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Cutting Methane to #BuyMoreTime – The U.S. Leads the Way

Durwood Zaelke, President of IGSD, Rick Duke, Deputy Special Envoy for Climate at the U.S. Department of State, and David Kanter, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University, joined our #BuyMoreTime session from COP29 in Baku earlier this year.

With just one month left in his presidency, Joe Biden has unveiled a transformative climate plan targeting a 61-66% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. For the first time, the U.S. NDC includes a 35% reduction in methane emissions, aligning perfectly with our #BuyMoreTime campaign‘s call to tackle short-term warming and stabilize global temperatures.

Methane’s inclusion is a game-changer: it delivers rapid cooling, sets a benchmark for transparency, and provides a model for global climate action. This commitment also addresses other pollutants like HFCs and nitrous oxide, demonstrating how targeted policies can amplify climate strategies.

The big question: Will this bold vision survive under Donald Trump’s administration? Read more in our full article to uncover why optimism persists, driven by strong state, local, and private-sector efforts–and find out how you can help push progress forward!

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Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals | Fossil fuels | The Guardian

The world’s big banks have handed nearly $7tn (£5.6tn) in funding to the fossil fuel industry since the Paris agreement to limit carbon emissions, according to research.

In 2016, after talks in Paris, 196 countries signed an agreement to limit global heating as a result of carbon emissions to at most 2C above preindustrial levels, with an ideal limit of 1.5C to prevent the worst impacts of a drastically changed climate.

Many countries have since promised to reduce carbon emissions, but the latest research shows private interests continued to funnel money to oil, gas and coal companies, which have used it to expand their operations.

(https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/13/banks-almost-7tn-fossil-fuel-firms-paris-deal-report)

Casualties of America’s Never-Ending Global War on Terror

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Opinion | Casualties of America’s Never-Ending Global War on Terror 

“The drone attack of 29 November 2018 where 11 innocent people lost their lives in Libya is part of the broader U.S. program of extrajudicial killings. This program is based on a notion of pre-emptive self-defense that does not meet the canons of international law, as the use of lethal attacks of this nature is only legitimate where the state is acting to defend itself against an imminent threat to life. In this circumstance, the victims posed no threat,” reads the criminal complaint. “In light of this premise, the drone attack on Al Awaynat on 29 November 2018 stands in frontal contrast to the discipline, Italian and international, regarding the use of lethal force in the context of law enforcement operations.”
For the last two decades, the United States has been conducting an undeclared war across much of the globe, employing proxy forces from Africa to Asia, deploying commandos from the Philippines to the West African nation of Burkina Faso, and conducting air strikes not only in Libya, but in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. Over those years, the U.S. military has taken pains to normalize the use of drone warfare outside established war zones while relying on allies around the world (as at that Italian base in Siracusa) to help conduct its global war.  Read More
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