Conference of Parties in Glasgow — COP26
Civil society groups from around the world stood up and walked out of COP 26 to demand just and urgent solutions to the climate crisis
“Who will pay tops the agenda as UN climate talks approach end,” — Reuters
“5 Things To Know About The New Climate Agreement In Glasgow,” — HuffPost
“Cop26 targets too weak to stop disaster, say Paris agreement architects,”
— The Guardian
“Key Cop26 pledges could put world 9% closer to 1.5C pathway,” — The Guardian
“What Indigenous Land Defenders at COP26 Want,” — Vogue
“U.S. and China announce surprise climate agreement at COP26 summit,” — NPR
“Walkout: Outraged by New COP26 Pact, Civil Society Holds People’s Plenary & Leaves Climate Summit“ — DemocracyNow!
COP26: New global climate deal struck in Glasgow — BBC
Cop26: the goal of 1.5C of climate heating is alive, but only just — The Guardian
Was COP26 successful? Here’s how climate summits make a difference — CNN
Indigenous Leaders Call for Landback Reforms and Climate Justice in “Required Reading”
The authors, who are taking part in COP26 this week, discuss ways to support Indigenous communities and their allies in healing the planet and moving forward to a post-oil future.
3 Indigenous Women Talk COP26 and What Real Climate Solutions Look Like
“It’s not just swapping out oil and gas. It’s about changing the system so that it’s sustainable for everybody.”
Indigenous Amazonian Leader:
We Must End Fossil Fuel Extraction to Protect the “Lungs of the Earth”
Reactions to the COP26 climate deal: From ‘not enough’ to ‘lifeline’ to ‘blah, blah, blah’
— France 24
‘It is not enough’: World leaders react to COP26 climate agreement
— The Washington Post
Like Locusts, Lobbyists Swarm COP26 in Glasgow
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As the World Burns, Glasgow’s COP26 Called a Failure
The Never-Ending COP
Friday thoughts as negotiations drag on in Glasgow–plus, more novel
— Bill McKibben
Report on COP26 and Social Justice
Man announces he will quit drinking by 2050
A Sydney man has set an ambitious target to phase out his alcohol consumption within the next 29 years, as part of an impressive plan to improve his health.
The program will see Greg Taylor, 73, continue to drink as normal for the foreseeable future, before reducing consumption in 2049 when he turns 101. He has assured friends it will not affect his drinking plans in the short term.
Taylor said it was important not to rush the switch to non-alcoholic beverages. “It’s not realistic to transition to zero alcohol overnight. This requires a steady, phased approach where nothing changes for at least two decades,” he said, adding that he may need to make additional investments in beer consumption in the short term, to make sure no night out is worse off.
Taylor will also be able to bring forward drinking credits earned from the days he hasn’t drunk over the past forty years, meaning the actual end date for consumption may actually be 2060.
To assist with the transition, Taylor has bought a second beer fridge which he describes as the ‘capture and storage’ method.
Local/Regional News
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Forty biochar producers, practitioners, scientists, and engineers held a virtual workshop in April 2020 to chart a roadmap for future development of the biochar industry in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
— Washington State University
OCA Endorses ‘WA Can’t Wait’ Campaign
B.C.’s Climate Risk Assessment did not consider the ways that logging worsens climate risks, presenting a major blind spot that could undermine the effectiveness of the Province’s response to global heating.
Written by Dr. Peter Wood, the ‘Intact forests, safe communities’ report found that industrial logging has a significant impact on the severity and frequency of climate risks for B.C. communities.
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“Alternative Development” in the Peruvian Amazon:
Deforestation, Drugs, and Death
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Climate Crisis = Health Emergency:
Air Pollution, Pandemics & Displacement Make the World Sick
Is Big Oil hiding in your investment portfolio?
We need to hold the institutions and the investments managers that we entrust with our money to a higher standard.
— Grist and Amalgamated Investment Services
“Miseducation”: How Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Push Climate Denialism to Kids in U.S. Schools
Interview with the investigator and author, Katie Worth.
— DemocracyNow! interview
Pipeline to the classroom:
How big oil promotes fossil fuels to America’s children
Documents show how tightly woven group of pro-industry organizations target impressionable schoolchildren and teachers desperate for resources
— The Guardian
“This book is dedicated to Oklahoma educators. The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB) thanks them for their passion for teaching, their dedication to Oklahoma students and their continued support of energy education.”
“Exceptional reporting undergirds the truly shocking facts in this book: the fossil fuel industry is doing all that it can to undermine education about climate change, which will be the most important fact in the lifetimes of kids in school today.”
— Bill McKibben
National Newsletters
How do cow hides from illegal farms in the Amazon end up in American SUVs?
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November 15 — Countries finally reached an agreement on climate change in Glasgow.
November 16 — The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to limit methane emissions.
November 17 — The EPA has a national strategy to increase recycling rates.
November 18 — North Carolina wants to hold companies accountable for PFAS pollution.
November 19 — Consumers will soon be able to repair their own iPhones.
Opinion
It’s useful to have known history
As Patrick Leahy leaves the Senate, a few thoughts about age and politics
— Bill McKibben
Noam Chomsky Talks Climate and Racial Justice
— Yes! Magazine
There Is No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice
“Without a focus on correcting injustice, work on climate change addresses only symptoms, and not root causes.”
— Yes! Magazine
Book review
The Creation Care Team and the Interfaith Earth Care Alliance group are reading and exploring environmentalist Paul Hawken’s new book:
Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation (2021)
Paul Hawken’s approach is optimistic and multifaceted: “one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation.” It begins with a hopeful Forward by Jane Goodall and includes other contributions from Richard Powers, Jonathan Safran Forer, Carl Safina, and Isabella Tree. Beautiful and striking photographs of the natural world throughout the text help inspire while Hawken provides a practical guide for us all to get to work on regeneration together. “Regeneration has two meanings. It refers to regenerating life on earth. And it refers to a new generation of humanity coming together to reverse global warming.” We can all put life at the center of every action we take and every decision we make.
Review written by Kelsey Redlin
You can learn more about the book at: https://regeneration.org
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