sites of the week 12th november 2021
In the news this week COP26
Sobering report from Oxfam on Carbon inequality
It states ‘ The world’s richest 1% are set to have per capita consumption emissions in 2030 that are still 30 times higher than the global per capita level compatible with the 1.5⁰C goal of the Paris Agreement, while the footprints of the poorest half of the world population are set to remain several times below that level”
UN Climate change official conference website
With news and decisions
related background reports issued by UN and other international agencies recently
2021 WHO Health and Climate Change Survey ReportThe health and climate change country survey is conducted every three years and in addition to tracking global progress, the national data are presented in the health and climate change country profiles. 95 countries participated in the 2021 survey
Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On (UNEP)
2021 Production Gap ReportExamines national production plans and concludes: “governments are in aggregate planning to produce around 110% more fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C
The Adaptation Gap Report 2021: The Gathering Storm
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has called for urgent efforts to increase the financing and implementation of actions designed to adapt to the growing impacts of climate change. The report found that while policies and planning are growing for climate change adaptation they are not sufficient
COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health: The Health Argument for Climate Action (WHO)
State of the Global Climate 2021: WMO Provisional report
Children uprooted in a changing climate: Turning challenges into opportunities with and for young people (UNICEF / IOM / UNMGCY)
Infrastructure for Climate Action (UNOPS / UNEP / University of Oxford)
new report is co-published by UNOPS, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the University of Oxford. The research looks in detail at the influence of infrastructure on climate action across energy, transport, water, solid waste, digital communications and buildings sectors.and calls for changes
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Global Outlook Report 2021: The State of Climate Ambition (UNDP)Who is leading the way? And who is falling behind? –examines 120 national plans
Punjab and World War One
Magnificent site created by University of Greenwich and
UK Punjab Heritage Association it aims to make available a database of previously lost records from Lahore Pakistan relating to over 320,000 Punjab soldiers who served in the first world war
making it of great value to those researching the Asian contribution. It will be possible to search by name regiment and village. it includes original scanned register entries
Education4Resilience – online platformSite created by UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO), in partnership with the Education Above All (EAA), It aims to provide free access to a searchable databases of resources, guidelines, and tools to help policy makers and teachers use education as a tool to build resilience including in post conflict situations and during lockdowns . It also includes evaluation plans of what works. some resources cover gender sensitive planning.
The report introduces the Remote Learning Readiness Index to measure countries’ readiness to deliver remote learning in response to school closures or disruption of in-person learning. The index ranks countries’ performance according to a number of different categories. Access the report and data from the 67 nations currently indexed
Lock Asylum drama
In 1787, the Lock Hospital Asylum opened its doors to a small group of women who had been treated for syphilis, to house them and spiritually reform them
‘The Lock Asylum’ audio 30 minute drama by writers Cara Jennings and Sophie Trott in partnership with Morley Radio (Morley College London) and LSE. brings their voices to life based on original transcripts and archives which have been investigated by the economic history department at the lse . London Met archives also has more information on the project.
Paul Mellon centre for studies in British Art Yale university digital collection
An open-access archive of more than 100,000 digitised photographs of British art and architecture is now available to search and download.
More than 44,000 images are available for reuse, offered with a Creative Commons licence for non-commercial purposes
A series of short essays include discussion on the content, conservation and collecting policy e.g. gender bias
Best wishes
Heather Dawson
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