Daniel Helm

@DanielHelm
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Interested in the world in which we live with a focus on sustainability and our environment.
#ClimateChange #AirQuality #AtmosphericScience #AirPollution #EnvironmentalPolicy #Regulation

Australia records driest September ever as fires rage in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.

The month was also Australia’s third-warmest September ever recorded as El Niño and the climate crisis combine.

#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/02/australia-records-driest-september-since-observations-began-as-fires-rage-in-victoria-and-nsw

Australia records driest September as fires rage in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania

The month was also Australia’s third-warmest September on record as El Niño and the climate crisis combined

The Guardian

At the European Court of Human Rights hearing in the case of Duarte #Agostinho & others v #Portugal & 32 States, I stressed that the #ECHR Convention provides a solid legal framework to ensure real-life protection to victims of #HumanRights violations resulting from #climatechange.

Read my speech: https://go.coe.int/jpYTk
Read my third party intervention: https://go.coe.int/DUpEx

Hearing of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others

Council of Europe
EU Council adopts watered-down Euro 7 position despite German objections

EU countries officially agreed their position on draft vehicle pollution standards, known as Euro 7, on Monday

EURACTIV
Euro 7: A choice between economic strength or health?

What is a premature death worth when measured against economic interests? This may seem like the realm of abst

EURACTIV

All #PlanetaryBoundaries mapped out, six of nine crossed: For the first time, an international team of scientists is able to provide a full picture of planetary resilience by mapping out all nine boundary processes that define a safe operating space for humanity.

“This update clearly depicts a patient that is unwell, as pressure on the planet increases and vital boundaries are being transgressed”, says co-author Johan Rockström: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/a-full-picture-of-planetary-resilience-all-boundaries-mapped-out-six-of-nine-crossed

A full picture of planetary resilience: All boundaries mapped out, six of nine crossed

09/13/2023 - For the first time, an international team of scientists is able to provide a detailed outline of planetary resilience by mapping out all nine boundary processes that define a safe operating space for humanity. From global warming to the biosphere and deforestation, from pollutants & plastic to nitrogen cycles and freshwater: Six of nine planetary boundaries are being transgressed, while pressure in all those boundary processes is increasing, cutting-edge research published in the journal Science Advances shows.

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Parliament votes to delay EU compliance with WHO air quality standards until 2035

The European Parliament on Wednesday (13 September) adopted its position on a revised law to improve air quali

EURACTIV

And I *know* this is a strange one for people to get their heads around (especially SNCF employees)

But to maximise the number of passengers, you're *inevitably* going to have some trains running quite empty

A 14:00 Strasbourg-Paris TGV might be empty, but it would connect me with a 16:30 Paris-Lille that will be full. And fuller than it would be if I can take it, rather than if I can't, because there is no 14:00 Strasbourg-Paris

Maximise *passenger numbers total*, not passengers *per train*

🌡️📈 Europe has been experiencing some of the hottest temperatures of summer 2023 so far.

But what is influencing this #heatwave, what are its potential consequences, & is #ClimateChange affecting it?

Find out in our new article 👉 https://climate.copernicus.eu/european-heatwave-july-2023-longer-term-context?utm_source=socialmedia&utm_medium=ma&utm_campaign=news-heatwavejuly23
The European heatwave of July 2023 in a longer-term context | Copernicus

"‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come" by @olliemilman for The @guardian : https://theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/climate-crisis-james-hansen-scientist-warning
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come

James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’

The Guardian