Notices by John Englart (takvera@c.im)

Possible for #Japan to increase from present 22% #renewables to 80% by 2035 by increasing battery storage and grid transmission while phasing out coal and nuclear, new study says
#energytransition #ClimateCrisis https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240922/p2g/00m/0na/020000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240922/p2g/00m/0na/020000c

First #Heatwave of the year for France as #Olympics gets under way in Paris and other cities. Here is Meteo France assessment. For Paris Maximum temperatures will reach 34 to 36°C on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Keep in mind that #extremeHeat poses health risks to athletes in competition, as well as visitors and general population. #HeatHealth
More frequent #heatwaves are driven by the #ClimateCrisis

https://meteofrance-com.translate.goog/actualites-et-dossiers/actualites/premiere-vague-de-chaleur-de-lannee

The New York Times has an article on How Heat Affects the Brain. High temperatures can make us miserable. Research shows they also make us aggressive, impulsive and dull.

Record temperatures in #Heatwaves are ocurring in North America, Europe, Middle East, China, Asia this northern summer.

Worth reading. It is a gift link from my subscription

#heatwave #HeatHealth #heatimpacts #extremetemperatures #ClimateCrisis

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/well/mind/heat-affect-brain-emotions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7E0.jmRe.ctsIcoIlxuHy&smid=url-share

Festival goers to Music and Arts Festival, Pitch, near the Grampians in Western Victoria, have been advised to leave amid warnings over extreme heat and fire danger. Organisers have refused to cancel the event.
There is a total fire ban declared for most of Victoria, plus threat of #bushfires with a Severe #heatwave this weekend with temperatures topping 39C or 40C.

#ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/09/festivalgoers-in-victoria-told-to-leave-amid-warnings-over-extreme-heat-and-fire-danger

Melbourne's Moomba Festival march cancelled due to extreme heat forecast for Monday, the 3rd day in a severe #heatwave event for Victoria.

More reporting on confusing advice for festival goers to the Pitch music festival in western Victoria.

#MoombaFestival #ClimateCrisis
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-09/music-festival-extreme-heat-bushfire-victoria-pitch-golden-plain/103568338

Laundry is a top source of #Microplastics pollution – here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably

"👚 Do laundry less often. Washing full loads instead of partial loads reduces release of microfibers because garments are exposed to less friction during the wash cycle.

💧 Use cold water, which releases fewer microfibers than hot water.

🧼 Use less detergent, which increases microfiber release.

🚰 Use a front-loading washing machine, whose tumbling action produces less microfiber release.

〰️ Dry laundry on a clothesline. Running clothes in dryers releases additional microfibers into the air from the dryer vent."

https://theconversation.com/laundry-is-a-top-source-of-microplastic-pollution-heres-how-to-clean-your-clothes-more-sustainably-217072

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flags consideration of dedicated force for natural disaster responses amid #ClimateCrisis

Speaking about #flooding and #ExtremeWeather in Victoria and in Queensland, the prime minister flagged that the government had considered a new reserve force to assist with the aftermath of natural disasters.

#Australia #VicFloods #DisasterRecovery
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/09/pm-flags-consideration-of-dedicated-force-for-natural-disaster-responses-amid-climate-crisis

Welcome to the #Pyrocene:
Global forest fires emitted 33.9 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) between 2001 and 2022

🔥 Increase partially driven by the frequent #heatwaves and #droughts caused by #ClimateChange

🔥 on average, the area of forest burnt by fires between 2001 and 2022 was 11 times the size of the 🌳 forests planted by humans during that period.

🔥 global fire carbon emissions are expected to double,

🔥 carbon emissions from forest fires need to be included in national climate plans with a monitoring, reporting and verification system for such emissions.

#wildfire #bushfire #NDCs #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-04033-y

In his Leaders speech, Palau🇵🇼 President, Surangel Whipps Jr., used his plenary speech at #COP28 to publicly join the growing bloc of now 9 nation states seeking a negotiating mandate for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.

#COP28 #FossilTreaty #FossilFuels #FossilFuelTreaty #FossilFuelPhaseout
https://fossilfueltreaty.org/palau