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According to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), global emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases will reach 57.1 gigatons of carbon dioxide in 2023, an all-time high. Last year's 1.2 percent increase in emissions from 2021 to 2022 was already a record. Now, according to the Emissions Gap Report, the number has increased by another 1.3 percent from 2022 to 2023.

The United Nations has issued a report calling for much greater efforts to combat climate change. The measures taken so far by countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are not enough, according to a report by the UN Environment Program (UNEP). The result would be "catastrophic warming" of 3.1 degrees Celsius this century compared to pre-industrial levels.

Even if all existing pledges to reduce emissions were implemented, the temperature would rise by 2.6 degrees above pre-industrial levels. The world is playing with fire, said UN Secretary-General Guterres. People around the world are paying a terrible price. There is no time to lose.

In the Paris Climate Agreement, the international community set a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. According to UNEP, industrialized countries in particular must take massive steps to achieve this goal. By 2030, emissions must be reduced by 42% compared to 2019 levels, UNEP Executive Director Andersen stressed at the presentation of the annual "Emissions Gap Report".

It looks at the gap between actual greenhouse gas emissions expected in the coming years and what would be needed to meet the Paris climate goals. According to the calculations, global greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 will amount to 57.1 gigatons of carbon dioxide, an all-time high.

That is why deeper cuts are needed immediately, Andersen stressed. "This puts us on track for 2.6 degrees of global warming this century," Andersen said. In the future, countries would have to take costly and large-scale measures to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to limit the overshoot. The G20 countries, especially those with the highest emissions, would have to do most of the work because they dominate the global economy. As a result of global warming, many regions are experiencing more frequent and extreme weather events, such as heat waves and droughts, storms and floods. This can make entire regions uninhabitable, destroy crops, and exacerbate hunger crises. Sea levels are also rising, threatening coastal regions and small island states.

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What do you call it when you always do the same thing and hope for a different result?

> Health emergency declared over toxic smog in Pakistan and India | DW News. In Pakistan's Punjab province officials have declared a health emergency over toxic smog. Schools have been closed for another 10 days across the province with a lockdown imposed on two of the region's biggest cities Lahore and Multan. Hospitals have reported a surge in patients coming in with breathing issues linked to the smog. Air pollution in Pakistan and northern India has risen to dangerous levels in recent weeks. https://youtu.be/ft_DRUdzDfs

Search term: toxic smog

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Travel warning.

Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti: gang leader Monel “Mikano” Felix has accused older people of witchcraft, claiming that they are to blame for his child's illness. At least 110 people, all over the age of 60, were slaughtered with knives and machetes at the weekend, according to a human rights organization.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/ameri ... r-100.html

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Bangkok smog:

Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, is grappling with hazardous air pollution levels, leading to the closure of 352 schools as authorities scramble to address the crisis. To mitigate exhaust fumes, the government has introduced a week of free public transport services. The toxic smog has significantly impacted daily life, with residents and students urged to stay indoors.

World's Air Pollution: Real-time Air Quality Index:

• https://waqi.info/ (en)
• https://waqi.info/de/

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

80 years ago today, the Red Army liberated the prisoners of Auschwitz Nazi extermination camp in Poland.

Fewer and fewer young people in Germany know anything about the Holocaust.

http://wikiless.i2p/wiki/Auschwitz?lang=en
http://wikiless.i2p/wiki/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day?lang=en

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Health-threatening smog in the line between Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland. Usually the wind from the north sea or the far north blows our dirt to our neighbors. But there’s been no wind for a few days and it’s not raining. So the dirty air stays where it is produced. Too bad, nobody expected that! The carcinogenic air quality was addressed to protect the population. Nothing has changed in the behavior of those affected, not one uselessly running machine has been shut down because of it.

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There would be a lot of things to report on, apart from the popular file sharing. Israel missed its chance to throw a nuclear bomb at Hamas in the heat of the moment and is now practising total annihilation of women, children and civilian men before the astonished eyes of the world. Following Israel's example, the nuclear power India invokes its right to retaliation (revenge) and attacks the nuclear power Pakistan, which then announces its right to retaliation. How adults want to explain non-violence to their children when it is the states with their exemplary function that regularly invoke the monopoly on the use of force is a mystery. The USA has come a long way in its quest to become a great fascist dictatorship like Russia, China and Postman (in relation to the population) and is now attacking Wikipedia, its non-profit status is to be revoked, its authors are to be unmasked and well-known authors are already being massively threatened by good American patriots. Russia's invasion of Ukraine ... who cares? The only important news of the day for file sharers like you and me is the new survival training “24Hrs Stealth Camping with British Military Bivi & Ration Pack.. Kinda near Army Base” from the highly esteemed WildBeare. Her clear pronunciation combined with her warm voice make her suburban adventures an excellent British English course.