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Picture this: COP29 is the annual climate circus where world leaders come together to throw their weight behind carbon emissions. Like a muscle car that consumes premium gas. Next comes the highlight: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev steps up to the microphone and declares that oil and gas are “God's gift to his country.” You can't make this up. It's like hosting a vegetarian potluck and having the guest of honor arrive with a plate of prime rib. Petro-state 'climate' meeting Let’s start with the hilarious venue choice. Azerbaijan is one of the countries where crude oil is more than just…
Breaking down silos: integrating gender and climate targets into blended financial transactions
There is growing evidence that women play a key role in achieving climate goals, both as leaders and beneficiaries of advancing climate solutions. There is therefore an urgent need for more investment in gender- and climate-sensitive deals. However, mainstreaming a gender perspective into climate tools often encounters many obstacles. This is particularly evident in blended finance markets, where only 22% of the 550 or so climate blended finance transactions in the Convergence Historical Transaction Database (HDD) are gender-sensitive, a much lower proportion than the overall trend in blended finance markets. 31% of deals promote gender equality. Recognizing this, the Catalytic…
Days before last week’s election, Bernie Sanders issued a dire warning to voters: “If Donald Trump is elected, the fight against climate change is over.” [emphasis, links added] He has this right. Climate change fanaticism was effectively on display in last week's vote. The green energy agenda was soundly defeated. It turns out that the tens of millions of middle-class Americans who voted for Trump are not very interested in the temperature of the earth in 50 years. They are too busy paying bills. This result shouldn't be too surprising. Every poll in recent years has shown climate change ranking…
From the Daily Skeptic by Tilak Doshi Another year, another Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is about to be held. The 29th Conference of the Parties is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event started yesterday and will last for 11 days. My view of last year’s UN climate conference, which was attended by a record 86,000 delegates, was actually pessimistic (some would say cynical): Apart from high-sounding communiqués, more fanfare from climate NGOs and alarmist headlines from traditional media, COP28 in Dubai will most likely not produce anything of…
It's hard to know exactly when it happened. Looking back on those years, when we were worried about aerosol cans and global warming, it was almost impossible to see our transformation. [emphasis, links added] When did we move from relatively legitimate concerns about polar bears on Arctic ice floes and an adult responsibility to pollute the planet less and protect it more to one Blind panic about something we know very little about? There was a time when joining hippie causes like Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace would elicit a laugh at the Sunday lunch table. Those who do…
Diesel RV sales will cease early next year in several states due to California's new climate rules, according to RVtravel. [emphasis, links added] According to RVtravel, RV sales in California, Washington, Oregon, New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey will be prohibited if they do not meet certain emissions requirements set by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). CARB revised its advanced clean truck regulations on October 24, Requires all vehicles weighing more than 8,500 pounds to be zero-emission. According to RVtravel, RV owners in these six states will not be allowed to register recreational vehicles (RVs) that do not comply…
Eco enthusiasts have vowed to “tackle the big polluters” after oil giant Shell won a landmark climate change lawsuit in the Netherlands today. [emphasis, links added] Court overturns previous ruling Force Shell to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 45% by 2030. The so-called “People vs. Shell” case began in 2019, when Dutch Friends of the Earth and six other environmental groups took the case to The Hague. After court initially sided with green groups, Shell is required to reduce its emissions by 45% from 2019 levels, even including those of its customers. Court of Appeal ruled “There is not…
Climate change alarmist crazy free template Opening paragraph:In a recent report [Organization Name]scientists sounded the alarm [Adjective] Impact of climate change. according to [Authority Figure’s Name/Title]if global temperatures rise only [Small Number] degrees Celsius, we could see catastrophic impacts, including [Noun/Outcome], [Another Noun/Outcome],even [Absurd Noun/Outcome]. Text paragraph 1:The report emphasizes that [Adjective] [Natural Phenomenon] Climate change has become more frequent and severe due to human activities, especially burning. [Fossil Fuel Name]. “[Adjective] Weather events such as [Specific Natural Disaster] There is clear evidence that [Noun] It's getting out of control,” said [Authority Figure’s Name]one [Prestigious Title/Profession] exist [Institution Name]. Text…
Climatologists appalled by Nature op-ed that says objectivity of climate science is questionable
Three climate researchers nature argue that the objectivity of climate science is problematic because it hinders their political advocacy, which they believe is too important to deny. [emphasis, links added] Therefore, the authors argue that the value of objectivity in scientific research should be reconsidered. “The public watches as national and local governments declare climate emergencies while continuing to issue new licenses for fossil fuel extraction, seemingly ignoring the increasingly urgent scientific message that this will cause the world to warm more than 1.5°C by 2030 (or even earlier), will exceed pre-industrial levels,” the researchers explained. While researchers equate refusing…
Andrew Goode grew up lobstering with his father in Boothbay, Maine, a coastal town whose economy and culture have long been dominated by fishing. Goode: “That’s essentially why this town was built.” Now, as a researcher at the University of Maine's Darling Marine Center, Goode studies how warming is affecting lobsters in his region. He said lobsters prefer water temperatures between 54 and 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Water temperatures higher than this make it harder for them to reproduce, stress the young lobsters, and lead to the spread of disease. In southern New England, warming waters are causing the lobster fishery…