The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, is being held in Glasgow, Scotland, from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, 2021. More than 190 world leaders are participating, along with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for 12 days of talks in an urgent effort to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions — mostly from coal, oil and gas — and keep the rise in the average global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The following is a collection of articles on the conference.
'Rolling Deep': Here's How Latinos Are Reshaping California Environmentalism
How to Overcome Climate Anxiety
COP26 Negotiators Debating Agreement Calling For an End to Coal and Fossil Fuel Subsidies
'Everyone Belongs in This Movement': Youth vs. Apocalypse's Lizbeth Ibarra on COP26 and Climate Activism
'We're Kind of Running Out of Time': Berkeley Joins Global Day of Action for Climate Justice
Methane and Deforestation: The Twin Climate Threats That the UN, and California, Are Struggling to Tackle
California Deserts Could Hold The Key to a Future With Less Fossil Fuel (Hint: It's Lithium)
If Countries Keep Their Climate Pledges, It Could Limit Global Temperature Rise
Liane Randolph on COP26 and California's Local Air Quality Fight
'No Nonsense' Ugandan Climate Activist Centers African Voices at COP26
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"content": "\u003cp>As the United Nations climate summit enters its last hours, there is modest progress on reducing reliance on fossil fuels and giving aid to countries most at risk from extreme weather. But stubborn divisions over the details of key issues remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In what would be a first in decades of such negotiations, nations could call for an end to using coal and subsidizing fossil fuels. Despite some weaker language, those two elements remain in the most recent draft being circulated for consensus agreement among the more than 100 participating countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The summit in Glasgow, Scotland, is scheduled to end Friday, but could extend into the weekend as negotiators try to nail down agreement on a range of thorny issues for their final statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it appears that the conference, known as COP26, is set to fall far short of its overall goal of keeping global warming from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit. In an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054772983/antonio-guterres-cop26-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview with the Associated Press\u003c/a>, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that goal is “on life support.” Beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, scientists say the world faces catastrophic and potentially irreversible damage from extreme heat, drought, and flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No COP agreement until now has even mentioned fossil fuels, the main source of climate-warming emissions. Having that in the final text would be a breakthrough. But negotiators have struggled to find language acceptable to all countries, especially those with significant fossil fuel reserves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An earlier version of the agreement called on countries to “accelerate the phasing out of coal and subsidies for fossil fuel.” The new language calls for “the phaseout of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The term “unabated” would make room for carbon capture systems on coal-fired power plants, like \u003ca href=\"https://gizmodo.com/the-only-carbon-capture-plant-in-the-u-s-just-closed-1846177778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one in Texas\u003c/a>. While that one technically worked, it shut down because it was unprofitable. And “inefficient subsidies” leaves room for countries that subsidize energy for low-income residents, but also countries that want to continue subsidizing fossil fuel companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that we’ve got the phaseout of fossil fuel subsidies and the phaseout of coal in the text is really new and important,” says Helen Mountford with World Resources Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other environmental groups that want to see more dramatic action, including a \u003ca href=\"https://fossilfueltreaty.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty\u003c/a>, are upset by the change. “The credibility of these talks is in question if landmark language around fossil fuels gives them a lifeline through carbon capture technologies and continued subsidies,” says Jean Su with the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists from developing countries also are critical of how negotiations among the nearly 200 nations are shaping up.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>“Humanity will not be saved by promises”\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An activist from Uganda gave voice Thursday to the fears many have that the Glasgow summit will amount to just another series of pledges, without urgent action driving them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Humanity will not be saved by promises,” Vanessa Nakate \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuuOts3jL3I&ab_channel=Rappler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told\u003c/a> political and business leaders gathered at the summit. “We must reduce global CO2 emissions by somewhere between 7% to 11% this year, and next year, and every year after year, until we get to zero.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nakate said if countries fail to meet goals set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, heat stress will hurt people where she lives because temperatures will be too hot and extreme, reaching temperatures that “the human body cannot cool itself by sweating,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Secretary-General Guterres also put pressure on countries Thursday, urging them “to pick up the pace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guterres did praise an \u003ca href=\"https://www.state.gov/u-s-china-joint-glasgow-declaration-on-enhancing-climate-action-in-the-2020s/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agreement\u003c/a> between the U.S. and China to work together on cutting emissions, reaffirming their commitments to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius and aiming for 1.5 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That agreement focused on methane, which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, though it does not stay in the atmosphere as long. \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/gmi/importance-methane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scientists say\u003c/a> reducing methane pollution now could quickly rein in some global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week the Biden administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/02/1051302469/biden-proposes-new-rules-to-cut-climate-warming-methane-emissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposed stricter regulations\u003c/a> on oil and gas companies to reduce methane emissions. Under the new agreement with the US, China says it intends to develop a “National Action Plan on methane, aiming to achieve a significant effect on methane emissions control and reductions in the 2020s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both countries say they’ll meet in the first half of next year to nail down specifics. Guterres called this an important step. But he warned that “promises ring hollow when the fossil fuels industry still receives \u003ca href=\"https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/climate-change/energy-subsidies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trillions in subsidies\u003c/a>, as measured by the IMF [International Monetary Fund]. Or when countries are still building coal plants,” said Guterres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry defended the agreement in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054648598/u-s-and-china-announce-surprise-climate-agreement-at-cop26-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview with NPR\u003c/a>, saying it’s “bigger than some people think.” If the U.S. and China reach their goal of reducing methane emissions 30% by 2030, Kerry says “that is the equivalent of taking all the cars in the world, all of the trucks in the world, all of the airplanes in the world, all ships in the world, down to zero.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Calls for wealthier nations to take more responsibility\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The high stakes if countries fail to act boldly was on display in dramatic ways during this summit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foreign minister of Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/9EkSrtlapZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delivered his speech\u003c/a> knee-deep in water to show how the rising ocean already affects his country. “Climate change and sea level rise are deadly and existential threats to Tuvalu,” said Simon Kofe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final days of negotiations, nations still aren’t seeing eye to eye on the issue of climate finance, a $100 billion fund for developing countries. Wealthier countries promised to deliver that amount annually by 2020, an acknowledgment that they are responsible for the bulk of climate-warming emissions over the past century and a half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funds help vulnerable countries reduce their emissions with renewable energy and cleaner transportation, as well as help them prepare communities for climate impacts, like extreme storms and floods. The latest draft agreement expresses “deep regret” that richer countries \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/11/10/1052926511/this-kenyan-family-got-solar-power-high-level-climate-talks-determine-who-else-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">so far have fallen short of that goal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several new funding commitments were announced in Glasgow, and wealthier countries say they’ll reach the $100 billion mark in 2022 or 2023. But developing countries say much of that has been in the form of loans instead of grants, putting an added burden on nations to pay it back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developing countries estimate climate-related damage will hit $5-to-9 trillion dollars by 2030 and are pushing for more details about what the next funding goal will be. They want to see more transparency about where climate finance is coming from, as well as assurances that much of it will be offered as grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The level of ambition on climate finance required is simply not there yet,” says Fekadu Beyene of Ethiopia, representing a group of the 46 poorest countries at the talks. “Vulnerable countries are already experiencing devastating impacts at 1.1 degrees Celsius of warming and are struggling to recover. We cannot expect to build resilience to the impacts we will feel at 1.5 degrees Celsius without additional resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developing countries are also pushing for compensation for the increasing damage that climate change is already causing. They’re seeking a dedicated “loss and damage” fund, which could be used by countries struggling to rebuild after disasters. \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.scot/news/scotland-to-boost-climate-funding/\">Scotland announced the first contribution\u003c/a>, 2 million pounds, at the Glasgow summit. But other wealthier countries, including the U.S., are wary of being held liable for climate change damages and oppose creating a separate fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Countries are headed toward “catastrophic climate change”\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The modest progress made so far may be the best that can be expected from an international negotiation process where every country must agree on a final statement. But the scientific reality of a warming climate is unforgiving, and demands swifter action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group Climate Action Tracker \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053875461/glasgow-climate-pledges-are-lip-service-without-far-more-aggressive-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier this week\u003c/a> factored in new pledges countries had made so far to cut heat-trapping emissions. It found that even if everyone kept their most ambitious promises, warming would still be 1.8 degrees Celsius, which is above the 1.5 degree goal. When analysts mapped out what countries are actually doing now, the picture was bleaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With all the policies that are currently implemented, our temperature estimate is 2.7 degrees” of warming, said Niklas Höhne, founding partner of NewClimate Institute. “That is catastrophic climate change. It’s a situation that we simply cannot handle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Höhne was among those in Glasgow who said leaders must go back home and put practices in place to meet the promises they’ve made to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the U.S. President Biden has proposed an aggressive climate plan that aims to meet the goals of the Paris agreement, but much of the legislation needed to implement it is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/05/1052206451/house-is-poised-for-a-vote-on-its-spending-plan-but-hurdles-remain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stalled in Congress\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+a+first%2C+U.N.+climate+agreement+could+include+the+words+%27coal%27+and+%27fossil+fuels%27&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An earlier version of the agreement called on countries to “accelerate the phasing out of coal and subsidies for fossil fuel.” The new language calls for “the phaseout of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The term “unabated” would make room for carbon capture systems on coal-fired power plants, like \u003ca href=\"https://gizmodo.com/the-only-carbon-capture-plant-in-the-u-s-just-closed-1846177778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one in Texas\u003c/a>. While that one technically worked, it shut down because it was unprofitable. And “inefficient subsidies” leaves room for countries that subsidize energy for low-income residents, but also countries that want to continue subsidizing fossil fuel companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that we’ve got the phaseout of fossil fuel subsidies and the phaseout of coal in the text is really new and important,” says Helen Mountford with World Resources Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other environmental groups that want to see more dramatic action, including a \u003ca href=\"https://fossilfueltreaty.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty\u003c/a>, are upset by the change. “The credibility of these talks is in question if landmark language around fossil fuels gives them a lifeline through carbon capture technologies and continued subsidies,” says Jean Su with the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists from developing countries also are critical of how negotiations among the nearly 200 nations are shaping up.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>“Humanity will not be saved by promises”\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An activist from Uganda gave voice Thursday to the fears many have that the Glasgow summit will amount to just another series of pledges, without urgent action driving them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Humanity will not be saved by promises,” Vanessa Nakate \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuuOts3jL3I&ab_channel=Rappler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told\u003c/a> political and business leaders gathered at the summit. “We must reduce global CO2 emissions by somewhere between 7% to 11% this year, and next year, and every year after year, until we get to zero.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nakate said if countries fail to meet goals set in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, heat stress will hurt people where she lives because temperatures will be too hot and extreme, reaching temperatures that “the human body cannot cool itself by sweating,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Secretary-General Guterres also put pressure on countries Thursday, urging them “to pick up the pace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guterres did praise an \u003ca href=\"https://www.state.gov/u-s-china-joint-glasgow-declaration-on-enhancing-climate-action-in-the-2020s/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agreement\u003c/a> between the U.S. and China to work together on cutting emissions, reaffirming their commitments to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius and aiming for 1.5 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That agreement focused on methane, which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, though it does not stay in the atmosphere as long. \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/gmi/importance-methane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scientists say\u003c/a> reducing methane pollution now could quickly rein in some global warming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week the Biden administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/02/1051302469/biden-proposes-new-rules-to-cut-climate-warming-methane-emissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposed stricter regulations\u003c/a> on oil and gas companies to reduce methane emissions. Under the new agreement with the US, China says it intends to develop a “National Action Plan on methane, aiming to achieve a significant effect on methane emissions control and reductions in the 2020s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both countries say they’ll meet in the first half of next year to nail down specifics. Guterres called this an important step. But he warned that “promises ring hollow when the fossil fuels industry still receives \u003ca href=\"https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/climate-change/energy-subsidies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trillions in subsidies\u003c/a>, as measured by the IMF [International Monetary Fund]. Or when countries are still building coal plants,” said Guterres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry defended the agreement in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/11/1054648598/u-s-and-china-announce-surprise-climate-agreement-at-cop26-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview with NPR\u003c/a>, saying it’s “bigger than some people think.” If the U.S. and China reach their goal of reducing methane emissions 30% by 2030, Kerry says “that is the equivalent of taking all the cars in the world, all of the trucks in the world, all of the airplanes in the world, all ships in the world, down to zero.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Calls for wealthier nations to take more responsibility\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The high stakes if countries fail to act boldly was on display in dramatic ways during this summit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foreign minister of Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/9EkSrtlapZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delivered his speech\u003c/a> knee-deep in water to show how the rising ocean already affects his country. “Climate change and sea level rise are deadly and existential threats to Tuvalu,” said Simon Kofe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final days of negotiations, nations still aren’t seeing eye to eye on the issue of climate finance, a $100 billion fund for developing countries. Wealthier countries promised to deliver that amount annually by 2020, an acknowledgment that they are responsible for the bulk of climate-warming emissions over the past century and a half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funds help vulnerable countries reduce their emissions with renewable energy and cleaner transportation, as well as help them prepare communities for climate impacts, like extreme storms and floods. The latest draft agreement expresses “deep regret” that richer countries \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/11/10/1052926511/this-kenyan-family-got-solar-power-high-level-climate-talks-determine-who-else-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">so far have fallen short of that goal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several new funding commitments were announced in Glasgow, and wealthier countries say they’ll reach the $100 billion mark in 2022 or 2023. But developing countries say much of that has been in the form of loans instead of grants, putting an added burden on nations to pay it back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developing countries estimate climate-related damage will hit $5-to-9 trillion dollars by 2030 and are pushing for more details about what the next funding goal will be. They want to see more transparency about where climate finance is coming from, as well as assurances that much of it will be offered as grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The level of ambition on climate finance required is simply not there yet,” says Fekadu Beyene of Ethiopia, representing a group of the 46 poorest countries at the talks. “Vulnerable countries are already experiencing devastating impacts at 1.1 degrees Celsius of warming and are struggling to recover. We cannot expect to build resilience to the impacts we will feel at 1.5 degrees Celsius without additional resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developing countries are also pushing for compensation for the increasing damage that climate change is already causing. They’re seeking a dedicated “loss and damage” fund, which could be used by countries struggling to rebuild after disasters. \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.scot/news/scotland-to-boost-climate-funding/\">Scotland announced the first contribution\u003c/a>, 2 million pounds, at the Glasgow summit. But other wealthier countries, including the U.S., are wary of being held liable for climate change damages and oppose creating a separate fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Countries are headed toward “catastrophic climate change”\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The modest progress made so far may be the best that can be expected from an international negotiation process where every country must agree on a final statement. But the scientific reality of a warming climate is unforgiving, and demands swifter action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group Climate Action Tracker \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053875461/glasgow-climate-pledges-are-lip-service-without-far-more-aggressive-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier this week\u003c/a> factored in new pledges countries had made so far to cut heat-trapping emissions. It found that even if everyone kept their most ambitious promises, warming would still be 1.8 degrees Celsius, which is above the 1.5 degree goal. When analysts mapped out what countries are actually doing now, the picture was bleaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With all the policies that are currently implemented, our temperature estimate is 2.7 degrees” of warming, said Niklas Höhne, founding partner of NewClimate Institute. “That is catastrophic climate change. It’s a situation that we simply cannot handle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Höhne was among those in Glasgow who said leaders must go back home and put practices in place to meet the promises they’ve made to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Karly Hampshire, a medical student at UCSF who attended the march, the climate is directly related to health. “Climate solutions are health solutions, and the health of every person alive today on the planet will be fundamentally affected by climate change,” she said. “Health institutions need to join together and start taking climate change seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the state level, Lauren Sanchez, Gov. Newsom’s senior climate adviser, also sees climate as a multilayered issue. “Truly tackling this crisis means integrating this issue into everything we do: the governor’s entire agenda on health care, on immigration, on education, and so much more,” she said. “We know that climate justice can deliver social and economic justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez told KQED on Wednesday through a recorded message from Glasgow that her top agenda item is “to save the planet from our certain doom.” Sanchez said the state of California brings two important messages to the global stage and world leaders in Scotland: “One is around hope and the other around the urgency of this crisis,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she said she’s been to many of these conferences, this one “feels different,” because of the sense of urgency. Her top concern when it comes to climate change is “the disproportionate impacts that we know this crisis has on low-income Californians and our communities of color that are already suffering from too many environmental and social burdens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking alongside Sanchez from Glasgow, Jared Blumenfeld, the secretary of California’s Environmental Protection Agency echoed the importance of taking action quickly.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> \u003c/span>“We’re kind of running out of time,” he said. The governor and the whole state are balancing the immediate emergency response to wildfires and heat waves alongside tackling the root causes of climate change, “and we need to do it really, really quickly,” he said. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipcc.ch/2021/08/09/ar6-wg1-20210809-pr/\">Many of the changes to the climate are unprecedented\u003c/a>, and some changes — like sea-level rise — are irreversible in our lifetime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wade Crowfoot, California’s natural resources secretary, who spoke with KQED just before leaving for Scotland, put it in slightly starker terms: “This is an all-hands-on-deck response to a five-alarm fire, and that’s the level of urgency that we’re bringing from California to Scotland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to maintain hope and we maintain hope through taking action,” he said. From his perspective, he sees that the only option is to understand the threat, and take the level of action that is needed.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blumenfeld also noted the importance of action at both the local and state levels, referencing what seems to be a glimmer of hope, should the pledges swiftly be converted into policy: “If the promises made actually can be turned into action, we can turn this crisis around,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the promises to \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59088498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">end deforestation\u003c/a>, “for Californians who look outside their window during fire season,” Sanchez said, “we’re not doing enough and there’s so much more the state and communities and global leaders need to be doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Blumenfeld, it’s all about accountability. “These leaders go home, and you never hear about what happens next,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he said, California is unique because \u003ca href=\"https://calepa.ca.gov/climate-action/#icat\">the state is tracking each of the goals\u003c/a>, which allows the public to see what’s happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many other states and countries, “there’s a lot of speeches … but really, what we need is action,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman and Monica Lam contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Nations around the globe this week have pledged to tackle two thorny and critical threats to Earth’s climate: methane, which is the most potent planet-warming pollutant, and widespread destruction of forests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both of these are major contributors to climate change that California has tried — yet struggled — to address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than \u003ca href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_21_5766\">100 countries inched toward progress on tackling climate change by signing an international pledge\u003c/a>, launched Tuesday at the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/10/california-climate-change-newsom-pulls-out-conference/\">United Nations’ climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland\u003c/a>, to slash methane pollution by nearly a third over the next 10 years. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Wade Crowfoot, California's Resource Secretary \"]‘The role of nature has been underappreciated as a part of our climate solution.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nations also promised to end worldwide deforestation — a widespread practice that warms the planet — in the same time period, an ambitious goal that would be backed by nearly $20 billion in public and private funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/11/02/remarks-by-president-biden-at-an-event-highlighting-the-progress-of-the-global-methane-pledge/\">President Biden paired the pledges with an announcement\u003c/a> of an expansive \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/US-Methane-Emissions-Reduction-Action-Plan-1.pdf\">strategy to cut methane\u003c/a>, following the lead of states, including California, that years earlier began crafting policies to stop it from seeping into the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was remarkable to be able to already have a great outline of a methane action plan,” National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy said at the international summit. “We can do this because of the work that has been done by everyone else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has long-standing rules tackling methane from landfills, the oil and gas industry, dairies and other major sources. But it’s also home to a large \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/regulatory-services/safety/pipeline-safety/aliso-canyon-well-failure\">natural gas storage facility that had a major leak\u003c/a> starting in 2015. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-helps-ensure-energy-reliability-for-southern-california\">State officials voted Thursday to increase natural gas storage at the facility while they evaluate how to shut it down.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/tables/ghg_inventory_sector_sum_2000-19ch4.pdf\">California’s methane emissions largely haven’t increased\u003c/a> over the past decade, but they also haven’t dropped significantly — signaling the challenge ahead for governments that signed on to the pledge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pledge from the U.N. nations “is sort of the lowest common denominator that you could get everyone to agree to,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.utexas.edu/facultystaff/faculty-directory/ravikumar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arvind Ravikumar\u003c/a>, an engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin. “That said, 30% does not mean it’s easy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to forests, California’s trees are losing their ability to store planet-warming carbon. The state’s forests are no longer burned or razed to clear land for agriculture, as is common in the Global North, but large tracts are burning nonetheless — from wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The role of nature has been underappreciated as a part of our climate solution,” California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world’s forests are burning up,” he said. “In the Southern Hemisphere it’s through a policy of land clearing. In California our forests are burning as a result of climate change or forest management.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895332\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11895332 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-480337041-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"The silhouette of a pump against a yellowish smoggy-looking sky.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-480337041-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-480337041-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-480337041-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-480337041.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pumping jacks at dawn in an oil field over the Monterey shale formation near Lost Hills, California, in 2014. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-cows-and-landfills\">Cows and landfills\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Methane, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02287-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">key ingredient in natural gas\u003c/a>, is a shorter-lived but more powerful greenhouse gas than the more-infamous carbon dioxide. \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/US-Methane-Emissions-Reduction-Action-Plan-1.pdf\">It makes up about 10% of greenhouse gases that people pump out across the United States\u003c/a>, but accounts for \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/US-Methane-Emissions-Reduction-Action-Plan-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">about 30% of today’s warming\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s largely regulated by the federal government, except where states have stepped in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden’s new plans include \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/us-sharply-cut-methane-pollution-threatens-climate-and-public-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposing a rule under the Clean Air Act\u003c/a> to cut methane pollution from new and existing oil and gas facilities, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/news/new-federal-regulations-add-more-400000-miles-gas-gathering-pipelines-under-federal-oversight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">finalizing another\u003c/a> that would increase oversight of certain natural gas pipelines. The White House also said \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/02/fact-sheet-president-biden-tackles-methane-emissions-spurs-innovations-and-supports-sustainable-agriculture-to-build-a-clean-energy-economy-and-create-jobs/\">state agencies would ramp up incentives\u003c/a> and other efforts to curb methane from landfills and agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-11/2021-oil-and-gas-proposal.-overview-fact-sheet.pdf\">Environmental Protection Agency’s draft oil and gas rule\u003c/a>, expected to be finalized \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/us-sharply-cut-methane-pollution-threatens-climate-and-public-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by the end of 2022\u003c/a>, is one more example of the regulatory whiplash that industries have faced over the past five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No sooner had President Barack \u003ca href=\"https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/05/12/administration-takes-historic-action-reduce-methane-emission-oil-and-gas-sector\">Obama finalized in 2016\u003c/a> the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/05/12/obama-administration-announces-historic-new-regulations-for-methane-emissions-from-oil-and-gas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first-ever federal rules\u003c/a> to directly regulate methane from \u003ca href=\"https://archive.epa.gov/epa/newsreleases/epa-releases-first-ever-standards-cut-methane-emissions-oil-and-gas-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new and modified oil and gas sources\u003c/a>, than President \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/cadc/17-1145/17-1145-2017-07-03.html\">Donald Trump’s administration began trying to undo them\u003c/a>. Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/climate/climate-change-methane.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">undid the Trump administration’s rollbacks\u003c/a> this year, and now even more stringent rules are set to take their place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/10/california-climate-change-conference-newsom/\">On methane, specifically for oil and gas companies, they have seen quite a bit of change in Washington\u003c/a>,” Lauren Sanchez, senior adviser to Gov. Gavin Newsom on climate, told CalMatters from Scotland. “What California brings is kind of a consistency in message and, for them, consistency in business direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Air Resources Board is still figuring out how the federal proposal and California’s existing methane rules overlap, said Carolyn Lozo, who leads the air board’s oil and gas and greenhouse gas mitigation branch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In many ways, the state methane rule has very similar controls to what the EPA proposal has,” said Lozo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the landmark \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/ab-32-global-warming-solutions-act-2006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Global Warming Solutions Act passed in 2006\u003c/a>, the state has adopted a number of methane policies: \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/landfill-methane-regulation/about\">rolling out\u003c/a> requirements for \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/barcu/regact/2009/landfills09/landfillfinalfro.pdf\">methane capture\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/ca-state-plan-landfills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">landfills\u003c/a>, increasing oversight and monitoring to prevent leaks \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in natural gas pipelines\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">storage facilities\u003c/a>, and setting a statewide target \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1383\">to cut methane pollution to 40% below 2013 levels by 2030\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/oil-and-gas-methane-regulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">air board adopted regulations\u003c/a> in 2017 requiring regular monitoring, leak detection and repair at both new and existing oil and gas facilities, and the setting of emissions standards and other requirements for certain oil and gas equipment. The rules expanded on a patchwork of existing policies to \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2019/08/f66/California_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prevent toxic compounds and gases escaping from wells\u003c/a> enacted by some air districts, which can also reduce methane emissions, Lozo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to dig down a little deeper and see, is there a delta? Is there a place that we need to shore up the state regulation?” Lozo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Slagle, a spokesperson for the influential Western States Petroleum Association, said it’s too soon to contrast California’s program and the yet-to-be finalized EPA rules, which he said they will review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Echoing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2021/11/02/epa-methane-regulations#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20support%20the%20direct%20regulation,reviewing%20it%20in%20its%20entirety.\">American Petroleum Institute\u003c/a>, he said, “We support the direct regulation of methane from new and existing sources and are committed to building on the progress we have achieved in reducing methane emissions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More controversial is \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/ghg-slcp-inventory\">California’s approach to regulating methane from the dairy industry\u003c/a>, which accounted for nearly half of the state’s methane emissions in 2013. California’s regulators tackle those emissions entirely with incentive programs, funding efforts to harness and convert methane emissions from manure into fuel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental justice groups say these incentives encourage the persistence of large-scale farming operations near communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer and ratepayer money into programs that benefit the factory farm and gas industries and that do not address either the air quality or water quality or climate crises impacting San Joaquin Valley residents,” said Phoebe Seaton, co-director of Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability. “It’s past time to take our dairy problem seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like California, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/US-Methane-Emissions-Reduction-Action-Plan-1.pdf\">Biden administration’s plans rely largely on voluntary incentive programs\u003c/a> for agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“USDA does not regulate greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector,” said Mirvat Sewadeh, a spokesperson for the United States Department of Agriculture. “Our climate strategy is farmer, rancher and landowner led and will ensure that rural America plays a key role in our transition to cleaner sources of energy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a problem, said Jamie Katz, staff attorney at the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability. The Biden administration is “failing to learn from the mistakes that California has made over the last decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And methane pollution continues. \u003ca href=\"https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/33/which-is-a-bigger-methane-source-cow-belching-or-cow-flatulence/#:~:text=Contrary%20to%20common%20belief%2C%20it%27s,as%20a%20by%2Dproduct.)\">Cows’ digestive tracts produce methane\u003c/a>, and the gas released by their belches is unregulated in California, which could \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2021-06/draft-2030-dairy-livestock-ch4-analysis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hinder future methane reductions\u003c/a>. And \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/california-satellite-partnership/california-methane-surveys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an aerial survey\u003c/a>\u003cem> \u003c/em>reported\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1720-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">massive plumes of methane\u003c/a> released by some landfills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, California’s climate regulators say there’s more progress ahead. State law requires \u003ca href=\"https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/organics/slcp\">diverting 75% of all rotting, methane-spewing organic waste\u003c/a> from landfills by 2025. California’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/carbon-mapper-launches-satellite-program-pinpoint-methane-and-co2-super-emitters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">air board announced a collaborative plan\u003c/a> to launch a flock of carbon-sniffing satellites to detect methane and other gases. More incentive-funded manure-digesters are expected to come online, and scientists are working to crack the problem of bovine belches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we need to do is really deploy more dairy digesters, cap more fugitive methane emissions, move off of fossil natural gas — which will hopefully reduce our fossil fugitive methane emissions as well,” said Matthew Botill, chief of the air board’s Industrial Strategies Division. “And doing that, over this next decade, is really pivotal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-protecting-forests-to-protect-climate\">Protecting forests to protect climate\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Ash Kalra, a Democrat from San José, says the state hasn’t gone far enough to address deforestation, including on an international scale. He sponsored a bill that would have \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB416\">required companies doing business with the state to certify their products were not harvested from areas where tropical deforestation occurred\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation passed but was vetoed by Newsom last month. Kalra said he welcomes the international pledges to end deforestation and attention to the problem but “we can do more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of countries make pledges, and you don’t see much follow-up. I’m not interested in pledges, I’m interested in action to save this planet,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Land use practices, including agriculture and burning forests for development, account for about \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/chapter/summary-for-policymakers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">23% of total annual greenhouse gas emissions\u003c/a>, according to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a circular problem: Burning forests to clear land releases carbon. And losing trees means losing their ability to pull carbon from the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California policymakers came to the same conclusion. \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/10.07.2020-EO-N-82-20-.pdf\">An executive order signed by Newsom last year\u003c/a> made it a priority to harness natural landscapes to promote biodiversity and “accelerate natural removal of carbon and build climate resilience in our forests … .”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative is still in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2019-06/draft-nwl-ip-040419.pdf\">draft form\u003c/a> but much of the focus is on forest loss through wildfires and will set goals for carbon storage in forests and soils.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/ca_ghg_wildfire_forestmanagement.pdf\">The state has increased its measurements\u003c/a> of both carbon stored — or sequestered — in California’s forests and the alarming increase in emissions from severe fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our challenge in California is to restore the health of our forests to enable them to be carbon sinks instead of carbon sources,” Crowfoot said.[aside tag=\"climate-change, cop26\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew D. Hurteau of the University of New Mexico has been studying forests in the southern Sierra Nevada, \u003ca href=\"http://www.hurteaulab.org/serdp.html\">measuring climate change and fire\u003c/a> and their impact on healthy forest function. His research has been used as the underpinning for much of California’s forest and fire management policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has a forest loss problem,” he said. “These significant tree-killing wildfire events are happening in the context of ongoing drought and high temperatures. It impedes the ability of new trees to grow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He modeled historical, low-severity burns that occurred every 17 years. Those moderate fires took out smaller trees and emitted carbon, but that was offset by the surviving larger trees, which absorbed the carbon from the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The big trees are where the carbon uptake happens,” Hurteau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the practice by fire agencies of thinning forests with low-intensity burns that target the removal of smaller trees achieves the twin goals of making forests more fire-resistant and maintaining their ability to store carbon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using forests and other lands to address the climate crisis is overdue, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve paid lip service to the role of natural systems in helping to regulate the climate,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was remarkable to be able to already have a great outline of a methane action plan,” National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy said at the international summit. “We can do this because of the work that has been done by everyone else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has long-standing rules tackling methane from landfills, the oil and gas industry, dairies and other major sources. But it’s also home to a large \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/regulatory-services/safety/pipeline-safety/aliso-canyon-well-failure\">natural gas storage facility that had a major leak\u003c/a> starting in 2015. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-helps-ensure-energy-reliability-for-southern-california\">State officials voted Thursday to increase natural gas storage at the facility while they evaluate how to shut it down.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/tables/ghg_inventory_sector_sum_2000-19ch4.pdf\">California’s methane emissions largely haven’t increased\u003c/a> over the past decade, but they also haven’t dropped significantly — signaling the challenge ahead for governments that signed on to the pledge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pledge from the U.N. nations “is sort of the lowest common denominator that you could get everyone to agree to,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.utexas.edu/facultystaff/faculty-directory/ravikumar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arvind Ravikumar\u003c/a>, an engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin. “That said, 30% does not mean it’s easy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to forests, California’s trees are losing their ability to store planet-warming carbon. The state’s forests are no longer burned or razed to clear land for agriculture, as is common in the Global North, but large tracts are burning nonetheless — from wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The role of nature has been underappreciated as a part of our climate solution,” California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world’s forests are burning up,” he said. “In the Southern Hemisphere it’s through a policy of land clearing. In California our forests are burning as a result of climate change or forest management.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11895332\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11895332 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-480337041-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"The silhouette of a pump against a yellowish smoggy-looking sky.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-480337041-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-480337041-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-480337041-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/GettyImages-480337041.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pumping jacks at dawn in an oil field over the Monterey shale formation near Lost Hills, California, in 2014. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-cows-and-landfills\">Cows and landfills\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Methane, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02287-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">key ingredient in natural gas\u003c/a>, is a shorter-lived but more powerful greenhouse gas than the more-infamous carbon dioxide. \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/US-Methane-Emissions-Reduction-Action-Plan-1.pdf\">It makes up about 10% of greenhouse gases that people pump out across the United States\u003c/a>, but accounts for \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/US-Methane-Emissions-Reduction-Action-Plan-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">about 30% of today’s warming\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s largely regulated by the federal government, except where states have stepped in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden’s new plans include \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/us-sharply-cut-methane-pollution-threatens-climate-and-public-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proposing a rule under the Clean Air Act\u003c/a> to cut methane pollution from new and existing oil and gas facilities, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/news/new-federal-regulations-add-more-400000-miles-gas-gathering-pipelines-under-federal-oversight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">finalizing another\u003c/a> that would increase oversight of certain natural gas pipelines. The White House also said \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/02/fact-sheet-president-biden-tackles-methane-emissions-spurs-innovations-and-supports-sustainable-agriculture-to-build-a-clean-energy-economy-and-create-jobs/\">state agencies would ramp up incentives\u003c/a> and other efforts to curb methane from landfills and agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-11/2021-oil-and-gas-proposal.-overview-fact-sheet.pdf\">Environmental Protection Agency’s draft oil and gas rule\u003c/a>, expected to be finalized \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/us-sharply-cut-methane-pollution-threatens-climate-and-public-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by the end of 2022\u003c/a>, is one more example of the regulatory whiplash that industries have faced over the past five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No sooner had President Barack \u003ca href=\"https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/05/12/administration-takes-historic-action-reduce-methane-emission-oil-and-gas-sector\">Obama finalized in 2016\u003c/a> the \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/05/12/obama-administration-announces-historic-new-regulations-for-methane-emissions-from-oil-and-gas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first-ever federal rules\u003c/a> to directly regulate methane from \u003ca href=\"https://archive.epa.gov/epa/newsreleases/epa-releases-first-ever-standards-cut-methane-emissions-oil-and-gas-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new and modified oil and gas sources\u003c/a>, than President \u003ca href=\"https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/cadc/17-1145/17-1145-2017-07-03.html\">Donald Trump’s administration began trying to undo them\u003c/a>. Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/climate/climate-change-methane.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">undid the Trump administration’s rollbacks\u003c/a> this year, and now even more stringent rules are set to take their place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/10/california-climate-change-conference-newsom/\">On methane, specifically for oil and gas companies, they have seen quite a bit of change in Washington\u003c/a>,” Lauren Sanchez, senior adviser to Gov. Gavin Newsom on climate, told CalMatters from Scotland. “What California brings is kind of a consistency in message and, for them, consistency in business direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Air Resources Board is still figuring out how the federal proposal and California’s existing methane rules overlap, said Carolyn Lozo, who leads the air board’s oil and gas and greenhouse gas mitigation branch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In many ways, the state methane rule has very similar controls to what the EPA proposal has,” said Lozo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the landmark \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/ab-32-global-warming-solutions-act-2006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Global Warming Solutions Act passed in 2006\u003c/a>, the state has adopted a number of methane policies: \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/landfill-methane-regulation/about\">rolling out\u003c/a> requirements for \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/barcu/regact/2009/landfills09/landfillfinalfro.pdf\">methane capture\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/ca-state-plan-landfills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">landfills\u003c/a>, increasing oversight and monitoring to prevent leaks \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in natural gas pipelines\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">storage facilities\u003c/a>, and setting a statewide target \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1383\">to cut methane pollution to 40% below 2013 levels by 2030\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/oil-and-gas-methane-regulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">air board adopted regulations\u003c/a> in 2017 requiring regular monitoring, leak detection and repair at both new and existing oil and gas facilities, and the setting of emissions standards and other requirements for certain oil and gas equipment. The rules expanded on a patchwork of existing policies to \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2019/08/f66/California_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prevent toxic compounds and gases escaping from wells\u003c/a> enacted by some air districts, which can also reduce methane emissions, Lozo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to dig down a little deeper and see, is there a delta? Is there a place that we need to shore up the state regulation?” Lozo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Slagle, a spokesperson for the influential Western States Petroleum Association, said it’s too soon to contrast California’s program and the yet-to-be finalized EPA rules, which he said they will review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Echoing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2021/11/02/epa-methane-regulations#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20support%20the%20direct%20regulation,reviewing%20it%20in%20its%20entirety.\">American Petroleum Institute\u003c/a>, he said, “We support the direct regulation of methane from new and existing sources and are committed to building on the progress we have achieved in reducing methane emissions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More controversial is \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/ghg-slcp-inventory\">California’s approach to regulating methane from the dairy industry\u003c/a>, which accounted for nearly half of the state’s methane emissions in 2013. California’s regulators tackle those emissions entirely with incentive programs, funding efforts to harness and convert methane emissions from manure into fuel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental justice groups say these incentives encourage the persistence of large-scale farming operations near communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer and ratepayer money into programs that benefit the factory farm and gas industries and that do not address either the air quality or water quality or climate crises impacting San Joaquin Valley residents,” said Phoebe Seaton, co-director of Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability. “It’s past time to take our dairy problem seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like California, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/US-Methane-Emissions-Reduction-Action-Plan-1.pdf\">Biden administration’s plans rely largely on voluntary incentive programs\u003c/a> for agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“USDA does not regulate greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector,” said Mirvat Sewadeh, a spokesperson for the United States Department of Agriculture. “Our climate strategy is farmer, rancher and landowner led and will ensure that rural America plays a key role in our transition to cleaner sources of energy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a problem, said Jamie Katz, staff attorney at the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability. The Biden administration is “failing to learn from the mistakes that California has made over the last decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And methane pollution continues. \u003ca href=\"https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/33/which-is-a-bigger-methane-source-cow-belching-or-cow-flatulence/#:~:text=Contrary%20to%20common%20belief%2C%20it%27s,as%20a%20by%2Dproduct.)\">Cows’ digestive tracts produce methane\u003c/a>, and the gas released by their belches is unregulated in California, which could \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2021-06/draft-2030-dairy-livestock-ch4-analysis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hinder future methane reductions\u003c/a>. And \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/california-satellite-partnership/california-methane-surveys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an aerial survey\u003c/a>\u003cem> \u003c/em>reported\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1720-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">massive plumes of methane\u003c/a> released by some landfills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, California’s climate regulators say there’s more progress ahead. State law requires \u003ca href=\"https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/organics/slcp\">diverting 75% of all rotting, methane-spewing organic waste\u003c/a> from landfills by 2025. California’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/carbon-mapper-launches-satellite-program-pinpoint-methane-and-co2-super-emitters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">air board announced a collaborative plan\u003c/a> to launch a flock of carbon-sniffing satellites to detect methane and other gases. More incentive-funded manure-digesters are expected to come online, and scientists are working to crack the problem of bovine belches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we need to do is really deploy more dairy digesters, cap more fugitive methane emissions, move off of fossil natural gas — which will hopefully reduce our fossil fugitive methane emissions as well,” said Matthew Botill, chief of the air board’s Industrial Strategies Division. “And doing that, over this next decade, is really pivotal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 id=\"h-protecting-forests-to-protect-climate\">Protecting forests to protect climate\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Ash Kalra, a Democrat from San José, says the state hasn’t gone far enough to address deforestation, including on an international scale. He sponsored a bill that would have \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB416\">required companies doing business with the state to certify their products were not harvested from areas where tropical deforestation occurred\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation passed but was vetoed by Newsom last month. Kalra said he welcomes the international pledges to end deforestation and attention to the problem but “we can do more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of countries make pledges, and you don’t see much follow-up. I’m not interested in pledges, I’m interested in action to save this planet,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Land use practices, including agriculture and burning forests for development, account for about \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/chapter/summary-for-policymakers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">23% of total annual greenhouse gas emissions\u003c/a>, according to the U.N. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This \u003ca href=\"https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/11/02/vanessa-nakate-climate-activism\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">story\u003c/a> originally appeared in \u003ca href=\"https://www.yesmagazine.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YES! magazine\u003c/a> and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I started reading Vanessa Nakate’s new book, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/a-bigger-picture/9780358654506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003cem>A Bigger Picture\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (HarperCollins 2021), I didn’t immediately understand the connection between the title and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/us-news-sally-buzbee-race-and-ethnicity-greta-thunberg-business-6a853a81f34164ab85713e68a889976d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the event that first introduced me\u003c/a> to the Ugandan climate activist. It was January 2020 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. She and four other youth activists were there to encourage attendees to take the climate crisis seriously. The five activists gave a press conference and posed for pictures. But when the Associated Press story came out, Nakate had been cropped from the photo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2019/09/Covering-Climate-Now-Logo.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2019/09/Covering-Climate-Now-Logo-160x160.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1947420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/09/Covering-Climate-Now-Logo-160x160.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/09/Covering-Climate-Now-Logo-800x799.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/09/Covering-Climate-Now-Logo-768x767.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/09/Covering-Climate-Now-Logo-1020x1019.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/09/Covering-Climate-Now-Logo.png 1116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003c/a>“As I looked at the image,” the 24-year-old Nakate writes in the introduction to her book, “it became impossible to ignore that of the five women who’d posed for that photo, I was the only one who wasn’t from Europe and the only one who was Black. They hadn’t just cropped me out, I realized. They’d cropped out a whole continent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So even though Nakate shares that she had felt great trepidation and timidity organizing climate strikes in the Ugandan capital of Kampala and attending international climate conferences in the previous year, it was this singular “error of judgement” and the resulting backlash that galvanized her resolve to act on climate justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being cropped out of that photo changed the course of my activism and my life,” she writes. “It reframed my thoughts about race, gender, equity, and climate justice; and it led to the words you’re now reading.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/bXH–TDGId8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authenticity of Nakate’s voice and her no-nonsense tone are among the many things I really appreciated about the 200-page memoir/manifesto on her fight to widen the metaphorical frame and bring more African voices into the global climate conversation. And it’s why I wanted to talk with her further. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, as has become customary for both journalism and climate organizing alike in 2021, she and I met on Zoom to talk about where her activism has taken her in 2021 and how she’s feeling as the much-anticipated global climate conference known as COP26 kicks off in Glasgow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For starters, I wanted to know how optimistic she was about COP26.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am not in the minds of leaders right now, but I want to really hope that they rise up for the people and the planet,” she says. “And I just hope that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/11/03/amanpour-vanessa-nakate-cop26-climate-crisis.cnn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">their words really match their actions\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align='right' size='small' citation='Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan climate activist']‘I think that every activist understands the solutions that they need in their communities. And they don’t really just understand these solutions, they implement them, regardless of how small or big their resources are.’[/pullquote]That’s one of her central criticisms of much of the global climate action—or inaction—she’s witnessed in her time as an activist: Leaders making promises about \u003ca href=\"https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/04/06/south-africa-sets-tighten-2030-emissions-target/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">going net-zero by 2050\u003c/a>, let’s say, but then turning around and continuing to extract fossil fuels or build new \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-21/s-africa-challenged-over-plans-for-new-coal-fired-power-plants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coal or gas power plants\u003c/a>. Because climate change is not some future inevitability for her. It’s her everyday experience in Kampala, on the continent facing some of the most brutal impacts of climate change—\u003ca href=\"https://www.unocha.org/southern-and-eastern-africa-rosea/cyclones-idai-and-kenneth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">violent cyclones\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/3/madagascar-is-on-brink-of-first-climate-induced-famine-un-warns#:~:text=The%20island%20nation%20of%20Madagascar,and%20wild%20leaves%20to%20survive.&text=Drought%20effects%20have%20also%20led,in%20the%20most%20populated%20provinces.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extreme drought\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54433904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive flooding\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://eos.org/articles/landslides-mar-the-pearl-of-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deadly landslides\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/locusts-africa-hunger-famine-covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">famine-inducing locusts\u003c/a>—while only having \u003ca href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contributed 3%\u003c/a> of global CO\u003csub>2\u003c/sub> emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The already-existing inequalities are fueled by the climate crisis, and this is leaving more Black people, more Indigenous communities, more people of color being exposed to these climate disasters,” Nakate tells me, “putting them on the front lines of these climate disasters, putting them at the front lines of air pollution, water pollution, putting them at the front lines of exploitation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In college, she started learning about climate change and realizing the massive economic and racial gap between those causing the crisis and those suffering from it. With this awareness, and the knowledge of how little it was being talked about in Uganda, she says she couldn’t \u003cem>not\u003c/em> do something about it. That’s also why she says we can’t talk about climate justice without talking about racial and gender justice—without talking to the people living on the front lines of this present climate crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And yet,” I ask her, “how many of those people on the front lines are going to be attending COP26?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her reply is frank, though not defeated: “While these communities are on the front lines of the climate crisis, they are, first of all, not on the front pages of the world’s newspapers. Their stories are not being told. … Their stories are not being amplified.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1977599\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/RS52389_GettyImages-1236271491-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/RS52389_GettyImages-1236271491-qut-800x480.jpg\" alt=\"Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon poses for a photograph during her meeting with climate activists Vanessa Nakate of Uganda and Greta Thunberg of Sweden, during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference on November 1, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The conference will run from 31 October for two weeks, finishing on 12 November. It was meant to take place in 2020 but was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1977599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/RS52389_GettyImages-1236271491-qut-800x480.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/RS52389_GettyImages-1236271491-qut-1020x612.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/RS52389_GettyImages-1236271491-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/RS52389_GettyImages-1236271491-qut-768x461.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/RS52389_GettyImages-1236271491-qut-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2021/11/RS52389_GettyImages-1236271491-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (C) poses for a photograph during her meeting with climate activists Vanessa Nakate (R) and Greta Thunberg during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference on November 1, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The conference will run from 31 October for two weeks, finishing on 12 November. It was meant to take place in 2020 but was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. \u003ccite>(Andy Buchanan - Pool/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And that, she says, is a problem for the climate crisis worldwide. The people in these communities aren’t just victims; they are also the ones actively surviving and adapting to disaster after human-caused climate disaster. So until their voices are included and elevated in climate conversations, the needed progress on climate action will remain out of reach. It’s one of the reasons Nakate felt compelled to write a book that would elevate the voices of African climate activists specifically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nakate very intentionally uses the word “yet” when she writes of the future she envisions: “We aren’t (yet) in the decision-making forums. We don’t (yet) make the rules or (yet) have the votes to determine whether to continue with fossil-fuel financing or change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she is actively works to change these facts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we recognize and see how the climate crisis really impacts women and girls in different parts of the world,” she tells me, “we should also recognize how powerful it would be to put more girls in school and ensure that more girls finished school, and how powerful it would be to empower more women, because in the end, it will give all of us a lifeline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/zkwEQPzNyeE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her book, Nakate discusses gender equity and the importance of access to education at length. She contrasts the way messages are received depending on who is delivering them: If a man stands up for something he believes in, he’s commanding; if a woman does the same, she’s considered irrational and shrill. A man expressing himself on a topic is considered passionate, whereas a woman doing the same is seen as bossy or overly emotional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Especially in Uganda, women and girls are encouraged to be silent, under the guise of maintaining their dignity and self-respect. Nakate knew she would receive pushback for going against this cultural norm, standing on busy street corners with handmade signs about stopping the climate crisis. And she did, both in person and on social media. People accused her of using her climate activism as a front for prostitution, finding a husband, or selling drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the harmful comments she’s received have only compelled her to continue her work toward gender equity (and block social media users more freely). That’s because Nakate believes equipping women and girls with the information, knowledge, and skills to handle climate issues will not only reduce existing inequalities, but will also help all of humanity reduce greenhouse gases and build climate resilience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why she dedicates much of her energy to a project supporting Ugandan schools by installing solar panels and clean cookstoves. Having electricity and clean air is life-changing for the students at these schools, especially female students. And she says it’s no accident that youth, and young women in particular, are leading many of the world’s climate justice movements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that every activist understands the solutions that they need in their communities,” Nakate tells me. “And they don’t really just understand these solutions, they implement them, regardless of how small or big their resources are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this way, she discounts moonshot climate solutions or future technologies that promise to almost magically offset past emissions, though at great cost. Instead, she focuses on current climate solutions that are “actionable, scalable, and holistic,” and aims to amplify actions taking place at the community level. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That’s one of her central criticisms of much of the global climate action—or inaction—she’s witnessed in her time as an activist: Leaders making promises about \u003ca href=\"https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/04/06/south-africa-sets-tighten-2030-emissions-target/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">going net-zero by 2050\u003c/a>, let’s say, but then turning around and continuing to extract fossil fuels or build new \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-21/s-africa-challenged-over-plans-for-new-coal-fired-power-plants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coal or gas power plants\u003c/a>. Because climate change is not some future inevitability for her. It’s her everyday experience in Kampala, on the continent facing some of the most brutal impacts of climate change—\u003ca href=\"https://www.unocha.org/southern-and-eastern-africa-rosea/cyclones-idai-and-kenneth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">violent cyclones\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/3/madagascar-is-on-brink-of-first-climate-induced-famine-un-warns#:~:text=The%20island%20nation%20of%20Madagascar,and%20wild%20leaves%20to%20survive.&text=Drought%20effects%20have%20also%20led,in%20the%20most%20populated%20provinces.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extreme drought\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54433904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive flooding\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://eos.org/articles/landslides-mar-the-pearl-of-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deadly landslides\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/locusts-africa-hunger-famine-covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">famine-inducing locusts\u003c/a>—while only having \u003ca href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contributed 3%\u003c/a> of global CO\u003csub>2\u003c/sub> emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The already-existing inequalities are fueled by the climate crisis, and this is leaving more Black people, more Indigenous communities, more people of color being exposed to these climate disasters,” Nakate tells me, “putting them on the front lines of these climate disasters, putting them at the front lines of air pollution, water pollution, putting them at the front lines of exploitation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In college, she started learning about climate change and realizing the massive economic and racial gap between those causing the crisis and those suffering from it. With this awareness, and the knowledge of how little it was being talked about in Uganda, she says she couldn’t \u003cem>not\u003c/em> do something about it. That’s also why she says we can’t talk about climate justice without talking about racial and gender justice—without talking to the people living on the front lines of this present climate crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And yet,” I ask her, “how many of those people on the front lines are going to be attending COP26?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her reply is frank, though not defeated: “While these communities are on the front lines of the climate crisis, they are, first of all, not on the front pages of the world’s newspapers. 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We don’t (yet) make the rules or (yet) have the votes to determine whether to continue with fossil-fuel financing or change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she is actively works to change these facts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we recognize and see how the climate crisis really impacts women and girls in different parts of the world,” she tells me, “we should also recognize how powerful it would be to put more girls in school and ensure that more girls finished school, and how powerful it would be to empower more women, because in the end, it will give all of us a lifeline.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/zkwEQPzNyeE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/zkwEQPzNyeE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In her book, Nakate discusses gender equity and the importance of access to education at length. She contrasts the way messages are received depending on who is delivering them: If a man stands up for something he believes in, he’s commanding; if a woman does the same, she’s considered irrational and shrill. A man expressing himself on a topic is considered passionate, whereas a woman doing the same is seen as bossy or overly emotional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Especially in Uganda, women and girls are encouraged to be silent, under the guise of maintaining their dignity and self-respect. Nakate knew she would receive pushback for going against this cultural norm, standing on busy street corners with handmade signs about stopping the climate crisis. And she did, both in person and on social media. People accused her of using her climate activism as a front for prostitution, finding a husband, or selling drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the harmful comments she’s received have only compelled her to continue her work toward gender equity (and block social media users more freely). 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