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An Australian federal election is looming and despite 3 years of back to back extreme weather events, bushfires, floods, plagues… the only thing we hear about is an increase in defence spending. When are our so-called leaders going to realise that the biggest security threat in EVERY country is allowing emissions to continue to rise? My cartoon in yesterday’s The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers.
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Bank financing for fossil fuel companies. Wells Fargo should not be at the top of this list. Please change! Source: Bloomberg
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A new report from Global Witness documents how a much-hyped blue hydrogen plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) owned by Shell is only capturing a fraction of the greenhouse gas emissions that the company claims. In fact, it’s created more emissions in its five years of operation than it’s captured. Read more: https://gizmodo-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/gizmodo.com/shell-ccs-carbon-capture-1848401554/amp
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This analysis is simply wrong. Our Quest facility was designed some years ago as a demonstration project to prove the underlying CCS concept, while capturing around a third of CO2 emissions. It is not a hydrogen production facility. The hydrogen projects we’re planning – like Polaris – will use a new technology that captures more than 90% of emissions. Global Witness are comparing apples with pears. Shell publicly reports Quests Co2 data. The total emissions from our combined assets fall under our emissions targets which we publish on an annual basis in our Sustainability Report (https://reports.shell.com/sustainability-report/2020/our-performance-data/greenhouse-gas-and-energy-data.html). We also publicly report the Quest CO2 data the Government of Alberta’s website (https://open.alberta.ca/dataset?q=quest+ccs&sort=date_modified+desc&metadata_created=), the content of which is verified by an independent third party. We have also published a LinkedIn article about our Quest CCS facility here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbon-capture-sequestration-critical-technology-energy-pierce?trk=public_post-content_share-article Decarbonised hydrogen can play a key role in reducing emissions from hard to abate sectors. Shell publicly advocates for stringent CO2 emissions standards for the production of decarbonised hydrogen. Our decarbonised hydrogen policy position is available our website: https://www.shell.com/promos/energy-and-innovation/v1/policies-to-accelerate-hydrogen-deployment/_jcr_content.stream/1635424139330/81be782c60e919b869dd21f75b3290973bb29f6d/shell-advocacy-hydrogen.pdf Shell is also developing renewable hydrogen projects. We operate the largest green electrolyser of its kind in Europe at our Rheinland energy and chemicals park and are planning a 200 MW renewable hydrogen facility in Rotterdam.
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Thank you for the questions and comments. I would encourage people to read our Energy Transition Report where we outline our climate targets and the solutions we are working on, including CCS, that will help us get there: https://www.shell.com/promos/energy-and-innovation/shell-energy-transition-strategy/_jcr_content.stream/1618407326759/7c3d5b317351891d2383b3e9f1e511997e516639/shell-energy-transition-strategy-2021.pdf The report has a section specifically on CCS, copied below for easy reference: CAPTURING CARBON Most climate scientists are clear that using technology to store carbon plays an important role in the transition of the energy system. The IPCC 1.5°C scenarios show that even when the energy system reaches net-zero emissions, there will be residual emissions because some sectors and end users will not be able to eliminate the use of hydrocarbons. Some of these residual emissions will need to be stored. Today, carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities around the world can capture and store around 40 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of CO2. Accelerating the pace of CCS deployment requires continued collaboration between governments, industry and investors, among others, to help unlock financing capacity, accelerate technology development and encourage public support. We recognise the scale of the challenge in developing CCS globally as quickly and as widely as needed. Today, Shell is involved in seven of the 51 large-scale CCS projects globally, listed in 2019 by the Global CCS Institute. These seven projects store around 5 mtpa of CO2, or around 12.5% of global CCS capacity. By the end of 2020, for example, our Quest CCS project in Canada had captured and safely stored more than 5.5 million tonnes of CO2 since it began operating in 2015. In Norway, Shell, our project partners and the Norwegian government have taken the final investment decision on the Northern Lights CCS project. This transformative project aims to become the first carbon storage facility with capacity to transport and store CO2 from industrial facilities in Norway and potentially from across Europe. In 2020, Shell invested around $70 million in CCS. This included progressing opportunities and operating costs for CCS assets in which Shell has an interest. We seek to have access to 25 mtpa of CCS capacity by 2035 – equal to 25 CCS facilities the size of our Quest project, or around 20% of the capacity of all CCS projects being studied around the world today.
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"More than 5.5 mtpa of carbon stored since 2015"? Compared to how many mtpa of carbon extracted? 70 mtpa in 2020 alone, according to your own report. If CCS was only used on the 2020 mtpa and you managed to store 5.5 mtpa, that's still only 3.5 %. If you say Shell extracted 70 mtpa every year between 2015 - 2020, that means CCS stored less than 1.5 % of the carbon extracted. Even if you plan on having 25 mtpa by 2035, that's still only a third of what you extracted in 2020 alone.
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Dear Shell, You say that the Global Witness analysis is wrong. Your own report suggests that CCS is not a sustainable method. In the report you link to, you calculate that your CO2e amount of carbon emitted is 63 million tonnes in 2020, but you only managed to store 0.94 million tonnes in carbon capture and storage and a maximum of 4.3 million tonnes in offsets. Unless the 2021 report shows that you are suddenly capturing and offsetting more carbon - maybe half of what you emit, and going up - this is mere greenwashing. Disappointingly, more of what we expect and not a step-change in the right direction
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Orion Assembly to become the 2nd U.S. plant building Chevrolet Silverado EV and electric GMC Sierra By the end of 2025 GM to have more than 1 million units of electric vehicle capacity in North America GM and LG Energy Solution to build 3rd U.S. Ultium Cells battery cell manufacturing plant to increase battery supply $7 billion is the largest single investment announcement in GM history Read full article: https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/home.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2022/jan/0125-michigan-investment.html
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Dear Nora Oliver Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to General Motors and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Did you know that we have indigenous people in Scandinavia? Authors: Therese Lundquist, CEO & Founder Green Little Heart, Trayana Doneva, Sustainability Manager Green Little Heart Green Little Heart | An Impact platform for a sustainable Ecosystem An interesting fact is that the rich culture of the Sámi people and their language has been intriguing many people all over the world. Due to their surroundings and the way they live, they created numerous words and phrases to describe the ice, the snow, and nature in their own way. Looking back in time, the Sámi people have been affected by the Norwegian government over the proposal to dam the Alta-Guovdageaidnu River which would have resulted in the Sámi land being flooded. Their land has also been used by the Soviet during the Cold war. Nowadays, another threat is posed by climate change as well as the ongoing issue with the mining industry. Who are the Sami people? “The Sámi are the indigenous people of northern Scandinavia, comprising Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of Russia today” 1 — the 6th of February they celebrate their national holiday! The Sámi people are the only indiginous tribe in the EU. They live and have lived in a holistic way by co-existing with nature and have been dependent on the seasonal changes as well as on the natural resources in the areas they inhabit. They share traditions with Indians and many other indigenous people who have lived off the land and in close harmony with nature. “Their main livelihood and cultural identity is reindeer pastoralism.” 1 The Sami people capture the wild reindeers, train them and grow herds. Then they trade these herds which allow them to earn money. However, having a herd requires land. Clean and unspoilt land. Land, which they have had for thousands of years, and which rightfully belongs to them. Today, the Sámi people are well integrated in the society and many of them have left their traditions and followed other paths. Many have not. The point is that there should be a choice that the Sámis make for just reasons. The mining industry and how it affects the Sami people’s lives? The mining industry has been invading Samiland for hundreds of years — collecting riches such as iron ore, silver ore, etc. In modern times, “deposits of iron, gold, silver, platinum, copper, lead and zinc, as well as economically significant minerals including diamonds, have been extracted from Sámiland”1 In simple words, using explosives to derive the natural resources from the Earth as well as the smelting process has a significant impact on the environment; hence, on the lives of the Sami people. The mining industry also hinders the reindeer husbandry as the migration routes are dependent on the seaosonal’s changes which are influenced by climate change. The grazing land is of the utmost importance to the existence and survival of the Sami. In Sweden, a modern country that is part of the EU since 1995, it has been decided that private interests to exploit this land stands above the right the Sámi people have to their land. You might wonder, why is that? Both the reindeer husbandry and the mining industy are classified as national interests. In this case, the government decided that supporting the path of mining is more profitable. But really? Where does this path lead us? Are the Sámi people and their traditional way of living something we will be reading about in history books? Have we not yet realized that the path of money is a dead end? A sad shortsighted dead end. Also, it has been pointed out that most likely this type of mining will have severe environmental impacts — perhaps irreversible. And for what? Yet another mine? Very sad to say that we’re extremely disappointed with the Swedish government for enabling this path to still be taken in the year of 2022. After all that we already know and are well aware of. After all that was done to the Sámi people, after all that has been done to other indiginous people — how can we let this continue? Extremely upsetting. And it’s not that we do not understand that earning money is part of having a stable lift. But, to look at this picture from only that perspective — that’s when it becomes troubling. Some things simply should weight much more in this equation — traditions, rightful ownership of land, and protecting the cultural heritage because at the end of the day - What are we without all that? A pile of money? A well-recognized and much wanted resource that is derived through mining is cobalt. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Alliance, the demand for cobalt is estimated to increase to 297 000 tonnes in 2030. Cobalt is “one of the primary metals lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from laptops to cell phones to electric cars”4 “Manufacturing of batteries, mainly for electric vehicles, now accounts for 60 percent of the 125,000 tonnes of annual global mined cobalt. “3 Some companies claim that in the future batteries for electric cars might be manufactured without cobalt which sheds some light in the tunnel. “Finland voted for the United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in 2007, but still has not recognized the land rights of the Sámi people.”2 Further, Finland has not ratified the ILO Convention on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples yet. If it gets signed, it would grant the Sámi more control over their traditional culture and homeland and it will be a huge milestone on the way to preserving the Sami land.3 In conclusion, the mining industry is promoted through the reasons such as bringing revenue, boosting the job market; however, the cost is polluted environment, loss of biodiversity and destroying a thousand of years cultural heritage of the Sami indigenious people. Gállok - Kallak This area is particularly sensitive and is right in the middle of the Reindeer migrations. This area is close to Jokkmokk, and the conflict lies between approximately 300 new job opportunities if the British company Beowulf Mining starts mining and the preservation of the cultural heritage of the Sámi people’s traditions. The mine is expected to be operational for 14 years, then goodbye. Seems very short-sighted and an extremely high price to pay for the possible destruction of a fragile ecosystem which is also connected to the Luleå river. There is another usage of this area, which enables prosperity for many more assets such as tourism, fishing, hunting, wildlife activities, which keeps the ecosystem protected and the traditional life of the Sámi people intact. The Samí people voted NO to this mine. So at the end of the day we have a privately owned company’s interest standing against the Sámi people and the fragile ecosystems on the other side. The choice should be easy. How on earth can one UK company override all of this? Have we not learnt anything? If the mining take place, it will be a decision we will deeply regret and our precious Sámi people that we here in Scandinavia should be so proud of and protect with all we got. We are not much better than what’s happening in the Amazon and in many other places here on Earth. We vote to give the voice of decision to the Sami people. They have to decide it. Some voices of the Samí people that you should listen to: Sign the petition and say no to a mine in Gállok 👇🏾 https://www.mittskifte.org/petitions/stop-the-mine-in-gallok We vote to give the voice of decision to the Sami people. They have to decide it. Some voices of the Samí people that you should listen to: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3FfnFeTonanbog4rEvYXns?si=Z3zsMKJOTaCfrYYdoaR76w https://www.saamicouncil.net/news-archive/finland-violates-the-rights-of-the-smi-people-by-allowing-mining-companies-in-smi-homeland https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/node/7082 https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/11/17/how-cobalt-free-batteries-will-bring-down-the-cost-of-evs.html JRC report Cobalt: demand-supply balances in the transition to electric mobility by Alves Dias P., Blagoeva D., Pavel C., Arvanitidis N. doi:10.2760/97710
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Thanks for the article! Good to know that Sweden has also not ratified the ILO 169 and has been rejecting the recommendations done by the UN Human Rights Council on this topic. Ratifying this Convention could really limit the mining industry's influence in Sapmi and Sweden has decided to choose profits over people so far.
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I totally agree with Ingmar and I want to stress that different governments have oppressed the Sami people during centuries and now it’s time to respect and support the Sami people in a new way! Happy National Day!
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Thanks for a well-written article. I learned a lot. We will see many conflicts like this in the future. It is important to make decisions that are good now and for future generations. I personally think that we need more mining in Sweden to succeed with the transition to a fossil-free society. But I do believe that it should compensate the people that have the right to the land and that we need more protected areas of nature that we leave alone.
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Swedish fashion retailer H&M has launched an online offer of pre-loved items in its domestic market. The section on the retailer’s Swedish website features second-hand garments from the H&M Group’s brands in addition to other third-party brands including Asos, Nike, Zara and Abercrombie & Fitch. https://www.just-style.com/news/hm-launches-second-hand-apparel-offer-in-sweden/ https://www2.hm.com/sv_se/dam/resell/pre-loved.html
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Los Angeles had oil wells pumping in its neighborhoods when Hollywood was in its infancy, and thousands of active wells still dot the city. These wells can emit toxic chemicals such as benzene and other irritants into the air, often just feet from homes, schools and parks. But now, after nearly a decade of community organizing and studies demonstrating the adverse health impacts on people living nearby, Los Angeles' long history with urban drilling is nearing an end. https://phys.org/news/2022-02-los-angeles-history-urban-oil.html
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CH4 Global aims to address the Methane emissions produced by the animal agriculture industry. They have produced a sustainable seaweed solution for slashing emissions by up to 90%. This is a great bridge/transition solution as the shift to a plant-based diet is not happening fast enough. Animal agriculture will never be 100% sustainable and will certainly never be ethical or humane. While this solution reduces methane emissions and increases feed conversion rates there is no evidence of a reduction in N20 (Nitrous Oxide) emissions which are actually 310 times more potent than CO2 and last in the atmosphere for up to 150 years! "Asparagopsis armata is an Australian and New Zealand-native, naturally abundant seaweed solution to the climate crisis. This cold-water variety is perfectly suited to the Australian and New Zealand climate for sustainable, long-term, environmentally friendly cultivation. Asparagopsis taxiformis is the warm water species. And, it’s a solution for now, not 10 years from now. Immediately processed after harvest, our inexpensive, Australian/New Zealand-made, marine bio-product can be used as a supplement for cows and other farm animals (including goats, sheep and deer). It is easy to add to existing feed. And, research data indicates that in addition to reducing methane emissions Asparagopsis also improves feed conversion. How it works Compounds in the seaweed disrupt the enzymes of gut microbes that produce methane gas as waste during digestion. This benefit was first demonstrated by CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), James Cook University and Meat & Livestock Australia who hold the patents for the use of Asparagopsis for reduction of methane. CSIRO has now established a spin off company, FutureFeed Pty Ltd, which holds the global rights, to award and manage licenses around the world. In subsequent field trials in Australia and the USA, carried out by CSIRO, UC Davis and University of Pennsylvania, this product has been shown to reduce methane emissions by up to 99% (depending on dose)— in beef and dairy cattle as well as sheep - with no adverse effects to livestock, their products, or the environment." https://www.ch4global.com
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CH4 Global is excited to see the support from members of We Don't Have Time. Your sentiment aligns perfectly with our core company tenet of urgency. We agree with the view of many climate scientists that we have 10 years or less to avoid a climactic “tipping point” and keep temperature increase below 2 ˚C. Feeding Asparagopsis to just 10% of the world's cows would be like taking 100 million cars off the road. Multiple trials in both Australia and USA, conducted in beef and dairy cows, have shown that feeding just 50-100g Asparagopsis daily reduces methane emissions up to 90%. This technology also works for other ruminants like sheep, goats and deer. Our focus is on marine propagation - though we are also investigating land based ponds. We hope to have our first commercial production available for early 2022. Tell your friends and family about us and help us spread the word !
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Very interesting
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Dear Joel Courtidis Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to CH4Global and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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We Don't Have Time and the United Nations Development Programme need your help ahead of the UN COP26 meeting. If we all come together, we can make a huge difference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlJswVu-Fh8 Did you know that all our governments around the world actively supports the destructive fossil-fuel industry with $11 million in subsidies — per minute! That needs to end if we are to at least have a chance of achieving the goals in the Paris Agreement and avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis. Today, October 27th at 00:01 AM EDT, we will help our partner, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launch the global campaign #DontChooseExtinction to urge our world leaders to abolish all fossil fuel subsidies. Share the English video on Twitter, Linked In, Facebook, Youtube, or use the below social media kit for more assets and to share it in over 30 languages. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #DontChooseExtinction and #WeDontHaveTime Unique to our users, we have been given permission from UNDP to give everyone access to their social media kit for partners. user: Friend_of_Frankie, pwd: NowOrNever2021 Campaign microsite with all assets and playbook: Click on below video and follow the instructions on how to share it, it is available in more than 30 languages! Thank you so much! Together we are the solution to the climate crisis.
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This is an inspirational quote of life being normal to work and change..in place of old idea that was work and explore..
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using taxpayers money to keep is in the fossil era is about as stupid as it gets!
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It´s high time to put an end to fossil fuels subsidies.
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Okay look, it's no secret Senator Manchin holds the fate of Build Back Better in his hands in a narrowly D-controlled Senate. And that bill would have invested $555 billion in clean electricity, electric vehicles, and reducing methane emissions -- making it the largest legislative clean energy bill in American history. We desperately need this investment and should have rallied behind it with a unified climate activist voice from the beginning -- which some did not. That said, there are two things we need to keep in mind now: 1. There are other ways to make policy in the US and saying this one action has "Doomed American Climate Policy" is counterproductive. Federal regulatory actions are how we get strict fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks, methane rules, clean air and water standards, and much more. We can take many regulatory actions that will significantly reduce GHG emissions. Also, cities and states are the engines of Democracy and local policies carry huge power. There are actions all of us can take in our home states and towns to help support local / statewide emissions reductions plans / net-zero pledges. Most big cities have these now -- look yours up. All this is not to say we don't still need Congress to pass new legislative climate bills. Which brings me to... 2. Senator Manchin is an elected, public official. WE have the power to call his office, write letters, send emails, and let our voices be heard on this issue. We all have the power to engage in our democratic institutions and we all need to in this critical moment. But he's not the only one who needs to hear from us. He is responding to public pressure and Biden's sliding approval rating that are moving the conversation the opposite direction and causing a freeze in political will for large legislative priorities. We HAVE to organize and work harder to counter this slide. We are losing the public narrative because there are too many out there who have become doom-and-gloom-apathetic or are divided over what to do on climate -- and think public policy is broken and doesn't work for them anymore. This is a problem for many climate activists too. We have a historic clean energy investment here that needs our help! Let's make our voices heard! https://www.vox.com/2021/12/19/22845060/joe-manchin-climate-change-build-back-better-clean-energy
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Scotland sacked coal Joe - you can too.
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I think Joe Manchin is slowly receiving as many climate warnings as Bolsonaro, a performance! Thank you for showing that it's not only doom and gloom and there are solutions for hindering his destructive efforts to stop climate action.
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“If all deforestation is legal, then you have zeroed illegal deforestation quite successfully,” says Suely Araújo, senior public policy specialist at Observatório do Clima, a civil society coalition focused on climate change. The suspicion is not unfounded. In April, a day after promising to double investments for combating deforestation at U.S. President Joe Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro approved a cut in the environment ministry’s budget by 24% from the 2020 allocation. The move shrank what was already a meager budget, making the environment ministry’s 2021 budget the smallest in two decades, according to a report from Observatório do Clima. Full story: https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/to-end-illegal-deforestation-brazil-may-legalize-it-entirely-experts-warn/
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Vattenfall has sponsored nature photographers showing that it is possible to get around in the arctic environment without high climate footprint Article in Norwegian/Swedish: https://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/inchargebyvattenfall/blog_posts/back-to-basic-paa-el-snoeskuter-100065
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Together with the fantastic crew, we wanted to show that it is absolutely possible to enjoy nature (arctic or no arctic) without leaving environmentally damaging traces! We are proud to have been a part of this adventure, and we are sure that together we have paved the way for others in the future.
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Snow sports could thus have a reduced carbon footprint if sporting equipment are transitioned to be electric driven drawing from this pace set by electric scooters.
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Dear Dag Blakstad Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Vattenfall and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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I love this. The coffee brand Not1Bean is the first global brand that put the “We Don’t Have Time Review us” 💚💡⚠️ badge on its packaging—ensuring their customer to give them climate reviews. Not1Bean is the only coffee brand that roasts their beans in the same country they are farmed—ensuring that the maximum revenue is left in the hands of the producers. Not1Bean approch to roasting the beans before shipping means up to 20% weight reductions in our oceans and fewer transports, saving co2. Best of all. The coffee taste is delicious. My favorite!
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Thanks for the Climate Love, comments & agrees, we are currently in the process of contacting stores across Europe about stocking our coffee and hope to update you all soon.
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Good for farmers 👍
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Very exciting.
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Every year the Swedish air-force traditionally fly in the formation of a christmas tree over the country. This showoff from the military forces emits huge amounts of emissions. The 8 JAS-planes burns 2500 liters of fuel each per flight hour. Swedens armed forces, Försvarsmakten claims to work towards reducing military emissions. Stating that fuel consumption stands for more than 80 percent of their total carbon dioxide emissions and out of those 80, the largest part comes from aircraft-fuel. Försvarsmakten should skip the christmas-tree display from now on as effort in their work to reduce impact on the climate. Read more (swe): https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/forsvarsmaktens-julgransflygning-blev-av-aven-i-ar https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/var-verksamhet/ett-hallbart-forsvar/klimat-och-energi/
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I have a better idea. Let’s next year Christmas flight be the first fossil free. Show that it can be done!
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Dear Leo Alexander Thank you for getting your climate warning to level 2! We have reached out to Försvarsmakten and asked for a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Many air forces spend December burning off unused jet fuel, to make sure that they can get at least the same budget allocation for the next year.
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I read recently that the Swedish military's climate work is not reviewed by Natursvårdsverket like other national authorities and they don't need to report data to the EPA either. So, official summaries of Sweden's national climate impact doesn't include the military......
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Volvo Group, Daimler Truck and the Traton Group will create a joint venture to install and operate a public charging network for battery electric heavy-duty trucks across Europe in 2022. Great action. very good Volvo teams up with others to create the infrastructure needed to make fossil-free transports possible! https://www.truckinginfo.com/10158039/volvo-daimler-traton-step-closer-to-joint-venture
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United we stand, divided we fall.
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This is the future - collaboration and agreeing on that changes comes in droves
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Collaborations lead to succes 👍
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In an exclusive interview with We Don’t Have Time, Swiss environmental minister Simonetta Sommaruga talks about her main takeaways from COP26 in Glasgow and why transitioning to a low-carbon economy is a great opportunity for investors. ”We are going to net zero”, she says. ”It is a huge task, but we are going to decarbonize our economy and our society.” Nick Nuttall of We Don’t Have Time caught up with Minister Sommaruga just after she spoke at the opening of NOAH Zurich, a multinational sustainability and networking event arranged by Noah Conference, which gathered several hundred investors, companies and start-ups in Zurich, Switzerland, on December 6-7. In her speech, Minister Sommaruga outlined government plans to push decarbonization further and faster. These include: - Investing around CHF 2 billion (nearly 2 billion Euro) over the next five years in heating system replacement and climate-friendly (building) renovations. - Plans to invest additional money so that people can charge their electric cars at home or at work. Local councils will also receive money to convert their bus fleets to e-buses. - Significantly boosting the security of the country's power supply by expanding renewables. Persons investing in the expansion of renewables will now receive up to 60 per cent of the investment costs from the state. Nick: Why as an environment minister did you decide to address this conference of investors and start-ups? Minister Sommaruga: It is a very special moment, following the UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow just a few weeks ago. Everyone, including investors, know the direction we are going: we are going to net zero. It is a huge task, but we are going to decarbonize our economy and our society. So, for me it was important to tell the investors here what Switzerland is going to do and that decarbonization is an opportunity for them, and we all have to do our part. Nick: The NOAH conference has put sustainability and digitalization alongside prosperity at the heart of this year’s messaging. Is technology crucial to this decarbonization pathway? Min. Sommaruga: Innovation is important because it can also change peoples’ minds about what is possible, it can show that we can build our economies without depending on coal, oil and gas. Currently, we are witnessing so much innovation, and I think if we can show to the population and to the people that it works, that this decarbonization is possible, that we win rather than lose, then this is key. Switzerland is a country with direct democracy so that at every step we have to take the people along and convince them. This is true for Switzerland, but it is also true for many countries around the world. Nick: What were your one or two highlights on the Glasgow Pact and outcome? Min. Sommaruga: Well, first, I think it was very important that countries and ministers could see each other again because you cannot deal with somebody that you cannot be so easily in contact with. So this is very, very important. Also to meet and realize how countries are facing very different departure points and realities. I talked to the ministers of Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands: they say ‘help us, because we are drowning’. At the same time, I talked to a country like South Africa where the minister tells me that 90% of the electricity is produced with coal. So, if you think about decarbonization in South Africa, it's a completely different situation as compared to when you talk to somebody else from another country. So, I think understanding each other, how this transformation is working, and how we can support each other, is important. When I came back to Switzerland, I was so happy to note that in my country we have so much innovation. We have these start-ups, we have the universities and people who have the technologies to help all the other countries. I think this is also somehow a responsibility. Nick: Finance is going to be critical for the transformation, and yet the International Monetary Fund estimates that trillions of dollars a year — equal to 11 million USD per minute — is being spent by governments subsidizing fossil fuels. You wanted strong language in the Glasgow Pact outcome. Were you disappointed that at the last minute it was watered down? Min. Sommaruga: The final text said that countries would ‘phase-out’ subsidies for coal, gas and petrol. In the end, it was changed to ‘phase-down’ because some countries did not want ‘phasing-out’—it was too strong for them. Okay, that was how it went but I think we have to do it anyway, it is crucial! Overall, when we look at the transformation and the decarbonization, let me make two other points. Firstly, we have enough money to do this in the world, but we have to make sure that investors know what is real and what is greenwashing. Secondly, while we have innovation and start-ups that get maybe early-stage support, we need to make sure we can scale up these innovations. Sometimes the investors and the banks can be uncertain about the risks. So, I think we still have some work to do, so that we can export our innovations while also helping other countries achieve their decarbonization goals. Nick: Thank you for finding some time to be interviewed by We Don't Have Time, and best of luck with your work. Min. Sommaruga: Thank you. MORE ON THE SUBJECT During NOAH Zurich, We Don't Time conducted and filmed almost 40 interviews with business leaders, investors and representatives from organizations. Watch all interviews here.
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A panel of top international lawyers assembled by the Stop Ecocide Foundation have published a legal definition of ecocide for the first time. Approving the right definition could pave the way for acts of environmental destruction to be prosecuted and condemned by the International Criminal Court, under the same consideration as war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocides and aggression. Behind the idea of drafting a proper, legal definition, stand international lawyers Philippe Sands and Dior Fall Sow, co-chairing the expert panel. https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/06/22/top-international-lawyers-to-make-ecocide-a-crime-against-nature
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Thank you for boosting visibility for our campaign! You can support ecocide law by signing our International Petition here: https://www.stopecocide.earth/become Once you’ve done that you can continue through to sign up as an Earth Protector, joining our global community to help support and fund expert legal and practical assistance for states progressing ecocide law at the International Criminal Court. Find out more about the new definition of ecocide here: https://www.stopecocide.earth/press-releases-summary/top-international-lawyers-unveil-definition-of-ecocide
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This is a very important topic! I hope it will be recognized soon
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Thank you for sharing! The push for the recognition of ecocide is real, let's hope it leads to results!
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It should be treated as a crime against humanity and genocide because it is an existential threat humanity and the entire ecosystem as well as biodiversity.
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Microplastics are extremely dangerous but also a menace to clean because of their size. This company has created a beach vacuum that helps separate microplastic from the sandy beaches without harming the natural terrain and a whole bunch of other features. Hoola One has created a beach vacuum that can separate micro-plastics from sandy beaches. Check them out here: http://hoolaone.com Learn more about sustainability and sustainable solutions through specialised micro-courses on all topics of environmental sustainability. Try the courses for free at www.mysustainonline.com
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Thank you to the We Don’t Have Time community for all the love on this post. Your support means the world to us! The founders of Hoola One completed their studies with the objective of taking concrete actions for the environment. They saw the opportunity to do so in the pursuit of what started out as a school project. For us, pushing such a project is an opportunity to have a concrete impact on a real and growing problem that is close to our hearts. Our entire team shares the same goal, yet so simple, that of having a positive impact on ecosystems around the world through our innovations. Feel free to reach out to us about any inquiry or just to learn more about our work at info@hoolaone.com. All the best, The Hoola One team
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This sounds great, but I have to wonder how it is powdered
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Great invention!
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Truly incredible for the beach clean up.
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From 2024, Midnight Trains aims to run ‘hotels on rails’ from Paris to 12 cities across Europe. The sleeping trains are an alternative to the basic, state-run sleepers, and aims to compete with short-haul flights. It makes me happy to see that the alternatives to stay on the ground while traveling in Europe are increasing! https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/travel/2021/jun/22/new-network-of-european-sleeper-overnight-trains-planned https://www.midnight-trains.com/en/home
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We believe that zero-emission aircrafts will not be operational before 2050 (at least). Even Airbus and Boeing themselves are not confident they can make it before 2050. In the meantime, more and more travelers are looking for convenient and sustainable alternatives while traveling on medium-distances. Thus, we have to propose an alternative to travelers. High-speed trains can not be this alternative for distances of more than 800km as travel time would be too long, high-speed infrastructure and tracks are not steady enough over Europe and finally, high-speed trains operators are more focused on national routes than international ones. We have the strong conviction that night trains are the only solution for international medium-distance routes in Europe. However, if night train services do not improve there is no way people will stop flying. They will only attract night train lovers and environmentally convinced travelers. We want to have a real impact and to convince the others to stop flying. In order to do so we have to re-invent night train experience and services. We do not want to create a luxury service, we just believe that if we want to convince travelers to stop flying we have to set up a new benchmark of night trains with privacy (100% private cabins), a good table (bar and restaurant), a digital experience from end-to-end and a new modern design.
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The big question is how to get more governments, banks and people to invest in current rail infrastructure. We should also be moving more freight by rail surely.
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Really great news! Traveling on a night train is very comfortable, climate smart and also time efficient. Will be using this service later this year😊
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Big fan of sleeper trains! Hope this spurs the basic ones to step up in quality as well.
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Justdiggit and LEAD Foundation Tanzania together started digging the first bunds in Pembamoto Tanzania at the end of the dry season in October 2018. Both photos in 2019 and 2020 were taken in June and really show what can happen in one year. By regreening this kind of degraded land on a large scale, we can cool down the planet, protect vulnerable biodiversity, secure water and food availability and improve the lives of so many people!
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Thanks Ingmar!!!
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What an encouraging result. Thank you 🙏
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JustDigit just Did it.
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I've been learning about the danger of planting monocultures, as is often done when money is involved as it's easier to supply statistics, as opposed to re-wilding which moves to nature's whims. This looks like a brilliant example of just letting nature do it's thing, and for the land to be healing itself beautifully. Here's to hoping we see more of this kind of great result.
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Thank you Arnold for speaking up against the fossil fuel industry by sharing the green success story of California https://www.facebook.com/attn/videos/arnolds-message-for-world-leaders/432840784866781/
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Volvo Cars is introducing an internal price for carbon dioxide to ensure that all future projects are sustainable. Volvo is the first car company to introduce its own price of carbon dioxide throughout the host chain. The price is also twice as high as the current price of carbon dioxide in the EU's emissions trading. The price is set at SEK 1,000 (100 EUR) per tonne and each future car project will, according to Volvo, undergo a "sustainability check", where a cost is added for each expected tonne of carbon dioxide emissions during the car's life cycle. https://autovista24.autovistagroup.com/news/volvo-sends-clear-climate-action-signal-by-setting-internal-carbon-prices/
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A big step forward towards the real cost of products, reducing the hidden ones. Do you see particular bottlenecks to transfer this kind of approach also to other sectors?
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My next car will be a (electric) Volvo because of this
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a rare address to the UN General Assembly, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made a major new climate commitment on behalf of the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases. China will not build any new coal-fired power projects abroad, Xi said in a pre-recorded speech. The vow marks a shift in policy around its sprawling Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, which had already begun to draw down its coal initiatives. China will also increase financial support for green and low-carbon energy projects in other developing countries, he said. Great action. I hope China also cancel their own coal plants soon! https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/21/world/un-climate-change-speeches-intl/index.html Photo: UN News
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One good step and hopefully they’ll soon stop building new coal plants in China as well
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Yet they bare building 25 new coal fired power plants inside China.
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I agree! They need to cancel their own plans as well
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China Is Still Building an Insane Number of New Coal Plants. This year, coal-generated electricity is expected to see its biggest global step-down ever. But China seems to be ignoring the memo that coal is canceled. Learn more: https://www.wired.com/story/china-is-still-building-an-insane-number-of-new-coal-plants/ https://youtu.be/Qpg_xJiY1c0
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Also how do we stop Australia from exporting coal to China?
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The Canadian company ReconAfrica is using all the dirty tricks in the book to raise millions of dollars for a highly destructive oil and gas drilling project upstreams one of Africas most lush and wildlife-rich areas, including the world famous Okavango Delta and six community-run wildlife reserves. Please, ministers of the Namibian government, I kindly ask you to put an end to this shortsighted project, and instead invest your time, effort and money into scaling up sustainable tourism in the area. If done right, earnings from sustainable tourism will just continue grow and grow, while a the same time benefiting both wildlife and local communities. The oil business on the other hand is already dying. All investments in oil drilling are bad investments, providing nothing but short term profits for a few, while hurting wildlife, hurting local communities, and destroying the future for all living species on this planet. Read more in this in-depth story on ReconAfricas dirty businesses in Namibia. https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/984b29dc-fe3f-4511-b555-d0d4d2050e0c
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Absolutelly!!
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Thank you Marco for sharing this important issue. I am familiar with the matter and wonder why policy makers, who have good and capable advisors, fall for such a nonsense? If this is so logic for normal people like me, why isn’t it logic for illuminated minds in Namibian government?
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I hear you 100% and had the same question. What I learnt : The political leader outside Namibia talk about sovereignty and that they don’t want to interfere in a small countries hopes for extraction businesses. Makes not a lot of sense if climate change is being addressed by leaders
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Here is something that perhaps AUS politicians can understand. Bad policy is like a boomerang. It will come back and may hit you right in the head.
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Deep statement! But till when our so called governments will take over seriously #ClimateCrisis topic in every aspects. Like in Kenya we shall vote on August but same questions is all over to all sensitive people in matters to do #ClimateCrisis, because we know it affects all of us in general!
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This reminds me of this ironic ad "by" the Australian government made by the JuiceMedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvFy2TuPDaw&ab_channel=thejuicemedia