TIL the EU has an Emissions Trading System and that in 2024, it’ll include the maritime transport industry.
The interesting part is in one of the details:
“50% of emissions from voyages starting or ending outside of the EU and 100% of emissions from voyages between two EU ports and when ships are within EU ports.”
In other words, the EU is accounting for some scope 3 emissions. This seems like good news.
Aviation-wise, it only covers flights “within the European Economic Area and departing flights to Switzerland and the United Kingdom.” Not accounting for intercontinental emissions just yet. Maybe one day soon.
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8 ways life in the EU is becoming greener
An interesting page about how the EU is trying to cut net GHG emissions by 55% by 2030.
…we should be discussing how we do this, not whether it ought to be done.
and:
For all the complexities of climate change, the big picture of what we need to do is not rocket science:
Turbo-charge investments into all clean energy alternatives: wind, solar, geothermal, batteries, green hydrogen, and green mobility.
Enact a global moratorium on all new oil and gas exploration and exploitation, encouraging oil and gas companies to shift their business model.
Regenerate nature.
Project Drawdown has a whole video series about climate solutions based in different places and neighbourhoods. There might be some good examples of local-focused actions.
An interesting and thorough account of the evolution of independent publishing and the current sponsorship-driven model.
Same same for the music biz:
“The ratio was something like 1:10,000. Meaning that for every one person you could convince to subscribe, donate, become a member, or support you on Patreon … you would need 10,000 visitors to make the same amount from advertising. Or to put that into perspective, with only 100 subscribers, I could make the same amount of money as I used to earn from having one million visitors.”
From an article on responsible real estate reporting in luxury travel destinations by Naka Nathaniel:
“Tourists are like bees: I don’t want a bunch of them circling around me, but I also don’t want them to disappear. It’s a delicate balance,” she wrote. “Tourists stick out and may not observe local norms, which can inspire petty grumblings and genuine anger from locals. But they’re a sign that the city is doing something right. Show me a city without tourists, and I’ll show you a city in decline.”
“Spending hours waiting for a flight at the Cologne-Bonn Airport, Eno became frustrated with the airport’s uninspiring atmosphere. At that moment, Eno conceived an album of music “designed for airports” In his original 1978 liner notes, he explained: “Whereas conventional background music is produced by stripping away all sense of doubt and uncertainty (and thus all genuine interest) from the music, Ambient Music retains these qualities. And whereas their intention is to ‘brighten’ the environment by adding stimulus to it (thus supposedly alleviating the tedium of routine tasks and leveling out the natural ups and downs of the body rhythms) Ambient Music is intended to induce calm and a space to think. Ambient Music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular; it must be as ignorable as it is interesting.”
Listening to “Kubur”, a piece for strings, part of the album Maryam Pagi Ke Malam - an original score. Found via Steve Smith’s For the Record newsletter.
Today’s word count: 3343. I don’t expect to get to 50k words by Nov 30, but I wrote and recorded an album with this daily method. I know something will come out of this, if not when.
This is the funniest anti-tourism behaviour I’ve seen. No one shall have their selfie!
A dystopian near-future comedy about an heiress trying to right the wrongs of her deceased father’s empire. A good time all the way through, and I’d like to read the other book in the series.
I’m 67 words farther along today: 2215 in total
I started the NaNoWriMo challenge on November 1. Writing a novel in one month – is it possible? On day 3, I’m at 1530/50000 words.
Some really neat climate data. This interactive Surging Seas Risk Zone Map forecasts timing for sea level rise in many places - even our little coastal village. With a projection of 2200 as the median estimated year for 5 feet of rise; 2090 for one foot, assuming unchecked pollution.
I collect climate solutions small and large. Here’s one that came across my desk today.
Are airships due for a comeback?
I forgot these existed outside of steampunk stories and photos of the Hindenburg, but these floating air tankers are a piece of carbon-emission-reducing transport technology that make an inspiring kind of sense. Are they feasible? Will thery spark a new wave of luxury slow travel? Some people are building airships right now.
