Big oil profits vs. pledges to Loss and damage fund

THE LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND AND PLEDGES AT COP28: SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY? OR TO THE ANNUAL EARNINGS OF A MEGASTAR FOOTBALLER? ‍ BY JULIE-ANNE RICHARDS AND TARIQ JOWAHIR 11 / 12 / 2023 Climate Action Network and the Asian Peoples Movement for Debt and Devolvement call for billions not millions…

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Parking garages are a huge wasted heat source

Waste heat from over 5,000 underground parking lots in Berlin could meet the demand of of 14,660 average German households, scientists found, while helping improve groundwater quality and biodiversity By Prachi Patel November 9, 2023 A large untapped source of energy could be right underneath our wheels, a new study shows. Cars parked in underground…

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Substitutes for palm oil and soy could divert gigatons of CO2 and spare millions of hectares of habitat lost to agriculture

Image: Proteins, fats and carbohydrates can be synthesized from a range of carbon feedstocks via multiple chemical and biological pathways (arrows). The weight and colour of the arrows indicate the scale at which the different processes have been demonstrated and the energy required per mass unit output, respectively (see Supplementary Fig. 1 and Supplementary Table 1 for references). Dashed…

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Sulphiur dioxide vs cloud brightening

Melting point: could ‘cloud brightening’ slow the thawing of the Arctic? This article is more than 1 year old The climate emergency is prompting some scientists to suggest extreme measures. But whether you call it geoengineering or biomimicry, others feel interfering with nature will have too high a cost Andrew Anthony Sun 27 Nov 2022…

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Tim Flannery advice re drawdown and geo-engineering

Author: Tim Flannery Honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne The global effort to keep climate change to safe levels – ideally within 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures – is moving far too slowly. And even if we stopped emitting CO² today, the long-term impacts of the gas already in the air would continue for decades. For…

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Soil nitrogen: importance of the tree-fungus relationship

The secret drivers of tree growth NEWS RELEASE 11-JAN-2022 Most of the world’s tree species have a close relationship with the fungi, known as ectomycorrhizae, that grow on their roots. These form a dense network around the fine roots, supplying the trees with nutrients and protecting them from pathogens. In return, the fungi receive energy…

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…and don’t forget us!

A koala joey found drenched and trembling near the edge of the Brisbane River. It was one of the lucky animals to be rescued from the severe floodwaters. WWF Australia ‘The sad reality is many don’t survive’: how floods affect wildlife, and how you can help them Published: March 8, 2022 6.07am AEDT theconversation.com Authors Euan…

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Fossil fuel giants still getting away with stealing

Top 40 Tax Dodgers of 2023 by Callum Foote and Michael West | Nov 29, 2023 | Finance & Tax, Latest Posts in Michael West media Fossil fuel giants and other foreign multinationals are again the biggest tax dodgers in Australia. Callum Foote and Michael West unveil the un-prestigious Michael West Media Top 40 Tax…

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