Newsletter XIX 2022 |
May 05th to 12th
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Nuclear Power Accidents
This PDF file contains a list of known incidents from the various areas of the civil and military nuclear industry. Some of this information only came to the public in a roundabout way...
Excerpt for this month:
1 May 1968 (INES 4 NAMS 4,6) nuclear factory Sellafield, GBR
1 May 1962 (French nuclear test "Beryl") In Ecker, FRA
2 May 1967 (INES 4) Chapelcross, GBR
4 May 1986 (INES 0 Class.?) THTR 300, DEU
7 May 2007 (INES 1) Philipsburg, DEU
7 May 1966 (INES 4) Research Institute RIAR, Melekess, USSR
11. to 13. May 1998 (5 nuclear bomb tests) Pokhran, IND
11 May 1969 (INES 5 NAMS 2,3) Rocky Flats, USA
12 May 1988 (INES 2) Civaux, FRA
13 May 1978 (INES ? Class.?) AVR Jülich, DEU
18 May 1974 (1st Indian atomic bomb test) Pokhran, IND
21 May 1946 (INES 4) Fatal accident in Los Alamos, USA
22 May 1981 (INES 3) nuclear factory La Hague, FRA
22 May 1968 (Broken Arrow) USS Scorpion sank sw. of the Azores, USA
24 May 1958 (INES ? Class.?) NRU ChalkRiver, CAN
25 May 2009 (2nd North Korean atomic bomb test) Punggye-ri, PRK
26 May 1971 (INES 4 Class.?) Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, USSR
27 May 1956 (US atomic bomb tests) Eniwetok and Bikini, USA
28. to 30. May 1998 (6 Pakistani nuclear bomb tests) Ras Koh, PAH
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12. May
RWE earns more thanks to renewable energy
The energy group RWE started the current year with a surge in profits. Mainly thanks to the expansion of capacities in the renewable energies business and the more favorable weather, the Dax group earned significantly more both operationally and on the bottom line.
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Nuclear power: South Korea says goodbye to nuclear phase-out
In the fight against climate change and for more energy security, the new South Korean government wants to rely on nuclear power, unlike its predecessor.
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Energy transition | Citizen Energy | wind | Solar | renewable
The pioneers of the energy transition
For the energy transition, Germany must quickly expand solar and wind energy. The most successful assistants could be those that have been slowed down for a long time: citizens' initiatives.
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Russia | Natural gas | gas transit | Ukraine
Made blackmailable
Gas transit via Ukraine to the EU
It amazed many in the West in the first weeks of the Russo-Ukrainian war that Russian gas transit through Ukraine continued unabated despite all the bombs. But it wasn't that surprising: Ukraine was only a transit country, which derived a claim to transit fees from its geographical location. The goods came from Russia, payment was expected from Western Europe.
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Inside the War Machine: Nuclear Escalation?
Opinion The logic of escalation that the West has accepted is becoming more and more of a problem. How heavy should the weapons we supply be?
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12 May 1988 - (INES first 1 then 2 ...) - Civaux NPP, FRA
The Civaux-1 pressurized water reactor was shut down for five days when, during start-up tests, a 25 cm diameter pipe of the main residual heat removal system ruptured and a large leak (30.000 liters per hour) occurred in the primary cooling circuit. The reactor core must be continuously cooled, even when shut down, to dissipate the significant amount of residual heat from the fuel. It took nine hours to isolate the leak and achieve a stable situation. An 18 cm long crack was found at a weld and 300 m3 of primary coolant had leaked into the reactor building. Prior to the incident, the reactor block had only been in operation for six months at a maximum of 50% capacity. The operator EDF suggested classifying the event as level 1 on the INES scale, but the safety authorities opted for level 2.
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11. May
Putin war | United States | weapons shipments | Natural gas
Putin's war gives the US advantages over Europe
In particular, the direct and indirect consequences of the sanctions give the USA considerable competitive advantages worldwide.
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Russia | gas transit | Ukraine
"Stolen Gas" Causes Transit Disruption - Dtek
(Montel) Ukraine has halted gas flows in Sokhranovka amid allegations that pro-Russian separatists in the Russian-held territories stole gas for their own use, a source at Ukraine's Dtek said on Wednesday.
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How is the protest going, Susanne Egli?
With visually powerful mass actions, Extinction Rebellion tries to evoke emotions and open people's eyes about the climate crisis.
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"Ecology without class struggle is just gardening"
Can the fight for the environment bring together the current social and economic conflicts?
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11. to 13. May 1998 - 5 atomic bomb tests - Pokhran, IND
Wikipedia
Pokhran, Rajasthan nuclear test site.
Although the nuclear tests in May 1998 were always justified with reference to the Chinese threat, India's primary aim with the tests is probably to upgrade its international status and try to underpin its equal status with China ...
Pokhran II Test series Operation Shakti
The Pokhran II tests were a series of five nuclear tests conducted by India in May 1998 at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Site. It was the second nuclear test conducted by India; the first test, codenamed Smiling Buddha, was conducted in May 1974.
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Pokhran-II consisted of five detonations, the first of which was a fusion bomb, while the remaining four were fission bombs. Testing began on May 11, 1998, under the assigned codename Operation Shakti, with the detonation of one fusion and two fission bombs. On May 13, 1998, two more fission bombs were detonated...
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator
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11 May 1969 - (INES 5 | NAMS 2,3) - Rocky Flats, United States
Wikipedia
Rocky Flats - Plutonium factory near Denver
Rocky Flats was a nuclear facility of the US nuclear weapons program in the state of Colorado about 30 kilometers from Denver. Components for nuclear weapons were manufactured here, especially plutonium triggers for detonating the much more powerful hydrogen bombs, which were delivered to the Pantex Plant for final assembly. Approximately 1953 of these Pu cores were made between 1989 and 70.000, leaving the environment with radioactive dust containing plutonium. The plant was operated by Dow Chemical from 1953 to 1975 and managed by Rockwell International from 1975 until it closed in 1989.
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On May 11, 1969, the fire also started in a glove box, which spread from building 776 to neighboring building 777 along the boxes connected with a conveyor belt. In contrast to the 1957 fire, the air filter banks were no longer cellulose-based and therefore flammable, but made of fiberglass and largely withstood the fire. Therefore, the plutonium emission estimate was significantly lower: 0,14 g to 0,9 g (median 0,3 g)...
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10. May
New WMO climate report
Unstoppable on the way to 1,5 degrees
There are increasing signs that climate change is accelerating: The World Meteorological Organization warns today that the threshold for global warming of 1,5 degrees Celsius could be exceeded within the next five years.
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Russia | Ukraine War | weapons shipments
Where is the loud no to armament?
The first, albeit most difficult, way to resolve the conflict is still: Lay down your arms!
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German environmental aid calls for accessibility for fish too:
Small hydropower plants should no longer be subsidised
• Regulations on small hydropower in the Renewable Energy Sources Act must be tightened up
• Small plants cause more harm than good
• No subsidies for hydroelectric power plants up to 1.000 kilowatts; Investments must not be in the "overriding public interest".
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Solar | pump storage | Storage
sun raises water:
Europe's largest solar pumped storage power plant goes online
The Alqueva reservoir with the attached pumped storage power plant has one more green attraction. 12.000 floating solar panels will generate electricity from the sun and help raise the water.
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EEG 2023: Agri-PV systems on grassland after all?
The generation of solar power on grassland remains controversial. The Agriculture Committee of the Federal Council now wants to take photovoltaic systems on grassland into account and include some of them in the funding of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG).
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09. May
Russia | Ukraine War | United States
Is an escalation in Ukraine part of US strategy?
Russia/USA The USA is supporting Ukraine with a huge Lend-Lease program. A lend-lease program also preceded the USA's entry into the war in 1941. Is history repeating itself?
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Criticism of German media: They avoid backgrounds
Current study examines reporting on the deployment of the Bundeswehr in Mali. The media is limited to agency reports and state propaganda. There is hardly any background research.
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Citizen solar park Bundorf in Bavaria
Articles of incorporation for 125 MW project by Max Solar
Traunstein - The Bavarian solar company Max Solar GmbH is planning what is currently the largest citizen solar project in Germany in Bundorf in the district of Hassberge in Lower Franconia.
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Greenhouse gas | Methane | Farmer | Cattle breeding | Natural gas
Steep rise in greenhouse gases
Methane will rise faster than ever in 2021 - why is the concentration of the gas so high?
Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas in human-caused climate change. The US Atmospheric Administration's report on methane concentrations is all the more disturbing. In 2021, it rose more than at any time since records began. The climate impact of each individual molecule is around 30 times greater than that of CO2.
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Climate change | Ocean | Temperature | Weather
Oceans are losing their memory
Climate change reduces the stability and self-similarity of sea temperatures
Uncertain future: Due to climate change, the world's oceans are in danger of losing their memory - the inertia and self-similarity that has so far characterized the reaction of the oceans to climate influences. As a result, sea temperatures could fluctuate more and more unpredictably in the coming decades, as researchers predict in the journal Science Advances. This could become a problem for weather forecasts, climate forecasts and the marine ecosystem.
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08. May
Climate killer | Methane | Natural gas | fossil
Climate killer methane from gas infrastructure:
Help, one, two, many leaks!
The gas industry is climate-friendly. However, a survey shows that there are completely unnecessary emissions of greenhouse gases in their supply chain.
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Energy transition | Climate protection | Nature
Of trees, porpoises and red kites
Safe roads, energy transition and climate protection would be so easy if nature didn't always torpedo people's efforts. A bill due.
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Russia | Ukraine War | Hunger
war and famine
The bombs fall, prices rise
Russia bombards granaries, fields and ports. A global hunger catastrophe is thus further aggravated - and agricultural corporations earn a lot. It has long been clear what needs to be done differently.
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Thinking of the Ukraine war from the end
The slogan "Whoever gives in to a blackmailer encourages him" is widespread. What are the implications?
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open spaces | Solar | renewable | Energy transition
Are ground-mounted photovoltaic systems worthwhile for farmers?
The desire for independence from Russia's oil and gas is giving a boost to the expansion of renewable energies. But some, like the ground-mounted systems, are controversial. Are they worthwhile for farmers? We asked two experts from BBV LandSiedlung: managing director Andreas Huber and consultant Christian Willms.
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Four years after leaving
US return to nuclear talks on the brink
In view of the faltering talks about reviving the nuclear agreement, the European negotiator in Iran wants to try to get closer. In the US, meanwhile, hopes are fading.
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07. May
"Zelenskyj is just as responsible for the war. He wanted war!"
Lula's May in Brazil: Pinpricks against Biden, the American war in Ukraine, and the overly simplistic narrative
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Ukraine War | weapons shipments
Creating peace – but how?
77 years of peace - what a gift!
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Power failure | Emergency power supply | Blackout
Comprehensive power failure and municipal emergency power supply
Blackout prevention: municipal concepts are coming into focus again. Private consumers must take precautions themselves
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Wind energy: more speed required
If the energy and climate goals are to be achieved, the construction of wind turbines must be accelerated considerably
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Energy transition | fossil | renewable
Green energies:
This is how Germany can achieve the energy transition
The Ukraine war, the climate crisis and rising energy prices show that Germany must become independent of fossil fuels. Professor Quaschning explains how this can work.
The video on the topic - ZDF plan b: Without oil and gas
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07 May 2007 - (INES first 1 then 2 ...) - Philipsburg NPP
On May 7, 2007, the containment was not properly closed after an overhaul "because the limit switch was not switched exactly". A valve was open on both sides of the security lock (INES level 1).
Wikipedia Philipsburg NPP
Reportable event 07/2001: Levels in the flood tanks too low
As part of an inspection, it was found that for years after inspections and other shutdowns, the reactor had been run at subcritical temperatures without all the flood tanks of the emergency and residual heat removal system having the necessary filling level, so that emergency cooling in accordance with the operating manual was not provided during startup in the subcritical state was. This represents a gross violation of the safety regulations, which was already the norm during the revisions of previous years and also practice in other plants. As a result of the investigations, the operating manual had to be made more precise. As with the June 2001 event, this event was also reported by the operator with level N (normal report). This reporting as a level N event was irregular. Level S (immediate notification) would have been correct. An INES officer rated the event as Level 2 ...
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07 May 1966 - (INES 3-4) - Melekess - RIAR Research Institute
Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (RIAR) The institute owns eight nuclear reactors. All reactors are experimental research reactors. The institute has mainly been dealing with the problem of nuclear energy since the 1950s.
The worst incident to date occurred in the VK-50. On May 7, 1966, a power excursion by fast neutrons occurred. The shift supervisor got a high dose of radioactivity...
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06. May
Heat wave in India and Pakistan as (further) climate warning
India and Pakistan are currently suffering from extreme heat. In this update you will learn how heat waves are linked to climate change and why some heat waves are even overlooked.
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dependence on Russia
Why is nobody talking about uranium for nuclear power plants?
The EU member states should get rid of coal, oil and ideally also gas from Russia. One topic remains conspicuously under the radar: uranium for nuclear power plants.
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How climate change is changing the Gulf Stream
does it flow Doesn't it flow? The Gulf Stream is moving slower than it has in a thousand years. Researchers are looking for causes.
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Hamburg | Police | truncheon | Justice
Court verdict against Hamburg police:
Legal, illegal, don't give a fuck
Five years after the G20 summit in Hamburg, a court has now declared police action to be illegal. However, this has no consequences.
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05. May
Czechia | Energy cooperation | Olive oil | fossil
Energy security in Europe
Germany and the Czech Republic are planning energy cooperation
Germany and the Czech Republic are planning a joint energy project with regard to energy security in Europe. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Czech Prime Minister announced on Thursday that they intend to supply the Czech infrastructure with oil from a pipeline that will land in Bavaria. The Czech Republic recently criticized an oil embargo against Russia out of concern about a shortage of supplies.
What does energy cooperation mean? Oil for agreeing to the Russia oil embargo and a little bit of nuclear power here and there?
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France | nuclear industry | EDF | reactor breakdown | Electricity price
Bleak future of nuclear energy
"Nuclear power is a dying species"
French President Emmanuel Macron promises his nation a "Renaissance of Nuclear Power". For a secure energy supply, the re-elected head of state is pushing for at least six European pressurized water reactors of the new generation by 2050. But the technology so far only exists on paper. Just like the latest nuclear power revolution, the so-called SMR technology for mini reactors. "What will a prototype bring me in 2030?" asks Mycle Schneider in the second part of the ntv talk about the future of the nuclear industry. If the system then works at all: The publisher of the "World Nuclear Industry Status Report" (WNISR) explains in the "climate laboratory" that he is only aware of two nuclear projects that could go into operation on the planned date. The cause? Among other things, a system of corruption and crime.
You can find the first part of the conversation with Mycle Schneider on the German nuclear phase-out, why only China is still building large-scale nuclear power plants and why French ones are often out of order here ...
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wind | Civic electricity | Electricity price | citizen energy companies
Mandatory public participation in wind farms is constitutional
Wind farm operators can be required to involve their immediate neighbors and communities. That was decided by the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.
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Ukraine War | weapons shipments | NATO | Russia
Pope: "NATO's 'barking' at Russia's gates"
The attitude of the Christian churches to the Ukraine war and arms deliveries is contradictory. The Pope has now given a remarkable interview. There he refuses his direct support for arms deliveries and recalls the history of the Ukraine war. The Pope is thus acting more responsibly than the Greens and many German media: for them he must now be considered a heretic, although he does not exempt the Russian government from allegations.
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News+ May 05
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Ukraine War | economic consequences | Refugee
The Economic Consequences of the Ukraine War
Why the conflict in Ukraine is a catastrophe for the poor of this planet
In 1919, the renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, which was to prove highly controversial. In it he warned that the draconian conditions imposed on defeated Germany after what was then World War I would have ruinous consequences not only for that country but for all of Europe. Today I've adjusted its title to examine the economic consequences of the (not all that big) war that's now underway - the one in Ukraine, of course - not just for those directly involved, but for the rest of the world .
Not surprisingly, after Russia's February 24 invasion, most of the media coverage focused on the daily fighting, the destruction of Ukrainian assets - from buildings and bridges to factories and entire towns - the plight of Ukraine's refugees and internally displaced persons, and the accumulating evidence of atrocities. The potential long-term economic ramifications of the war in Ukraine and beyond have not received nearly as much attention, for understandable reasons. They are less tangible and, by definition, less immediate. Still, the war will take a huge economic toll, not only on Ukraine, but on desperate poor people living thousands of miles away. The wealthier countries will also feel the negative effects of the war, but are better able to cope with it...
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Background knowledge
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reaktorpleite.de
Map of the nuclear world:
We, the inhabitants of this world, face great problems,
and we really don't have time for power games...
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The internal search:
brought the following results, among others:
March 10, 2022 - It's war, so the climate doesn't matter
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January 30, 2022 - Is there war in Europe?
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December 14, 2021 - Call against the arms race - and for the climate
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YouTube channel - Reaktorpleite
wikiTHEK - arte documentary - 00:01:54 - excerpt from the arte documentary "Wy We Fight - America's Wars"
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower: Warning about the military-industrial complex
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climate:neutral - 11:24
War: Fatal for people and the climate!
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Raw data dump - arte documentation - 01:38:43
Documentary: Why We Fight - America's Wars - The Military-Industrial Complex
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arte - 59:48
The True Story of the 1st Gulf War
Playlist - radioactivity worldwide ...
This playlist contains over 150 videos on the topic
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Ecosia
This search engine is planting trees!
Keyword search: climate war
https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=Klima+Krieg
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Wikipedia
ENMOD convention
The ENMOD Convention, English Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques (German: Environmental War Convention), is an international treaty drawn up by the United Nations Disarmament Commission prohibiting military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques Techniques. The convention prohibits the contracting parties from targeted military interventions in natural processes of the environment, but also from using influences of the natural environment as a weapon in a war or armed conflict. The Convention linked international environmental law and international humanitarian law.
Historical Information
Shortly after the end of the Vietnam War with its environmental consequences, the topic of environmental warfare was put on the agenda of the United Nations by the then Soviet Union in 1974. This led to the drafting of the Convention, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly as Resolution 31/72 on December 10, 1976. From May 18, 1977 to October 5, 1978, 47 states signed the convention, which then came into force on October 5, 1978 for the signatory states.
Protection of the natural environment from the effects of hostilities was reaffirmed in 1977 by the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. This agreement also extended the concept of the environment to include the social and built environment. Accordingly, human infrastructure, cultural landscapes and human living space are also considered to be an environment worthy of protection. Moreover, the Additional Protocol prohibits attacks against the natural environment as retaliation...
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AtomkraftwerkePlag -
Research platform on atomic energy
United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The UN expressed concern that "certain human activities could change the global climate". There is increasing evidence that the growing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could lead to global warming and possible sea level rise. They called for more research to be done on climate change and studies to be done. They urged governments, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs and scientific institutions to make climate change a priority and to support all climate change efforts with human and financial resources...
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