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SiR_GameZaloT

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SiR_GameZaloT, to pakistan
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Well referenced article by a thinktank based in summarizing the mechanism for derived food inflation being observed in the country.

Doesn't add anything new except the fact none of the listed issues are predictions - they are observations and cited.

is here, and as in the Global North, farmers/gardeners can see it clearly, but the rest barely.

https://pide.org.pk/research/the-silent-crisis-how-climate-change-is-driving-food-inflation-in-pakistan/

SiR_GameZaloT, to pakistan
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As usual, enforcing capitalists' debts over by forcing over a stricken country, while (2 years on) promised funds by international banks remain stunts.

'..why there has been a delay, Mr Ye said that the amount pledged was for reconstruction.. "..the new climate risk profile and the possibility that these areas may be flooded again,”...'

No shit sherlock!

https://www.dawn.com/news/1833000/adb-links-support-with-imfs-clean-chit

SiR_GameZaloT, to climate
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Editorial in Dawn - Pakistan's oldest English Daily:

"The writing is on the wall. The time for incremental steps is over. The scale of the challenge requires bold, decisive actions that reflect the urgency of the moment."

https://www.dawn.com/news/1830280

SiR_GameZaloT, to climate
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"n K-P, the consequences of and are evident in the changing of the season, which now falls at a time when the cash crop, a speciality of Charsadda, is to be cultivated."

".. unusual rains .. destroyed approximately 80 per cent of the fruit’s crop, leaving farmers in a deplorable state... "

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2464344/strawberry-production-suffers-due-to-climate-change

junesim63, to climate
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Today’s Resolution Foundation report 'Electric Dreams' highlights the effect continuing high interest rates will have on Britain's green transition. The Bank of England should take note.
#ClimateEmergency #Energy #Inflation #InterestRates #UKPolitics #Economics

Higher interest rates could add Β£29 billion to household energy bills so Britain needs a plan to deliver an energy investment surge that protects lower income households β€’ Resolution Foundation
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/press-releases/higher-interest-rates-could-add-29-billion-to-household-energy-bills-so-britain-needs-a-plan-to-deliver-an-energy-investment-surge-that-protects-lower-income-households/

SiR_GameZaloT,
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@junesim63 this article by a researcher from the University of Bath makes a similar point for , but less toned-down

The gist is, the way capitalism (finance) is structured is making sure no renewables transition occurs, despite a fall in generation costs. The solution is gov led and funded transition

The only difference is the can afford either path, but Pak can only afford green

https://paktodon.asia/

SiR_GameZaloT, (edited ) to pakistan
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Understanding 's electricity conundrum

"The β€˜rooftop conundrum’ is another issue, where increased tariffs have spurred demand for rooftop panels, leading to a decline in demand from the national grid.

...contribute to the β€˜capacity payment conundrum’, ..purchasing agreements obligate the gov to make payments even when plants are not generating electricity."

https://www.dawn.com/news/1825812


SiR_GameZaloT, to pakistan
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Brilliant article on the challenges facing transition to renewables, and why its unlikely

"while the cost of renewable power is now lower than that of fossil fuels, renewables are not a profitable business. The particularities of the .. market structure are the causal factors here... Making sure that capital gets its pound of flesh has crippled the country."

https://www.dawn.com/news/1828292/rethinking-renewables

SiR_GameZaloT,
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Continuing the theme - why despite hitting 's rooftop target half a decade early the Gov is being forced to somehow put brakes on the renewables transition.

" this rapid growth in rooftop solar is creating costs that have to be passed on to poorer segments of the population"

1/2

https://www.dawn.com/news/1832368/the-net-metering-dead-end

SiR_GameZaloT,
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2/2

The writer pins the blame on bureaucracy simply following policy/agreements, but like Ms Amirali's articles clarifies in the previous post "the capitalists want their pound of flesh" - this cost that was previously spread among the entire nation is increasingly being left for the poorer segments to pay, the ones who can't afford solar panels themselves, doubling their energy expenses.

While defending the profit interests of the financiers, the Gov is able to deploy this very valid excuse.

Snoro, to conservative
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Breakingviews: UAE is timely reminder of climate plan B urgency

a robust response by the UAE government may have some spillover benefits for an oft-neglected subsection of the fight against global climate change.
UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) is unlikely to dismiss the heaviest rainfall in his country for 75 years as a one-off

https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/uae-is-timely-reminder-climate-plan-b-urgency-2024-04-18/

SiR_GameZaloT,
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@Snoro fingers crossed on this

's raison d'Γͺtre is to provide a Stable Safe haven for tourism investment and hub for international travel

ends it all. In the minds of the Emirati Sheikhs, this single event is akin to Losing Everything Overnight

With their penchant for trying anything, and deep pockets, I hope they pivot to team instead of team denial

Winning over a Petrostate awash in Cash+PR would be a coup for the Climate movement

SiR_GameZaloT, to Dubai
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Desert city of flooded.

This wasn't cheap or poorly designed infrastructure, Dubai is too vast and has too many drainage channels for it to be an infrastructure problem

Dubai received over 200mm/9inches of rain in less than 24hrs. That more rain than some monsoons

Dubai is also a DESERT

is real.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/dubai-floods-uae-rainfall-weather-forecast

On the other side of the Arabian Sea, is facing currently floods as well

SiR_GameZaloT,
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@InayaShujaat conspiracy theorists have been going on about weather modification since the 80s

Was pretty big in Pakistan & middle east (dubai included) back in 2000s

Its baseless. The news orgs are just indulging in clickbait by using it

UAE has been using cloud seeding for the past decade, with mixed to no results.

You would need a fleet of atleast a few thousand or more aircraft flying 24/7 to drop 10,000s of tonnes of salt, and even then it would be a 50-50 shot for such a heavy storm.

SiR_GameZaloT, to solar
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Buying and installing Panels in is almost 50% cheaper compared to the

Even factoring in the currency, inflation,& excluding labour/installation costs in UK

With NO state credits or supports or financing

Having seen both, I can safely say alone has more solar installations than all of

No kidding when people question why is UK a "developed" country...

SiR_GameZaloT,
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@vfrmedia the new "Lahore Masterplan 2025" has provisions for only approving building permits if they have green roofs or solar installations.

has had active net-metering systems in place since 2011. Once solar efficiency hit high enough to make smaller installations worthwhile, the market exploded and the time lag for fully connected net-metered connections went from within 1 week to just over a month currently due to demand, mostly due to a shortage of smart net-meters.

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SiR_GameZaloT,
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@vfrmedia

You can install your system and use it as long as your application has been submitted and is in line. If its rejected (unlikely because the installers do such a good job of following codes), you get a grace period of making the necessary changes to correct the deficiencies, but there is no concept of a single outright rejection - its Gov policy to get as many panels up as possible.

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SiR_GameZaloT, to TeslaMotors
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"The BYD Group of China has recently announced its entry into the passenger vehicle market in Pakistan in collaboration with Mega Conglomerate Pvt Ltd, the parent company of Hub Power and Haleeb Foods."

https://www.dawn.com/news/1827302/new-players-eye-pakistans-growing-hybrid-electric-vehicles-market

lzg, to random
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    SiR_GameZaloT,
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    @lzg hi, perspective from

    Back in 2011,Gov decided to distribute laptops to the top performing kids in each public school. They did factor in some of the families might sell those laptops immediately, but they also provided free wifi for ALL students outside schools+unis+major transport hubs.

    10 years now, every single professional coder in the country either has a friend or themselves got into IT only because of the laptop. Some families still use their decade old laptops today.

    SiR_GameZaloT,
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    @lzg the "laptop scheme" faced crazy amounts of criticism even back then. But now its mostly gone.

    It single handedly gave a growing IT sector inspite almost a total lack of the subject in public schools and colleges back then.

    And these kids have now spurred much more development in the form of IT institutes and subjects across the board, as demand for both jobs and computer literacy have increased.

    No critics of the policy now, in fact theres demand for another round lol

    emilymbender, to random
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    Must-read reporting by +972 on how the IDF are using β€œAI” in their indiscriminate murder in Gaza. It’s horrific, and we must not look away. And it’s an absolute nightmare of the usual sorts of AI harms cranked up to the extreme: mass surveillance, "we don't have any choice but to automate", AI as pretext for deadly violence.

    https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/

    SiR_GameZaloT,
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    @emilymbender "AI" is the new "shell coorporation" for all those who want to shun responsibility for outright illegal or socially unpalatable actions.

    Sexism? "The AI picked the best"
    Racism? "The AI did that, its naive"
    Genocide? "The AI chose the targets"

    SiR_GameZaloT, to pakistan
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    " could face up to 30-35 per cent water shortages during the upcoming kharif cropping season starting April 1. This could negatively affect some of the key cash crops like and revive inter-provincial controversy over water allocations."

    Most of the article deals with water sharing and canal and power generation, but does devote one or two paragraphs to the actual culprit - low precipitation

    https://www.dawn.com/news/1824769/kharif-crops-likely-to-face-35pc-water-shortages

    ChrisMayLA6, to random
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    You'll be less than shocked to discover that research indicates support for striking nurses & doctors in the NHS is more likely among 'nonconservative voters, individuals leaning towards left-wing politics & those with greater trust in the NHS'!

    Its likely that the Tories have calculated playing hardball on the strikes would (does) play well (better) with their supporters & is politically a low risk strategy.

    The Q. is will an election change things?

    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nin.12637

    SiR_GameZaloT,
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    @ChrisMayLA6 I think hes trying to go Thatcher on the striking NHS: get workers to replace them. Except it was impossible to do as nurses and docs need years of training, you cant just replace them on a whim

    Then Conservatives found 2 ways of doing that:

    Doctors and GPs are being replaced by underqualified "Physician's Associates" across the NHS

    And just announced importing 2000 fresh junior docs from India, despite thousands already being underemployed here due to a lack of funding at trusts

    ChrisMayLA6, to Health
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    Perhaps unsurprisingly, satisfaction with the NHS as measured in the British Social Attitudes survey has sunk further in 2023, with now 24% satisfied (down from 29% in 2022 & from over 50% in 2020).

    Strikes, Covid & the ongoing crisis are all likely causes... but behind that lies the Tory's wrecking of the health service.

    Nearly half of those surveyed thought taxes should be raised to tackle the funding shortage across the NHS (implicitly recognising its a funding issue).

    SiR_GameZaloT,
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    @ChrisMayLA6 imagine your company officially adopts a policy of "not paying for overtime" anymore because it "cant afford to". But staff are still expected to fill those hours covering colleagues who retired/caught covid/burnt out/quit, because if they dont, people die.

    Imagine the immense pressure that puts on you, on top of all the demanding emotional work you need to put in looking after people at their most vulnerable.

    Every NHS trust is either implementing or considering a form of this.

    junesim63, to BBC
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    "More than 50 victims of Islamist-inspired terror attacks have signed a joint letter against what they describe as anti-Muslim hate.

    They warn it is "irresponsible" for some politicians to equate extremists with "the vast majority of British Muslims who deplore such violence".

    Now read the headline. I got the absolute opposite impression. Good old BBC never fails...

    Attack victims hit out at extremism in open letter - BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68526577

    SiR_GameZaloT,
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    @junesim63 BBC is the only major international publication I have come across that stubbornly refuses to tone down its biased reporting on the siege of .

    Will NEVER mention Palestinian "casualties" without also adding "according to the HAMAS-run health ministry".

    Like every single mention.

    Even if it makes absolutely no sense including the term in the sentence.

    Most others have switched from a war-reporting narrative to a humanitarian disaster narrative.

    Not the

    SiR_GameZaloT, (edited ) to climate
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    Shameless self-promotion:

    Watching the makes me so proud of our last month

    On one hand, you have billionaires burning 1000 tons of carbon to fly into an airport granted "international status" to accommodate so many private jets, for a multi-day bash that will release even more CO2 into our atmosphere

    On the other hand, Risham & I went up against centuries of tradition to have a one day themed , winning friends&fam over to the cause
    πŸ₯°

    SiR_GameZaloT, (edited )
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    For people interested, here are links:

    Website: https://climatewedding.com

    Wedding newspaper: https://rishamwaseem.com/newspaper

    Mastodon Thread: https://paktodon.asia/

    Blog post by a local news channel: https://arynews.tv/climate-change-themed-wedding-in-pakistan-viral/

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