Greenspiration News & Events: Getting real at COP

[Angela Bischoff - OCAA]



 

Negotiators ‘Getting Real About What Matters’ as COP28 Enters Final 48 Hours

https://www.theenergymix.com/negotiators-getting-real-about-what-matters-as-cop28-enters-final-48-hours/

 

Alberta First! Province Wins Fossil of the Day Award at UN Climate Conference

Since 1999, civil society groups attending the annual United Nations climate conference have issued the daily fossil award to the country or negotiating bloc that has done the most to obstruct meaningful progress on emission reductions and climate adaptation. Alberta won the dishonour because they came to COP with one mission, to sabotage the negotiations.

https://www.theenergymix.com/alberta-first-province-wins-fossil-of-the-day-award-at-un-climate-conference/

 

Kick fossil fuel corporations out of climate summits

https://act.leadnow.ca/fossil-free-COP/

 

'Not Reduce. Not Abate': UN Chief Calls for Total Fossil Fuel Phaseout at COP28

"Humanity's fate hangs in the balance," said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at second day of global climate conference.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/antonio-guterres-cop28

 

Why carbon capture and storage is not a real climate solution

https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/why-carbon-capture-and-storage-is-not-a-real-climate-solution/

 

Trudeau and Smith: Cancel your new subsidies for Big Oil’s Carbon Capture and Storage plans.

https://act.leadnow.ca/NoSubsidies4BigOil/ 

 

Canada Pension Plan opens COP28 by celebrating oil and gas investments

Big Oil’s interests are incompatible with our retirement security. Let the CPP Investment Board know that you want your pension retirement security to bank on renewables, not fossil fuels - that is, a safe climate future.

https://www.shiftaction.ca/news/2023/12/7/cppib-opens-cop28-by-celebrating-oil-and-gas-investments

 

Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn

Humanity faces ‘devastating domino effects’ including mass displacement and financial ruin as planet warms. The tipping points at risk include the collapse of big ice sheets in Greenland and the West Antarctic, the widespread thawing of permafrost, the death of coral reefs in warm waters, and the collapse of one oceanic current in the North Atlantic.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/06/earth-on-verge-of-five-catastrophic-tipping-points-scientists-warn

 

Here's why food waste is a major climate change issue

Food loss and waste releases methane, a gas 80 times more potent to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. A third of all food produced for human consumption becomes lost from waste, and it contributes eight to 10 per cent of climate-impacting greenhouse gases.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/food-waste-emissions-1.7050863

 

Will renewables stop the climate crisis?

42 min. documentary followed by part 2: Global renewables: Pioneering the energy transition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy7vUppYPC8 

 

We won’t stop speaking out about Gaza’s suffering – there is no climate justice without human rights

Young climate activists haven’t ‘been radicalised’ – solidarity with marginalised people has always been at the heart of our message

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/05/gaza-climate-justice-human-rights-greta-thunberg

 

Nuclear power declines despite the hype 

The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2023 assesses the status and trends of the international nuclear industry.

https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/-World-Nuclear-Industry-Status-Report-2023-.html

View the ppt slides from the report launch on Dec. 6th - presentations on trends, South Africa, Germany, Japan, the US, economics, SMRs and more.

https://justclimate.fes.de/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/20231206WNISR2023-GlobalLaunch-LR_compressed.pdf

 

Activist training

The Groundswell HUB Campaign Incubator is an advanced series of campaign-building workshops designed to support climate and social justice activists as they contest power and win concrete change. Over the course of 7 weeks, you’ll learn how to integrate effective campaigning tools and instincts into your work so that you can design, deploy, and assess a strategic campaign strategy for maximum impact. This series of free, remote workshops will take place on Tuesdays starting February 6th and ending March 19th, 2024. Deadline to apply: Dec. 19. Free.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vL5PlhxEzkVFSpZtkwWY86qWbwWWsXvOObvrfHulBeA/edit

 

Developing a Micromobility Strategy

The City of Toronto is seeking public feedback until Dec. 13th on the use of micromobility, e.g. bikes, e-bikes and other small vehicles.

https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/streets-parking-transportation/transportation-projects/developing-a-micromobility-strategy/

 

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EVENTS 

 

Let's Talk Lake Huron: Chemical Contaminants in Lake Huron

Mon. Dec. 11, 2 - 3 p.m. ET

Hear about the joint efforts of Canada and the U.S. to address Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs), which are substances that pose significant environmental and human health risks in the Great Lakes. Learn more about PFAS, the “forever chemicals” and their presence in our waters and the ecosystem. We will also learn about a community fish consumption survey conducted in Ontario’s St. Marys River region and how this information will help with future research and monitoring initiatives in the area.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpdeyqrDgsHdWDXFdpDn8x6W1Y37LhrgTS#/registration  

 

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Why was John Lennon in bed with a bicycle?

Tues. Dec. 12, 11 a.m. ET

Why was John Lennon in bed with a bicycle? On an iconic picture from 1969 we see John Lennon and Yoko Ono in bed with a white, Dutch bicycle. Were they in bed because they taught that the bicycle could solve congestion? Or bring us faster from A to B? Or was there something more powerful connected to this humble machine? In this presentation we find out the answer and understand why understanding it is so important for our current challenges. With: Marco te Brömmelstroet. Academic director of Lab of Thought & Board Member of Urban Cycling Institute.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UAPIG_rtQnSyBmOFL_O09g#/registration 

 

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Heat Pumps - Everything You Need to Know

Wed. Dec. 13, 7 p.m. ET

If you are interested in a heat pump for your home, this is for you. Featuring an expert guest speaker and Q&A session.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/heat-pump-webinar-tickets-765407513477 

 

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Power to the People: How Grassroots Power Overcomes Big Nuclear

Wed. Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. ET

How grassroots power overcomes big nuclear. Hosted by NIRS - Nuclear Information Resource Service - on their 45th ann.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8FjN4qowRQCT8UWL1KR0Mg 

 

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Decarbonizing Canada’s Economy – How the Transition will Affect Workers

Wed. Dec. 13, 2 - 3 p.m. ET

A shift away from fossil fuels is essential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but there is much to be done to ensure that the transition doesn’t leave some workers behind - with Jim Stanford and Ken Delaney.

https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/d12a0100-47fb-4787-8a44-a7f32f10cb19

 

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Palestine, Ukraine and other wars of extermination: the local and the global

Wed. Dec. 13, noon ET

Scientists for Palestine will hold this webinar discussion with Prof. Etienne Balibar (Paris-Ouest University)

https://www.scientists4palestine.com/webinar-palestine-ukraine/

 

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Understanding Care Needs and Building Cultures of Care

Wed. Dec. 13, 7 p.m. ET

If we want a build a society that puts care before profit, we need to put the practice of care before productivity in our personal lives and climate justice organizing. In this first workshop in the HUB's Care series, participants will leave the session with the knowledge and tools to:

*identify and advocate for your and others' care needs

*promote group safety through the SCARF model

*incorporate Care Webs in your organizing groups

*give and receive constructive feedback by using healthy communication principles

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qcO2vrjMuEtOd1Pfu8BMV5QQ2YLajrHRd#/registration

 

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Critical Reflections on COP28

Thur. Dec. 14, 4 p.m. ET

On the heels of the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28), join this online conversation to critically examine the progress and failures of these annual global climate talks. Hear from Royal Roads faculty members and thought leaders Robin Cox, Leslie King, Julie MacArthur, and Thomas Homer-Dixon as they discuss not only the challenges of climate negotiations, but where they find cause for optimism.

https://www.royalroads.ca/events/critical-reflections-cop28 

 

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Self and Collective Care: A Learning Circle on Holistic Approaches to Sustaining Activism

Wed. Dec. 20, 7 p.m. ET

Join us for this discussion-based, guided learning circle on how to integrate better practices of care into your organizing relationships, groups and spaces. You'll leave with new ideas and practices about how best to weave meaningful practices of care into your social change work.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErcO-prDkoHtYPooHSA_j-_D5H5JE9DaGQ#/registration

 

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