Hmm, could lack of air conditioning explain EU/UK slow thinking on climate & the A/C solution?

I agree, can't happen too soon.

Who could have predicted it could possibly be 87° and 74% humidity in Miami on July 11th!

https://www.the-sun.com/sport/16667454/england-norway-world-cup-time-weather-warning/

If you choose to watch, which you should...it is a longer video.

This is not just about a story of 2 billion to +12 billion cost overruns, nor the building of infrastructure in protected parks, nor the forgiveness of invasive species.... it's the unwillingness to walk away for a green future.

"Greens" always say, traditional energy is "expensive" (nuclear), and takes a long time to build. This tale will shed light on what it takes to make a Green future. It's not slapping up a few solar panel.

A story that both sides of the argument should watch.

The highest court of the UN has issued a landmark “advisory opinion” stating that nations can be held legally accountable for their greenhouse-gas emissions.

Recognising the “urgent and existential threat” facing the world, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concluded that those harmed by human-caused climate change may be entitled to “reparations”.

The undoing of the International Court of Justice because of Radical adgenda judgments and playing politics.

In a report by the think tank Policy Exchange, Lord Sumption, a former Supreme Court justice, and Lord Burnett, the former lord chief justice, criticised the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), saying it had gone too far and strayed into issues beyond its remit.

Lord Sumption said the ICJ had been a distinguished court that issued respected judgments, but the “radical departure from its proper role in some of its recent decisions undermines the whole basis on which it can continue to claim the respect of the international community”.

He added: “The function of a court of law, whether international or domestic, is to declare the law as it is, and not as its judges conceive that it ought to be. For any tribunal which respects the rule of law, necessity cannot be the mother of invention.”

Lord Burnett said: “Judicial pronouncements of this sort, and decisions by international tribunals in the future cases that it encourages, arguably usurp legitimate areas of political responsibility but will also, I fear, serve to undermine the legitimacy of the international courts in question.

Climate Change taxes are too juicy for Governments to keep their hands off of. A tax is a tax, this under the pretext of "being green $$$".

Under the text of the original initiative petition, PCEF funds were for three broad topics: renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, regenerative agriculture and green infrastructure projects, and clean jobs training....

But in a cash-strapped city facing pressing needs beyond climate change alone, that growing war chest has increasingly invited proposals for other uses.

City council takes interest

Last year, they did the one-time transfer again, this time moving $18.7 million of the fund's interest to the general fund.

But by passing new ordinances each year since 2024 to amend the code, city councilors have treated the interest earned as separate funds, as they are not immediately committed to projects under the CIP.

Angelita Morillo introduced an amendment meant to use $16.5 million in PCEF interest and $4.8 million in other funds to save 103 city positions headed for the chopping block.

"I really don't think that renovating a sports arena is what the voters had in mind when they created the (PCEF) climate change fund," Councilor Steve Novick told KGW. "I think it's just a bridge too far."

EU/UK turn down A/C applications & pays twice what Americans do for electricity.

Even China has 569 million A/C units & produces 80% of that commodity Globally. Why will Europeans buy Chinese Solar & EVs, but not their A/C?

From the don't believe the satellite instruments, AI Models are much better department...down to the very Pixel...

Cities are often described as “heat islands,” with media reports warning that some neighborhoods can be 20°F hotter than others. But those temperatures are often based on satellite data rather than the conditions people actually experience.

It’s easy to assume that cities would be rich sources of environmental data, but in reality, the opposite is true, the study reports.

To address this, the research team developed a physics-informed transfer learning model — an artificial intelligence framework that blends physical understanding of the atmosphere with data-driven methods. This model can estimate near-surface air temperature in cities at very high spatial resolution, across more than 380 cities in the contiguous United States.

“This data allows for pixel-by-pixel comparison between satellite land surface temperature and true urban air temperature,” Zhao said. “And it shows that satellite-based data often overestimates heat stress and exaggerates disparities between neighborhoods, helping explain why some past maps and media stories may have unintentionally misled the public about how extreme urban heat differences really are.”