It’s just so hard to reconcile all the climate related disasters around the world, almost everywhere now, and me just having had three great days of fun and respite at Montreal’s amazing jazz festival (see ENDSHOTS). Floods in eastern Australia (can you imagine, three feet/one metre of water falling in one day?), most of Bangladesh under water (more than ever), prolonged severe drought in most of California and extreme heat waves too in other western areas of the USA, prolonged severe drought leading to famine in East Africa, severe drought in eastern South America, extreme heat in northern Russia and Canada, incredible drought in northern Italy (including a glacier rupture) - heat waves here, drought there and floods everywhere you turn. And then there’s Russia’s sick war having killed some 10,000 innocent Ukrainians, causing gas prices to spike and likely now to lead to death by starvation of millions and civil disruption.
I’m just waiting to hear about food riots again in Egypt and elsewhere. All the while the banks we entrust with our savings and rely on for mortgages continue to invest huge amounts in fossil fuel expansion. And just today the European Parliament labeled gas power plants 'climate friendly.' What is wrong with our world? Why, in the face of disaster and increasing calamity, do we continue on as if all’s well and not start storming the barricades? And this isn’t even to mention the coronavirus which is making fools of us all as we try to enjoy summer believing falsely it’s all behind us. How about, too, the daily massacres in the USA?
Illusions of peace and security (and music) may help us enjoy the summer sun, but only as long as we, our loved ones and our 'neighbours' don’t get sick, injured or hospitalized and as long as our cities and farms don’t burn or become lakes. Perhaps we have to maintain a ‘radical hope’ in the way philosopher Jonathan Lear describes and prescribes when a culture or civilization nears its end. At least we still have our press rooms and a steady flow of information, though it changes topics daily, never giving due attention to anything important long enough to sink in and lead to the changes we need. My radical hope, I admit, is thinning. I very much feel, though, that I'm trying, week after week, to perhaps be like the great storyteller president of Ukraine, "one who knows that the key to a good story is to keep rewriting it until you get the ending you’re looking for."
So sit back, turn on your favourite music, and read on for more about the state of the world from what journalists are reporting:
CLIMATE CRISIS & BIODIVERSITY UPDATES:
Global warming: world has 50-50 chance of hitting 1.5C mark soon,
U.S. Supreme Court makes it clear they don’t care about our planet with West Virginia v. EPA decision,
Congo ratifies Kigali Amendment (on HFC refrigerants),
Infrastructure gap a ‘life and death’ matter as northern Canada warms,
EU’s plans for new gas infrastructure breach climate rules,
Po Valley farmers living through Italy’s worst drought for 70 years,
CORONAVIRUS UPDATES:
The secrets of Covid ‘brain fog’ are starting to lift,
U.S. Supreme Court lets vaccine mandate stand, tosses rulings on guns and abortion,
Shingles developing after some mild Covid,
What every skeptical parent needs to know about vaccinating their children against Covid,
Tiger at Ohio zoo dies after contracting Covid, THEN
At what point is a disease deemed to be a global threat,
First case of Monkey Pox confirmed in South Africa,
A message from Ukraine: don’t be fooled – push for new LNG export facilities in Canada isn’t about ‘helping Europe,’
Food export bans – from India to Argentina – risk fueling inflation,
Emerging themes in social determinants of health theory and research highlighted,
Revolutionary new Swiss ‘water battery’ will be one of Europe’s main renewable sources of energy,
What are heat resistant plants and how can they help prevent a food crisis? & Base edit your way to better crops,
India needs a fast and just transition to meat alternatives,
Biden’s proposed gas-tax holiday has a lot of skeptics – from economists to environmentalists,
Resources for Truth and Reconciliation,
Quote by Dr. Seuss about making the world better,
Change weavers build and strengthen the global web of social change,
A logarithmic map of the entire observable universe,
If everyone were vegan only a quarter of current farmland would be needed,
Glencore convicted of bribery,
New book: “Rehearsals for Living” by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson,
African youth deserve better learning opportunities, and lastly
ENDSHOTS from three days of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
Check out as much as you can. Happy Summer. Best, david
David Zakus, Editor and Publisher
Waiting For Harmony, Montreal, 5 July 2022
SEEKING HARMONY, PEACE, SOLIDARITY AND VICTORY FOR UKRAINE
Global temperatures have a 48% chance of reaching 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels at least once within the next five years, according to new findings from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The 1.5-degree Celsius threshold is the lower limit of warming agreed in the Paris Agreement and exceeding this long-term will lead to potentially irreversible damage, such as rising sea levels, and both the warming and acidification of oceans.
Surpassing the threshold in just a single year does not violate what was agreed in Paris, but it shows that the earth is perilously close to exceeding this global average temperature on a long-term basis, according to scientists at the United Nations agency.
"When we reach 1.5 degrees, it doesn't mean that the Paris Agreement is over. It just means that it's a clear signal that efforts really need to be redoubled to reach what we call net-zero or a carbon-neutral economy," Maxx Dilley, WMO's Deputy Director for Climate told DW.
Dilley said that if the world acts the temperature will come down, although not overnight, urging people not to lose hope.
"It doesn't mean that if the temperature is 1.5 degrees up for a year that we should give up. On the contrary, it means that more urgent efforts are needed to keep the temperature increase rate from rising and also to try to try to bend the curve back downwards again." Read more at DW
Yet another decision we all saw coming will now limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to do its job. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court sided with polluters in the case of West Virginia v. EPA, curtailing the agency’s power to place limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and narrowing—if not gutting—the Clean Air Act. Chief Justice John Roberts issued the opinion, which he called a “major questions case.” The major questions doctrine is a conservative talking point not found in the Constitution but one that, in the case, forces Congress to bear the brunt of responsibility of enforcement rules or even delegation to the EPA.
Per Roberts’ opinion, “Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the crisis of the day.’ … But it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme in Section 111(d). A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from that representative body. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is reversed, and the cases are remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
At Cooling Post: Congo Ratifies Kigali Amendment The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, has become the 135th country to ratify the Kigali Amendment and phase down HFC refrigerants. Agreed by all 197 parties to the Montreal Protocol in October 2016, the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol commits countries to cut the production and consumption of HFCs by more than 80% over the next 30 years. It is estimated that a global implementation of the Kigali Amendment would prevent up to 80 billion tonnes CO2 equivalent of emissions by 2050. The U.S. (of all major powers) still has not ratified it.
The first major assessment of the costs of climate change to infrastructure across Northern Canada calls for action from all levels of government to bring about “transformative adaptation” and address the dual crises of climate hazards and infrastructure gaps.
“Incremental adaptations alone won’t be sufficient—the effects of climate change are only exacerbating decades, if not centuries, of poor planning, underinvestment, and neglect,” writes the Canadian Climate Institute (CCI) in its report, produced after two years of research alongside Northern rights holders, governments, and other stakeholders. It is the fourth publication in CCI’s Costs of Climate Change series.
With temperatures in Northern Canada rising at three times the global average, the rapidly changing environment poses grave threats to critical infrastructure like airports, roads, and buildings, writes CCI. Infrastructure is “a matter of life and death” for those living in Northern communities, as they rely on it to overcome unique geographic barriers for accessing critical services like health care.
Globally, nationally and locally, the pandemic continues in many countries, including here in Canada, though many feel it's over. Over the last week, cases are again about 850,000/day (but increasing in 87 countries) and deaths are up (again) by about 10% to 1700/day; and vaccinations down substantially to about 3 million/day.
The pandemic is still with us and cases (particularly) are on the upswing, despite the widespread relaxation of public health mandates. The BA.5 variant is of great concern because of its enhanced ability to spread. Yesterday in the USA there were about 177,000 newly reported cases and 691 deaths. In Canada there were about 5800 cases and 38 deaths. In the UK it was 74 cases and 0 deaths.
Vaccination remains the best way to keep safe from serious consequences, including long Covid which is becoming more understood, in yourself and others. Ensure to get all the shots/boosters you can and protect yourself with other public health measures.
See below for a few global stats and current hotspots.
Allison Guy was having a great start to 2021. Her health was the best it had ever been. She loved her job and the people she worked with as a communications manager for a conservation nonprofit. She could get up early in the mornings to work on creative projects. Things were looking “really, really good,” she says—until she got Covid-19.
While the initial infection was not fun, what followed was worse. Four weeks later, when Guy had recovered enough to go back to work full-time, she woke up one day with an overwhelming fatigue that just never went away. It was accompanied by a loss of mental sharpness, part of a suite of sometimes hard-to-pin-down symptoms that are often referred to as Covid-19 “brain fog,” a general term for sluggish or fuzzy thinking. “I spent most of 2021 making decisions like: Is this the day where I get a shower, or I go up and microwave myself a frozen dinner?” Guy recalls. The high-level writing required for her job was out of the question. Living with those symptoms was, in her words, “hell on earth.”
Many of these hard-to-define Covid-19 symptoms can persist over time—weeks, months, years. Now, new research in the journal Cell is shedding some light on the biological mechanisms of how Covid-19 affects the brain. Led by researchers Michelle Monje and Akiko Iwasaki, of Stanford and Yale Universities respectively, scientists determined that in mice with mild Covid-19 infections, the virus disrupted the normal activity of several brain cell populations and left behind signs of inflammation. They believe that these findings may help explain some of the cognitive disruption experienced by Covid-19 survivors and provide potential pathways for therapies. Read more at Wired
Whenever there is an outbreak of a disease in the world – such as monkeypox – it is up to the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider what sort of weight to give it, including whether or not it constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.
Global efforts to manage epidemics are documented as far back as the black plague in Europe in the 14th century. Since that time, rules have been developed and honed to keep up with the emergence of new diseases as well as with the growing complexities of a world that’s increasingly connected.
There are many diseases that can affect large numbers of people. But not all diseases are considered public health emergencies. The seriousness of an epidemic is a function of several factors.
These include the degree of contagiousness and potential for rapid spread, severity of infection, case fatality rate (the number of infected people who die), availability of vaccines or treatment (it’s more serious if there are none), impact on travel and trade, and the socioeconomic context. Read more at the Conversation
Today, gas producers around the globe — including in Canada — are trying to portray themselves as saviours of Europe with the expansion of LNG export supplies. They’re hoping we ignore that the International Energy Agency’s Net-zero by 2050 report said no new coal, oil or gas projects are needed if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5 C. But climate damage can’t be ignored. Neither can the gas lobby’s desperate attempts at profiteering.
In recent weeks, there has been chatter in Canada about building a new LNG export facility on the East Coast to “help Europe.”
We urge Canadians — do not be fooled by the gas industry’s attempt to cloak expansion in the guise of “helping Europe.” The gas industry only wants to help its bottom line at the expense of our planet. That’s why it’s ignoring the complete mismatch between the timeline of Europe’s energy crisis and how long it would take to build a new LNG export facility on the East Coast.
Let us be clear: Europe and Ukraine do not need your gas. We need more clean, affordable, accessible and transparent energy policies, ones based on the best available science and technology — not on vested interests.
The fossil fuel industry is already making a killing
on the war in Ukraine due to unprecedented energy price spikes. If the gas industry really wanted to help Ukraine, why not slash their prices or donate their massive profits entirely to helping rebuild Ukraine?
The industry’s dramatized desire to help Ukraine is just another attempt at expansion when the world is growing more skeptical of their climate-wrecking product.
Canada’s leaders are known for bold words on climate at events like the G7. Now Canada’s leaders must match bold words with bold actions. And that means not being misled by the gas industry into building expensive, climate-damaging LNG export facilities that won’t help Europe.
Adding new fossil fuels while the world is careening closer to climate catastrophe is fundamentally wrong — deadly in all senses: for Ukrainians under siege of a fossil-fuelled invasion; for low-income Europeans who risk being without affordable heat this winter; for communities ravaged by fossil fuel exploitation; for our perishing climate and biodiversity.
What we face today is the war of oil and gas against all of humanity. In the world, which is facing extreme impacts of climate change with millions of people losing their lives and livelihoods, the push to expand gas production is a genocidal act.
People chat at the Mercado Central, Buenos Aires' largest wholesale central market which receives produce from the entire country, June 23, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu
It only took 24 hours last month for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in India - the world's second-largest producer of wheat - to shelve its plans to "feed the world".
In April, Modi had said publicly that the world's most populous democracy was ready to fill part of the gap left by Ukraine in global grains markets by increasing its wheat exports, following five consecutive record harvests. India traditionally exports only a modest amount of wheat, retaining most of its crop for domestic consumption.
On May 12, India's Ministry of Commerce & Industry said it was preparing to send delegations to nine countries to export a record 10 million tonnes of wheat this fiscal year - sharply up the previous season. But a barrage of alarming data changed all that. Read more at Reuters
In an invited commentary to the International Journal of Health Services, Professor Dennis Raphael of York University together with Ontario Tech University Associate Professor Toba Bryant outlined seven emerging themes in social determinants of health theory and research.
These themes go beyond traditional notions that carrying out high-quality research and presenting them to policymakers will lead to health-promoting public policy. Instead, the authors identify significant barriers to having this research put into practice by governmental authorities increasingly under the sway of corporate and business influence. The corporate and business sector commonly calls for reduced government spending, lack of regulation of the workplace, and reduced taxes on the corporate and business sector, positions at odds with the findings of this research.
The seven themes are:
Models of Public Policy Change (traditional models of public policy change do not represent how public policies actually come about);
The Political Economy of Health (public policy is increasingly under the sway of political and economic interests whose desires are not aligned with the needs of most Canadians);
Unionization and Collective Agreement Bargaining (these processes are key to promoting health but neglected in health promotion research and action);
Corporate Domination of the Base and Superstructure of Society (it is increasingly apparent that the corporate and business sector are shaping both economic and political processes as well as all aspects of civil society);
Neoliberalism, Redistribution and Service Delivery (increasing acceptance of neoliberal approaches to governance are leading to greater inequities in the distribution of resources necessary for health as well as degrading of health and social services);
Communication and Polemic (it is necessary to raise the volume on these issues as traditional communication approaches are not working); and
Social Welfare States or Socialist States (it is becoming apparent that many of the barriers to having the social determinants of health addressed are rooted in Canada’s form of capitalism. The environmental crisis is leading to questioning whether a climate catastrophe can be avoided under our present economic system.)
A water battery capable of storing electricity equivalent to 400,000 electric car batteries will begin operating in Switzerland next week. The pumped storage power plant was built into a subterranean cavern in the Swiss canton of Valais. With the ability to store and generate vast quantities of hydroelectric energy, the battery will play an important role in stabilising power supplies in Switzerland and Europe.
What is a water battery?
A water battery or pumped storage power plant is a type of hydroelectric energy storage. The battery is made from two large pools of water located at different heights. It can store excess electricity by pumping water from the lower pool up to the higher pool, effectively “charging” the battery. Read more at EuroNews
A research team at US and Chinese universities say they have discovered a way to help plants survive extreme heat. With agricultural crops around the world threatened by rising temperatures, this research could help plants resist climate change. If the findings can be applied to commonly grown crops, it could be vital for protecting food supplies during heatwaves. Scientists have identified a way to prevent this drop in salicylic acid production to fortify plant immunity when temperatures rise. If they are able to reproduce the same heat resistance in common crops, it could prevent food crises during periods of extreme heat.
The scientists tried to understand how plants feel temperature and looked for a way to alter this sense. The team spent years studying the plants’ phytochromes, cells that act as internal temperature gauges and tell the plant when to begin growing and flowering during warmer spring weather.
The challenge now is to transfer the heat resilience developed to common food crops. Should the gene mutation function similarly in other common crops, it could mean ensuring food crop yields remain consistent even in elevated temperatures. There is no suggestion that using the gene mutation on crops would change the flavour of the food produced or pose any risk to consumers. Read more at EuroNews
A farmer in India. There is a serious risk that alternative proteins end up being controlled by large multinational organisations, continuing the trend for corporate consolidation and disregarding calls for food justice and food sovereignty. Credit: KAYUM photography/Flickr
In the HBO documentary the “Weight of the Nation” it was noted that if you go with the flow and eat a typical diet in the United States, you will eventually become obese.
As a medical doctor, and a vegan, I am acutely aware of the fact that the goal of diet should be to improve health.
As recently as five years ago, plant proteins were considered as being of poor nutritional quality compared to animal proteins. They have smaller amounts of indispensable amino acids. Some are particularly low in one amino acid, namely lysine, compared to animal protein. It is true that poorly planned plant-based diets can lack several important nutrients groups, and that can lead to neurologic disorders, anaemia, bone strength and other health concerns.
However, numerous studies, including the 2019 Eat Lancet Report, now suggest that healthy eating may be best achieved with a plant-based diet that encourages the intake of whole plant-based foods and discourages meats, dairy products, fish and eggs as well as processed and refined foods. Besides the health benefits, plant-based diets are growing in popularity. Read more at Eco Business
President Biden has asked Congress for a three-month federal gas-tax holiday. Aimed at providing relief from high gas prices brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the policy is already drawing skepticism.
If Congress approves the tax holiday, current federal fuel taxes of 24 cents per gallon for gasoline and 18 cents per gallon for diesel would be suspended through September. While these taxes contribute to the federal Highway Trust Fund, Biden has also asked Congress to find alternative sources of funding so it's not affected.
Average gas prices have increased $2 per gallon since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began, according to the White House. After tipping past $5 per gallon a week ago, the national average pump price is down to about $4.96 for regular gasoline, but California stands at $6.37. Read more at Green Car Reports
SPOTLIGHT ON INDIGENOUS WELLNESS
Resources For Truth And Reconciliation - Equal Futures Network
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As settlers on this land, we have a responsibility to continually engage along our journey to meaningfully enact allyship, to reassess and reconsider our positionality and power in the spaces we occupy.
The Equal Futures Network, with support from the Firelight Group, has compiled this list of resources to further our understanding of the ongoing impacts of colonialism including the legacy of residential schools and intergenerational trauma while also growing our appreciation for Indigenous cultures by supporting the works of Indigenous leaders, changemakers, artists, writers and creators.
Read more at Equal Futures Network to discover reports and publications, free online courses, resources for guiding organizational change, books, podcasts, videos, movies, documentaries, indigenous news and media sources, and indigenous social media creators.
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In Blood Quantum, Indigenous survivors are immune to a plague that transforms others into zombies. Credit: Elevation Pictures
Among the scientific community, it’s widely believed that so far humans have only discovered about 5% of the universe. Yet, despite knowing about just a fraction of what’s out there, we’ve still managed to discover galaxies billions of light-years away from Earth.
This graphic by Pablo Carlos Budassi provides a logarithmic map of the entire known universe, using data by researchers at Princeton University and updated as of May 2022.
If Everyone Were Vegan, Only A Quarter Of Current Farmland Would Be Needed
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Reducing food’s environmental impact through producers and consumers.
Credit: Joseph Poore and Thomas Nemecek; UN Food and Agriculture Organisation; Our World in Data
"Veganuary" might be considered an attempt to cut out the middle creatures. Many vegans—even those who dabble only during the first month of the year—restrict their diet to reduce animal suffering. But many also do so for environmental reasons. Eliminating meat, fish, dairy and eggs would reduce emissions. Enjoying a prime steak or vintage cheese, for example, means feeding the animals that produce meat and dairy with plants, rather than consuming those plants directly. Beef farming produces 31 times more CO₂ emissions per calorie than tofu production does and generates only 5% of the calories that go into producing it.
Multinational mining giant Glencore has pled guilty to paying USD 28 million in bribes to access oil in five African countries.
Mining corporation Glencore was yesterday (21 June) convicted of bribing officials in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan, after pleading guilty at Southwark Crown Court in London.
The Anglo-Swiss company admitted that its employees and agents paid bribes worth USD 28 million, with the company’s authorisation, to gain access to oil. It has received seven convictions, five for bribery and two for failure to prevent bribery, under the Bribery Act.
Glencore will be sentenced on 2 and 3 November. The company had previously indicated its intention to plead guilty in May, at which time it also revealed settlements worth USD 1.187 billion with the US Department of Justice and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and USD 40 million with the Brazilian Federal Prosecutor’s office.
"Rehearsals For Living" by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
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A revolutionary collaboration about the world we're living in now, between two of our most important contemporary thinkers, writers and activists.
When the world entered pandemic lockdown in spring 2020, Robyn Maynard, influential author of Policing Black Lives, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, renowned artist, musician and author of Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies, began writing each other letters—a gesture sparked by a desire for kinship and connection in a world shattering under the intersecting crises of pandemic, police killings and climate catastrophe. These letters soon grew into a powerful exchange about where we go from here.
Rehearsals for Living is a captivating and visionary work—part debate, part dialogue, part lively and detailed familial correspondence between two razor-sharp writers. By articulating to each other Black and Indigenous perspectives on our unprecedented here and now, and reiterating the long-disavowed histories of slavery and colonization that have brought us to this moment, Maynard and Simpson create something new: an urgent demand for a different way forward, and a poetic call to dream up other ways of ordering earthly life.
Two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the education crisis in western and central Africa. The pandemic hampered efforts to increase enrollment rates: indeed, at the height of the crisis, more than 101million children could not go to school in the region and had little access to distance learning. As countries rebuild their economies, it is urgent to act now to secure the future of our children. We call for a general mobilization of our societies to invest in better education systems.
The leaders of the region recognize the utmost importance of educating our young girls and boys, and significant efforts have been made in this regard. Today, the average net primary school enrollment rate in the region is nearly 90%, a substantial increase from less than 50% in the 1990s. Likewise, secondary school enrollment has more than doubled in the last decade.
However, the population of western and central Africa is expected to double in the next 30 years, and significant challenges remain. More than 32 million children in the region are out of school. Furthermore, children who attend school do not always acquire the necessary knowledge or skills. Currently, 80% of children cannot read and understand a simple text by the age of 10, and options for formal skills acquisition are limited.
To reverse this trajectory, urgent action is needed to advance reforms in education and deliver better access to quality education for our children. This will require strong leadership, better implementation, and more investments in high-impact interventions, including a whole-of-society and government approach.
Strong leadership is critical to advancing reforms
We will not be able to deliver change without building and sustaining political momentum in the region. We are convinced that our call will echo the Nouakchott Declaration from the heads of state at the Sahel Education Summit in December 2021. The countries in the region must continue to increase their investments in education. However, governments alone cannot bridge the financing gap and meet the massive and growing needs.
Many projects already demonstrate the tremendous results that can be achieved when leadership and political will are accompanied by sufficient funding. The Free Senior High School Policy introduced by Ghana in 2017 is an example of ensuring access, equity and quality in education.
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