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with climate change here with us and having changed the weather patterns drastically, farmers have no choice but to invest or turn to new and sustainable methods of farming. here is the story of tana delta community in Kenya Africa as aired in citizen tv. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DcEOdfVKafJg&ved=2ahUKEwi7_cX-pceEAxW6hv0HHV2pBYUQwqsBegQIEBAF&usg=AOvVaw0UpCHqyz9BH7OT_1eMW8Hy
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KWS has been on the ground raising community awareness towards living positively with wild life and avoiding human conflict. A herder came across lion cabs and instead of killing or ignoring,he called on the relevant authorities. https://www.citizen.digital/news/a-pastoralist-community-in-kajiado-rescued-twin-lion-cubs-one-died-the-other-is-now-up-for-adoption-n336863
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Ethiopia bans combustion engines and favours environmentally friendly EVs (Image: Unsplash / Kaleab, edited) Ethiopia has decided that only electric cars may be imported into the country. The move is a major step towards sustainable mobility and is ahead of the European Union's plans to ban internal combustion engines from 2035. While in the past less affluent countries have been the dumping ground for second-hand cars from other nations, Ethiopia is now the first country in the world to ban the import of all cars that are not electrically powered. In contrast to the European Union, which has a ban on the sale of cars with internal combustion engines from 2035, Ethiopia is about ten years ahead of schedule: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ethiopia-becomes-first-country-to-ban-internal-combustion-engines-Only-EVs-allowed.802396.0.html#
Ethiopia becomes first country to ban internal combustion engines: Only EVs allowed
Ethiopia has decided that only electric cars may be imported into the country. The move is a major step towards sustainable mobility and is ahead of the European Union's plans to ban internal combustion engines from 2035.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ethiopia-becomes-first-country-to-ban-internal-combustion-engines-Only-EVs-allowed.802396.0.html#
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It is urgent that we raise national and global awareness about wetlands in order to reverse their rapid loss and encourage actions to conserve and restore them. World Wetlands Day is the ideal time to increase people’s understanding of these critically important ecosystems. Wetlands and Human Wellbeing” is the theme for World Wetlands Day 2024. In Kenya, the event will be held at Lake Narasha (Timboroa Dam). This year’s campaign spotlights how interconnected wetlands and human life are — with people drawing sustenance, inspiration and resilience from these productive ecosystems. Importantly, the theme for 2024 underscores how all aspects of human wellbeing are tied to the health of the world’s wetlands. It calls on each of us to value and steward our wetlands. Every wetland matters. Every effort counts. Date. : 2nd February 2024 Venue. : Lake Narasha (Timboroa Dam)-Timboroa Primary School. Theme. : Wetlands and Human Well Being Slogan. : Healthy Wetlands for Healthy Communities BUILD UP ACTIVITIES • Tree growing (1st and 2nd February 2024) • Timboroa Run (5 and 10 KM) (1st February) • Bird Survey (28th January) • Community Forum. https://www.nema.go.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=397:world-wetlands-day-2024&catid=10:news-and-events&Itemid=556 Kingwal Wetland
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It is the end of an era for Big Oil in California, as the most populous U.S. state divorces itself from fossil fuels in its fight against climate change. ENVIRONMENTAL AWAKENING If oil companies fed California's car culture, their oil spills spurred the U.S. environmental movement. A devastating oil well blowout in Santa Barbara in 1969 led to the National Environmental Policy Act that for the first time required federal agencies consider environmental effects of permitting decisions. In the 70s and 80s, the state set curbs on drilling near homes and businesses and regulations on air pollution - rules that have been copied widely across the U.S. In 1996, California introduced reformulated gasoline to fight smog, developing the country’s most stringent and costly environmental standards. A report done by Reuters. Santa Barbara oil spill https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/california-big-oil-are-splitting-after-century-long-affair-2024-01-29/
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I am always amazed to watch this simple but very impactful episodes on climate change. https://youtu.be/CTizlziJsXs
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The fly larvae will be fed to animals like chicken, fish and pigs, instead of soy - which has a massive environmental impact. Many farm animals in the UK are fed soy which has been linked with deforestation in the Amazon. https://news.sky.com/video/climate-change-could-flies-solve-a-massive-environmental-problem-13058731
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EU has really given us a reason to smile with its C02 emissions dropping to a 60 year low. The commitment to adopt clean energy sources has really paid off. I can not stop wondering what if other nations would seriously move swiftly to clean energy; I believe "We Can Do It" the climate change could be restored sooner than we think. We applaud the EU leaders for remaining at the fore front in implementing the solutions and taking robust actions towards solving the climate crisis. Below is an excerpt. The European Union pumped out 8% less carbon dioxide from the fossil fuels it burned in 2023 than it did in 2022, the Guardian can reveal, pushing these emissions down to their lowest level in 60 years. The fall in planet-heating pollution is the steepest yearly drop on record behind 2020, when governments shuttered factories and grounded flights to stop the spread of Covid-19, according to analysis from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (Crea). “EU CO2 emissions have finally fallen back to levels apparent in my parents’ generation in the 1960s,” said Isaac Levi, an analyst at Crea. “Yet, over this time period, the economy has tripled – showing that climate change can be combated without foregoing economic growth. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/eu-fossil-fuel-co2-emissions-120007863.html
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In early December, most of the countries of the world wrangled with Saudi Arabia and other petrostates at COP28 – the recent climate change conference in Dubai – over whether there should be an explicit reference to a phaseout of fossil fuels in the conference’s final agreement. The debate went far into overtime, and the pro-phaseout advocates appear to have won the battle. But don’t believe it! This is a Swiss-cheese, non-binding agreement that “Dirty Energy” will find plenty of ways to subvert. Despite the many loopholes, there is hope for a genuine phaseout of the vast majority of fossil fuels by 2050. It won't happen by trusting the goodwill of the fossil fuel-producing companies and their allies but, instead, by reducing the demand for these fuels as quickly as possible. https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/following-cop28-does-the-world-have-an-agreement-to-end-foss/
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I have copied the poem from FB. The image depicts human actions and the consequences in an ecosystem. "A lot of you despise me, And I don't understand why. I am not ugly or deserving of your hate. I survive every day on the streets, That used to be meadows. There are no tasty seeds, Because you turned trees into buildings. I eat what you throw on the ground, Because I have no choice. Water is harder and harder to find. Do you know what it takes to survive in a world that is not mine anymore? Please don't scare me or hurt me, Just let me live - Live in your world that was once mine.."
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This initiative follows the endorsement of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed back in 2022 to integrate solar power into archaeological heritage sites and museums. The MoU was inked during the United Nations climate conference, COP27, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on November 11, 2022. The pact was a mutual agreement between the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Aligning with State Commitment Moamen Othman, the head of SCA’s museum department, remarked that this project is in line with the state’s commitment to preserving archaeological sites. The ambitious plan aims to transition these sites into solar energy-based green locations, in alignment with the ‘Egypt Vision 2030’ Sustainable Development Strategy. Read the full news from the link. https://bnnbreaking.com/world/egypt/solar-energy-stations-launched-at-world-heritage-sites-and-museums/
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The minds of young people need to captured early for them to make wise decisions now and in future. The report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate showing that even the young ones in UK have embraced climate denialism is very disappointing. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/third-uk-teenagers-believe-climate-110005102.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9jLm5ld3Nub3cuY28udWsv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIs8R0f73K0dBbmSjKBtHEy94vAAaUBK0Ue5MQl9d0ExOaDbGokTjMJkDhC_sfSSU-tvsz3jm0DaNs88VXAYkI5nYgnhpPRaWFBuaxOKxtIK1UYGwmCz1OYNTPuTMvHscyPW51ETjOW7aKghB-jDtxWm3rJXrUtCaQy_WI3JvWzO
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Staff at fashion house Vivienne Westwood have been ordered to only come into the office two days a week, amid a push to hit net zero targets. The designer, whose late eponymous founder was a climate change activist, said that workers at its London offices have been asked to staff home most days in a push to save energy. Filings show that the designer’s emissions had risen in the year to 2022, to 140 CO2e to 152 CO2e. Vivienne Westwood has long used its fashion shows to raise awareness for issues impacting the climate, and a decade ago launched a global campaign to stop drilling and industrial fishing in the Arctic. It comes as the firm posted a 53 per cent increase in turnover compared to previous year. https://www.cityam.com/vivienne-westwood-staff-told-to-work-from-home-three-days-a-week/
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The new report is the first to provide a sense of how America’s greenhouse gas emissions changed last year, when the fuel economy of new cars hit an all-time high and the Biden administration’s climate law began to go into effect. The estimate is part of the Rhodium Group’s long-running series of analyses of American emissions, which are regularly cited by experts and government officials. America’s greenhouse gas pollution from energy and industrial activities fell by 1.9% in 2023 compared to the year before, even as the broader American economy grew, according to the Rhodium Group, an energy research firm. It’s the first time this decade that the United States has hit the important mark of growing its economy and cutting its climate pollution at the same time. https://heatmap.news/economy/americas-carbon-emissions-fell-for-the-first-time-since-covid
America’s Carbon Emissions Fell for the First Time Since Covid
We’re back to emitting like it’s 1991 — even with a much bigger economy.
https://heatmap.news/economy/americas-carbon-emissions-fell-for-the-first-time-since-covid
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Every year, we dump 10m tons of plastic into the ocean, and solving the problem will require regulatory action. But there are ways consumers can help Cutting boards, non-stick pans, mixing bowls, even tea bags: in the kitchen, plastics can be hidden in plain sight. It’s something that Jessica Brinkworth, an anthropology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, realized once she began looking for ways to cut down on plastic use in her own kitchen after her workplace started doing the same. Although much of her lab’s waste was unavoidable – plastics are key for the sterile medical research they conduct – it still made her uncomfortable. That discomfort was only magnified in her own home, where she knew plastics were “largely a matter of convenience”. Large macroplastics are a problem worldwide because we dump them on the shores of other nations,” she says, where things like plastic bottles block access to food for coastal nations and kill about a million people a year due to flooding, landslides and other environmental disasters. Much smaller plastics, like micro and nanoplastics, which are tinier than a grain of rice, “pose a whole other level of problem. Many types of plastic are endocrine disruptors,” meaning they disrupt the excretion and use of insulin, which can lead to obesity and reproductive health disorders. Every year, we dump 10m tons of plastic into the ocean, killing a million marine animals annually. That plastic can work its way into our bodies from both the food we eat (most of our seafood contains microplastics) to how we cook in the kitchen. “Plastic pollution is one of the most visible signs of the environmental crisis we’re facing with microplastics discovered on the highest mountains as well as in the depths of the oceans,” said Paula Chin, a senior policy adviser on consumption at the World Wildlife Fund. “They’ve also been found in our bodies with estimates suggesting we’re consuming a credit card’s worth of plastic each week.” Brinkworth says solving our plastics problem will require massive regulatory action and coordination by federal and world governments, but that there are important ways consumers can make a difference. “There’s so much that we’re producing in our kitchens that’s environmentally and publicly hazardous. But the reason why it’s in our kitchens is because that’s been made available to us,” she says. “One of the great acts of the plastics and petroleum industry has been to convince us that it’s a personal responsibility.” That said, Brinworth notes that the climate crisis is happening now – and many people won’t survive waiting for innovative plastics recycling solutions to save the day. She encourages people interested in combating plastic pollution to reduce, reuse and recycle – but most importantly to refuse, when they are able. “Consumers can take responsibility probably in the most effective way by trying to affect government change.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/04/how-to-reduce-plastic-use-kitchen-shopping-cooking-tips
Reduce, reuse, refuse: tips to cut down plastic use in your kitchen
Every year, we dump 10m tons of plastic into the ocean, and solving the problem will require regulatory action. But there are ways consumers can help
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/04/how-to-reduce-plastic-use-kitchen-shopping-cooking-tips
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China and the U.S. have pledged to accelerate their efforts to address climate change ahead of a major U.N. meeting on the issue, making a commitment to take steps to reduce emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases besides carbon dioxide. Cooperation between the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases is considered vital to the success of the U.N. climate talks opening in two weeks in Dubai. It wasn't clear earlier this year whether the two governments would cooperate, given a sharp deterioration in ties over other issues including technology, Taiwan and Russia's war in Ukraine. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/china-and-the-u-s-pledge-to-step-up-climate-efforts-ahead-of-joe-biden/article_435d035b-9b7a-5cbf-9ad4-e8c94ebc0bc5.html
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‘The pollution level must come down, it cannot await tomorrow,’ court says. India‘s Supreme Court on Friday mandated a halt in crop residue burning in Delhi’s neighboring states amid worsening air pollution in the national capital. On Friday, heavy overnight rains brought some relief to millions struggling to cope as a toxic haze blanketed the National Capital Region (NCR) for more than a week due to the annual air crisis triggered by pollution, farm fires, and poor weather conditions. “God may have heard the prayers of people and intervened, no thanks to the government,” said Supreme Court justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul. Thursday night’s rains brought down the Air Quality Index (AQI) readings from 400+ to around 160 on Friday afternoon. Talking about the farm fires which have often been blamed as one of the leading factors behind the pollution, the court said the society needs to be responsive to farmers’ needs, while farm owners also need to be more responsible as they are a part of the society. https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/delhi-air-pollution-supreme-court-farmers-b2445145.html
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If governments proceed to increase their oil, gas, and coal production as planned, the resulting emissions will push global warming beyond the Paris Agreement goal of a maximum 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030, a new U.N.-led multi-agency report said. The impending clash over the future of fossil fuels will take center stage when global leaders convene at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in Dubai later this month. The plan by fossil fuel-producing nations to expand coal, oil, and gas would twice overshoot the planet’s carbon budget and exceed by more than one-third the Paris Agreement goal, leading to a 2 degrees Celsius warming scenario, said the “2023 Production Gap Report” led by the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) and Stockholm Environment Institute. The report, released on Wednesday, is “a startling indictment of runaway climate carelessness,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. “Governments are literally doubling down on fossil fuel production; that spells double trouble for people and the planet,” it said. Story by By Subel Rai Bhandari for RFA 2023.11.08 Bangkok, Thailand. A coal powered plant in India. https://www.rfa.org/english/news/environment/production-11082023165957.html
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BasiGo, a Kenyan-based electric bus supplier, is expanding its operations to Rwanda with the launch of BasiGo Rwanda. The company has partnered with AC Mobility, Rwanda’s provider of automated fare collection systems for public transport, to deliver 200 electric buses to bus operators in Rwanda by the end of 2024. The first electric buses for the capital, Kigali, are expected to be delivered in October 2023. BasiGo has received a grant of USD 1.5 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support its electric bus pilot program in Kigali. The pilot program will see BasiGo’s electric buses deployed across various routes in Kigali in partnership with prominent bus operators, including Kigali Bus Service, Royal Express, and Volcano. The goal of the program is to test the cost-effectiveness and operational viability of electric public transport in the city. https://logistafrica.com/en/2023/11/09/basigo-expands-to-rwanda-with-electric-bus-pilot-program/
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Since launching in 2014, Solar Rewards has provided financial incentives to help thousands of Minnesota homeowners pay for small solar installations. Over the past five years, state lawmakers, regulators, and the utility have gradually directed a larger share of Solar Rewards to income-qualified customers. The new state law increases that amount to 50% of the program’s budget, up from a 30% expectation in the previous year. The tradeoff is that the program will fund fewer projects overall, as low-income customers get a larger incentive, much of it upfront, in order to help cover installation costs. While some solar companies have expressed concern that the money won’t go as far, others are happy about the increased commitment to low-income customers. https://energynews.us/2023/11/06/minnesota-adjusts-solar-incentives-to-prioritize-low-income-households/
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With climate change, agriculture bears the brunt. Crops have specific climatic conditions for them to give maximum yields. When these conditions change, it becomes hard for farmers and their crops to survive. Farmers in central region of Kenya say coffee crop is bearing the brunt of the effects of climate change by becoming susceptible to diseases and pests that vary according to heat and humidity. Coffee is a fragile crop that can succumb to shifts in weather patterns and now farmers have embraced and adopted more climate-resilient propagated coffee varieties. https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/nyeri/coffee-farmers-in-central-kenya-adopt-climate-friendly-crop-to-boost-yields-4424268
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Rivers Are Warming Up and Losing Oxygen Researchers used deep learning to fill in the gaps of “patchy” water quality data, revealing decades-long trends toward warmer and less oxygenated rivers that could have worrisome consequences. A deficiency or absence of oxygen in Earth’s bodies of water could increase greenhouse gas emissions, mobilize metal toxins, and suffocate oxygen-breathing aquatic life. Although deoxygenation is relatively common in bodies like lakes and oceans, new research in Nature Climate Change reports that rivers across the United States and central Europe are warming up and losing oxygen even more rapidly than oceans. https://eos.org/articles/rivers-are-warming-up-and-losing-oxygen At first glance, the link between temperature and dissolved oxygen in water is straightforward: Oxygen dissolves more easily in cold water than it does in warm water. This relationship is one reason why climate change is expected to drive down dissolved oxygen levels in some waterways. But rivers are not flasks in a lab. In the real world, things are more complicated. For example, rivers are aerated by their flow. And biological activity in rivers can either increase oxygen, which happens during photosynthesis, or use it up, which happens when animals and bacteria respire. The landscapes that rivers traverse can substantially affect dissolved oxygen, too.
Rivers Are Warming Up and Losing Oxygen - Eos
Researchers used deep learning to fill in the gaps of “patchy” water quality data, revealing decades-long trends toward warmer and less oxygenated rivers that could have worrisome consequences.
https://eos.org/articles/rivers-are-warming-up-and-losing-oxygen
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King Charles on Wednesday 1st November, 2023 met with Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai's daughter Wanjira Maathai as the two helped plant a tree in memory of the late globally-acclaimed conservationist. While appreciating the King's gesture, Wanjira, who is the Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships, said that she was honoured to welcome and plant a tree with His Majesty in celebration of her mother. "Today, Nairobi without Karura Forest is unimaginable. This is thanks to everyone who fought hard to protect it," she wrote, adding; "A true honour to welcome and plant a tree with His Majesty in celebration of my mother, Wangari Maathai." https://youtu.be/rwtnNI4LVvQ This is a 700 meter nature walk path. https://www.citizen.digital/news/king-charles-meets-wangari-maathais-daughter-wanjira-plants-tree-at-karura-forest-n330458
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The global climate crisis is one of the reasons why the Amazon is getting hotter; however, a significant portion of the warming in the region is of local and regional origin, linked to the deforestation of the biome. A study conducted by Brazilian and British researchers is the first to quantify the different contributions to this effect. According to the analysis published in the scientific journal PNAS, the increase in temperature in heavily deforested areas of the Amazon basin may have been up to 14 times higher than what would have occurred if the forest had not been cleared. This corresponds to temperatures 4°C higher. The study is authored by Edward Butt from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and Francisco Silva Bezerra from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) in Brazil, among other researchers. They used satellite data to estimate land surface temperatures from 2001 to 2020, covering a significant portion of the periods of major deforestation in the biome. https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/scienceandhealth/2023/11/deforestation-in-the-amazon-increases-local-heat-by-up-to-40c.shtml
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Replacing natural gas consumption with biogas and biomethane incrementally to 20 per cent by 2030 can help India cut liquefied natural gas import bills by $29 billion between financial years 2025 and 2030, according to a new report. The report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), underscores the environmental advantages of expanding biogas projects, including waste management, reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and enhanced renewable energy production. According to the report's author Purva Jain, an energy analyst at IEEFA, "Biogas has the potential to replace natural gas and other high-emission fossil fuels. By eliminating carbon dioxide (CO2) and impurities like hydrogen sulfide, its methane content can be upgraded to 90 per cent, making it calorifically equivalent to natural gas. This upgraded biogas, known as biomethane, is pipeline-ready and can be integrated into gas grids as a non-fossil gas, she said. "By adopting appropriate production methods and addressing methane leaks during production, upgrading, and supply stages, biogas can offer India a cleaner alternative to its reliance on imported natural gas," Jain said. Despite its clear advantages, the biogas sector has struggled to gain traction in India. Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-can-reduce-fossil-fuel-dependence-cut-import-bills-by-29-billion-through-biogas-adoption-report/articleshow/104723976.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
India can reduce fossil fuel dependence, cut import bills by $29 billion through biogas adoption: Report
Replacing natural gas consumption with biogas and biomethane incrementally to 20 per cent by 2030 can help India cut liquefied natural gas import bills by $29 billion between financial years 2025 and 2030, according to a new report. The report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), underscores the environmental advantages of expanding biogas projects, including waste management, reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and enhanced renewable energy production.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-can-reduce-fossil-fuel-dependence-cut-import-bills-by-29-billion-through-biogas-adoption-report/articleshow/104723976.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
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