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Germany Gives Dirtiest Coal Plants Six Years for Phase Out

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July 2, 2015 — 9:24 AM BST Updated on July 2, 2015 — 3:03 PM BST
A Coal-Fired Power Plant
A coal-fired power plant in Janschwalde, Germany. The government’s coal plans would mean immediate closures of lignite mines and power stations, RWE AG Chief Executive Officer Peter Terium told shareholders on April 23. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

Bloomberg – Germany’s main political parties worked out a compromise plan to cut power-industry pollution by handing a six-year lifeline to some of the dirtiest coal-fired plants. Tiếp tục đọc “Germany Gives Dirtiest Coal Plants Six Years for Phase Out” →

The End of Coal: Ontario’s coal phase-out

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Melissa Harris, Marisa Beck, Ivetta Gerasimchuk

IISD – Ontario has successfully implemented its policy to put an end to coal use in 2014. This energy transition has become “the single largest GHG reduction measure in North America”: since 2007, when coal accounted for about 25 per cent of its electricity generation, Ontario has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 34 Mt or 17 per cent.

What lessons can be learned from Ontario’s coal phase-out experience? How can its success be replicated in other parts of the globe? This paper explores this question for all those around the world who may draw inspiration and lessons learned from Ontario: policy-makers, campaigners, entrepreneurs and others interested in transitioning to a low-carbon future.

We rely on the concept of the “window of opportunity” and suggest that all elements critical to a sustainable energy transition can be clustered within the four “panes” of this “window”: context, champions, concerns and complementary policies. These “panes” provide the basis for the structure of this paper. This analysis has been informed by a comprehensive review of existing literature and semi-structured interviews with high-level experts from Canadian political and academic circles, industry and civil society.

 

 

Climate change should be top foreign policy priority, G7 study says

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Wednesday 24 June 2015 13.21 BST

Theguardian – Global warming ‘ultimate threat multiplier’ posing serious risk to world security, says report urging governments not to see it simply as a climate issue

Turkana men carry rifles as they herd goats inside the Turkana region of the Ilemi Triangle, northwest Kenya December 21, 2014. The Ilemi Triangle is a disputed region in East Africa, claimed by South Sudan and Kenya, bordering also Ethiopia. The dispute arose from unclear wording of a 1914 treaty which tried to allow free movement of the Turkana people, nomadic herders who had traditionally grazed the area. Picture taken on December 21, 2014.
Armed Turkana men herd goats inside the Ilemi Triangle region, northwest Kenya. Water scarcity has made it a disputed territory in east Africa, claimed by South Sudan and Kenya. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters

Tackling climate change risks must become a top foreign policy priority if the world is to combat the global security threat it poses in the 21st century, according to a new study commissioned by the G7 countries. Tiếp tục đọc “Climate change should be top foreign policy priority, G7 study says” →

Biến đổi khí hậu đe dọa sức khỏe con người

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Biến đổi khí hậu đe dọa sức khỏe con người (P1)

07/05/2014 2:23:13 PM

Từ những kết quả nghiên cứu, các nhà khoa học cảnh báo biến đổi khí hậu đang trở thành mối đe dọa đến sức khỏe con người trên toàn thế giới.

Theo đánh giá của các nhà khoa học, biến đổi khí hậu đã trở thành một vấn đề vừa cấp thiết, vừa phổ biến đối với các quốc gia, biến đổi khí hậu đang ảnh hưởng đến cuộc sống của con người.

Biến đổi khí hậu khiến thời tiết trở nên khắc nghiệt và lũ lụt dễ làm phát sinh nhiều loại bệnh tật, gây ảnh hưởng đến sức khoẻ cộng đông

Biến đổi khí hậu làm nảy sinh bệnh tật Tiếp tục đọc “Biến đổi khí hậu đe dọa sức khỏe con người” →

Hague climate change judgement could inspire a global civil movement

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“886 Dutch citizens, including teachers, entrepreneurs, grandparents and students united to sue their government for its inaction on climate change. In a decision likely to reverberate across the world, the court ordered the state to reduce emissions by 25% within 5 years to protect its citizens from climate change.”

Theguardian – Dutch ruling could trigger similar cases worldwide with citizens taking their governments to courts to make them act on climate promises

Urgenda 's legal team celebrating after court ruling in The Hague
Urgenda’s legal team celebrate on Wednesday after court ruling in the Hague that ordered the Dutch government to cut emissions by 25% within five years. Photograph: Chantal Bekker/Urgenda

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Climate Changes May Eradicate 50 Years Of World Health Progress (In Depth)

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June 24th, 2015 by

Cleantecnica.com – “Recent decades have witnessed dramatic progress in global health,” says the US Agency for International Development. Smallpox has been eradicated within the past half century. In all but three countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan), polio has been wiped out. Use of modern methods of contraception has increased from 10% in 1965 to more than 50% in 2013. Child deaths from diarrhea have been cut in half since 1990. Malaria deaths have fallen by more than a quarter globally since 2000. Only half as many mothers died in live childbirth in 2010, compared to 20 years earlier. Unheard of 50 years ago, HIV/AIDS has now transited from certain death to a chronic ailment.

Developed and developing photo, from Costello et al, 2009 (thelancet.com/journals/lancet/)But climate change could quickly wipe out the past 50 years of world health progress. Tiếp tục đọc “Climate Changes May Eradicate 50 Years Of World Health Progress (In Depth)” →