OMNI UN COP26 Glasgow Countdown, #6, 11-10/ 11-11
Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace,
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CONTENTS
Nov. 10
An update from the
26th UN climate talks
Congress must hold Big Oil accountable
Official notes baby steps, not leaps
COP26 participants urged to
prioritize gender equity
Fossil fuel goals set; COP26 draft
sounds climate alarm
Tell Biden to keep his promise and cancel this
Fossil Fuel sale!
COP26 Update
Nov. 11
UN-Backed
Banker Alliance Announces 'Green' Plan
COP26 Can
Learn From West Papua’s Green Resistance
Cop26:
Surging Wood Pellet Industry Threatens Climate
COP26: How
The World’s Militaries Hide Their Huge Carbon Emissions
COP26: Military pollution is the skeleton in the
West’s climate closet
COP26: We have until
tomorrow to fix this
A call for help from the climate talks
'Harrowing' report downplays
threat of climate change to national security.
TEXTS
NOVEMBER 10
An update from the
26th UN climate talks
Aneesa Khan, Oil Change International <info@priceofoil.org>
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We’re now more
than halfway through the UN climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland. I’ve
been on the ground representing Oil Change and wanted to send you a quick
update about what we’ve been up to and some of the exciting developments
from the past week.
Every day is
packed with activity, but four things from last week stand
out:
1.
On
Monday, November 1st, we organized a demonstration to allow grassroots
communities impacted by fossil fuels across the United States and Canada to
tell their stories. This came shortly before U.S. President Joe Biden spoke at
the conference, and helped shape media coverage of continued U.S.
extraction, despite some important progress under Biden. Later in the week,
we took out a full-page ad in Scotland’s biggest paper urging Biden to take
bold executive action to stop fossil fuel projects and confront oil, gas,
and coal.
Read more about the action and
see photos from the streets here
2. On Wednesday, November 3rd, we
launched Canada’s Big Oil Reality Check, a new report showing
that the major oil companies operating in Canada have no interest in taking
climate change seriously. Canada’s government loves to present itself as a climate
champion at these UN climate talks, but this report is helping to pull the
curtain back on the reality of oil & gas development in the country.
Read more about Canada’s Big
Oil Reality check in Canada’s National Observer
This one is particularly big — on Thursday, November 4th, we
had a MASSIVE campaign win: more than 20 countries and institutions,
including the US, UK, Canada, and Germany, committed to end international
public finance for unabated oil, gas, and coal by the end of 2022 and
fully prioritize support for the clean energy transition. And new
signatories are still coming in as we speak — the number is at least 30
already!
Together they are responsible for at least USD 23.6 BILLION in
public finance for oil, gas, and coal every year. After a wave of
commitments focused on ending coal finance, this is the first
international political commitment that also addresses oil and gas.
The impact of this is huge and is a sign things are truly beginning to
shift in big ways thanks to our relentless pressure over the years. This
type of victory would not be possible without our wonderful OCI supporters
like you!
Read more about this massive step forward in The Washington Post, Reuters, The Guardian
3. Also on Thursday the 4th, we helped
support a brilliant Pikachu action outside the negotiations drawing
attention to Japan’s continued support for fossil fuels both at home and
abroad. Japan has
taken important steps over the past couple years, but there’s still a long
way to go – and we’ll be there pushing them every step of the way.
Read more about the Pikachu
action (and see some video) in the Evening Standard
Outside of COP, we
launched the second chapter of The Permian Climate Bomb report
series, which you can check out here.
These annual UN
climate talks can often be frustrating — these negotiations have been going
on for decades, yet they still aren’t directly addressing the problem:
fossil fuels. That’s why I’m so thankful for the work we’ve been able to do
this past week and the work of so many others who are making sure the world
leaves Glasgow with something meaningful, rather than more empty
promises.
We have even more
exciting work rolling out over the coming days, including the new Beyond
Oil & Gas Alliance made up of countries ready to take real action to
end fossil fuel development. We’ll be telling you all about it soon, so
keep an eye out.
Thanks again for
all you do to support our work and the fight for climate justice.
Aneesa Khan
Oil Change International
Oil Change International campaigns to expose the true costs
of fossil fuels and facilitate the coming transition towards clean energy.
We are dedicated to identifying and overcoming barriers to that transition.
Want to support our work further? Click here to donate.
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Congress must hold Big
Oil accountable for decades of deception
Union of Concerned
Scientists
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Nov 10, 2021, 10:33 AM (1 day ago)
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We can't allow the fossil fuel industry to avoid
accountability
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Dear Dick,
This year’s international climate negotiations are still under way and the
message from my colleagues there on the ground has been clear: current
plans to cut emissions are still falling short of the kind of investment
science tells us we need to limit the worst effects of climate change. Here
in the United States, Congress is still working to pass our biggest investment
in climate action ever—the Build Back Better Act. Even as we continue to
push hard to pass this critical investment, it’s hard not to think about
the obstacles that prevented us from acting earlier, at a time when we
could have prevented the devastation we’ve seen in recent years. The fossil
fuel industry has spent decades—and billions of dollars—to prevent climate
action from happening. And while the industry has long been able to avoid
accountability for its actions, the tide is beginning to turn. States and
municipalities across the country are bringing lawsuits against fossil fuel
corporations to make them pay their fair share of the costs of addressing
climate change. And just last month, top fossil fuel industry executives
were called before Congress to answer for their decades of climate
deception. We must continue to hold these corporations accountable and
ensure they don’t continue to stand in the way of the further investments
we need to close the gap between our current climate commitments and
what’s needed to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. —Katy
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Science in Action
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Congress must expose Big Oil's climate
deception
For the first time
in history, major fossil fuel executives recently appeared before Congress
to answer for their companies’ climate disinformation. The more we know
about Big Oil’s ongoing climate deception, the better we can hold fossil
fuel companies accountable for their harms. That’s why it’s crucial that
this hearing be just the first step. Congress must continue to investigate
the industry’s history of climate disinformation and ongoing anti-climate
campaigns. Tell your US representative
to keep the heat on and investigate Big Oil’s climate disinformation
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READ:
Science Is Rising: STEM
Students Rocked the Vote in 2020 Election
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SHARE:
Everyone is waiting for
Congress to pass historic climate action through reconciliation. But
what IS reconciliation?
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LISTEN:
A Scientific Approach to
Fighting Hunger in the US
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Ask a Scientist
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L. Delta Merner, PhD
Lead, Science Hub for Climate Litigation
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As the climate negotiations continue in
Glasgow, Dr. Delta Merner, the lead for our Science Hub for Climate
Litigation, talks about the role of climate litigation on the national and
international stage.
For decades, Big Oil
has known that burning fossil fuels would lead to irreversible global climate
change. Instead of acting on that knowledge, these companies and their
surrogates launched—and continue to design and fund—deceptive greenwashing
campaigns to manufacture doubt about the reality and seriousness of climate
change. Litigation is one tool that communities are now using to try push
the levers of power and help ensure that we can meet standards set by the
Paris agreement and limit the worst impacts of climate change. During my 10
days [in Glasgow], I met with dozens of brilliant public officials,
lawyers, community activists, and scientists from around the globe who are
trying to strategically address climate change through the law. Read More.
Follow Delta's blog.
Do you have a question for
UCS scientists? Submit your question today.
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Climate Deception Harms Communities’ Health
and Safety
We’ve long known
that fossil fuel corporations have engaged in a concerted campaign of
deception to water down, delay, and block congressional action to slash
global warming emissions and advance a transition to clean, renewable
energy. But what happens on a more local level? Our analysts took a look at
fossil fuel companies’ deceptive tactics—and the massive amount of funding
behind them—in a single state to find out. They found that oil and gas
companies worked in Colorado to sideline science-based decisions, which not
only threatens public health and the environment, but drives intensifying
and costly climate impacts. Read More.
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Official notes baby
steps, not leaps on emission cuts (Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette), Nov 10, 2021
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Wed, Nov 10, 2:20 PM (1 day ago)
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Official notes baby steps, not leaps on emission cuts
COMPILED BY DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS Information for this
article was contributed by Seth Borenstein, Aniruddha Ghosal, Frank Jordans
and Ellen Knickmeyer of The Associated Press; and by Lisa Friedman of The
New York Times.
UN
COP26 participants urged to
prioritize gender equity
Women and girls
are disproportionately affected by climate change and air pollution,
experts told participants at the United Nations climate summit in
Scotland this week. "Without equal rights and the ability to
exercise decision-making over their own bodies, women and girls are
simply not on an equal footing when it comes to navigating the
devastating consequences of the climate crisis," UN Population Fund
Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem says.
Full Story: The Guardian (London) (11/9), The Jerusalem Post (free registration) (11/10)
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Fossil fuel goals set; COP26
draft sounds climate alarm
BYD Co., Daimler
AG, Ford and General Motors were among the automakers that joined with
national, state and municipal authorities to pledge to end reliance on
fossil fuel-powered vehicles by 2040 as part of the United Nations
climate talks in Scotland. A draft of the final document the summit will
yield calls for the elimination of coal power and voices "alarm and
concern" at the current global warming trend.
Full Story: Reuters (11/10), The Associated Press (11/10)
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Tell Biden to keep his
promise and cancel this Fossil Fuel sale!
Drew Hudson drew@198methods.org via sendgrid.net
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Nov 10, 2021, 4:21 PM (1 day ago)
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Climate
leaders don't sell our Gulf to Fossil Fuels!
Despite
promising climate action, Biden’s Department of Interior is scheduled to
sell more than 80 million acres of the Gulf for oil and gas drilling.
Tell President Biden to direct his Interior Department to immediately
cancel next week’s Lease Sale 257 in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Dick,
President Biden
and his Interior Department need to act fast to cancel next week’s Gulf
lease sale – known as sale 257.
Despite promising
climate action, Biden’s Department of Interior is scheduled to sell more
than 80 million acres of the Gulf for oil and gas drilling and fracking. To
add insult to this grave injury to our people and planet, the sale will
occur just days after the end of the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.
In addition to
breaking his own campaign promise to ban new oil and gas leasing on public
lands and waters, Biden’s plan to sell the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas
may also be illegal. This unprecedented megasale is being challenged in
court by a range of national environmental groups over outdated and
insufficient environmental analysis.
Tell President Biden and his
Interior Department to immediately cancel next week’s Lease Sale 257 in the
Gulf of Mexico.
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COP26 Update
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Wed, Nov 10, 2:34 PM (1 day ago)
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Dick-
State
leaders and climate justice advocates from around the world have flocked to
Glasgow to negotiate our climate future at the UNFCCC COP26, the annual
international climate negotiations happening right now. The past two years
since the last COP have been plagued by climate disasters, from dangerous
wildfire infernos to mass flooding events that destroy entire communities.
One thing is clear to us in this moment: We need stronger climate
action emerging from the international climate negotiations.
The U.S. has failed to show climate leadership and has been noticeably absent
from the COP stage over recent years — but now, President Biden has a chance
to make meaningful climate commitments at the COP.
Tell President Biden and the
U.S. delegation to champion the global phase out of fossil fuels in the COP26
final agreement!
However,
while over 47 nations at COP26 have pledged to divest from both domestic and
international coal production — several major users of coal, including the
U.S., were not parties to the agreement, signaling their intentions to
continue extracting and exploiting the polluting energy source. As our world
burns, floodwaters rise, heatwaves scorch, and other climate disasters
intensify — the refusal of the U.S. to commit to phasing out fossil fuels is
inexcusable.
President
Biden has signaled his commitment to domestic climate action by cancelling
the Keystone XL on his first day in office and rejoining the Paris Agreement.
Now, it’s up to him to bring that same energy and fervor to the international
climate negotiations. It’s up to us to make him.
Right
now, small island nation populations in the South Pacific are being forced to
migrate due to rising sea levels. These small island nations have a
“disproportionately important role” in global climate negotiations because
they are the most vulnerable to the existential threat of climate change
while being some of the least responsible for the crisis. The U.S. and other
developed nations of the Global North are responsible for emitting the
largest portion of emissions that have subsequently led to the climate
crisis, and therefore have a historical responsibility to pay their fair
share and commit to a global transition off fossil fuels.
We
need real climate commitments that involve massive amounts of funding for the
just transition to renewable energy,
not market-based schemes that can be exploited by the biggest corporate
polluters. Thus far, the U.S. has failed to make any major announcements
pertaining to climate commitments at COP26.
There
are less than 48 hours left of COP26 — which is more than enough time for the
U.S. delegation and President to commit to meaningful climate action.
The U.S. delegation must
champion a COP26 final agreement that calls for an immediate phase out of
fossil fuels. Send your message to President Biden now! Time is running out!
COP26
is just one of the many venues where a clear plan for climate justice —
policies and solutions that address climate change as well as the systems
that cause it, perpetuate discrimination, and place the disproportionate
burden of disaster and pollution on those who are least responsible for the
crisis — can come into fruition. But we need Global North nations
like the U.S. to shoulder the financial undertaking this will require. We
must strive for a world in which the nations and corporations responsible for
the climate crisis step up to the plate to finance the pathway towards a just
transition.
People
and the planet cannot wait. The IPCC says we only have 8 years left to curb
the worst effects of climate change. We have the opportunity for a world
without corporate polluters crafting our climate policy, where people come
before fossil fuel profits.
It’s up to President Biden,
the U.S. delegation, and Global North nations to rise to the occasion as the
climate crisis is the biggest existential threat we’ve ever faced. The time
is now.
In
solidarity,
Anusha
Narayanan
Climate Campaign Manager, Greenpeace USA
P.S. There are less than 48
hours of COP26 left, we urgently need to tell President Biden and the U.S.
delegation to champion a Glasgow Deal that calls for a fossil fuel phase out
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COP26: We have until tomorrow to fix this
Cansın Leylim -
350.org 11-11-21
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8:12 AM (10 hours ago)
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Hi Dick,
Finally, some signs of
progress at the UN climate conference. The UN has shared a draft of the final
COP26 decision. The text finally openly names the problem - fossil fuels.
It might be the bare
minimum, but it’s a vital step in the right direction because the text
urges countries to phase out coal and end fossil fuel subsidies. And,
crucially, this text is legally binding for all signatories. [1]
But there are climate
laggards, like Australia, who are lobbying hard to weaken the draft
text, so they can carry on as before. They want to continue risking
people’s lives by extracting dirty, deadly fossil fuels.
We need to show
Australia that the world is watching and that we’ll know whom to blame if COP26
fails. We must keep the phasing out of fossil fuels in the text.
Australia's ministers
care about their image. If we pile on the pressure publicly, and make sure
media reporting from COP26 is focused on countries threatening to remove even
this incomplete call for fossil fuel phase-out, we could get them to back down.
But we only have until Friday, when COP26 is set to end.
Will you share a
message on social media to demand the Australian Government keep fossil fuels
in the text to keep it in the ground?
If you don’t use
Twitter, you can also leave a comment on
this Facebook post by Mr. Angus Taylor, Australia’s Minister for Energy and
Emissions Reduction, and ask him not to stand in the way of real action against
fossil fuels at COP26.
Australia and its
fossil fuel allies, like Russia and Saudi Arabia, have a long history of
blocking action. They have financial interests and deep ties to the coal, oil
and gas industries. That’s why they’re so opposed to this text and want to
carry on digging and burning fossil fuels. [2]
We’ve known all along
that these fuels will destroy our homes. Because of our movement,
decision-makers have finally begun to admit that fossil fuels are the problem.
We can’t let climate laggards like Australia block this important step forward.
There is a long way to
go, and this text isn’t perfect, but if we can get this through it’s a
jumping-off point that will help us push them for more things - from defunding
fossil fuels to investing in a just transition.
COP26 is a compass for
climate action across the world. Together, we can get it pointing in
the right direction.
Tweet the Australian Prime Minister
and Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction or post a comment on Facebook.
In solidarity and hope,
Cansin Leylim, for the 350.org team
P.S. Wondered what else is in the text? Check out our blog for everything
you need to know
References: [1] A result for climate at COP26? What
we can expect. [2] CNN: Young people call for fossil
fuel non-proliferation treaty as delegates spar over coal, oil and gas
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A call for help from
the climate talks 11-11-21
Mike Baillie - Avaaz via uark.onmicrosoft.com
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8:48 AM (9 hours ago)
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to James
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Dear friends
across the US,
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We're in the
final days of the critical climate talks -- and shocking new analysis
shows that the world is racing towards catastrophic warming of at
least 2.4°C.
It could mean a world where over a billion people are forced to
flee unliveable heat. The natural world would be devastated as
floods, flames, and famine batter the planet.
We can't be silent at this critical moment. Our leaders have a duty to
protect citizens, but their words aren't enough, we need real action!
US President Biden has a key role to play. The US promised to pay
its fair share of life-saving funds for vulnerable nations -- but that
promise has been broken, causing a major wound at the heart of the
climate talks. And it's costing real human lives.
So Avaaz is running a powerful ad in the Financial Times, read by
negotiators and leaders at the talks. Now let's amplify the
message and ramp up pressure on President Biden to show real
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· Ideas for what to say in your
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urgently deliver its fair share of life-saving funds for countries on the
front line of the crisis. #ShowUsTheMoney #Cop26.
· Current plans put us on track for
catastrophic warming of 2.4°C. We need urgent action to limit heating to
1.5°C. #Cop26
· As a climate champion, and earth's
biggest economy, the US must lead by example, supporting vulnerable
nations, and by ending all new fossil fuel projects and subsidies.
#ShowUsTheMoney #Cop26
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Twelve years ago rich nations,
led by the US, promised the world’s most vulnerable countries $100bn a
year in climate funding by 2020. That promise has been broken.
The United States, the richest and most powerful nation on earth, is
still yet to deliver its fair share, and developing nations are being
told to wait for this life-saving support.
But the climate crisis is here, now -- and vulnerable countries
are being forced to weather a vicious storm without the support they
deserve.
The COP26 talks are in the final stretch, and one thing is clear:
securing life-saving funds for the vulnerable is central to
accelerating the world towards a healthy, liveable planet. This affects
every single one of us, and the US must step up.
We live in the age of social media. When something goes viral, our
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millions. Let’s use it -- click to help amplify the call on Biden
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More information:
· With COP26 credibility at
stake, some urge ratcheting up schedule (Reuters)
· COP26: World headed for 2.4C
warming despite climate summit (BBC)
· The impacts of climate change
at 1.5C, 2C and beyond (Carbon Brief)
· A $100 billion promise holds
the Paris Agreement together. Now, it's coming apart (Grist)
· Cop26 draft calls for tougher
emissions pledges by next year (The Guardian)
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CLIMATE CHANGE
'Harrowing' report downplays threat of climate change to national
security. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (11-11-21).A first-of-its-kind report by 18 US
intelligence agencies explains how the climate crisis could increase
geopolitical tensions around the globe—but will government heed the
warning? Read more.
CONTENTS OMNI UN COP26
Glasgow Countdown, #5, 11-5 TO 11-9
https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2021/11/united-nations-cop26-unclimate-change.html
UN News Wire: Investment In
Resilience 11-5
UUSC, Global Day for Climate Justice,
UUSC’s Partners 11-6
Roberts, What is and is not on the agenda 11-7
Sara Bennett, et al., workers’ struggle
for climate 11-7
Climate Resource, Pledges could hold
warming under 2 degrees 11-7
Agri emissions not on agenda 11-8
BBC News, FF lobbyists crowd the
Conference 11-8
EcoWatch, 4 billion pledged for sustainable
agri 11-9
Covering Climate Now (CCN), grim
temperature projection from Climate Action Tracker 11-9
Extinction Rebellion (XR), world protest
but COP 26 not the hoped for, promised game-changer 11-9
END OMNI UN COP26 Glasgow Countdown, #6, 11-10/ 11-11
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