#Conference of the Parties

[paisaabanao]

What You Need to Know About COP28 & Upcoming COP31 with India?

COP28 is an important event where world leaders will discuss how to tackle the global climate crisis. COP28 stands for Conference of the Parties, and it is the 28th annual meeting of the countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992. The Event will take place in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from 30 November to 12 December 2023. Some…

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#1992 #2020 #2023 #2040 #AGREEMENT #arab #billions #china #clean #conference of the parties #cop23 #cop24 #COP28 #COP31 #dialogue #Dr. Sultan Al Jaber #Dubai #Emirated #energy #GDP #GLOBAL #India #IRENA #ldcs #modi #Narendra #ndc #PARIS #renewable #sea level

[hpcaatcop27]

Harvard Professor Daniel Jacob shares his perspectives at the COP27 panel, “Measuring up to the Methane Challenge,” on Nov. 17, 2022. The event, sponsored by IPIECA and held in the IETA Pavilion, focused on the ways in which the energy industry can advance efforts to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas sector to help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. 

#COP27 #Conference of the Parties #UN Global Climate Talks #UN Climate Summit #UNFCCC #Methane Emissions #Paris Agreement #Harvard

[lewbornmann]

Climate Change Progress

Climate Change Progress

It seems to me…. “The specter of climate change threatens worsening natural disasters, rapid urbanization, forced migration, and economic hardship for the most vulnerable.  Despite significant global advances, inability to effectively address epidemics and health emergencies still prevail and continuously threaten global health security and economic development.”  ~ Tedros Adhanom[1]. After…

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#anthropogenic #Biden #Build Back Better #Cairo #carbon #Carbon Dioxide #Cars #climate #climate change #competition #Conference of the Parties #COP #COP 26 #COP27 #Egypt #Electrical Power #emissions #energy #environment #environmental change #Environmental Protection Agency #EPA #fossil fuel #Fossil Fuels #free trade #gas price #Glasgow #global warming #green energy #greenhouse gas emissions

[roses-red-and-pink]

Do the LDS have any special holidays or is it just Christmas and Easter? If the answer is yes, please talk a bit about them! If not, any ideas what they might be?

Hmmm the only one I can think of would be Pioneer Day?? (July 24? I think?) But I think that’s mostly just a Utah thing not worldwide. Since I live in the “Mormon Corridor” of Canada with lots of our ancestry being from Utah we do sometimes celebrate a little bit as in like we sing a pioneer type hymn in church that week. Some years I remember talks about pioneer ancestors in church. I don’t think it happens as much anymore here.

I guess we also remember the anniversary of the church’s reorganization (Apr 6) and those who are really on the ball might know the anniversary of the first vision (I don’t) It’s not really a holiday though. More just like “huh thats neat” and maybe some years they will do a special broadcast on like the 175 anniversary or something.

But as everyone knows, general conference weekend is the biggest holiday there is 😂

#christianity #the church of jesus christ of latter day saints #sorry I should explain #general conference is a worldwide broadcast twice a year from church leaders #a weekend each in April and October #we watch the broadcast instead of going to church #lots of families have traditions like special meals or staying in pjs all day or conference watch parties #it’s like the Super Bowl but spiritually uplifting lol

[gay-mormon-wizard]

I've been holding a General Conference watch party for the queer mormon club at my institute, and a couple of them came, but mostly I've just been gaining missionaries slowly throughout the day as they realized that a private, more fun, watch party with food and activities was happening in the building

#the missionaries usually watch gen conf in the chapel or cultural hall of their ward building #but im holding the queer mormon club watch party in a classroom on the other side of the building #they wander by and realize a party is happening and go 'hey this looks like a relaxed and fun environment' and come in #ldsconf #mormon #lds #queerstake #genconf #general conference #lds general conference #tumblrstake

[generalelectionmusings]

#tory #politics #uk #conservative party #ukpol #conference

[lost-carcosa]

#UK politics #tory party conference #HS2 #high speed rail #standard tory incompetence #fuck the tories

[redfish-blu]

An Open Letter to the Danger Days Tumblr Community:

Now that you’ve read that overdramatic title and are wondering who fucked up, I have something to say about the Danger Days Tumblr community: I Love You.

Danger Days was the first fandom I ever posted for on any site. All the way back in middle school (ho-ly shit). And let me tell you what I found out even way back when: this is not an easy fandom to be in.

For one, most people don’t even know it exists. For two, even less know it in the way it’s been cultivated on Tumblr. Almost every single person has such a niche interpretation of every little detail, that it’s impossible to draw a line through any two versions of the story. Which is a fact I personally love, but I also think it scares a lot of people away. You have to work to be in this fandom. Both as a passive and active fan. It requires patience and tolerance for disappointment.

But that’s exactly why I want to encourage everyone who creates and everyone who listens to Keep Doing That. Like I cannot stress this enough, that is what keeps this fandom and IP alive. Danger Days as a universe would be absolutely nothing without fan work (re: the California Comics), especially a decade later. Without fans who care about this story way more than it has warranted us to care, it would be six feet under. And sometimes I really think that’s what it deserves (and maybe the writers think that as well), but for the life of me I just can’t let that happen. I’ve tried to let this fucking thing go, believe me.

And funny enough, that exact feeling is evidenced by the community on this site too. Which has changed faces almost completely from what it was three years ago for better and less better in some cases. And it’s something I still struggle with adjusting to, but I look at the tag daily. I look everyone’s posts and blogs and art and effort. If you have posted even once in the dd tag my eyes have 100% seen it. So even if I still feel a little out of place, like a ghost of fandom’s past, at least I know everybody. And I know people feel the same way: No rest for the wicked.

When I reanimated from my fandom coma I was fully expecting to find that the community had gone extinct. Partially because all the blogs I used to frequent had straight up died in the three years I was gone. But I pulled up to the gates of the Danger Days tag like Rick Grimes outside of Alexandria, fully expecting to be devastated, only to find New People tilling the fucking field. And it didn’t matter that I now had no idea who any of you people were, it was The Most welcoming thing ever.

I’ll be the first to tell you this fandom bares almost no resemblance to the one I left, and I’m not going to lie and say it’s better now, but the foundation didn’t get blown away in the storm. That’s what I find uniquely profound. That everyone here still wants to try. And that makes me really want to try. And I’m sure everyone would agree that there is often little reward for the effort; but that’s precisely my point in saying all this shit. That even despite the not fun aspects, we all still clock in; and there’s a new post, headcanon, drawing, or fic every freaking day. It’s commendable, really.

If you’re lurking, or post sometimes but feel afraid to actually take a leap here because (the fandom is comparatively tiny to the greater MCR fandom) you’ll be way more out there, and the already established figureheads of the fandom will definitely see your stuff: post post post. This is my formal endorsement to Just Post That Shit. And Interact With That Shit. I spent a year gathering the courage to publish the tiniest thing while behind the scenes I literally wrote about 60+ works. You have to respect your own creativity and trust that other people will give it the time of day.

So do not feel crazy or discouraged about your ideas here! Like we literally need them to function, I would not be here if it wasn’t for all the people three years ago who just posted all their thoughts about Danger Days. About everything. Obscure or not. It’s truly a gift that this fandom has attracted people who are willing to work their brains because the original creators let it fall flat. I cannot tell you how much being in this fandom has actually helped me out in my writing and analysis skills.

So yeah. I fucking love this fandom, I love being in it and I love seeing that people are still stoking the flames. I wanted to say all this crap because I knew I’d be able to articulate it for the people who can relate but don’t want to be the first to say it. Which is okay, understandable. As I said earlier this fandom is like yelling your thoughts out into a very echoey room that only has a few people in it. So I’ll shout first and maybe it’ll make other people more comfortable to shout back.

#i tried to make this as easy to read as possible #this is also an open discussion btw. welcome to the fuckin conference room #we’re all on the council #danger days #mcr #ttlotfk #ttlofk #kobra kid #killjoys #the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #party poison #jet star #fun ghoul #danger days: the true lives of the fabulous killjoys #cas types #long post

[nando161mando]

Q. if you are unable to legally strike, how close have we come to some #publicsector workers being press-ganged into service?

If you are forced to work (given that having no job/being sacked would under current benefit arrangements be severely detrimental to wellbeing) then its no wonder it might be against those aspects of #internationallaw related to #workersrights.

But I guess the #Tories will see this as breaking Int.Law in a 'limited & specific way'!

#slavery #wage slavery #uk politics #ukpol #uk government #uk govt #ukgov #uk #poverty #fuck the tories #tories out #‘we all know the tories are s**t’ #tories set out policies as conservative party conference kicks off in manchester #anti tories #tory party #tory #eat the rich #eat the fucking rich #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #capitalism #capitalist hell

[deanpinterester]

i just discovered the existence of agar crystal candy and my desire to eat rocks has never been at such a high

#uhhhh me #need to have a rock party one day.... #every food just looks like rocks.... #like that geology conference where they pretend rocks are food? #well i'm gonna pretend my foods are rock #actually it'll be like 'is it cake' #there are both no the table and YOU have to decide which is which

[sspookyspoonss]

Shout out to Rishi Sunak who hosted his party conference in Manchester, a city he knew he would be announcing he was fucking over.

#conservative party #conservative party conference #politics #uk #british politics #uk politics #Manchester #hs2 #rishi sunak

[hpcaatcop27]

Read Professor Stavins’ analysis of the outcomes of COP27 in his newest blog.

#COP 27 #COP Egypt #Conference of the Parties #UNFCCC #Climate Policy #Climate Action #Climate Change #Environmental Economics #Harvard #Harvard Kennedy School #UN Global Climate Conference

[coochiequeens]

Women in Germany are fighting back against gender id and creating women only spaces.

Aswith many feminist events nowadays, the 2022 Women’s Rights Conference in Berlin was held at a privately-booked location. I didn’t know beforehand who else was invited, except for the other members of the local collective. It was all extremely confidential. For obvious reasons, I can't give too many details, but in the end, one thing is clear: feminists in Germany are steadily building a brand new movement.

On a cloudy Friday afternoon in early December, I trudged along a stretch of damp sidewalk. Dusk was settling, and everything was cold. Suddenly, a taxi pulled up ahead. Bright red brake lights glowed in the evening mist. A pair of white-haired women left the cab with their bags and walked into a nearby driveway. It was then that I knew this was the place.

We said our hellos in the main hall where the air was warm and dry. Then a friend at the front desk greeted us in two languages; she’d volunteered to translate from German to English for the entire weekend. She gave us name tags, room keys, and instructions on when and where to meet later for dinner. Organizers busily shuffled supplies to different rooms and hung colorful posters on the wall in preparation of the next days’ workshops. Soon the hall was filled with surprised and joyous reunions. Not much later, the final women arrived, and we all enjoyed our first hot meal together.

That night, the organizing team officially welcomed us all to the conference. We were 60 women, aged 23 to 85, and mostly German-speaking. I was huddled around a translator with two Turkish feminists, one Swedish feminist, and the English feminist Julia Long. Women from Germany's Feminist Party (Die Feministische Partei) were present, along with a member of the German Green Party (Die Grünen), plus many founding members of the first Lesbian Action Center (Lesbisches Aktion Zentrum) in West Berlin. A few of the Flying Lesbianswere there, too!

Here were the women who had built women-only bars and bookshops in Germany in the time of the second wave. They’d translated whole libraries of feminist texts from English and French. Some of them even smuggled those texts and their own magazines into East Berlin when the wall still stood. Here, too, were the young women who survived medical transition, who defied modern misogyny and chose to come home to themselves.

"Here were the women who had built women-only bars and bookshops in Germany in the time of the second wave."

In their welcoming speeches, four organizers gave their thanks to the fifth – or rather, the first: Monne Kühn. Over months of meetings and late-night phone calls, it was Monne's driving force keeping the team focused and alert. “Look, I'm going to do this,” she'd said bluntly in June, “and if you want to help, you can.” One look around the room, and it was clear their hard work was worth the fuss. Monne then invited women in the audience to stand when she named their organizations, to rounds of applause.

Then the oldest woman was invited to speak. She was born before World War II. As a child, she survived the Nazi regime. Through the Cold War, she witnessed Germany’s occupation and division. She watched the wall go up in Berlin, and three decades later, she saw it come down. With a calm fury, she told the crowd that she never expected - in her long lifetime - to see the insidious misogyny we are seeing today. And she's seen some things. She rejected the dehumanization of women as mere “uterus bearers,” joking that “menstruator” doesn’t even apply to her anymore. Finally, she urged women to take action against Germany's planned self-ID law, which threatens the autonomy of all women and girls across the country.

The next day began with Julia Long illustrating the importance of language in this fight. She challenged us to recognize the tricks that wordplay pulls on our perceptions. Namely, calling a wristwatch a “trans-table” doesn’t mean you can then serve dinner on it. After her presentation, we formed groups to discuss the effects of language on our sex-based rights. We later reconvened and shared the observations and concepts developed by each group. This plenary was followed by a delicious lunch, and then speeches from international speakers.

Feminists from Sweden, Scotland, France, the UK, and Germany took the floor. They shared the latest news about self-ID from their respective countries, governments, and feminist movements. We then brought their ideas into new discussion groups focused on building German-specific strategies. What actions can we take in public? How can we affect legislation? Where should we exercise our free speech rights? One group encouraged monthly demonstrations and public discussions. Another group suggested taking action with joy, for this creates feminist magnetism.

After such a jam-packed Saturday, we embraced the evening with champagne and lively conversation. One of the organizers welcomed us into a dimly lit room for a performance of spoken word poetry. Then our very own DJane helped us find our groove with a late night disco. Before going to bed, I visited the film crew, who’d asked for volunteers to give their impressions of the gathering so far. I met Julia Long in the hallway, and we started chatting about incredible and inspirational women we’d met at different events over the years. We agreed that this German feminist conference, with all its action-oriented workshops and discussions between like-minded women, was simply exhilarating to witness.

Sunday began with lots and lots of coffee. With my second cup, I began to wonder: just how many women did the organizers and attendees inspire over the years? With their lifetimes of feminist work, how many women’s lives did they touch? How many more women will benefit because of this very conference?

After breakfast, the final groups presented their strategic ideas and announced that several women had already taken responsibility for initiating specific projects and actions. Then everyone in attendance agreed to unanimously sign a resolution in support of the FrauenAktionsBündnis Appel, a call to action by over 25 women’s groups across the country to oppose the erasure of sex in policy and legislation.

I hope this record of a lovely feminist weekend inspires other women elsewhere to join together. Let each of our gatherings serve as markers on the road to liberation. When we look back, we can see just how long and far we’ve traveled. But sometimes along this road, we happen to be traveling in excellent company. As we march on, let this testament stand: our collective power, when channeled together, can ignite great flames of resistance.

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#Berlin #Germany #2022 Women’s Rights Conference #Germany's Feminist Party (Die Feministische Partei) #German Green Party (Die Grünen) #Lesbian Action Center (Lesbisches Aktion Zentrum) #Flying Lesbians #FrauenAktionsBündnis Appel

[kedsandtubesocks]

erika!!! your ask game sounds like so much fun!! 😍 how about me n the one and only gojo satoru for your game?? (mostly because idk who else to send lmao)

just once again letting you know that i absolutely adored your little rodeo series 🥰🥹

My baby Fairy hiiiii 🥹✨

Thanks for stopping by for some sweet fun and omg next time you’re more than welcomed to send in a demon slayer husband of yours heeheehee 👀

AH!! So for you and that certain white haired guy I am just living for the idea of academia AU! Like especially you and him as professors either in the same department or in opposing departments that are always at odds at each other (like the struggle all my lit professors had with anthropology professor was wild LOL) 🤎📚💌

And of course I also love a nice enemies to lovers but it’s one sided cause Gojo the entire was just love struck by you and your brilliance 💕💖☺️

THANK YOU AGAIN DEAR FAIRY ILY AND APPRECIATE YOU!! ✨💝

#ok but I’m just imaging you and him having the feelings boil over at an over night conference or holiday party 👀 #fairy’s tag 🍄✨ #asks and such things 💌 #fun ask games! 🎟️

[spiltcandycoatedpunkblood]

just so you know how normal the UK is, left wing climate change activists and anti-monarchy protesters are getting jail time and beaten for simply holding up banners and being considered disruptive whilst right wing bullshitters against shit like ULEZ (literally about having areas that are specifically for ultra low emissions so we, y'know, don't constantly have to breathe in fucking car fumes and other pollutants because some fucking people actually bizarrely want to???) and road safety limits EVEN FUCKING RIGHT NEAR SCHOOLS are driving basically massive vehicles through the streets and are not considered a disruptive protest

#this is also after being a year or so into a fucking protest bill where the government can cherry pick which protests to break apart #also naturally police are turning off bodycams because of course they are #and a van was stopped by police because 'they had reason to believe they were going to disrupt the tory party conference' #also laurence fox - known fascist - was yelling in public about protecting children from trans people #and i haven't heard shit about the covid inquiry because bozo the clown stepped down in a tantrum when he wouldn't hand over his phone #despite the fact that probs about 17 parties that he was involved in took part in and around 10 downing street #DURING A FUCKING PANDEMIC IN DECEMBER 2020 #WHEN EVERYONE WAS MADE TO FOLLOW THE RULES OR BE SANCTIONED #there's a giant wall in London with all the Covid victims and with the darkest irony #it's literally opposite the Houses of Parliament #and i highly doubt any of those people in there - especially the higher powers - have even fucking visited it #this is also the same fucking country that attacked a vigil for a woman brutally murdered by a police officer #claiming it was an unlawful gathering #whilst ignoring the christmas parties at downing street and the anti lockdown protestors #vent #rant #uk politics #my heart is fucking dead i don't have the fucking enthusiasm anymore #i wanna go back so damn much #my family and I do not have many friends now as a result

[generalelectionmusings]

#rishi sunak #uk #politics #tory #conservative party #ukpol #conservative conference #lying liars who lie