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Dutch city of Haarlem may be world’s first to ban most meat ads

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Due to the way meat affects the climate, Haarlem, Netherlands, plans to outlaw the majority of meat advertisements in public places. It will begin enforcing the ban in 2024, in what is believed to be the first such action by a city.

The meat industry and other people who claim it stifles free speech have opposed the motion put out by GroenLinks, a green political party. According to the UN, animals produce more than 14% of all greenhouse gases created by humans, including methane.”Meat seriously damages the ecosystem. We cannot inform people of the climate catastrophe while urging them to purchase items that contribute to it “The motion’s author, GroenLinks councilman Ziggy Klazes, told the publication Trouw.

The 160,000-person city’s administration claims that a decision has not yet been made regarding whether sustainably produced beef would be exempt from the ad banAdditionally, members of the Christian Democratic Challenge party backed the measure.

The meat business quickly retaliated. Spokesman for the Central Organization for the Meat Sector: “The authorities are going too far in telling people what’s best for them.”

According to the right-wing BVNL party, it “would be disastrous for pig farmers” and was a “intolerable violation of entrepreneurial freedom.” Councilman Joey Rademaker of the Haarlem BVNL claimed that outlawing advertisements with political overtones was practically totalitarian.

According to Statistics Netherlands, although more than half of Dutch people consume meat, only about 95% of them do so daily.

Ads for the aviation and fossil fuel industries have already been outlawed in Amsterdam and The Hague.

Methane emissions from greenhouse gases, which include those from beef, are the highest. The environmental impact of lamb is the second largest, but these emissions are 50% lower than those of beef.

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French mayor threatens €15,000 deposit to climb Mont Blanc

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According to a French mayor, climbing the Mont Blanc now requires a €15,000 (£12,640; $15,370) deposit to cover rescue and potential funeral expenses. Mayor of Saint-Gervais, a town at the base of Western Europe’s tallest mountain, with a summit elevation of 4,807 meters, is Jean-Marc Peillex.

He claimed that those who disregarded warnings and climbed the mountain through the Goûter route were “playing Russian roulette.” Rockfalls have risen due to the hot wave. According to Mayor Peillex, the average cost of a mountain rescue is €10,000, while the average cost of a burial is €5,000. In a press release, he stated that it was unacceptable for the French taxpayer to bear those expenses.

According to his statement on the village’s official website, mountaineers coming from Saint-Gervais or the adjacent Alpine resort of Chamonix were no longer being taken by mountain guides up the well-known Goûter route, also known as the Royal Way. Their ruling is valid until no later than the middle of August.

Some “pseudo climbers,” according to Mayor Peillex, insisted on going up the mountain “with death in their knapsack.”

“I wanted to make people respond, to understand that today going up is incredibly risky, nearly suicidal,” he told the BBC.

Rockfalls have forced him to close the mountain refuges at Goûter and Tête Rousse until further notice.

He has not yet issued a legal ruling on the proposed deposit, but has the power to impose it, he told the BBC. He said the amount “has to be startling to focus attention on this”. “If anyone thinks it’s illegal they can go to court to challenge it,” he added.

He said a group of Romanians were found on the mountain on 30 July wearing shorts and trainers. A police helicopter ordered them through a loudhailer to turn back, he said, “and while they did so, they said they would return the next day”!

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UN Paris Climate Agreement getting within reach, says a report

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A report, developed by the Climate Action Tracker group, says that the goals of the United Nations Paris Climate Agreement are getting within reach.

The report has been developed after China, one of the superpowers, made a fresh assurance in connection with climate change.

It is learned that the change in the political climate in the United States with the defeat of US President Donald Trump in the US Presidential Election against Democrat candidate Joe Biden has also influenced the outcome of the report.

Apart from the afore said points, the fresh assurances delivered by many developed countries like the US and China and certain developing countries have impacted the report.

The development means that the world could limit the rise in the temperature to less than 2.1 C by the end of this century.

Earlier, certain study reports warned that if the things progressed in this place a 3 C rise in the temperature might be witnessed.

Anyway, experts are still worried that the long-term optimism is not matched by short-term plans to cut CO2.

Climate change is a serious issue. It is high time to find a solution to this crisis.

The Paris Climate Agreement was a landmark agreement towards the end of brining the issue of climate change under control.

The walkout of certain countries like the US from the agreement has reduced the strength to an extent.  

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Europe experiences warm winter

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Europe has experienced a warm winter this year. The average temperature of this year’s winters has been at least 1.4 C above than the previous year.

Definitely, the increase in the temperature in the continent of Europe is the after-effect of climate change.

Not only this continent, but also the entire world suffers due to climate change at this juncture.

It is high time to formulate an effective universal strategy to counter the issue of climate change.

The Paris Climate treaty was a good beginning. Unfortunately, that does not work in the right direction at this moment. The departure of the US from the climate treaty obligation left the organisation less powerful.

What Europe experiences at this moment is a remainder. The world can no longer remain insensitive about climate change.

It is inhuman to put the burden of our mistake to our successors. It is our duty to keep earth inhabitable for the future generation.

The more love we have in our future generation, the more careful we becomes in the matter of climate change, as the actual victim of this issue is the future generation not the present.


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Young climate activist to trademark her name

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Young climate activist Greta Thunberg has announced her plan to trademark her name and the movement she has launched to mobilise the people of the world against the issue of climate change – Fridays For Future.

The decision has been justified on the ground that her global movement has been misused by some to amass funds.

The big decision taken by the youngster has been announced through her social media handle – where she is extremely active nowadays.

Many in the platform have supported her brilliant decision.

Ms. Greta is a global figure at this moment. The Fridays For Future movement she has launched has already surmounted the limitation of border, becoming a powerful global movement to sensitise the people of the world about the problems of the issue of climate change.

The climate activist is very active in the social media. She recently engaged in a heated exchange of words with US President Donald Trump – who is known for his narrow minded attitude towards the issue of climate change.

The activist now has many supporters across the world. Over the last few years, many have come out openly in the streets to voice their support to the cause raised by the activist.

The climate movement is active not only in the west but also in the developing world – even in the under-developed world.

The youngster represents a generation who is worried about the irresponsible attitude of the establishment towards the issue of climate change.


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Climate activist Greta Thunberg renames her twitter handle name as ‘Sharon’

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Renowned climate activist Greta Thunberg has changed the name of her twitter handle to ‘Sharon’, in response to the way actor Amanda Henderson reacted to a question regarding the activist during a recent game show.

When the actress was asked to name the most famous teenage climate activist, she named the activist as ‘Sharon’.

The activist is known for her funny reactions using her twitter handle.

A few days ago, when US President Donald Trump advised her to work on managing her anger, she edited her profile to present herself as a teenager working to mange her anger.

Similarly, she also made some funny remarks when she was criticised by Brazil president for supporting the indigenous people live in the Amazon region.

Ms. Greta is the face of the global climate movement at present. She is instrumental in mobilising youngsters in Europe as well as across the world against the issue of climate change.

When she initially entered into the path of the protest, she was just a school student.

Her protest has inspired many school students across the world to speak out courageously against the issue of climate change.

Undoubtedly, she is an emerging global leader.


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Big crude oil conglomerates hesitate to reduce their production capacity

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The prime crude oil conglomerates show no interest to reduce their production capacity, despite repeated calls that demand the reduction of their production capacity to bring the pollution rate, especially the carbon emission rate, under the safe limit prescribed by scientists.

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An oil production conglomerate based in the United States, ExonMobil, is set to increase its oil production by at least 25 per cent in the year 2025. Other major oil producers, such as Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Total, are also on the similar path. It is the growing demand for oil that prompts the conglomerates to consider that path. Each year, the demand for oil increases by one to two per cent in the global market.

The aforesaid figures indicate that only the conglomerates are not to be blamed for the raise of carbon in the atmosphere. The world’s reluctance to reduce the usage of oil is also needed to be criticised.

Some of these oil production conglomerates have assured that they would invest in the renewable energy sector.

The past experiences have already taught that the assurances made by conglomerates should not be believed until those enter the phase of implementation.

The world must reduce its oil production by at least 20 per cent by 2030 if it wants to bring the global temperature under the safe limit prescribed by scientists.

The US decision to step out from the Paris climate accord is the biggest mistake that country has ever committed.

A framework like the one formed in Paris several years ago to address the issue of climate change is not to be discarded by any of its founding members until and unless it comes up with another equally applicable framework.

Vignesh. S. G
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