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COP28: UN climate talks take aim at planet-warming food

1st December 2023, 10:41 PST

By Georgina RannardClimate reporter at COP28, Dubai

World leaders have for the first time promised to tackle the huge responsibility that food and agriculture have in climate change.

More than 130 countries signed up to a declaration about food, on the second day of the UN climate summit COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Food contributes a third of the warming gases increasing global temperatures.

Leaders including King Charles told COP28 that time was running out to tackle climate change.

The Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action has been welcomed by many experts and charities who say it is long overdue.

Countries that have signed up represent 5.7bn people and 75% of all emissions from global food production and consumption, according to the COP28 host nation the UAE.

Nations should now include food emissions in their plans to tackle climate change - also called Nationally Determined Contributions.

The US, China, the EU and the UK - some of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases per capita from food - signed up.

"The declaration sends a powerful signal to the nations of the world that we can only keep the 1.5 degree goal in sight if we act fast to shift the global food system in the direction of greater sustainability and resilience," said Edward Davey, head of research group World Resources Institute UK.

Debates around food and climate often focus on whether people should eat less meat and dairy.

Research has shown that a big meat-eater's diet produces 10.24 kg of greenhouse gasses each day.

And as food prices have gone up around the world, focus has turned to how growing weather unpredictability caused by climate change could also increase the cost of a supermarket shop.

But this declaration is unlikely to lead to government policies like a tax on meat or lower food prices in the short-term, says Edward Davey.

Leaders of global organisations representing farmers cautiously welcomed the declaration.

Esther Penunian, head of the Asian Farmers' Association representing 13 million farmers, called it a "major milestone".

But she urged governments to turn the promises into real policies.

Karina Gonçalves DavidBrazilian farmer Karina Gonçalves David says climate change is affecting what she can grow and sell

Brazilian farmer Karina Gonçalves David said she was happy to see leaders' attention turn to agriculture.

Extreme weather, including a record heatwave and floods that hit Brazil in November, is affecting what farmers grow, she says.

"The climate crisis directly affects farmers. The excess rain we have experienced is rotting the food that we grow, and our crops are either dying or those that remain have stagnated," she told BBC News.

The UAE announced the agreement as world leaders addressed the conference, pledging new action on climate change and warning of the impacts on their nations.

King Charles stressed the accelerating pace of climate change in a year now confirmed to be the hottest on record.

"We are carrying out a vast, frightening experiment of changing every ecological condition, all at once, at a pace that far outstrips nature's ability to cope," the King said.

"The Earth does not belong to us, we belong to the Earth," he concluded.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, which will host the talks in two years time, told the meeting that the world needed concrete actions.

"Humanity suffers with droughts," he said, focussing on the current situation in the north of Brazil, where the Amazon region is suffering with the worst drought in its history.

UK PM Rishi Sunak told delegates there was a "disconnect" between what he called "lofty rhetoric on stages like this, and the reality of people's lives around the world."

The UK has been accused of slowing down its progress in tackling climate change after Mr Sunak announced major policy changes in September.

#globalist #wef #carbon footprint #your food has too big of a carbon footprint #reduction in food #reduction in people #reduction in carbon #elitists

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reasonsforhope · 9 months

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"Proving that change is possible if the will to create it is present, Chinese megacities like Beijing that were once famous for their apocalyptic grey skies are enjoying the lowest levels of air pollution they’ve experienced in the 21st century.

Falling 42% from an average high in 2013 when Chinese air pollution was higher than 50 particles per cubic centimeters of city air, the change has increased the lifespan of Chinese urbanites by 2.2 years.

The news comes from a report published by the University of Chicago called the Air Quality Life Index which listed some of the actions taken by the Chinese government to reduce air pollution, described by the CCP as a “war on pollution.”

This has included reducing the presence of heavy industry like steel production in city centers, as well as restricting coal power plants from being built inside cities while shuttering those that were already there.

Some cities like Beijing have reduced the number of cars allowed on the roads during peak hours, similar to London’s congestion charge. Lastly, China’s mass urban tree-planting campaigns have been well documented.

While the life expectancy has risen on average 2.2 years, some cities have seen far more drastic increases. Citizens living under the new “Beijing Blue,” are predicted to live 4 additional years, while those 11 million in the north-central city of Baoding are predicted to gain 6.

“At the foundation of those actions were common elements: political will and resources, both human and financial, that reinforced each other,” the report said. “When the public and policymakers have these tools, action becomes much more likely.”

In fact, the decline in China’s pollution levels has been so drastic that it lowered the world average, which the report says would have increased if not for the Middle Kingdom’s war on pollution.

Although Chinese city air is still several times higher than the WHO’s recommended minimum, it shows what’s accomplishable with political and civic effort—particularly to its neighbors in South Asia where the report warns air quality is worsening."

-via Good News Network, September 1, 2023

#china #pollution #air pollution #coal #carbon emissions #pollution reduction #tree planting #beijing #air quality #aqi #life expectancy #asia #south asia #good news #hope #hope posting

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wachinyeya · 1 month

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#good news #environmentalism #science #environment #green cement #cement #architecture #construction #carbon emissions #co2 reduction #carbon footprint

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whats-in-a-sentence · 6 months

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As shown in figure 13.58, this is an enormous chemical reactor in which heating, reduction and purification occur together.

"Chemistry" 2e - Blackman, A., Bottle, S., Schmid, S., Mocerino, M., Wille, U.

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cognitivejustice · 1 month

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Emissions fell by a steep 15.5% in 2023, largely driven by reductions in carbon from electricity generation and industry. EU countries added 17 gigawatts (GW)-worth of windmills and covered roofs and fields with 56GW of new solar panels. (For comparison, nuclear-power capacity in the EU was roughly 100GW, though it can run 24 hours a day.) Officials reckon 2024 will be another record year for renewables.

The commission’s modelling suggests that current policies should get the bloc to an 88% reduction of overall emissions by 2040, compared with 1990 levels. With the 2030 target of a 55% reduction within reach, the EU should be able to agree to a target for 2040 of 90%. The main target, to get to net zero by 2050, is unchanged.

#emissions #emissions reduction #solarpunk #EU #carbon emissions #green energy

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hope-for-the-planet · 2 years

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I don’t know if your non-US audience will have heard of it (or even those in the US, based on convos I’ve had today), but the Inflation Reduction Act has passed both chambers of the US legislature. It provides HUGE amounts of funding to climate solutions, in a way that benefits not only the US but other countries through research and driving down costs of clean energy!

I don’t have a great link handy - haven’t found one that summarizes the climate provisions well - but it’s a momentous day for gov’t action on climate!

Hi Noelscope!

Thank you for bringing this up! I have personally been waiting with bated breath watching the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act) move through the legislative process--and have similarly been surprised that I don't hear more people in the US talking about it.

Even though this is a massive piece of positive climate change news, part of me has hesitated to post it here because, like every piece of legislature, this is an imperfect bill made by imperfect people and an imperfect political process—for anyone looking to be negative and get up in arms about something there is plenty of stuff to point fingers at that could have been better.

But but but. Looking through the lens of when I first started this blog less than 4 years go—this seems like a legitimate miracle. That we have gotten this far this fast after four years of Trump environmental policy is almost unbelievable.

This is the largest piece of climate legislature passed in the US by a truly massive margin—most models anticipate that it will drop US emissions 30-40% by 2030 and potentially actually put us within reach of our Paris Agreement goals.

Do we need to do more? Yes. Is this an excuse to let up environmental efforts and political pressure? Absolutely not. But this is a massive piece of progress that would not have happened if the people involved had given up when it started to seem impossible.

This video has a great overview of what is in the IRA, what it is intended to do, and some of the downsides (good stuff that had to be left out of the bill and bad stuff that had to be grudgingly included in order to get it to pass).

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#US politics #submission #ask #politics #climate change #global warming #news #carbon emissions #inflation reduction act #positive news #hope #ecoanxiety

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secattention · 2 months

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Farmer tells what happened when his Hogs were injected with the new mRNA Vaccine.

#jim crenshaw #on bitchute #awareness #the NWO is going to force You to take these injections one way or another #all part of the agenda #Vaccines in Fruits & Vegetables #Vaccines in Many Meat Products #Who Knows What Else #Population Reduction #We MUST Remove the Carbon from this Earth #the Carbon is You!

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gagliandi · 2 months

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Malcesine: Enchantment Between Lake and Mountain

Nestled between the crystal-clear waters of Lake Garda and the imposing peaks of Monte Baldo, Malcesine captivates visitors with its timeless beauty. This medieval town, with its cobblestone streets, ancient buildings, and breathtaking views, offers a perfect mix of history, nature, and culture. A Journey Through History The historical heart of Malcesine is dominated by the Scaliger Castle, a…

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vintage-tigre · 11 months

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#depopulation #carbon reduction

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theculturedmarxist · 6 months

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“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Hellen Keller

Republican Congresswoman Carol Miller has a quintessentially American political biography. As the owner of a bison farm in Huntington, West Virginia, Miller first became active in state politics, gaining election to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2006. During her 12 years of service at the state level, Miller rose to the position of majority whip. In 2018, she ran for Congress, decisively winning West Virginia’s 3rd district seat on a pledge to “cut the bull” in Washington. She currently sits on the powerful Committee on Ways and Means.

Separately, The Hill is one of the leading politically focused news organizations in the US. Founded in 1994 to cover the inner workings of Congress and the intersection of politics and business, The Hill is known for its non-partisan style, a rare distinction in today’s hyper-politicized media environment. With more than 100 journalists and tens of millions of monthly readers, The Hill is considered an essential resource for those in the Beltway. In 2021, the company was sold to Nexstar Media for $130 million.

When someone of Miller’s stature takes to the editorial page of The Hill to address the topic of energy, we pay close attention. Imagine our dismay when we read this last week (emphasis added throughout):

“Hydrogen is often described as the future of clean and affordable energy. There are multiple ways it can be developed, but the most effective way is through a process called carbon capture utilization and storage. This process takes coal and natural gas emissions and converts them into hydrogen. At the beginning of 2022, hydrogen was supplied almost entirely from fossil fuels. More than 70 percent was generated from natural gas and 27 percent generated from coal. In the last year, my home state of West Virginia’s coal and natural gas production rose 5.7 percent and 6 percent, respectively. Using natural gas and coal emissions to create hydrogen energy is the perfect example of a comprehensive energy solution.”

We are not sure which version of ChatGPT was used to create this gibberish, but Miller’s language model needs a new training set. There is so much wrong with what she wrote that it is difficult to know where to begin—we are stunned that The Hill would publish it.

Hydrogen is typically made by reforming natural gas or by using an electrolyzer to split water, not by “a process called carbon capture utilization and storage.” When people refer to “natural gas and coal emissions,” they almost universally understand this to mean carbon dioxide (CO2). There is no “H” in CO2, of course, which makes Miller’s prose indistinguishable from alchemy.

After having read the entire opinion piece a half-dozen times, our best guess is that Miller must have been referring to the prospect of turning coal bed methane into hydrogen via steam reforming, burning the hydrogen thus produced as a fuel source, executing a water-gas shift reaction to convert the byproduct carbon monoxide into CO2, capturing the resulting CO2 emissions for storage, and having the federal government pay handsomely to have all this done. But honestly, who knows?

Whatever Miller was advocating for, the issue that provoked her to take to the pages of The Hill is a high-stakes one: an upcoming and highly anticipated rule-making announcement by the US Department of Treasury that will decide who qualifies for some of the most lucrative (and scientifically dubious) tax credits codified into law by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). The race is on to pilfer scores of billions from the US taxpayer in the name of chasing green energy unicorns, and there is a full-blown administrative brawl underway between the various factions trying to get theirs while the getting is good. It is a story of cronyism, a failure to learn from Europe’s energy madness, and a familiar scheme guaranteed to incinerate heaps of the public’s money. Let’s head to the swamp and expose some of the disturbing details.

#carbon capture #hydrogen production #chatgpt #inflation reduction act #us politics

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softpastelqueer · 1 year

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You know you’ve been on the internet for too long when you see people being called ableist for saying drinking water is better for hydration than drinking soda

#it’s wild because they use sensory issues as an excuse and it’s like … carbonated water exists but also I have sensory issues too?#like no one should shame your choices absolutely but it’s weird to turn ‘pure water is best for hydration’ into all that #that said soda is better than nothing and I do think advice should be aimed for harm reduction rather than a perfect ideal goal #but I’ve seen people harass and suicide bait people for saying ‘drink water besties!’

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COP28 countries reach landmark deal to “transition” away from fossil fuels

The COP28 climate talks in Dubai have culminated in a historic agreement that will see the world phase out all fossil fuels for the first time.

The president of this year’s UN-organised summit, Sultan Al Jaber of the UAE, brokered an agreement that was strong enough for the US and the EU on the need to sharply curb the use of fossil fuels while keeping Saudi Arabia and other oil producers on board.

The final agreement calls for countries to phase out fossil fuels from their energy systems in a swift and orderly fashion, which helped convince sceptics. The agreement also calls for countries to contribute to the global transition effort – rather than explicitly forcing the transition on their own.

The so-called “UAE Consensus” ends the hottest year on record, which led to droughts and devastating wildfires. Al Jaber, who’s also chief executive officer of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, noted:

“Together we have confronted the realities and sent the world in the right direction.”