Brazil floods: Dam collapses and death toll rises in Rio Grande do Sul
"A hydroelectric dam has collapsed in southern Brazil after days of heavy rains that triggered massive flooding, killing more than 30 people.
Climate catastrophe news. This is a before and after of the Brazilian State of Rio Grande del Sul, following four days of relentless torrential rain.
However, in better news, Rishi Sunak's climate policy has been declared unlawful by the High Court this morning (via Adam Bienkov of Byline, see tweet). I'll post the link to the judgment when it surfaces.
Report: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/03/britain-climate-action-plan-unlawful-high-court
The Brazilian government has an ambitious proposal – for an annual global tax levied at 2% on the wealth of the world’s billionaires. The French economist Gabriel Zucman has been asked to draw up a detailed plan for how a billionaire wealth tax would work ready for a meeting of G20 finance ministers in July.
Massive flood disaster in Brazil today with water rescues. The people standing on this building appear to have been swept downstream in later frames of this video... #Brazil#flood#disaster#RioGrandeoSul#ExtremeWeather
As someone from #Brazil, seeing how much influence the #SocialMedia (actually #advertising ) companies are exerting over social/political/economic themes with little to no accountability, the concept seems appealing.
Also, we have a gigantic talent pool and a lot of human potential strangled by this very centralization in Silicon Valley that steals talent away from the country or suppresses local competition.
> As the fortunes of the super-rich soar, a proposed annual levy of 2% could offer a corrective – and they will fight it tooth and nail, says the Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott
Valuable 1823 edition of Johann von Spix's “Simiarum et vespertilionum Brasiliensium species novae” was just recovered in London 16 years after being stolen from the Goeldi Museum's rare books collection. This important work is famous for its descriptions and drawings of the monkeys of Brazil as well as other plants and animals then considered new to science.
🌍 Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce the launch of the FOSS4G 2024 website 🚀. Join us this December in Belém do Pará for the ultimate geospatial open source event. Stay tuned for updates and get ready to explore the world of geospatial technology! 🗺️ #FOSSG2024#foss4g#osgeo#gis#geo#brazil
International police are finally tracking down the thieves who stole a cache of rare books worth nearly $1 million from the Goeldi Museum in Brazil in 2008, and returning these precious historical works to the museum.
This year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots environmental champions have been announced. There are 7 winners:
Marcel Gomes from #Brazil
Murrawah Maroochy Johnson from #Australia
Alok Shukla from #India
Teresa Vicente from #Spain
Andrea Vidaurre from the #US
Sinegugu Zukulu and Nonhle Mubuthuma from #SouthAfrica
It is heartening to see what these ordinary people have achieved.