CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #184, JUNE 24 2024


Compiled by Dick Bennett  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/06/omni-climate-memo-mondays-184-june-24.html

LEGAL VICTORIES FOR PROTEST AND ACCOUNTABILITY “Hawaii Settles Climate Change Case Brought by Youth Activists.”  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette  (June 22, 2024).   Read more…    Hawaii settles climate change case brought by youth activists     [And what are AR’s governor, our county and city officials doing MEANINGFULLY to reduce cc? ]

Shell In Court Over Its ‘Dire’ Exacerbation Of The Climate Crisis.”  The Canary. PopularResistance.org (4-3-24).   Shell squared off against seven environmental groups in a Dutch appeals court on Tuesday 2 April, with climate activists accusing the multinational oil giant of failing to implement a landmark 2021 judgement – worsening the climate crisis. Judges at the Hague District Court ruled three years ago that Shell must reduce its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030. They said it was contributing to the “dire” effects of climate change. That ruling was a historic victory for climate change campaigners. It was the first time a company had been made to align its policy with the 2015 Paris climate change accords. -more-

ADAPTATIONS

Stewarding the Land in California’s Central Valley.”  AFSC Weekend Reading (4-6-24). More than one-quarter of all food grown in the U.S. comes from California’s Central Valley. It’s also a region where, for decades, immigrants and refugees of diverse backgrounds have been building a small farming movement. Earlier this year, AFSC brought together these farmers to discuss what it means to be stewards of the land [as climate change increases weather extremes]. Read more from AFSC’s Myrna Martinez Nateras. 
Phoenix Passes Ordinance Giving Workers Protection From Extreme Heat.”   Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch.   PopularResistance.org (4-3-24).   A historic new law in Phoenix, Arizona, will provide thousands of outdoor workers in the hottest city in the country with protections from extreme heat.   -more-   [This must become a national municipal practice.  But we must not allow the necessary millions of local adaptations to distract us from the continued need of mitigation\prevention: the fossil fuel companies continue producing ff and promoting it via advertising, lobbying, and many other instruments of corporate HARMS.  –D]

UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE ACTIVITIES

https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/ocean?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw34qzBhBmEiwAOUQcFyQpM6QL8ag2Rwj3JzOxNNCNzvdhwV2ijtLwhqy25yWMqfBj1LbwPhoCUeMQAvD_BwE#

END OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS, #184, JUNE 24, 2024.