COP26: CLIMATE ACTIVISTS TO TARGET 10 UK AIRPORTS THIS WEEKEND TO PROTEST EXPANSION

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https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/cop26-airport-expansion-protests-uk-b1950499.html

Climate activists will target 10 UK airports this weekend to protest proposed expansion.

Campaigners are planning to protest at Bristol, Doncaster-Sheffield, Gatwick, Glasgow, Leeds-Bradford, London-City, Luton, Liverpool, Manchester and Southampton airports from 11am on Saturday.

[Hypocritical P]oliticians have consistently refused to endorse any reduction in flights, or any restraint on further aviation growth.

Speaking ahead of a UN climate conference earlier this year, MP Rachel Maclean – the minister in charge of government policy on the future of transport and decarbonisation – said flying was one of the things that “make life worth living” and that the government would not place any restrictions on the aviation industry.

Airlines are increasingly committing to becoming “greener” by using technology such as Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) – however, these will account for 10 per cent of aviation fuel, at most, by 2030, and SAFs emit at least as much CO2 inflight as conventional kerosene.

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Let’s be real and make some suggestions for COP26

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Reduce waste.

Reduce travel.

Later ed: When I say reduce, I mean reduce as much as possible. Reduce waste – insulate. While we’re going to be doing this in UK we may as well address related issues too – soundproofing, bugproofing, etc. Expanding foam may be the way to go.

Reducing waste: It’s necessary to stop producing low-quality and disposable. Plastics last for so long. Thers’s a place for plascics but it should be durable and appropriate. There’s no place for plastics that are disposble and pollute.

I was totally opposed to Brexit but unfortunately we are now here. UK production will have to comply with EU regulations. Let’s make UK regulations higher so we comply with UE regulations but more. ed: I’m saying quality here, quality.

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COP26 New summary day 2/2

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Vulnerable nations call for climate ’emergency pact’ at Glasgow summit

Representatives of vulnerable nations and communities called for a climate “emergency pact” at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

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In a statement on behalf of the CVF, Hasina called on major greenhouse gas emitters to submit and implement “ambitious” nationally determined contributions. The CVF also called for developed nations to meet their climate finance commitments of putting $100 billion toward the climate crisis, divided equally between mitigation and adaptation efforts.

The CVF also called on those developed nations to equitably distribute sustainability and renewable energy technology, keeping in mind balance with those countries’ development needs. Lastly, the nations said any pact should address existing climate-related damages, including the migrants and refugees created by environmental displacement.

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, in his own remarks, said the allocation of climate finance must do a better job of improving resilience and adaptation for those most vulnerable to climate change’s impacts.

“Currently, just a quarter of climate finance flows towards adaptation — a mere $20.1 billion dollars,” Guterres said. “It is estimated that the adaptation costs to developing countries could rise to as much as $300 billion dollars a year by 2030.”

Uber-rich Bezos was at COP26 having flow there in his private jet saying how he had an epiphany about the climate after seeing it from space on his climate-destroying space tourism flight …

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COP26 New summary day 2

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/02/bolivian-president-warns-carbon-colonialism-wont-solve-climate-crisis

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/02/huge-news-biden-brings-us-back-high-ambition-coalition-cop26

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/02/you-might-well-bomb-our-islands-palau-president-admonishes-big-emitters-cop26

On the third day of the COP26 climate conference, Surangel Whipps Jr., president of the Pacific island nation of Palau, reprimanded the leaders of wealthy countries, telling the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters: “You might as well bomb our islands.”

“We see the scorching sun is giving us intolerable heat, the warming sea is invading us, and the winds are blowing us every which way,” Whipps said Tuesday. “Our resources are disappearing before our eyes and our future is being robbed from us.”

“Frankly speaking,” he continued, “there is no dignity to a slow and painful death—you might as well bomb our islands instead of making us suffer only to witness our slow and fateful demise.”

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