Climate Memo Mondays, #75,

75. Climate Memo Mondays, #75, May 16, 2022
Pentagon and Climate Crisis
IPCC Report for Drawdown Solutions
Investments for Risk Reduction Needed
Celebrate Champions of the Earth

“US Military Is Driving Environmental Collapse Across The Planet.”

By Sam Carliner, Left Voice. Popular Resistance.org (4-24-22). Summer 2021 has been an alarming season for climate news. Massive fires have raged from California to Europe; countries in the Global South have been hit by deadly droughts and historic winters; and on August 9, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report confirming what many people already knew: the climate crisis is already here. For the past three years, leading climate scientists have argued that the global average temperature rise needs to remain below 1.5 degrees Celsius in order to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis.  -more-

IPCC report underscores Urgent need to ramp up Drawdown Solutions  .   https://drawdown.org/solutions  2021

Earlier this week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a sobering report sharing the latest knowledge on climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. In the report’s own words, “The science is clear. Any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future.” 

With severe impacts already underway, it's critical we work NOW to minimize future harm and avoid change that exceeds our ability to adapt. What to do? Take a look at Project Drawdown’s 80-plus climate solutions; identify which you can help move forward at home, in your community, or at work; and then take the first step. Engage a colleague or friend by sharing Climate Solutions 101 and Project Drawdown Dialogues and encouraging them to share with others. Explore opportunities at the intersection of climate change and critical issues such as human rights and biodiversity.

Commenting on the report’s findings, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres noted, “It is essential to meet the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees.” Together, we can achieve this daunting but critical goal.  OMNI Weekly Bulletin.

ADAPTATIONs

“UN Report warns disasters increasing around the world.”
Risk Reductions urgently needed.    UN WIRE(4-27-22).

Natural disasters are set to increase from the average 90 to 100 seen annually between 1970 and 2000 to approximately 560 annually by 2030 if current trends continue, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction warns. Widespread investments in risk reduction across all sectors is the only way to protect vulnerable populations while safeguarding global social and economic progress, says UNDRR head Mami Mizutori.

 Full Story: The Associated Press (4/26),  The Guardian (London) (4/26) 

And Champions of the Earth
UNEP honors all-female environmental champions.  UN WIRE(12-8-21) .

The United Nations Environment Programme2021 has named Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, the Sea Women of Melanesia, scientist Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka of Uganda, and Kyrgyz entrepreneur Maria Kolesnikova as this year's "Champions of the Earth" for their efforts to mobilize environmental protection and restoration efforts. The group "are women who not only inspire us but also remind us that we have in our hands the solutions, the knowledge and the technology, to limit climate change and avoid ecological collapse," says UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen.

 Full Story: The Jamaica Observer/Caribbean Media Corporation (12/7) 

Who is Champion of the Earth 2022?  Sir David Attenborough
UN Names David Attenborough 'Champion of The Earth'

Champions of the Earth - Wikipedia

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2022 — The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) established Champions of the Earth in 2005 as an annual awards programme to recognize ...