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Climate change: UN to unmask fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks

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Oil, gas and coal representatives will have to disclose their industry ties at future climate meetings, the UN says.

For years, fossil fuel employees have been able to attend without having to be clear about their relationship with their companies.

Last year, over 600 industry participants were able to enter the COP27 meeting in Egypt.

Campaigners say the UN ruling is the first step to limiting the influence of polluters.

The new rules will be in place for the COP28 summit in November in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, one of the world's top oil producers. UAE oil company chief Sultan Al Jaber will preside over the summit, an appointment that has irked environmentalists.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65917660

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Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting
Himalayan glaciers melting 65 percent faster than previous decade: study

Kathmandu (AFP) – Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than ever before due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters, scientists warned Tuesday.

The glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster from 2011 to 2020 compared with the previous decade, according to a report by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).

"As it gets warmer, ice will melt, that was expected, but what is unexpected and very worrying is the speed," lead author Philippus Wester told AFP. "This is going much faster than we thought.”

Based on current emissions trajectories, the glaciers could lose up to 80 percent of their current volume by the end of the century…The glaciers feed 10 of the world's most important river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, Yellow, Mekong and Irrawaddy, and directly or indirectly supply billions of people with food, energy, clean air and income.

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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/2 ... de-study-1

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NASA Shows What 30 Years of Rising Seas Feels Like in Chilling New Animation

21 June 2023
By Clare Watson
https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-shows ... -animation

NASA has released a chilling animation showing just how far sea levels have risen in the three short decades its satellites have been monitoring them.

The data visualization, released last week, is the work of Andrew J. Christensen, a data visualizer for the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio. By animating observed changes in global sea level captured by satellites whizzing overhead between 1993 and 2022, the imagery transforms a complex mix of numbers into something far more relatable.

In those 30 years, sea levels have risen by over 9 centimeters (about 3.5 inches). That might not sound like much, only a hand's length, but when those changes are visualized as water lapping at a ship-like window, it starts to feel very real.

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This is insane, to be honest. I have a bad feeling this will be the new average.

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