Yves here. Some readers have asked for more positive stories on how to move forward with agendas that advance the interests of citizens at large, as opposed to corporations and the super wealthy. Given the ongoing and too often successful efforts to privatize water supplies, Catalonia is an important case study of how to reverse this tendency.
One reasons we don’t feature much in the visionary future-oriented category is that a lot of the proposals show a lack of understanding of the complexity of the issues, and address only part of the problem (and then often the easiest part). Or they make a decent enough stab at defining the terrain, but then engage in “Assume a can opener” level remedies.
Having said that, while this post on water is useful, I wish it had spent more time describing how the various activists were able to achieve this win. And I’d very much like to get comments from readers in Spain as to how it works. The administrative structure looks complex, and that may be a deliberate choice to impede capture by the professionals who will run the water works. That may not be a bad thing with a utility, since there should not be that many decisions to make on a daily or even monthly basis.

Water Should Be a Public Good, Not a Commodity. Catalonia Is Showing How | naked capitalism
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/...ld-be-a-public-good-not-a-commodity-catalonia-is-showing-how.html

Tady nejakej fact check Planet of the Humasn

Inside Clean Energy: 6 Things Michael Moore’s ‘Planet of the Humans’ Gets Wrong | InsideClimate News
https://insideclimatenews.org/...42020/inside-clean-energy-michael-moore-planet-of-the-humans-review

www.intersucho.cz
Sucho za posledních 500 let v ČR.
Suché roky (červené kroužky)+roční srážky a teploty.
Srážky (zeleně) i teploty (červeně) před r. 1854 jsou rekonstruovány na základě dokumentárních pramenů a jsou zde jako odchylky od průměru 1961–1990.
Modře jsou měřené srážky resp. teploty.

SHEFIK: No myslim, ze dohledavat nemusis, protoze vicemene tohle pisou v tom clanku, ze kteryho je ten graf. Hned na zacatku :)

"My analysis for Carbon Brief shows that electricity demand in Europe has fallen by 14% as a result of the crisis, with most major economies imposing widespread restrictions."

TUHO: jen trochu si do toho rejpnu. je tam spis neprimej multiplikacni efekt, nez ze by se snizila poptavka - diky cistsi obloze (ktera mimo jine zpusobi i mene srazek, jelikoz kapky vody se srazi na mikrocasticich prachu) jede solar naplno (+ dost fouka diky vyrovnavani jarnich teplot den/noc), tim padem neni potreba vyuzivat ani tolik uhli jako zalohu pri vypadcich.

poptavka elektriny je jen trochu nizsi, jen se presunula z officu do domacnosti + samozrejme nejakej ubytek z tezkyho prumyslu.

cerpam z nekolika clanku za posledni tejden, ale uz nedohledam

SMYSLOV: https://zachranmelesy.cz/cs/guerilla-foresting

Analysis: Coronavirus has cut CO2 from Europe's electricity system by 39%
https://www.carbonbrief.org/...oronavirus-has-cut-co2-from-europes-electricity-system-by-39-per-cent

TUHO: Společnost pro trvale udržitelný život
CzechGlobe - intersucho.cz: Odpověď na otázku,že přeci sucho v ČR bylo vždy. Graf z éry přístrojových měření. Ano,bylo! Většinou,kdy nepršelo (např. 46/47).Od 90.let je sucho i v letech srážkově normálních.Protože je vyšší teplota a tím i výpar!A sejde-li se vyšší teplota a méně srážek? Vítejte v éře 2015+

Long reliant on the vast oil reserves of its tar sands, Alberta is now facing a reckoning as its oil industry is clobbered by the coronavirus downturn. With tar sands operations shedding jobs, a movement is growing to retrain oil workers for the emerging renewables sector

As Oil Industry Swoons, Tar Sands Workers Look to Renewables for Jobs - Yale E360
https://e360.yale.edu/features/as-oil-industry-swoons-tar-sands-workers-look-to-renewables-for-jobs

tak mám za sebou guerilla sázení stromů a klíčím další buky a duby...
je to fajn činnost, když vidíte jaký stromy sázej (pořád vede smrk)
kdyby jste někdo měl nějaké podklady či zkušenosti co sázet podělte se...
budu rád
...
blízkej kamarád jede takhle ginkgo

Nature’s contribution to adaptation: insights from examples of the transformation of social-ecological system: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2020.1754919 (Open Access)

The @IEA estimates that global energy-related CO₂ emissions will fall by 8% in 2020.
This is the biggest drop ever & takes emissions back to 2010 levels.



Thread k tomu na Twitteru

https://twitter.com/Peters_Glen/status/1255755134312816640

V Cesku je nejhorsi intenzita sucha minimalne za 200 let, pravdepodobne nejvetsi za 500 let. Rozhovor s historickym klimatologem na Voxpotu

https://www.facebook.com/VoxpotReporters/videos/1524784074359317/