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To: Doug R who wrote (2786)	1/10/2020 12:14:13 AM
From: teevee	2 Recommendations Recommended By Hawkmoon isopatch Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6364

how much of that new high tech hardware will be hardened against magnetic storms or CME's? Hardened satellites and military hardware are not invulnerable, as is most of our power grid, never mind chips and circuit boards in almost everything nowadays. It seems to me, especially when the magnetic field is weakening, that we are setting ourselves up for critical infrastructure disaster.

To: Doug R who wrote (2786)	1/10/2020 1:06:08 AM
From: Doug R	1 Recommendation Recommended By Hawkmoon Respond to of 6364

Maybe I should say something to somebody about those "mystery" drones..... Or maybe I'll just watch everyone chase 'em from the ground like that for a while longer.

To: Doug R who wrote (2786)	1/12/2020 2:13:44 AM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6364

Will sovereign wealth funds green the markets? 25 November, 2019 Ben Caldecott libf.ac.uk The One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) Working Group is an international coalition of SWFs, established to address climate change. Ben Caldecott looks at what the group has achieved since then and why climate change matters for SWFs. In December 2017 President Macron hosted the One Planet Summit in Paris to accelerate action on climate change. Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) from Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, New Zealand, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Qatar came together at that summit to announce a new One Planet SWF Working Group. This was the first time SWFs have come together in a formal grouping explicitly, and solely focused on climate action and climate resilience. Since then, this group has published, and begun to operationalise, a framework for how SWFs should systematically take account of climate change in their decision-making processes – and how they can act together to contribute to ambitious climate action. This is an important development. Shaping financial markets to invest sustainablyThe successful implementation of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals will in part hinge on how SWFs invest their capital over the coming years. According to PwC, the total assets under management by SWFs will reach US$15.3 trillion by 2020, up from US$11.3 trillion in 2015. This capital will play a key role in shaping financial markets and financial decision-making globally. SWFs can help to create a path for other large asset owners, such as pension funds, insurers, endowments, to follow. While pension funds hold more money than SWFs – around $45 trillion – this is dispersed among hundreds, if not thousands, of pension funds. In contrast, there are only a couple of dozen SWFs that count. These are big institutions that can move markets. And crucially, unlike the vast majority of other financial institutions in the global financial system, SWFs have very long-term investment horizons. They are investing on behalf of their citizens over many decades and generations. As a result, they can escape the trap of endemic short-termism that afflicts most investors. This extended time horizon – combined with their scale and the concentration of capital in only a few institutions – means that SWFs are incredibly well positioned to play a pivotal role in aligning capital markets with sustainability. It is also in their core interests to do so. Why climate change matters for SWFsClimate change matters for SWFs for three principal reasons. First, climate-related risks will impact the value of SWF investments and portfolios. These include specific risks facing individual investments as well as risks that face all assets in an economy at the same time. Second, these risks could have financial stability implications that would further impact SWF portfolios – either through direct losses, lower global growth, or increased volatility in their portfolios. Third, the transition to a low-carbon economy is a capital-intensive process that will create specific investment opportunities – as well as opportunities to increase global demand for capital – thereby increasing interest rates and improving the ability of SWFs to generate returns. The One Planet SWF FrameworkSo how should SWFs respond systematically to these challenges and opportunities? The One Planet SWF Framework sets out how SWFs should: factor climate change-related risks and opportunities into how they invest in order to improve the resilience of their portfoliosencourage companies they invest in to address climate change in their governance, business strategy and planningbuild climate change considerations into their decision-making and report on their approach to climate change.The framework places a significant emphasis on SWFs taking action themselves by upgrading their own practices and using their shareholdings to push the companies they own to do much more. The challenge now will be effective implementation and ensuring adoption across as many SWFs as possible. It will also be important to review levels of ambition as the theory and practice of sustainable investment changes over time. These are the identical challenges and opportunities that face other asset-owner groups and we are starting to see some convergence and cross-pollination between these initiatives. *Once asset owners move, the market will move as they are the ultimate clients of asset managers and together own large parts of the global banking system. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________* "If, at a time when the IPCC's new, more solar forcing inclusive, climate models are supposed to save the day in a few years, the sudden convergences of smart cities, the money, the "proactivity", the drones, the deep corporate cooperation, the deep international cooperation, etc, etc, etc ,etc ,etc DO mean something, one thing it means is those models won't make a dent." facebook.com

To: Doug R who wrote (2786)	1/15/2020 10:54:01 AM
From: Doug R	1 Recommendation Recommended By toccodolce Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6364

From the World Economic Forum: The global money machine shows more signs of a huge, directed surge toward the transformation to a world of "smart" cities and high intensity surveillance to ensure compliance. weforum.org "The Climate Initiatives' focus areas The Forum's Climate Initiatives are focused on three key areas of work to mitigate and adapt to climate change: – Raising political ambition for key governments and business to have plans in place to reduce emissions and build climate resilience in alignment with scientific recommendations by COP26 in 2020. – Accelerating transformational change across key value chains to ensure businesses play their role in tackling climate change. – Creating effective governance and market mechanisms that incentivize investments to build a low carbon economy. Global action on climate change must be taken to deliver enhanced national action plans and concrete solutions to reduce emissions and build resilience."

To: Doug R who wrote (2786)	1/21/2020 12:46:21 AM
From: Doug R	3 Recommendations Recommended By 3bar DinoNavarre Hawkmoon Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6364

Well that didn't take long.... The world's largest central banks, almost all at once, join right in with all the other seriously monied institutions and levers of control. All the pieces are falling into place to create a drastic, rapid global transformation. And it appears that the Chinese social model, on steroids, has been chosen for the world. moneymaven.io "Fed's Core Mission Now Includes Climate Change" The Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan have now embraced climate change as part of their mission. It's bad enough that central bankers are clueless about inflation. They now want their hands in another thing they do not understand and cannot control even if they did. Fed's Core Mission Change Lael Brainard, Chair of the Fed's Committee on Financial Stability, says Climate Change Matters for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability. So how does climate change fit into the work of the Federal Reserve? To support a strong economy and a stable financial system, the Federal Reserve needs to analyze and adapt to important changes to the economy and financial system. This is no less true for climate change than it was for globalization or the information technology revolution. To fulfill our core responsibilities, it will be important for the Federal Reserve to study the implications of climate change for the economy and the financial system and to adapt our work accordingly. Climate Change Essential to Achieving Mission Brainard was just one of the speakers at the Fed's Economics of Climate Change summit last November. Mary Daly, San Francisco Fed president has this Q&A in her presentation. Q: Why is the San Francisco Fed hosting a climate conference? Why this? Why now? A: The answer is simple. It’s essential to achieving our mission. Bank of Japan Warns of Climate Change Risks Japan Times reports Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda Warns of Climate Change Risks. The challenges posed by a string of recent natural disasters and the potential hit to the economy from slowing overseas growth “should be better addressed by government with fiscal policy and structural policies,” Kuroda said at a seminar. As Japan is prone to big typhoons and earthquakes, Kuroda highlighted the risks related to climate change as an example of new issues central banks must deal with in maintaining financial stability. “Climate-related risk differs from other risks in that its relatively long-term impact means the effects will last longer than other financial risks, and the impact is far less predictable,” he said. “It is therefore necessary to thoroughly investigate and analyze the impact of climate-related risk.” Bank of England Climate Change Warning The Bank of England hopped on the climate change bandwagon on December 30, with a Climate Change Warning from BoE Chief Mark Carney. The world will face irreversible heating unless firms shift their priorities soon, the outgoing head of the Bank of England has told the BBC. He said leading pension fund analysis "is that if you add up the policies of all of companies out there, they are consistent with warming of 3.7-3.8C". Scientists say the risks associated with an increase of 4C include a nine metre rise in sea levels - affecting up to 760 million people – searing heatwaves and droughts, and serious food supply problems. “Now $120tn worth of balance sheets of banks and asset managers are wanting this disclosure [of investments in fossil fuels]. But it’s not moving fast enough.” ECB in on the Climate Change Act The Financial Times reports Christine Lagarde Wants Key Role for Climate Change in ECB Review. Consider this Open Letter to ECB head Christine Lagarde from the European Parliament. During your hearing at the European Parliament, you rightly pledged to make sure the ECB puts the “protection of the environment at the core of the understanding of its mission.” As academics, civil society and trade union leaders, entrepreneurs and citizens deeply concerned by climate change, we believe that the most powerful financial institution in Europe cannot just sit passively as we witness a growing environmental crisis. Climate change not only imperils life-sustaining processes, it also threatens the financial stability, real economy and jobs. It has been estimated that without mitigation efforts, physical risks related to climate change could result in losses of up to $24 trillion of the value of global financial assets. Wow. $24 Trillion at risk. Nonetheless, Germany’s Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann, who also sits on the on the ECB’s governing council, understands the silliness of the move. Weidmann says that he would view “very critically” any attempt to redirect a central bank’s actions towards climate change, such as favouring the purchase of green bonds as part of a quantitative easing programme. Weidmann is guaranteed to be overruled.

To: Doug R who wrote (2786)	1/29/2020 1:01:41 AM
From: Doug R	1 Recommendation Recommended By Hawkmoon Respond to of 6364

Lax airport "screening" in response to Wuhan Coronavirus. Airport screening is a type of surveillance. Allowing a lapse in surveillance that leads to negative consequences among the general population can absolutely result in a "request" from the general population to increase surveillance measures. Just a thought. 2786

To: Doug R who wrote (2786)	3/7/2020 2:33:24 AM
From: Doug R	Respond to of 6364

"Through data analysis, we have mastered the trajectory of everyone's whereabouts. If you have not reported truthfully, our system will find out." Coming soon to countries everywhere... Surprise! China Is Using Covid-19 To Strengthen Its Mass Surveillance Of Citizens zerohedge.com 2925 3078 2825 2786 2780

To: Doug R who wrote (2786)	4/30/2020 2:51:41 AM
From: Doug R	1 Recommendation Recommended By Hawkmoon Respond to of 6364

The fine print. “But the plans were on display…” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the display department.” “With a flashlight.” “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.” “So had the stairs.” “But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?” “Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard."? Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2786