🌱 European Union emissions fall, but experts say it is not enough
A study found that the European Union (EU) transport sector was the only one that increased its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 1990 since.
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O report, conducted by the European Environment Agency (EEA*), analyzed the EU's GHG emissions over the last 30 years.
Between 1990 and 2020, the EU reduced its GHG emissions in 7 out of 8 sectors.
The transport sector – which included flights – increased its emissions by 7%. The one that cut the most was the energy industry sector – a reduction of almost 50%.
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The EU promeyour to reduce emissions by 55% below 1990 levels by 2030 and be climate neutral by 2050. At the current rate of reduction, the 2030 target will not be achieved.
Given this situation, the European Environment Authority (EEA) said it will need to take significant additional action to meet targets for 2030 and 2050system. (euronews.green*)
“Despite good progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, substantial efforts will be needed across all sectors of the economy to achieve a climate-neutral economy,” the report says.
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☀️ 97% say they feel an increase in temperature in communities in São Paulo
A study published in the scientific journal Regional Environmental Change (🚥) analyzed the local impacts of the global climate crisis in communities located in the Atlantic Forest portion of the state of São Paulo.
The result was that 97% of the 105 families interviewed said they already noticed the increase in temperature and other relevant consequences of climate change, such as the disappearance of fish in the sea and the lack of rain.
The research authors argue that the discussion about how each region of the country is affected by climate change is fundamental for the formulation of adaptation and risk reduction strategies.
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“The climate debate takes place broadly between countries, with their international agreements and protocols, but we know that climate change has a direct impact on human well-being. It is as if there is still an insensitivity to the human experience itself in this context, which focuses on climatological factors and ecosystem services. Therefore, in the article, we put the climate lens on real experiences, to understand to what extent people are feeling environmental change”, said the deputy director of research at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) and main author of the study, Patrícia Pinhosystem. (IPAM)
???? Google “erases” flight emissions
the way the Google calculates the climate impact of your flights has changed, discovered the BBC. (*)
In July, the platform decided to exclude all impacts that flights generate on global warming – except the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) – which created the false appearance that they impact less on the environment than before.
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The change affected the carbon calculator built into the search tool.”Google Flights" from the company.
"The Google has eliminated a large part of the aviation industry's climate impacts from its pages,” says Doug Parr, chief scientist at Greenpeace, to the BBC.
The data currently made available by Google they may represent just over half of the real impact on the climate of flights, according to experts.
The company said it made the change after consultations with its “industry partners”.
☀️ Half of China faces drought and record heat wave
According to official data, half of China's territory is facing drought - including areas of the normally frigid Tibet plateau - amid an unprecedented heatwave in the country.
The most affected area, the Yangtze River basin, which runs from Sichuan province (southwest) to Shanghai (east coast), has almost 370 million inhabitants and is home to large industrial centers, such as the megacity of Chongqing.
The planet's second-largest economy has been hit hard recently by record temperatures, floods and droughts, extreme phenomena that scientists say will become increasingly intense and frequent due to climate change.
Southern China faces the longest heat wave since meteorological data records began more than 60 years ago, the Ministry of Agriculture reported this week.
Scientists say the intensity, extent and duration of this heat wave could make it one of the most severe in the world.
(With AFP)
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