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Oxfordshire Waste Partnership newsletter
With OWP soon to be closing down, view the penultimate newsletter from what has been a real driving force for waste action across the county:
http://iliffe.portalconstructor.co.uk/oxfordshirewastepartnership-newsletter/home.asp?RecipientID=45914&editionID=5487&r=48947

The IPCC report  - and vulnerable people
The new International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, published this week, is clear.  the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world are already being hardest hit by climate change and will in the future; climate change that is caused predominately by burning fossil fuels.
Their press release is here:
http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5-tools/IPCC_WG2AR5_PressRelease.pdf
A more detailed summary is here
http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/IPCC_WG2AR5_SPM_Approved.pdf
The ever-excellent Climate Progress site has an excellent report:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/30/3420723/climate-breakdown-of-food-systems/
You might want to check this one out while you’re there:
“out of all 10,855 climate studies published in peer-review journals during 2013, only two of them explicitly rejected anthropogenic global warming”: that’s 0.02%......  99.98% in favour
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/27/3419542/climate-science-vs-climate-politics-graphic/
It is very clear from this work just how far climate change will increasingly harm the most vulnerable people. FoE have extracted some useful quotes:
Extreme weather – “climate-change-related risks from extreme events, such as heat waves, extreme precipitation, and coastal flooding, are already moderate and high with 1°C additional warming. Risks are unevenly distributed and are generally greater for disadvantaged people and communities in countries at all levels of development.”
Food – “climate change has negatively affected wheat and maize yields for many regions and in the global aggregate” whilst further climate change brings “risk of food insecurity and the breakdown of food systems linked to warming, drought, flooding, and precipitation variability and extremes, particularly for poorer populations in urban and rural settings”.
Water – further climate change brings “risk of loss of rural livelihoods and income due to insufficient access to drinking and irrigation water and reduced agricultural productivity, particularly for farmers and pastoralists with minimal capital in semi-arid regions.”
Health – “Throughout the 21st century, climate change is expected to lead to increases in ill-health in many regions and especially in developing countries with low income, as compared to a baseline without climate change.”
Fisheries – “Risk of loss of marine and coastal ecosystems, biodiversity, and the ecosystem goods, functions, and services they provide for coastal livelihoods, especially for fishing communities in the tropics and the Arctic”
The environmental injustice angle becomes more clear when we look at the causes. Research published last year found that 90 companies are responsible for two-thirds of polluting greenhouse gases; all but seven of these are oil and gas industries.
FoE have prepared a briefing on the 10 key environmental injustices that have been identified by the IPCC Working Group 2 report.
https://www.foe.co.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/climate-change-impacts-environmental-justice-46107.pdf
Some of this is taken from a FoE blog on ‘Time to get Angry’
http://www.foe.co.uk/blog/time-get-angry-about-climate-change
It is time to ask: why do the bosses of the fossil fuel companies get honoured by the establishment rather than face justice for their role in worsening climate change?

Work with BBOWT

Your local wildlife trust (BBOWT) are looking for enthusiastic individuals who have a keen interest in wildlife to recruit new members to the trust in your local area. We are looking for people across the three counties; Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. BBOWT members are the lifeblood of our organisation, providing almost 50% of our annual income. It is thanks to our members that we are able to keep doing the work we do to protect local wildlife!

We find this is a perfect position for someone looking to earn some extra cash in the evenings and weekends whilst promoting something they believe in. The job description is attached, please contact me if you have any questions or would like an application form.

Adela Moore, Membership Recruitment Manager (Door to Door), Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust, 01865 775476 ext. 228

Bonus - the evolution of the bicycle in 67 seconds

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