It's cloudy and dark and the temperature's low
Makes me sleepy, tired, sluggish and slow
But while i'd rather have sunshine than gray
It keeps the horrible heatwave away
Back in November 2023, I wrote about the looming backlash in environmental politics in the EU for Yale E360. Now the Union and its parties are entering the decisive phase of this struggle, both with the ongoing elections, which will result in a new parliament and commission, and with the imminent decision of the Council of member states about the #NatureRestorationLawhttps://e360.yale.edu/features/europe-environment-backlash#EU#Euelection#Europe#climate
That the German Fidesz started openly denying the climate crisis by fighting the Green Deal - which falls short on every single measure anyway - was visible from space as soon as they lost the GE in 2021.
"The second edition of The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report has found that, in order to reach global #climate targets, governments must expand tree planting and the use of technologies to increase carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) by four times annually.
The researchers emphasized that carbon #emissions reductions will continue to be the main avenue to achieving net zero, but CDR will also be crucial."
@erlend i applaud the effort…but not long ago we had a thriving news industry where fact-checking was the norm and readers/viewers/listeners had faith that the presentation was objective.
i wish there was more attention to reviving the industry (in new technologies) and in raising awareness that without a strong unbiased and healthy media we are growing less informed and more divisive.
thanks for the link. look forward to the report. dm me when you publish. thanks.
@erlend i should add that my reaction above is to your first article on your site.
i have long objected to the “value” and emphasis on growth, often at all costs. i wish “improve” and “do better” were valued more.