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Man, woman glue themselves to Goya’s paintings at Madrid museum in climate protest

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 06, 2022

Two activists glued themselves to Francisco de Goya’s Maja paintings in Madrid’s Prado Museum on Saturday in a protest over climate change.

The man and a woman glued themselves to Goya’s “La Maja Vestida” (The Clothed Maja) and “La Maja Desnuda” (The Naked Maja), two of the Spanish painter‘s best-known works.

The protesters, from a group calling itself Futuro Vegetal, also daubed “+1.5C” on the wall in black paint between the two paintings, in reference to the limit fixed by the 2016 Paris climate agreement on rising temperatures.

Futuro Vegetal tweeted: “We glued ourselves to Goya‘s Las Majas in the Prado. Last week the UN recognised the impossibility of keeping us below the limit of 1.5 Celsius [agreed at the 2015 Paris climate agreement].”

“We need change now.”

The Prado Museum did not respond immediately to requests for comment.

Representatives from nearly 200 countries will gather in Egypt next week for the COP27 climate change conference, as pressure for tougher action to tackle global warming grows.

Last week, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reported that there was “no credible path to 1.5C in place today” despite legal binding promises made by countries at the 2015 Paris climate change conference. “Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster,” said UNEP executive director Inger Andersen.

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Train crosses North Korea border into Russia after arms sales report: think tank

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 06, 2022

A train crossed from North Korea into Russia on Friday (November 4), two days after the United States said it had information indicating Pyongyang is covertly supplying Russia with artillery shells for its war in Ukraine, a Washington think tank said, citing commercial satellite imagery.

The 38 North project, which monitors North Korean developments, said it was the first time such a train movement had been observed on the route in several years. Russia’s veterinary service said on Wednesday that a train had crossed the border into North Korea carrying horses.

“It is impossible to determine the purpose of the train from the imagery, but the crossing comes amid reports of arms sales from North Korea to Russia and a general expectation of the resumption of trade between the two countries,” 38 North said.

It said North Korea closed the 800-metre Tumangang Friendship Bridge (Korea-Russia Friendship Bridge), the only land link between the countries, in February 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The report said that at 10.24am local time (0124 GMT) a three-car set of enclosed railcars was visible on the Korean side of the border, and by 1.10pm local time it appeared to be in Russia behind a locomotive, about 200 metres from the end of the railway bridge.

At 2.29pm, the locomotive and three railcars were visible on tracks at Russia’s Khasan Station, approximately 2km from the border, and three smaller covered railcars, or possible containers on flatcars, were parked alongside the newly arrived train on an adjacent track.

“Whether a transfer of material was in progress could not be determined, and the parked locations of these train sets may have been unrelated,” the report said.

The White House had said on Wednesday (November 2) that Washington had information indicating North Korea was covertly supplying Russia with a “significant” number of artillery shells for its war in Ukraine and was attempting to obscure the shipments by funnelling them through countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

North Korea said in September it had never supplied weapons or ammunition to Russia and has no plans to do so.

According to a statement from Russia’s state veterinary service on Wednesday, Russia and North Korea restarted train travel for the first time since the pandemic with a cargo of 30 grey thoroughbred Orlov Trotter horses into North Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is known as a keen horseman. He was shown in 2019 by North Korean media trekking through mountain snow astride a white stallion. Russian customs data shows North Korea has spent thousands of dollars on thoroughbred horses from Russia in previous years.

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Germany far from achieving climate targets for 2030: report

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 05, 2022

Xinhua

Germany aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and to be climate neutral by 2045, five years earlier than originally planned.

Europe’s largest economy is a long way from achieving its climate targets for 2030, according to a report by the German government’s expert council on climate issues published on Friday.
 

“The emission reduction rates achieved so far are far from sufficient to meet the 2030 climate protection targets,” council member Thomas Heimer said, stressing that the targets have been missed by individual sectors as well as the economy as a whole.

Germany aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, and to be climate neutral by 2045, five years earlier than originally planned.

Annual emissions reductions would have to more than double to achieve these targets, Heimer stressed. Meanwhile, Germany’s transport sector would require a 14-fold increase in reductions.

Photo taken on March 18, 2022 shows vehicles traveling on a road in Frankfurt, Germany.
 

During the review period 2000-2021, greenhouse gas emissions in Germany fell by around 27 percent. The country’s energy sector contributed almost half of this reduction, according to the government’s report, presented in the run-up to the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from Nov. 6 to 18.

On the other hand, Germany’s industry, and buildings and transport sectors saw a “phase of stagnation or even a slight increase” in emissions. Although emissions in industry and transport fell due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this trend was reversed in 2021, the report found.

The effects of emission-reducing technologies were offset by more prosperity and economic growth. “Efficiency gains have been counteracted by overall economic growth, larger living spaces, and increased transport volumes,” the council’s chairman Hans-Martin Henning said.

Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2021 shows stacks being torn down aiming to achieve carbon neutrality at the Berlin-Wilmersdorf power station in Berlin, capital of Germany.

Xinhua

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Experts say climate change accelerating conflicts in Africa

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 05, 2022

Xinhua

The Horn of Africa has registered a rise in conflicts because of an increase in climate disasters, experts said on Friday.

The Horn of Africa has registered a rise in conflicts because of an increase in climate disasters, experts said on Friday.
 

Linda Ogallo, a climate adaptation expert at the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC), said drought and floods are some of the climate events that have accelerated conflicts in the Horn of Africa.

“A big block of communities in the Horn of Africa are farmers who rely on agriculture and pastoralism. Therefore, their lives are tied to climate. Any negative event leads to disruption of livelihoods and displacement that push people to new areas leading to inter-community or cross-border conflicts,” said Ogallo during a virtual forum on climate change, peace and security.

She identified South Sudan, Kenya and Somalia as the countries where climate events are causing conflict.

She said South Sudan has endured the worst flooding in the past months while drought is ravaging Somalia and Kenya.

shows a man and a herd of cows standing in the sandstorms in the town of Laisamis, Marsabit County, Kenya, Aug. 27, 2022.

More than 800,000 people have been affected by floods in South Sudan that have caused displacements and food insecurity challenges increase conflicts between communities, according to the United Nations.

A woman carrying a child is seen at a camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, capital of Somalia, Jan. 13, 2022.

In Kenya, the movement of pastoralists in search of pasture in other areas due to drought has led to fights between communities, causing deaths.

“In Somalia, it started with drought, then desert locusts, then floods, followed by the pandemic, and now drought. It has been one extreme event after another that communities have had no chance to recover,” she said.

Ogallo said the frequent climate events are putting financial strain on African governments, which now have to use development money for emergency response activities.

She said IGAD is hoping to have a coordinated mechanism for dealing with security challenges arising from climate change.

Elizabeth Carabine, the climate security advisor at the Office of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to the Horn of Africa, said climate events force people to move, increasing competition for resources and leading to conflicts.

“People displaced by climate events are more prone to conflicts that lead to instabilities. Climate change has become a threat to peace and security, and that is a discussion African governments, African Union, and other regional bodies must be prepared to have and find solutions,” she said.

Xinhua