Can fear stop us from fighting climate change? in tutelarDamian Carrington We asked 380 top scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) what they think about the future. The results showed that although they were scared, they were determined to keep fighting.
“Sometimes it’s almost impossible not to feel hopeless and hopeless,” the climate scientist said. Ruth Cerezo-Motta. But two things help. Henri WisemanResearcher at the French IDDRI Policy Research Institute: “If we remember how much progress has been made since we started working on this topic in 2005, and remember that every tenth of a degree is very important, this means that it is still useful to continue the fight .” .
Christiana Figueres, The chairman of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016 responded a few days later. “Despair is understandable, but it robs us of agency, leaves us vulnerable to misinformation and disinformation, and impedes the radical collaboration we need,” Figueres wrote. “Doubt prevents us from taking bold action.”
IPCC scientists may not be climate fatalists, but their answers to the survey expose the dangers of “climate fatalism.” So what should you do? In ~ sustainable view, michael man and katherine hayhoe Write, “An antidote to destruction is being done.” The author of the article puts it simply: “We have what it takes to reduce emissions. “Our barriers are entirely political and economic, and they can be overcome.”
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So are you ready to vote? EU elections will be held across all 27 member states within two weeks. (If you need information on this issue, don’t worry, we’re here to help.)
As in any election campaign, information plays a key role. Powerful disinformation attacks against the EU Green Deal, a package to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, are spreading on social media, fueled by state actors including the fossil fuel industry, right-wing groups and Russia. It is imposing “carbon passports” and banning repairs to old cars. Experts Interviewed Urative We advocate for re-politicizing discourse to effectively combat misinformation.
With the rise of right-wing and far-right influence in European politics threatening progress in areas such as climate action and environmental protection, a debate between French left-wing lawmakers Manon Aubry, Aurore Lalucq and Marie Toussaint explores strategies to counter this. tendency. they discuss together economic alternative How the “left” can consolidate and expand its influence without compromising its social and environmental goals.
Toussaint, who is also the leading candidate for the Green Party, spoke as follows: Justin Giton-Buchillon for reporter, highlighting Brussels’ serious environmental problems. As a trained lawyer and active politician, she declares she is ready for the “fight of the century”: ecology.
It is time to look at what happened in the last National Assembly.
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For example, EU regulations to curb nutritional pollution have been criticized as inadequate. Despite strategies such as the Biodiversity and Farm-to-Fork Strategy under the Green Deal, which aims to reduce nutrient losses by 50% and fertilizer use by 20% by 2030, experts say Marcello Rossi and David Mancini In ~ EU Observer They argue that these goals cannot be achieved without stricter policies and better enforcement. In fact, nutrient pollution, mainly from intensive agriculture, is already threatening European waters with problems such as algae blooms and eutrophication, affecting both ecosystems and human health.
However, large industrial companies are generally dissatisfied with changing the way they do business. That is why groups such as the center-right are trying to protect the interests of voters. EPP liberal and renew europe After June, we are advocating a completely different way of thinking. They want a “green industrial deal”, highlight economic and social concerns over environmental strategies and call for deregulation in Brussels. In particular, the EPP has strongly opposed climate and environmental policies since last year, including the European Union’s (EU) bill for ecosystem restoration, known as the Nature Restoration Act. Right-wing members of the European Parliament say this poses a threat to the economy and the EU’s international competitiveness. Left and green groups, on the other hand, are trying to highlight the benefits of protecting nature, including in areas such as agriculture. EU News We compared different political programs and looked at what a competitive Europe could look like.
Finally, the Dutch Peasant-Citizen Movement (BBB, right-wing populism) joining the government with Geert Wilders represents a pivotal change and could potentially influence EU policy. Wilders is the one who talks about ‘climate hysteria’ and says asylum seekers are the root of all problems. If you want to know the character better, read this ironic yet worrying column. Tis Broer for Vn.
On another note, some interesting journalism on the EU environmental situation was published in May.
Elizabeth Tola, from University of Padua, Combining scientific literature, satellite data and field reports, we identified some of the most degraded or still unknown Italian wetlands.
Jairo Marcos and Ana Muñoz traveled ElDiario.esand Montanches, a Spanish town whose citizens knocked down a wind energy megaproject and have now democratized their own energy.
Ioana Moldoveanu and Daniel Bojin Investigation of Romanian portals Rise ProjectMafia laundered funds linked to underworld tribes, two Romanian energy companies and micro hydroelectric plants.
Tom Brown and christina Last, In ~ follow the money, Reveal how oil and gas companies are hiding their true emissions using new technology that could make tracking more difficult.
Georgia Anagnu for salomon We met with people in Palamas, Greece, who are legally challenging the sequestration of highly productive land for a solar farm due to concerns about adverse impacts on agriculture.
Finally, some self-promotion: mimesis published It’s burning (burn), is a book that collects contributions from 18 journalists (including me) who participated for the first time. It’s burning Newsletter with the help of the Italian Cooperation Project political report card, Facta News and slow news. Covering topics ranging from the food chain to migration, we’ve tried to debunk fake news and myths about climate change and the politics surrounding it.
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