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The facts about climate and energy. Part a. The climate crisis is happening and man is causing it

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The climate crisis is a hot topic - with myths and lies circulating widely. The UN website has compiled essential facts that will help deal with misinformation and disinformation and build support for urgent action
The climate crisis: if we are all to blame - then none of us is to blame. Image: depositphotos.com

The real soul-searching we need

Opinion: Yom Kippur is an opportunity to take stock of our vulnerability to the environment. We must prioritize our well-being over more and more profits, and start the social change that will lead us from a culture of "use and throw away" to a sustaining reality of true abundance
Climate demonstration in Vancouver, Canada, September 2019. The sign mocks the then US President Donald Trump for his ignorance in the fields of science in general and the environment in particular. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The oil tycoons' attack on democracy: promoted the rise of authoritarianism around the world and worsened the climate crisis

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A new book by American researcher Eve Darian Smith describes how around the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This retreat from democracy and "creeping authoritarianism," as the US State Department has put it, is often supported by the same industries that are escalating the climate crisis
US President Joe Biden at the COP26 climate conference held in Glasgow at the end of 2021. Photo: cop26

2021 a year of action to curb the climate crisis or blah-blah-blah?

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Will decisions and statements made in the past year moderate the disaster? Below is a summary full of skepticism 
Protesters wear masks of leaders blamed for the climate crisis as banned for it in Glasgow, Scotland during the COP26 conference. Photo: shutterstock

Five things to know about the Glasgow Climate Agreement

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The agreement signed in Glasgow was weak. And still companies and countries can cheat in the carbon market. However, there is a chance for some improvements next year in Egypt, and public pressure is needed to prevent investments from fossil energy companies
The symbol of the climate conference in Glasgow. Illustration: shutterstock

The climate conference in Glasgow COP26 has reached the halfway point, what are the achievements and which country missed the point?

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If the promises of the participants in the Glasgow conference come true, the atmosphere will warm another 1.9 degrees, much more than the original goal, but even that is doubtful, because there are still leaders who do not understand the meaning of the crisis
COP26 - Climate Conference in Glasgow 2021. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Glasgow conference: the cost of inaction is a thousand times greater than any activity against the climate crisis

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How economists have underestimated the benefits of action to prevent the climate crisis for decades * The economy does not have the tools to handle economies in transition and has missed the economic viability of transitioning to clean energy
Oil and the big money because of it they prevented any action and denied the warming even though they knew about it and assessed its damages. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The oil industry was aware of the risks of climate change as early as 1959 but preferred to hide it

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A researcher went through the archives of the major oil companies and the oil institute and discovered amazing documents that revealed exactly what the oil companies knew. The predictions turned out to be accurate. They even predicted phenomena such as the flooding of countries and climate change
Joe Biden, the elected president of the USA. Photo: depositphotos.com

Summary of 2020 in the environment: not only Corona

Following the Corona, we were destined to face new challenges that had a great impact on the person and the environment: instead of personal meetings, we switched to meetings on Zoom and other online platforms, we traveled the country and avoided social gatherings and wore masks everywhere we went. Will 2020 also be the year that dictates the way for significant changes in the public's attitude to environmental issues?
Explanation of the damage in oil shale production. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Minister Gamaliel promises that Israel will align with the rest of the world and reach zero emissions. On the disconnect between the government's promises and their implementation

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The Minister of Environmental Protection and representatives from the Ministries of Transportation and Energy spoke at the session on "From the Corona Crisis to the Climate Crisis" at the Eli Horvitz Conference * However, a check on the "Shakoff" website shows that there is no connection between the ministers' words, as well as Prime Minister Netanyahu's words at the climate conference, and the reality
The green future: using bicycles. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The forecast: a more severe economic crisis than expected

Prof. William Nordhaus, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics for 2018. Nordhaus was the first to create a quantitative model that describes the interrelationship between climate and the economy, and he tries to estimate in his works the expected economic price of the climate crisis, as well as the possible solutions to contain it
When Trump talked about coal and oil, Biden talked about wind, water and solar. Figure: Angle

It's the climate, moron

The reality created by the climate crisis has far-reaching consequences for the individual soldier and his ability to function. Photo: Maxim Potkin – Unsplash

How do you fight 50 degree heat?

A protester near the European Union offices in Brussels, 27/6/2020. A green demonstration in the shadow of the corona. Photo: shutterstock

Three thoughts on climate change - in the light of the corona virus

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The cover photo was taken as she stepped onto the beach in Lisbon, Portugal on December 4, 2019. Photograph by Evgenia Arbugaeva for TIME

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg was chosen as Time's Person of the Year for 2019

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Cardiff, UK, July 2019: A sign reading 'Climate Emergency' displayed during an anti-climate change demonstration organized by the Extinction Rebellion movement. Photo: shutterstock.com

Why is climate change still not at the top of the news agenda?

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Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2019, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a march for the environment and climate organized by students. Photo: Shutterstock.com

The Swedish girl Greta Thunberg warns: my generation will bear the consequences of the lack of actions to stop the climate crisis

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Climate March 2017, the end point in front of the US Embassy. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Will the politicians take action and try to save the planet from climate change?

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The breakup of the ice cover in the Jarlache Strait near Antarctica. Photo: shutterstock

Typical weather for the future

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A thermometer in the Netherlands shows a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, July 2019. Photo: shutterstock

July 2019 was the hottest month on record

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The concept of "green growth" will not save the planet, but decision makers fear a world without growth

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The characters of the heroes of the Marvel comics - Iron Man and Spiderman in Bangkok. Photo: shutterstock.com

Iron Man's new enemy

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Christina Figueres at the UN Climate Conference in Paris, 2015. Photo: UNFCCC

The representative of future generations

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Christina Figures receives the Dan David Award for the Future Dimension for 2019. Photo: Israel Hadari

"The decisions we will make in the next ten years regarding the climate will affect hundreds and even thousands of years"

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The Sahel region on the map of Africa. From Wikipedia

How do emissions of pollutants and carbon dioxide affect the climate of the Sahel

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