber-regjeringen-lage-en-plan-for-nedphasing-av-olje

Why nuclear power is better for getting rid of fossil energy completely than renewables alone and why the fossil fuel industry doesn’t want us to realize it. https://www.salon.com/2023/06/18/why-big-oil-loves-the-renewable-energy-industry/

The EU is asking for a fossil phase-out agreement at COP28 https://priceofoil.org/2023/10/17/eu-sets-path-to-secure-fossil-fuel-phase-out-agreement-at-cop28/

How the climate crisis and inequality can take a toll on society https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/10/climate-change-inequality-societal-collapse/

Extreme records and climate change in 2023 require a faster phase-out of fossil energy, according to researchers https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-say-climate-extreme-2023-point-need-end-fossil-fuels-1837306

The petroleum industry will not attend its own energy transition conference. They cannot be expected to shut themselves down https://www.montelnews.com/news/1528705/oljebråjsens-omstillingkonferanse-cancelled-p%25C3%25A5-d%25C3%25A5rlig-partäkke

IKEA and Fortum are among 131 global groups, with over $987 trillion in turnover, calling for the phasing out of fossil fuels https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/cop28-businesses-urge-governments-to-phase-out-fossil-fuels/

The UN warns that many tipping points will make it much more difficult to take measures against the climate crisis because we will need so many measures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/25/climate-crisis-threatens-tipping-point-of-uninsurable-homes-says-un

Activism

Demonstrations against oil exploration in Oslo https://www.tv2.no/direkte/jpybz/siste-nytt/6536115709749fb7cf38bbe0/politiet-rykker-ut-til-demonstrasjon https://www.ao.no/demonstranter-stopper-trafikken-beveger-seg-mot-sentrum/s/5-128-651858 https://www.ao.no/her-kjorer-bilisten-pa-demonstanten-fra-stopp-oljeletinga/v/5-128-651924 https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/8J0X4W/departementer-i-oslo-tilgriset-med-oransje-maling https://www.dagbladet.no/kjendis/stormet-parketten/80423080

Criminalization and persecution are used to stop the climate activists’ fight for climate justice https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/how-criminalisation-is-being-used-to-silence-climate-activists-across-the-world

ICJ Norway analyzes Norway’s adherence to the Aarhus Convention Article 9. It is prohibitively expensive to sue the state on climate and environment issues. In comparison, this is free in China. https://icj.no/nyheter/uoverkommelig-dyrt/

Research news

Over 13,000 scientists are warning of a climate emergency https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/71/9/894/6325731

The state of the climate in 2023: we are in uncharted territory and the changes are coming suddenly and not gradually https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad080/7319571?login=false

The Earth’s vital condition is at its worst in human history, scientists warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/24/earth-vital-signs-human-history-scientists-sustainable-future

The IEA’s World Energy Outlook shows that the end of fossil energy is near and inevitable, but we still need to pick up the pace. https://www.iea.org/events/world-energy-outlook-2023

NIM speaks to the EMD about the responsibility states have for their exported emissions https://www.nhri.no/en/2023/oral-statement-before-the-grand-chamber-of-the-european-court-of-human-rights-27th-september-2023/

Simulator

See if you can reach the 1.5 degree target in this simulator https://en-roads.climateinteractive.org/unsupported.html

Solutions

Recycling of solar panels is possible https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-24/yes-solar-panels-can-be-recycled

Self-driving shared cars can reduce the resource, energy and space requirements of today’s transport system. Ruter will now try it out in Groruddalen. https://www.tu.no/artikler/ruter-vil-tomme-oslo-for-privatbiler-innen-2030-skal-innfore-opp-mot-15-000-selvkjorende-delebiler-i-hovedstaden/538768?key=dIrnds5u

Action

350 and Global Powerup organize demonstrations against fossil energy all over the world. https://globalpowerup.org/

Humor

We can create support for climate action by simply waiting until the consequences are bad enough. By then it is technically too late, but the support will be easier to collect. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/25/climate-change-is-finally-solved-we-can-just-let-nature-take-its-course

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