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Africa Climate Week 2022 Set to Harness Opportunities for Climate Action ahead of COP27 (UN Climate Change News)
Africa Climate Week (ACW) 2022 kicked off today in Libreville, Gabon, by convening Ministers from across the continent to discuss the threats and opportunities associated with climate change. This high-level political push for collaboration on climate comes just months before Africa hosts the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in November.
At the opening ceremony, President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was joined by Ministers and other delegates from 42 countries from across Africa and officials from key UN and multilateral agencies. ACW 2022 will run through 2 September and marks an important step towards COP27.
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Scientists call on colleagues to protest climate crisis with civil disobedience(The Guardian)
Scientists should commit acts of civil disobedience to show the public how seriously they regard the threat posed by the climate crisis, a group of leading scientists has argued.
“Civil disobedience by scientists has the potential to cut through the myriad complexities and confusion surrounding the climate crisis,” the researchers wrote in an article, published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change on Monday.
“When those with expertise and knowledge are willing to convey their concerns in a more uncompromising manner … this affords them particular effectiveness as a communicative act. This is the insight of Greta Thunberg when she calls on us to ‘act as you would in a crisis’.”
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California to Ban the Sale of New Gasoline Cars (New York Times)
California regulators on Thursday will vote to put in place a sweeping plan to restrict and ultimately ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars, state officials said, a move that the state’s governor described as the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine.
The new policy, detailed Wednesday morning in a news conference, is widely expected to accelerate the global transition toward electric vehicles. Not only is California the largest auto market in the United States, but more than a dozen other states typically follow California’s lead when setting their own auto emissions standards.
If those states follow through, and most are expected to adopt similar rules, the restrictions would apply to about a third of the United States auto market.
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Solar panel sales boom as energy bills soar (BBC)
The energy bills crisis has prompted a big rise in demand for solar panels. Just over 3,000 solar installations are being carried out every week, according to trade association Solar Energy UK, up from 1,000 a week in July 2020.
One provider said this month it had seen enquiries about solar panels rise tenfold. "More solar panels are being put on British roofs than ever before," said Chris Hewett, chief executive of Solar Energy UK.
The fact that renewable energy helps protect the planet has always made it an attractive option.
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The climate crisis is a hunger crisis (Politico)
The Horn of Africa is currently in the grip of one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years, and global warming has a direct impact on this catastrophe, as rising temperatures mean the region’s also suffering one of the most devastating droughts in decades. Millions of people’s lives are currently at risk due to failed harvests, mass livestock deaths and water shortages.
As this unfolding disaster demonstrates, the climate emergency and starvation are linked. After all, you can’t farm arid, infertile or flooded land, and extreme weather patterns are making it harder for farmers to produce food all over the world. The problem is worse in the Global South, however, where the climate is already hotter.
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Pittsburgh-area climate initiatives to receive a boost when long-awaited federal funds flow (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
From Swissvale to Forest Hills, small-scale climate initiatives could get a boost if local governments receive a cut of the $369 billion in funding for climate action included in the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in mid-August.
More than a few local officials are optimistic about the impact the long-awaited funding could have on their local climate targets.
“When I was looking at the legislation passing, I was very excited to think there’s going to be grant money,” said Shawn Alfonso-Wells, a member of the Swissvale Borough Council. “This is going to make a huge difference.”
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