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September 7 - September 13, 2022
 
     
A weekly digest on impacts, politics and science of the climate emergency; from the Global South perspective. Access our extensive coverage on climate. You can find this newsletter in the web here.
Dear readers,

The Earth’s ecosystems may have crossed some of their tipping points due to climate change. Already Greenland’s ice sheet is melting faster this month. This new video discusses tipping points in detail.

The WMO’s United in Science report finds that during January-September 2022, CO2 levels were 1.2% higher than same period last year. The WMO also finds that increasing wildfires and heatwaves will increase “climate penalty”.

The Eastern Mediterranean and West Asia are warming two times faster than global average, according to a new report.

In energy news, the time for green hydrogen in India is now, says Power Minister RK Singh. For other regions like the EU, betting on green hydrogen to fulfil energy needs is ‘risky’, according to experts. And Germany’s hydrogen trains may not be a better alternative for transport.

The Centre for Science and Environment’s Green Schools Programme will host a Climate Convocation this month. And our next online training will be on Demystifying Climate Data for Communication and Action.
   
 
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Eastern Mediterranean, West Asia warming 2 times faster than global average: Report, 12 September 2022
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Down To Earth State of the Climate in Africa 2021: High water stress to displace up to 700 million Africans by 2030, 09 September 2022
 
     
 
Europe just had its hottest summer on record, 09 September 2022
Month of August was also the hottest on record for Europe
 
     
 
Every tenth of a degree counts: Scientists sound alarm as number of climate tipping elements rises, 08 September 2022
While some tipping points may have been crossed or are close to being crossed, more would be crossed as the planet warms, says study
 
   
 
COMMENTARIES
Will the Bill on Electricity Amendment change the power sector for the better?, 09 September 2022
Distribution companies in India have long been known as loss-making entities
 
     
 
Climate change: Colonial diaries in South Africa are helping scientists reconstruct weather patterns of the past, 09 September 2022
Photographs, transcribes by Dutch East India Company provide some answers; to protect against future events
 
   
 
Why is Greenland ice sheet melting faster this September? Experts weigh in, 07 September 2022
Typically the ice sheet loses ice in the summer and gains mass in the months after
 
   
 
Germany’s emissions-free trains: Is hydrogen fuel really a better alternative for transport?, 08 September 2022
CO2 emitted by grey hydrogen is same as that emitted by petrol & 1,000 times more than natural gas burnt directly
 
   
 
A year without a crop, 08 September 2022
A failed monsoon is alarming for Jharkhand, a state where severe drought has become more frequent in the last 2 decades
 
   
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We’re headed in wrong direction: WMO’s United in Science report outlines action needed, 14 September 2022
During January-September 2022, CO2 levels were 1.2% higher than same period last year
 
   
 
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Half a million people may be affected by floods in Sudan this year, 13 September 2022
Floods in Sudan this year could aggravate food insecurity, the United Nations and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have warned
 
   
 
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Africa’s food systems are being shaped by climate crises, rising population, 13 September 2022
Report identifies six megatrends affecting development of agrifood systems in the continent
 
   
 
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Loss and damage from climate crisis needs urgent intervention from rich countries: UN chief, 12 September 2022
Comments in light of Pakistan floods; Guterres urges G20 nations to up climate adaptation financing, emissions reduction targets
 
   
 
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Southeast Asians worried about food security, extreme weather events, shows climate survey, 12 September 2022
ASEAN countries must stop building new coal plants, say over half the respondents
 
   
 
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Monsoon 2022: Why a drought wasn’t declared in 4 states with drought-like conditions, 12 September 2022
A report shows drought-like situation in over 700 blocks of 91 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar & West Bengal
 
   
 
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Time for green hydrogen in India is now, says RK Singh; invites private players to invest, 10 September 2022
The prime minister had launched the National Hydrogen Mission August 15 last year, which aimed to make India a green hydrogen hub
 
   
 
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Update overdue: Why climate change should be integrated into crop calendars at the hyper local level, 10 September 2022
India still sows according to a calendar created on the weather of the 1990s, though rainfall and temperature patterns have seen a major shift
 
   
 
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Betting on green hydrogen to fulfil energy needs ‘risky’, finds study, 09 September 2022
EU target to replace natural gas, coal and oil in some sectors; But global electrolyser capacity needs to grow 6,000-8,000-fold by 2050
 
   
 
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UK announces ‘Energy Price Guarantee’, supports shale gas & oil, 09 September 2022
UK will become a net energy exporter by 2040, Prime Minister Liz Truss says
 
   
 
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The Greenwashers: Big Oil’s words and actions on climate emergency do not match, says study, 08 September 2022
Such companies spend huge sums of money to portray themselves as proactive on climate action; but their measures to reduce climate change are inconsistent towards such a goal
 
   
 
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Climate change-driven wildfires, heatwaves to worsen air quality & levy additional ‘climate penalty’, 08 September 2022
Surface ozone levels are expected to increase across heavily polluted areas, particularly in Asia
 
   
 
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