climatedepot--2020-04-02--‘Coronavirus fight could prove fatal for another global challenge: Addressing climate change’

Fighting the coronavirus is like a war .
But to address climate change , “ we need to win the @ @ @ @ @ Carney , UN special envoy on climate action and climate finance , and governor of @ @ @ @ @ earlier this year .
The spread of the coronavirus has created a life-or-death crisis not @ @ @ @ @ health care systems—but for businesses and economies as a whole .
As governments and businesses @ @ @ @ @ , the question will be where this war leaves the challenge the world was facing @ @ @ @ @ again after : climate change .


climatedepot--2020-04-02--Bill Gates: How the coronavirus pandemic can help the world solve climate change – ‘I don’t think th

Bill Gates: How the coronavirus pandemic can help the world solve climate change – ‘I don’t think this has to be a huge set back for climate’

Bill Gates : “ That idea of innovation and science and the world working together — that is totally common between these two problems , and so I don ’ t think this has to be a huge set back for climate . ''
Though the economic and social shutdowns due to COVID-19 in countries across the globe has meant a temporary reprieve from some of the most obvious environmental effects in places from China to Venice , Italy , the world ’ s nearly singular focus on the pandemic has meant less attention is being paid to climate change @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , efforts to get the coronavirus pandemic under control will facilitate the fight against climate change , according to Bill Gates .
“ That idea of innovation and science and the world working together — that is totally common between these two problems , and so I don ’ t think this has to be a huge set back for climate , ” Gates told TED ’ s Chris Anderson during a livestreamed conversation on March 24 .
The cooperation Gates is observing globally in the science community is encouraging , he says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ data sharing side , you see this great cooperation going on , ” Gates told Anderson .

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climatedepot--2020-04-02--Senior WHO Advisor Urges a Climate Action Response to Covid-19

A senior executive advisor to the United Nations World Health Organization , which is supposed to be coordinating the global response to the Chinese Coronavirus Pandemic , has just urged nations to embrace climate action as part of their response to the outbreak .
How climate change and the coronavirus are linked The coronavirus pandemic may lead to a deeper understanding of the ties that bind us on a global scale .
Well-resourced healthcare systems are essential to protect us from health security threats , including climate change .
The support to resuscitate the economy after the pandemic should promote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We live in an age in which intersecting crises are being lifted to a global scale , with unseen levels of inequality , environmental degradation and climate destabilization , as well as new surges in populism , conflict , economic uncertainty , and mounting public health threats .
All are crises that are slowly tipping the balance , questioning our business-as-usual economic model of the past decades , and requiring us to rethink our next steps .
There are , to a certain degree , parallels that can be drawn between the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other contemporary crises our world is facing .
All require a global-to-local response and long-term thinking ; all need to be guided by science and need to protect the most vulnerable among us ; and all require the political will to make fundamental changes when faced with existential risks .
In this sense , the 2020 coronavirus pandemic may lead to a deeper understanding of the ties that bind us all on a global scale and could help us get to grips with the largest public health threat of the century , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Organization ( WHO ) , where I am part of the climate change team , we are seeing the devastating consequences of under-prepared health systems when they are faced with these increasingly regular shocks .
Some of these health impacts have a clear climate change signature , such as the increasing frequency and strength of extreme weather eventsor the expanding range and spread of vector-borne diseases like malaria or dengue .
For others , such as the COVID-19 pandemic , the connection with climate change is less clear cut .
When we eventually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hopefully hold on to that sense of shared humanity in order to rebuild our social and economic systems to make them better , more resilient , and compassionate .
The financial and social support packages to maintain and eventually resuscitate the global economy post-pandemic should therefore promote health , equity , and environmental protection .
Arthur Wyns is a climate change advisor to the World Health Organization ( WHO ) .
He writes in a personal capacity , his views do not necessarily represent WHO or any of its member states .


climatedepot--2020-04-02--Amid coronavirus, UN posts a video of ‘UN Climate Change Program Officer’ answering ‘How do you ensu

Amid coronavirus, UN posts a video of ‘UN Climate Change Program Officer’ answering ‘How do you ensure that gender equality is a key part of your work?’

Priorities !
: During a global pandemic , the UN helpfully posts a video of a `` UN Climate Change @ @ @ @ @ question `` How do you ensure that gender equality is a key part of your @ @ @ @ @


climatedepot--2020-04-02--EPA chief touts repealing Obama vehicle mileage mandates:

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@ EENewsUpdates ' one-sided reporting significantly diminishes the most important outcome of the SAFE Vehicles Rule : It will @ @ @ @ @ , the rule will : – reduce highway fatalities ; and – reduce ALL vehicle @ @ @ @ @ pic.twitter.com/YWGP0z8oCc


climatedepot--2020-04-02--Amid pandemic, ‘global warming’ solutions looking less attractive right now: High-density living? Ma

Amid pandemic, ‘global warming’ solutions looking less attractive right now: High-density living? Mass transit? Reusable bags? Bike sharing?

Don ’ t forget rationing what and how much we are able to do , so the rest of the @ @ @ @ @ instead on promises they ’ ll cut back sometime later .


climatedepot--2020-04-02--Carbon credit scam exposed: carbon markets fail as CO₂ declines

Environmentalists and green bureaucrats have watched in shock as the coronavirus global shut down has now caused carbon credit markets to crash .
The European Union ’ s carbon credits price has fallen by 40 % this year so far .
This market was worth $ 215 billion last year , according to Bloomberg Environment .
The price drop has rubbed out two years of EU carbon market gains .
It turns out that if there are extremely low levels of carbon dioxide emissions , as is the case currently with businesses and industries shuttered , the companies doing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ buy any carbon credits to make up for it .
And if no one is buying carbon credits to offset emissions , well , then the so-called “ market ” for carbon dies .
Wait a minute , isn ’ t the whole idea of these carbon credits to reduce CO₂ emissions ; what climate campaigners refer to as horrible pollution ?
As Luke Skywalker said when approaching the Death Star for the first time in Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope , “ I have a very bad feeling about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if the ultimate goal of near zero CO₂ emissions is achieved , the long-coveted carbon credit market crashes ?
Quite plainly , it is because the existence of these markets sets up a perverse incentive .
To the average climate campaigner , the goal of such a “ market ” is to eventually bring CO₂ emissions to as close to zero as possible .
But for those companies making big bucks off of carbon credits , when the so-called “ pollution ” falls , so do their profits .
They don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any time soon .
Until recently , climate activists have been very successful convincing corporations and governments into going along with the scheme of “ carbon credits.
” This means , essentially , the more CO₂ you emit , the more credits you have to buy .
The cost of those credits is then supposedly invested into renewable energy projects , etc .
But the real goal isn ’ t to reduce CO₂ emissions at all .
The real goal is to make money .
Whatever good , yet misplaced , intent there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ completely hijacked by those who see money making opportunities – and not in a way that encourages innovation through free market capitalism , but by creating schemes like carbon credit markets that siphon funds off of legitimate businesses and redistributes them to companies and individuals with the right connections in government .
You can ’ t claim to have a free market solution to something with a faux market only put in place by mandating government regulations .
A faux market is all carbon credits , carbon taxes , carbon pricing , carbon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brand them , will ever amount to .


climatedepot--2020-04-02--Now we ‘can all see what a carbon-constrained economy looks like’

Sky News host Chris Kenny says a “ strange take ” on the deadly coronavirus pandemic and climate change has @ @ @ @ @ Labor Premier Bob Carr .
Mr Carr was recently appointed to a climate and businesses @ @ @ @ @ s UTS University and penned an article on the issue of the coronavirus and its @ @ @ @ @ .
Mr Kenny said Bob Carr “ sees the pandemic as bad for climate action @ @ @ @ @ a bigger emergency ” .
He said the former state Labor leader should “ chill @ @ @ @ @ given what is happening now .
“ Nothing has cut global greenhouse gas emissions better @ @ @ @ @ ” Mr Kenny said .
“ Given the global shut down we ’ re going @ @ @ @ @ have to think greenhouse emissions will go backwards this year ” .
“ This shutdown @ @ @ @ @ climate alarmists ’ campaign , shows them exactly what a carbon constrained economy looks like @ @


climatedepot--2020-04-02--Jane Fonda: ‘Climate change guarantees that COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic we will see’

Fonda : `` With climate change , shorter , warmer winters , earlier springs , deforestation and other clearing of wild areas for human use guarantees that disease-baring animals and insects come in contact with people who lack resistance .
This is how all the recent pandemics—AIDS , SARS , MERS , Ebola and now COVID-19 originated .
The melting of the Arctic ice sheet is releasing untold pathogens to which humans are not immune .
Climate change guarantees that COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic we will see . ''
Excerpt : Will this pandemic teach us how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each other , but with the natural world ?
With climate change , shorter , warmer winters , earlier springs , deforestation and other clearing of wild areas for human use guarantees that disease-baring animals and insects come in contact with people who lack resistance .
This is how all the recent pandemics—AIDS , SARS , MERS , Ebola and now COVID-19 originated .
The melting of the Arctic ice sheet is releasing untold pathogens to which humans are not immune .
Climate change guarantees that COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we need to care for each other .
Realize that this collective , existential crisis can not be dealt with individually , or by a small , under-funded , under-staffed government that caters to the fossil fuel industry .
We are seeing that the health of the most vulnerable people among us is a determining factor for the health of all of us .
Let this be a teachable moment .


climatedepot--2020-04-02--Delingpole: UN Climate Summit Tragically ‘Postponed’ Because of Coronavirus

`` This is , perhaps , the best piece of news to emerge so far from the otherwise miserable coronavirus pandemic .
It ’ s good for the planet : 30,000 or more freeloading ‘ delegates ’ will no longer be converging on Glasgow this December and racking up enough air miles to wipe out entire families of cute baby polar bears . ''
It ’ s good for the planet : ~30k freeloading ‘ delegates ’ will no longer be converging on Glasgow this Dec & racking up enough air miles to wipe out entire families of cute baby @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` best piece of news to emerge so far from otherwise miserable coronavirus pandemic .
The United Nations ’ next big climate conference COP26 in Glasgow , Scotland has been ‘ postponed ’ for a year .
This is , perhaps , the best piece of news to emerge so far from the otherwise miserable coronavirus pandemic .
It ’ s good for the planet : 30,000 or more freeloading ‘ delegates ’ will no longer be converging on Glasgow this December and racking up enough air miles to wipe out entire families @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s good for Boris Johnson ’ s government : no longer does it have to go through the motions of pretending to a sceptical electorate that ‘ climate change ’ is the biggest threat to the planet .
It ’ s also an acknowledgement of the growing difficulties that the green movement is going to face in a post-coronavirus world where there will simply be no spare cash to spend on imaginary problems which exist only in the realm of dubious computer models .
Already , diplomats in the European Union are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the European Commission ’ s Green Deal .
According to a Reuters report quoted by the Global Warming Policy Foundation : Some diplomats in Brussels have signalled the need to rethink climate plans because of the economic turmoil .
“ We simply don ’ t have the money to do everything , ” an EU diplomat said , referring to the risk that the bloc ’ s Green Deal was at risk because of the economic impact of the virus… .
The bloc had hoped to win support from all 27 member @ @ @ @ @ @ @ June summit , although that meeting could now be overtaken by the coronavirus fallout .
“ Maybe it will be less on Green Deal but more on trying to restart the economies , ” a senior EU diplomat said .
“ We can not just continue with the plans and programmes we had so far .
They were developed for a world without coronavirus.
” Oh dear .
How sad .
Never mind…


climatedepot--2020-04-02--Surviving the Coronavirus? Thank Fossil Fuels

As COVID-19 continues to spread across the United States , some electric companies may ask high-skilled workers to temporarily live on-site .
Facing the real prospect of staffing shortages , power plants desperately need to keep their employees healthy and keep the lights on for the rest of the country .
The alternative — losing access to the electricity we take for granted to get through our day , especially now — is unthinkable .
As we weather and emerge from this national crisis , our elected leaders must remember how critical affordable , reliable energy was to getting us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any policy proposals that would put that energy in jeopardy .
Electricity powers everything we touch .
Think back to this morning : You turned off your alarm , turned on the lights , brushed your teeth with running water , took a warm shower , grabbed something for breakfast out of the fridge .
You might have turned on some music or a podcast to listen to or scrolled through the ( likely anxiety-inducing ) news alerts on your phone .
As most of the country self-quarantines , it ’ s more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives are with the availability of electricity .
According to a 2018 Bureau of Labor Statistics survey , nearly a third of Americans had jobs that were possible to do from home — a number likely higher today as the internet economy has continued to grow , and companies have been forced to adapt to self-quarantine guidelines .
After literal millennia of the human race being subject to the arduous , dangerous work of subsistence living , it should be shocking that so many of us can carry on our routines in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Most of us can still get our work done , keep our food cold and our homes comfortable , and order necessities online .
Even for those of us whose jobs prevent remote work , those jobs still depend on efficient communication and supply chain operations made possible by the Internet .
For the health care industry , electricity is literally a life-or-death matter .
When Venezuela endured a weeks-long power outage in 2019 , over 40 people died in — some because traumatic injuries or illnesses couldn ’ t be properly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simple routine procedures like dialysis .
One woman described it as a “ return to the Middle Ages.
” Imagine what hospitals losing power in the United States would look like — both for COVID-19 and for patients depending on regular medical care to stay alive .
The men and women working in health care today are selflessly placing their own well-being at risk to give us all access to the advanced medical care we so often take for granted , just like the energy that powers it .
The advancements in medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electricity , making experimentation and innovation possible and powering the sophisticated equipment many of us rely on — from machines as complex as the world ’ s first portable MRI to simple respirator masks and gloves .
Though we tend not to think much about it unless our smartphones are running low on juice , electricity is literally a lifesaver .
Willfully ( or ignorantly ) jeopardizing the American people ’ s access to electricity would be a devastating blow to not only our comfort , but also to our lives .
Before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it would have been easy to believe that the Green New Deal and the various anti-fossil fuel proposals born out of it were the obvious next step for America .
But COVID-19 should make the paramount importance of affordable , reliable electricity clearer than ever .
Without it , none of us could do our jobs , and this new disease would have killed far more of our parents , children , brothers , friends .
Whatever your thoughts on climate change , the indisputable fact remains that wind and solar power are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terms , the wind doesn ’ t always blow and the sun doesn ’ t always shine — requiring massive backup power , risking unreliable power , and dramatically increasing the cost of electricity .
This harms the poorest and most vulnerable among us the most and puts our health in direct jeopardy .
While the potential future costs of climate change are nebulous , difficult to estimate , and far into the future , the costs of losing access to energy are severe and immediate .
After the coronavirus subsides , our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must change .
Our elected leaders should forcefully oppose any policy — from the CLEAN Future Act in Congress to the local climate plans being considered in city halls across the country — that weakens the reliability of our electric grid or raises the cost of electricity for any reason .