In a world first, Grenada activates debt pause after Hurricane Beryl
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/08/21/in-a-world-first-grenada-activates-debt-pause-after-hurricane-beryl-destruction/

unlike in 2004, officials this time could deploy a tool that has been widely discussed in climate circles to provide financial help in the wake of fierce storms: hurricane clauses built into its agreements with international creditors.

Grenada last week became the first country in the world to use such a provision in a government bond which will allow it to postpone debt repayments to private investors, including US investment firms Franklin Templeton and T. Rowe Price.



Caribbean islands hope UN court will end ‘debt cycle’ caused by climate crisis | Climate crisis | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/25/caribbean-islands-hope-un-court-will-end-debt-cycle-caused-by-climate-crisis

PALEONTOLOG: Ano, nakonec mozna vse skonci vychladnutim hvezd, ale chvilkove to takova vzpoura myslim je. Mysleno: zatimco fyzikalne nevyhnutelne mirime k chaosu, zivot nasel cestu, jak si z toho vzit energii a miri k vyssi usporadanosti/komplexite. Dokud nevyhasnou hvezdy, tj ne kazda vzpoura prece musi byt uspesna.

SHEFIK: mno, ten nápad měli Rusové už před lety, chtěli tím osvětlovat města.

Ale osvětlovat solární elektrárny je možná příčetnější, než stěhovat solární panely do kosmu a pak přepravovat tu energii...

YMLADRIS: pripadne kdo nema nebo neda hodinu, tak tady je pet minut, kde joscha u lexe vysvetluje tento svuj tweet

I wonder if self improving AGI might end up saturating physical environments with intelligence to such a degree that isolation of individual mental states becomes almost impossible, and the representations of all complex self organizing agents merge permanently with each other.

mineno, AGI si predevsim vsimne jak funguje (my nevime, jak fungujeme). jak funguji vypocty a ze je to substrate-agnostic. pak muze chtit se zopakovat na bio strukturach a na vsem moznem, "Gaia". kde co se stane agentem ve smyslu AGI ktera rozumi sama sobe a tomu co se deje. Pak muze byt extremne tezke zustat v izolaci, hence hippie predstava Global mind

The Ocean at the End of the Lane - @lexfridman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQBKdbBw7G0

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Industry acts to head off regulation on PFAS pollution from semiconductors | PFAS | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/24/pfas-toxic-waste-pollution-regulation-lobbying

Producers of PFAS chemicals and semiconductors, a key part of most electronics, have formed a group that develops industry-friendly science aimed at heading off regulation as the facilities release high levels of toxic waste, documents seen by the Guardian show.

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Public health advocates are increasingly sounding the alarm and calling for simple protections to curb semiconductor PFAS waste while pushing the industry to find safer alternatives, but manufacturers have mobilized in response.

The consortium’s white papers circulated among policymakers make their case against regulations. In a document titled “Impact of a potential PFAS restriction”, the consortium acknowledges its PFAS pollution, but repeatedly stresses that there are very few regulations and opposes proposals to monitor or restrict waste.

Finding safer alternatives is “impossible in some instances”, the paper states, adding that finding alternatives would require “stepping back decades in technological advancement”.

TADEAS:

Genetics, Genomics and breeding of tree bamboos: emerging prospects and future challenges
https://www.youtube.com/live/0jXrQOrs8r0?si=lz_S21g4va3EaR4p

YMLADRIS: spise Albanie

Divná mapka. Chorvatsko?