wealthier countries owe US$36 trillion to African countries in climate debt
for - stats - climate justice - climate debt - Global North owes Global South 36 trillion USD
wealthier countries owe US$36 trillion to African countries in climate debt
for - stats - climate justice - climate debt - Global North owes Global South 36 trillion USD
The Action Aid report calculates that rich countries achieved up to 70% of their economic growth by using more than their fair share of the climate budget.
for - report - Action Aid - climate justice - stats - 70% of economic growth of global North - unequal carbon budget
why do our journalists feel they' got to fly to other parts of the world with the camera crew to film some disaster that's elsewhere that's occurred elsewhere why can't those people be training to use the cameras and Report you we we've embedded this sort of colonial view of the world and this Elite view of the world and we like to think of ourselves as good people in this and there's something deeply problematic in all of this and we have to start to unpick this if we're going to be serious about climate change
for - climate crisis - hypocrisy - example - colonialism - journalists in Global North fly to Global South with full film crew - alternative - hire journalists in Global South to do the film work - Kevin Anderson
why is it when colleagues do field work they feel they have to fly backwards and forwards to do their field work often say in the southern hemisphere
for - climate crisis - hypocrisy - example - colonialism - scientists in Global North fly to Global South - alternative - hire scientists in Global South to do the field work - Kevin Anderson
The research finds
for - stats - green growth - 2024 - Global South vs Global North
stats - green growth - 2024 - Global South has - 60% of world population - 20% of fossil fuel production - fossil fuel production in decline - 70% of global renewable resource potential - In 2024, 87% of capex of electricity generation is renewable - From 2019 to 2024, renewable energy has grown 23% annually and now supplies 9% of its electricity - 17% of Global South has already overtaken Global North in % of renewable electricty generation
for - Report - Powering Up the Global South - Rocky Mountain Institute - RMI - 2024 - Vikram Singh - Kingsmill Bond
Summary - This report shows that the Global South is adopting cleantech faster than the Global North
Die Gründe der Temperaturanomalien des vergangenen Jahres und auch des vergangenen Februars sind nach wie vor klimawissenschaftlich nicht geklärt. Die Temperatursteigerung blieb auch angesichts Treibhausgasgehalts der Atmosphäre und des inzwischen abklingenden El Niño innerhalb des Bereichs der Vorhersagen, aber ihr Tempo war statistisch gesehen extrem unwahrscheinlich. Der Guardian-Artikel enthält Statements mehrerer Klimaforschender dazu. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/16/scientists-divided-record-heat-acceleration-climate-crisis
in most colonizing countries, powerful elites have exploited and abused their own people as well, and that in all countries, powerful elites still seek to dominate
for - new SRG definition of global and local North or South respectively could be helpful here - https://medium.com/@gien_SRG/more-nuanced-terminology-for-post-colonialist-inequality-af2f1609635c
There is now as big a disparity in carbon emissions within countries as there is between them
for: carbon emissions - within and between countries, Southern-North, Northern-South, Local North, Local South, Global North - Global South terminology - improving
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The basic SoNeC framework is designed with European values, e.g. tolerance, mutual respect,non-discrimination, solidarity and gender equality in mind.
for: SONEC - expanding globally, Global North South sister city program
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Some scholars argue that in the Global North, the view tends to be ‘no humanity without nature’, while in the Global South, the focus is on ‘no nature without social justice’
Accordingly, to allow for a peaceful solution, payment in the form of reparations or a substantial commitment to support the global hyper-response burden on the part of the Western world may hasten a geopolitical shift toward an era of cooperation around the shared threat.
A bottom up approach can be tried instead in which trust bonds are automatically stronger - form citizen sister city groups between the global north and the global south of each state as well as local north and local south within each city
jorgenponder — om coronavirusepidemin. (2022, January 6). The West: “We think you’re doing covid pandemic strategy all wrong.” Asia: “We don’t think of you at all.” https://t.co/fClY310vim [Tweet]. @jorgenponder. https://twitter.com/jorgenponder/status/1479072019174019073