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June 08, 2024
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This is your weekly personal list of three random articles extracted from our website archives. These links are unique to you and are more than one year old. The intention is to deliver a sense of what was considered a priority on that date compared with today's latest articles and presentations. You are encouraged to share these links with your social media and other networks.




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Ted Manning | Progressing from Growth and Greed to Sustaining Values of Human & Ecological Wellbeing |  5 June 24 | CACOR Live

Ted Manning | Progressing from Growth and Greed to Sustaining Values of Human & Ecological Wellbeing |  5 June 24 | CACOR Live

Speaker:  Dr. Ted Manning Topic: Progressing from Growth and Greed to Sustaining Values of Human & Ecological Wellbeing Time: June 5, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Summary: How we define & choose values, & the way we measure what is real & important, & our metrics affect what we perceive & how we act on key issues.  Ted will …

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David Longworth | Preparing for Pandemics. | 2024-06-12 | CACOR Live

David Longworth | Preparing for Pandemics. | 2024-06-12 | CACOR Live

You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Title: Preparing for Pandemics. Speaker:  Dr. David Longworth Time: Jun 12, 2024 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89359533930?pwd=alhjRHp3Ni93Z3BxMThiYVRoYU5SQT09 Meeting ID: 893 5953 3930 Passcode: 855645 David Longworth is a retired economist. He had a 36-year career at the Bank of Canada. From 2003 until 2010, he was a …

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Network for Greening Financial Systems, NGFS: Considering climate-related risks and transition impact in the sovereign investments of central banks

"Executive Summary: "Sovereign portfolios are not immune from climate and sustainability risks. A meaningful part of central bank investments consists of sovereign bonds or quasi-sovereign debt securities, such as sub-sovereign or agency securities. Sovereign bonds typically have a special role in central banks’ balance sheets. Domestic sovereigns are instrumental to monetary policymaking while foreign sovereigns are a core feature of …

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Network for Greening Financial Systems, NGFS: Considering climate-related risks and transition impact in the sovereign investments of central banks

Climate Crisis hits the Caribbean Early

Climate Crisis hits the Caribbean Early
Atlantic Storms Early and Strong:  Risk Estimates for 2024 are High Many Caribbean storms then head north and some affect Canada, particularly the Atlantic region. Waves crash against a seawall as Hurricane Irma slammed across islands in the northern Caribbean in 2017, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico © Provided by Al Jazeera Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas of …

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Freedom

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. Hubert Humphrey, US Vice President (1911-1978)

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Freedom

Scientific American: The Summer of 2023 Was the Hottest in 2,000 Years

Scientific American: The Summer of 2023 Was the Hottest in 2,000 Years
May 14, 2024 By Andrea Thompson "Ancient tree rings show that the summer of 2023 was the hottest in the past 2,000 years because of human-caused climate change "Heat wave after punishing, record-shattering heat wave gripped regions all over the Northern Hemisphere this past summer. They contributed to the globally hottest month, weeks and day ever in more than 100 …

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EuroNews (of the weird?): The last private land at the 'gates to the Arctic' offered for sale

By Doloresz Katanich Published on 10/05/2024 "The 15,000 acre plot is halfway between Norway and the North Pole. It lies at the heart of a pristine wilderness which has provoked debate over climate change and is the focus of geopolitical tensions among global powers who are eager to exploit the natural resources of the Arctic region. "The last remaining privately owned land …

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EuroNews (of the weird?): The last private land at the 'gates to the Arctic' offered for sale

Why are we Committing Ecological Suicide?

Why are we Committing Ecological Suicide?
Why are we Committing Ecological Suicide? Our Growth seems to now be a Cancer that is Promoting Death and Depression and Denial Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem Years ago a friend committed suicide. I was young and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Later my wife, who is a mental health Nurse, helped me …

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Pacem in Maribus: The Age of Reckoning.—From CACOR Archives.

Pacem in Maribus: The Age of Reckoning. 1998  Series 1  Number 28  Page 3 This was a paper presented at a conference in Halifax was entitled The Crisis of Knowledge: New Dimensions for Learning and Informed Decision-making for Oceans and Coasts.  The conference was apparently hosted by the International Oceanic Institute, which is still operating (link below). The paper was …

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How well are we doing?

How well are we doing?
Key indicators of how humans are changing the Earth: Sea level, species, carbon dioxide, sea ice, population, daily temperature extremes, annual climate change performance by country, air pollution, temperature records, climate change indicators, top ten emitters, historic emissions, electric vehicles.

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World Oceans Day june 8

World Oceans Day Today is World Oceans Day, a day that always makes me wonder: is this an occasion for celebration or mourning? For me, the response is always the same. We can hold both emotions and use them to take action. Because where I live, near the shores of the Salish Sea, a region of magnificent cultural and ecological …

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EV Price Parity Has Arrived

Price Parity Has Arrived The auto industry has entered a fiercely competitive phase in the electric vehicle transition, and it’s producing an intriguing result for US car buyers: the first long-range EVs that are cheaper to buy than the average gas-powered car. At least three manufacturers — Tesla, Hyundai-Kia and General Motors — now offer EVs with more than 300 miles (480 kilometers) of range for less …

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‘Any utility today can have a VPP program’: Sunrun virtual power plant head

More than 16,200 residential solar-plus-storage systems will participate in Sunrun’s CalReady virtual power plant this summer, ready at a moment’s notice to supply power to the grid when demand peaks on hot evenings. Participation in the virtual power plant, operated under the California Energy Commission’s Demand Side Grid Support Program, is nearly double the showing for Sunrun’s first-of-its-kind VPP pilot with PG&E last year. …

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The Emperor’s New Climate Scenarios!?

Limitations and assumptions of commonly used climate-change scenarios in financial services. Authors: Sandy Trust, Sanjay Joshi, Tim Lenton, Jack Olive Abstract - It is critically important for stewards of capital (and technology) to account for the state of the natural world, including climate change, ecosystems and non-human entities, when thinking through their investment strategies. A tick-the-box approach is no longer …

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Opposition to federal EV standards could cost $90 billion in health benefits..published in the Hill TImes

Opposition to federal EV standard could cost $90-billion in health benefits In addition to tackling climate change and improving health outcomes, the EV standard also delivers gains for business and the broader economy. One in seven premature deaths in Canada is attributable to air pollution, and tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks are the leading source, write Sehjal Bhargava, Doris …

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For the first time ever All nine planetary boundaries have been assessed

Climate change is only one of the planetary boundaries that have been crossed in terms of risk. It is important from a systems perspective to understand something of all nine.  There is a brilliant TED talk done a few years ago   - see the URL below.  The TED talk is at: Johan Rockström: Let the environment guide our development | …

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Virtual Power Plants: Theory Vs Reality (Part One)

Bloomberg has an article about how the batteries in electric cars could play a major role in making the virtual power plants dream come true. It says, “One of the most important technologies for a clean power grid is sitting idle in your garage. That’s because electric cars aren’t just vehicles — they’re batteries as well. Unlocking their full potential could speed the …

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Dow average gets ESG boost from Amazon

By Tim Quinson Almost anyone who closely tracks US financial markets these days is aware that ESG is under withering fire from the right. Republican politicians in red states like Florida and Texas have taken aggressive steps to punish companies that say they adhere to investing strategies related to environmental, social and governance factors. The GOP contends such efforts to incorporate sustainability …

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Conversations With Whoever We Are:  Which fork in the road? Where are we going?

© 2024 Robert A. Este Cochrane, Alberta, Canada 1.0. Notes from the evening of Mon 03 June 2024 We'll start this two-part essay with a quick reference to an item in PSYCHE magazine:  < https://psyche.co/ideas/this-is-what-a-neanderthal-conversation-would-have-sounded-like >. I provide no summaries of this item for you here. I am assuming that you can read it for yourself and, if you do, I also …

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CMOS Congress 2024-06-04

A Way Forward on the Climate Crisis WRITTEN BY CMOS BULLETIN SCMO ON MAY 14, 2024. POSTED IN AIR QUALITY, CLIMATE, WHAT'S CURRENT. – By Geoff Strong and Richard van der Jagt –  Time is short for gaining control over our climate before it hits a tipping point, after which we lose the opportunity to turn things around.  While our emphasis is the destructive impacts of greenhouse …

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