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Colorado kids with leukemia are more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development in c/collapse@sopuli.xyz
[–] solo@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

In that case, adding /s at the end of the comment helps a lot to clarify its tone

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Earth to Mark Carney: ‘Decarbonized Oil’ Is as Real as Vitamin Cigarettes | Canada’s new PM parroted industry nonsense after a meeting with premiers last week. (www.desmog.com)
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Colorado kids with leukemia are more than twice as likely to live near dense oil and gas development (www.dailyclimate.org)
 

The new study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, looked at medical records for more than 3,000 children born in Colorado between 1992 and 2019. The researchers found that children who were diagnosed with leukemia between the ages of two and nine were more than twice as likely to live within five kilometers — about three miles — of dense oil and gas development compared to healthy children. The study also found that Children who’d been diagnosed with leukemia during this time period were between 1.4 and 2.64 times more likely to live within 13 kilometers (about eight miles) of dense oil and gas development.

Climate change heightens risk of Indian farmer suicides in c/collapse@sopuli.xyz
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Building climate resilience in the island nation of Dominica (nouvelles.umontreal.ca)
 

Although Caribbean island nations account for only a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions, they are disproportionately affected by climate change. This has prompted calls for the world’s wealthiest nations to provide substantial financial support to help small island nations strengthen their adaptive capacity.

“We can’t make it the responsibility of these small island states, when the world’s richest countries have historically been the largest emitters of greenhouse gases,” Cloos said.

The study: What can be said about risks, vulnerabilities, and adaptation to climate change in Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS)? The case of Dominica. A qualitative study

Picking Up Speed in c/collapse@sopuli.xyz
[–] solo@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I am not really sure I understand what you mean. Of course 0.5°C is very important, but to my understanding, the Paris Agreement is really not going as planned.

As the official deadline passes for countries to submit their revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, only 13 of the 195 parties have done so. Alarmingly, this group includes just five developed countries, which are required to lead the way on climate action.

Under the Paris Agreement, every country must update its national climate action plan every five years. These NDC plans outline how nations intend to reduce emissions and adapt to climate impacts to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This year’s submissions should extend their new NDCs to 2030 and outline new objectives for the period up to 2035, setting the tone for a decisive decade of climate action.

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Edit: Since the above article dates a few months back I searched for something more updated and found the perfect link: NDC Tracker

As Arctic ice vanishes, maritime traffic boom fuels the climate crisis in c/collapse@sopuli.xyz
[–] solo@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

It looks like the IMO's pledge to reduce emissions by at least 20% is totally feasible. At least according to the following recent study

Reducing travel speeds and using an intelligent queuing system at busy ports can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oceangoing container vessels by 16-24%, according to researchers. Not only would those relatively simple interventions reduce emissions from a major, direct source of greenhouse gases, the technology to implement these measures already exists.

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Carbon capture company emits more than it captures | CCS illusion only delays the elimination of fossil fuels (climateandcapitalism.com)
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Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water, report warns (www.theguardian.com)
 

NGO says Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to address

The Mercy Corps report can be found here: Kabul’s Water Crisis - An Inflection Point for Action