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2021-11-10 09:40:11 World’s ‘calamitous’ water crisis being ignored in climate talks – WaterAid

Cop26 summit focusing on slowing down global heating at expense of current impact on water-stressed regions, says head of WaterAid‘Killing us slowly’: dams and drought choke Syria’s water supply – in picturesA global water crisis is being ignored at Cop26 to the detriment of billions of people’s lives, according to the charity WaterAid.Water had not had “nearly enough” attention at the climate conference in Glasgow, with urgent action needed, said Tim Wainwright, chief executive of WaterAid. Continue reading...

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#Global_development #Access_to_water #Water #Cop26 #Environment Open / Comment

2021-11-10 09:20:17 Make extreme wealth extinct: it’s the only way to avoid climate breakdown | George Monbiot

Pandering to the rich has got us into this mess. The correlation between wealth and polluting behaviour could not be clearerMost of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich. The way governments have allowed democracy to be eroded by lobbyists (including politicians with lucrative private interests); the deregulation that lets corporations, oligarchs and landlords squeeze their workers and tenants, then dump their costs on society; the permissive environment for profiteering during the pandemic; the degradation of health, education and other public services by the constant drive towards privatisation: all these are symptoms of the same condition.The same applies to the worst of our predicaments: the destruction of our life-support systems. The very rich arrogate to themselves the lion’s share of the planetary space on which we all depend. It is hard to understand why we tolerate this attack on our common interests.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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#Climate_crisis #Inequality #Cop26 #Bill_Gates #Environment Open / Comment

2021-11-10 09:20:13 Hong Kong prosecutors cite Dominic Raab comments in bid to deny bail for Apple Daily boss

Prosecutors successfully claim criticism of Hong Kong crackdown by US and UK shows Cheung Kim-hung has links to foreign political groupsA Hong Kong newspaper executive on trial for national security offences had his bail denied in part because of comments made by Dominic Raab after his arrest, which prosecutors cited as evidence of a “close association” with foreign political groups.The ruling handed down on 5 November against Cheung Kim-hung, the former chief executive of Apple Daily’s parent company Next Digital Media, also cited the US awarding of a congressional medal to Cheung and his colleagues, and a statement by the US state department. Continue reading...

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2021-11-10 09:20:10 China’s top Cop26 delegate says it is taking ‘real action’ on climate targets

Xie Zhenhua claims country has concrete plans rather than ‘paying lip service’ to commitmentsChina has detailed and concrete plans on how to meet its climate commitments, and is pushing those plans forward vigorously, unlike some countries that are “paying lip service” to their climate targets, the head of delegation for China at the Cop26 climate talks has said.Xie Zhenhua, China’s veteran chief official, said: “President Xi Jinping announced recently on many multilateral occasions China’s specific targets and concrete policies, measures and actions. We have a policy framework to ensure that we can achieve our climate target.” Continue reading...

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#Cop26 #China #Climate_crisis #Glasgow #Environment Open / Comment

2021-11-10 08:40:14 Cop26: what do scientists think about the progress in Glasgow?

The Science Weekly podcast is in Glasgow, where we are bringing listeners daily episodes from Cop26. Each morning you will hear from one of the Guardian’s award-winning environment team. Today, Guardian global environment editor, Jonathan Watts, talks to Katharine Hayhoe and Peter Stott about their work as climate scientists and how they feel Cop26 is progressingThe Guardian’s global environment editor, Jonathan Watts, talks to eminent scientists Katharine Hayhoe and Peter Stott whose work over the past decades has helped prove that the planet is warming and that humans are responsible. Jonathan asks them about their struggle to convince governments and policymakers of the urgency of the situation and whether they feel optimistic about the progress being made at Cop26.On Tuesday, Carbon Action Tracker projected that the world is on track for disastrous levels of global heating far in excess of the limits in the Paris climate agreement, despite a flurry of carbon-cutting pledges from governments at the UN Cop26 summit. Temperature rises will top 2.4C by the end of this century, based on the short-term goals countries have set out. Continue reading...

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2021-11-10 08:40:10 Half of Britons do not know 6m Jews were murdered in Holocaust

Survey also finds majority of UK respondents believe fewer people care about Holocaust today than used toJust over half of Britons did not know that 6 million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust, and less than a quarter thought that 2 million or fewer were killed, a new survey has found.The study also found that 67% of UK respondents wrongly believed that the government allowed all or some Jewish immigration, when in fact the British government shut the door to Jewish immigration at the outbreak of the war. Continue reading...

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2021-11-10 07:20:18 Theranos lab chief says Elizabeth Holmes offered ‘impossible’ explanation for odd findings

Kingshuk Das testifies that former CEO was resistant to critiques of company’s devicesThe former lab director of Theranos has testified that Elizabeth Holmes gave “implausible” excuses for apparent failures in the company’s tests and personally pushed back against his concerns about its signature blood testing machines.Kingshuk Das testified on Tuesday in the high-profile case as the government heads into its 10th week of arguments against the former CEO, who faces accusations that Theranos knowingly defrauded clients and investors about its capabilities. Continue reading...

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2021-11-10 07:20:14 Prince Harry says ‘Megxit’ is a misogynistic term aimed at his wife Meghan

Duke of Sussex says the term was created by a troll to describe their decision to quit royal duties, which was then amplified by the pressPrince Harry has said the term “Megxit” a phrase used by the British press to describe the decision by him and his wife Meghan to quit their royal duties, was a misogynistic term.He said the word was an example of online and media hatred. “Maybe people know this and maybe they don’t, but the term Megxit was or is a misogynistic term, and it was created by a troll, amplified by royal correspondents, and it grew and grew and grew into mainstream media. But it began with a troll,” Harry said. He did not elaborate. Continue reading...

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2021-11-10 07:20:09 Trump White House records can be given to Capitol attack panel, judge rules

Trump lawyers vow to appeal move, which would allow transmission of documents as soon as this weekA federal judge in Washington has ruled that hundreds of pages of White House records from the Trump administration can be turned over to the House committee investigating the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol, defying objections from Donald Trump.The decision, handed down late on Tuesday by the US district judge Tanya Chutkan, clears the way for the National Archives to start transmitting the records requested by Congress as early as Friday, though attorneys for Trump immediately vowed to appeal the ruling. Continue reading...

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2021-11-06 23:20:10 Federal court temporarily blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for larger businesses

Appeals court grants emergency stay of requirement for firms with over 100 employees to require Covid vaccinations by 4 JanuaryA federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers.The fifth US circuit court of appeals granted an emergency stay of the requirement by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration that such workers be vaccinated by 4 January or face mask requirements and weekly tests. Continue reading...

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