The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters as insultingly low. After two exhausting weeks of chaotic bargaining and sleepless nights, nearly 200 nations banged through the contentious finance pact in the early hours in a sports stadium in Azerbaijan. But the applause had barely subsided in Baku when India delivered a full-throated rejection of the dollar-figure just agreed. "The amount that is proposed to be mobilised is abysmally poor. It's a paltry sum," said Indian delegate Chandni Raina. "This document is little more than an optical illusion. This, in our opinion, will not address the enormity of the challenge we all face." Nations had struggled to reconcile long-standing divisions over how much rich nations most accountable for historic climate change should provide to poorer countries least responsible but most impacted by Earth's rapid warming. EU climate envoy Wopke Hoekstra said COP29 would be remembered as "the start of a new era for climate finance". Sleep-deprived diplomats, huddled in anxious groups, were still revising the final phrasing on the plenary floor hours before the deal passed. At points, the talks appeared on the brink of collapse, with developing nations storming out of meetings and threatening to walk away should rich nations not cough up more cash. In the end -- despite repeating that no deal is better than a bad deal -- they did not stand in the way of an agreement, despite it falling well short of what they wanted. The final deal commits developed nations to pay at least $300 billion a year by 2035 to help developed countries green their economies and prepare for worse disasters. That is up from $100 billion under an existing pledge but was slammed as offensively low by developing nations who had demanded much more. "This COP has been a disaster for the developing world," said Mohamed Adow, the Kenyan director of Power Shift Africa, a think tank. "It's a betrayal of both people and planet, by wealthy countries who claim to take climate change seriously." A group of 134 developing countries had pushed for at least $500 billion from rich governments to build resilience against climate change and cut emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases. UN climate chief Simon Stiell acknowledged the deal was imperfect. "No country got everything they wanted, and we leave Baku with a mountain of work still to do. So this is no time for victory laps," he said in a statement. The United States and EU have wanted newly wealthy emerging economies like China -- the world's largest emitter -- to chip in. The final deal "encourages" developing countries to make contributions on a voluntary basis, reflecting no change for China which already provides climate finance on its own terms. Wealthy nations said it was politically unrealistic to expect more in direct government funding. Donald Trump, a sceptic of both climate change and foreign assistance, returns to the White House in January and a number of other Western countries have seen right-wing backlashes against the green agenda. The deal posits a larger overall target of $1.3 trillion per year to cope with rising temperatures and disasters, but most would come from private sources. Wealthy countries and small island nations were also concerned by efforts led by Saudi Arabia to water down calls from last year's summit in Dubai to phase out fossil fuels. The main texts proposed in Baku lacked any explicit mention of the Dubai commitment to "transitioning away from fossil fuels". A number of countries had accused Azerbaijan, an authoritarian oil and gas exporter, of lacking the experience and will to meet the moment, as the planet again sets temperature records and faces rising deadly disasters. bur-np-sct/lth/tym
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Mangoceuticals, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Mushroom-Based Wellness and Innovations PatentRoarFun Enhances Conference Engagement with Innovative VR Motion Flight Simulator at Aviation Carbon 2024“With the national media’s recent interest in my family, I decided to release a family Christmas photo of Santa Claus coming to visit my kids,” says entrepreneur and author Greg Lindberg. Lindberg says he is releasing the photo in response to national news stories about his 12 children, some of which were born with the assistance of IVF and egg donors. “Yes, it’s a big family, but’s a fun and loving family. I’m releasing a personal photo today to show the world that you can have a big family and there is nothing unusual about it,” Lindberg says. “My grandmother came from a family of 13,” Lindberg says, “and I always wanted a big family,” Lindberg says he worked with a number of egg donors in the process of building his family, many of whom were aggressive about demanding large and above market fees for their egg donations. “The investment was worth it,” Lindberg says. “Children are priceless. They are expensive to raise and educate, and every one of them is a vote for the future of the country and the planet,” Lindberg says. Lindberg says his decision to grow his family to its current size was made when he was sentenced to 87 months in prison. “The prosecutor said that he wanted to ‘incapacitate Greg Lindberg’ – so I thought what better way to deny him that satisfaction than to have a large, beautiful family?” Lindberg didn’t realize at the time that it was politically incorrect to have a large family. “When the most important thing we humans do – bring new life into this world – is grounds to be attacked with politically-motivated news stories, we have a problem,” says Lindberg. “The mainstream media will lie and misstate the facts in order to make you look bad,” Lindberg says. “You can never win with the mainstream media,” Lindberg says, “so it’s best to ignore the critics and live your life how you want to live it.” To help raise his children, Lindberg says he has created a home school program for his children with two full-time professional teachers. “The formal education program in our family starts at age 2.5 to 3 years, when our children start attending school,” Lindberg says. “Every child has amazing potential,” says Lindberg. Lindberg says he experienced numerous failures in his attempt to expand his family after his divorce in 2017. He has three beautiful children with his ex-wife and wanted to have more children. “After almost three years of effort all I had was several egg donors and gestational carriers that didn’t work out,” Lindberg says. "Even though my first marriage didn't end as I hoped, I feel incredibly blessed to have three wonderful, beautiful, and smart children with my ex-wife. The divorce was tough on all of us,” Lindberg says. Going through the divorce experience made Lindberg realize how much he missed the joy of having young children around laughing, exploring, and even the occasional chaos. "I knew I still wanted to expand my family," he shared. “My grandmother grew up in a one room house boat with 12 brothers, and she was the toughest woman that I’ve ever met,” Lindberg says about raising a large family. Over several years, Lindberg researched various approaches to fatherhood and the diverse ways children can thrive under different family structures. "I discovered that regardless of how families are formed, the most important factor is love," Lindberg says. “With the miracle of modern fertility treatments and IVF, you can still have a family – even if you think you are infertile,” Lindberg says says. Lindberg says he is deeply grateful for the help of everyone – the egg donors, gestational carriers, and medical professionals who have made his family a success. Brenda Lynch, who was worked as a project manager for Lindberg for many years, says “Greg sees fatherhood as more than just providing for his kids; it’s about being deeply involved in their lives and supporting their dreams. He’s extremely passionate about encouraging his kids to follow their interests and dreams.” Lindberg Credits Intermittent Fasting With Giving Him The Energy For More Kids At Age 54 Separately, Lindberg released results of a 6-year study that shows conclusively that a long-term program of intermittent fasting – including regular weekly water-only fasts of over 90 hours combined with rigorous daily physical and mental exercises – can dramatically increase the length of your telomeres. “This is my gift to the world – Only Eat On WeekendsTM and you will get younger,” Lindberg said. “This simple program is free and available to everyone,” Lindberg said. Lindberg credits his 90-hour per week “Only Eat on Weekends” intermittent fasting program with giving him the energy to raise children in his mid-50s – and stand up to the lies, deceit, and manipulation from the mainstream media about his life. Lindberg said that his 6 years of test data “suggests that the Hayflick limit is wrong -- our cells do not have a built-in and predetermined lifespan.” The Hayflick limit was proposed as the number of times your cells will divide before division stops and the cell dies. This limit was based on the fact that our telomeres – the end caps to the DNA – get shorter the more times the cell divides. Each time a cell divides, the telomeres on the ends of each chromosome shorten slightly. Cell division will cease once telomeres shorten to a critical length. Hayflick interpreted his discovery to be aging at the cellular level. The aging of cell populations appears to correlate with the overall physical aging of an organism. “Increasing your telomere length is the holy grail of anti-aging,” said Lindberg. “And you can increase your telomere length simply by following an Only Eat On WeekendsTM program – 4 simple words to stop aging,” Lindberg said. “Rigorous daily exercise, rigorous mental exertion, robust social interaction, and a carefully planned and balanced diet during your feast period are also critical elements to this anti-aging program,” Lindberg said. Numerous studies have shown that telomere length progressively shortens with age, which eventually leads to aging, age-related diseases and early death. “Over a 6-year period, from April of 2018 to July of 2024, my telomeres increased in length from 7.01 kb to 10.46 kb. This increase took my telomere length from that of an average 60 year-old to that of an average an 18 year-old,” Lindberg said. Lindberg’s telomere results over this 6-year period were measured by SpectraCell Laboratories in Houston, Texas. “My average telomere length increased by almost 50 percent. Before starting fasting, I was in the 39th percentile for telomere length. Today, my numbers have increased to the 99th percentile,” Lindberg said. “What’s most extraordinary about this increase in telomere length is that this 6-year period was an extraordinarily stressful time for me: a divorce battle, indictments, numerous legal battles, numerous deceitful hit pieces from the mainstream media, and 633 days in a federal prison. Despite all of that, the Only Eat On WeekendsTM program that I followed resulted in longer telomeres – and a younger and more healthy body,” Lindberg said. “My data shows that telomeres can get longer with regular fasting,” said Lindberg. “The Hayflick limit is wrong. If you replenish your telomeres with a program of fasting and exercise, they can get longer. There is no built-in lifespan for your cells,” Lindberg said. Lindberg does a water-only fast four days per week, and only eats on weekends. During his fast, he exercises one to two hours per day. Lindberg said exercising while fasting can be particularly hard, but it’s extremely important as it helps burn up the glucose in the system and convert the body to a triglyceride metabolism. Lindberg also said that strenuous mental exertion – while exercising if possible – is also critical to the Only Eat On WeekendsTM program. “Strenuous mental exertion drives the regeneration of the brain and helps your brain get younger,” Lindberg said. Lindberg said he listens to science and engineering audiobooks at 2x speed while working out to help stimulate neurogenesis. “Only Eat on WeekendsTM -- This is my simple, four-word prescription that can help people live healthier and stay younger,” said Lindberg. “This may not be conventional, but it works and it’s free. A simple routine change can help prevent diabetes, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases that come with old age.” Lindberg’s life-changing results from fasting has driven him to offer the fasting program to people through his wellness brand called Lifelong Labs. Lifelong Labs provides quick, simple and convenient ways to implement regimen like fasting and exercise into day-to-day routine to help people live younger longer and healthier. For more information on Lindberg’s Fasting program, visit Lifelonglabs.com . About Greg Lindberg About Greg Lindberg. Greg Lindberg is a successful entrepreneur, philanthropist and author. To learn more visit http://www.greglindberg.com Over the course of his career, he has acquired and transformed more than 100 companies that were either failing or underperforming, each time finding and empowering great talent—people with the same commitment to hard work, learning, entrepreneurship, and a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude. Today, these companies are worth billions of dollars and employ 7,000 people. His experiences as a leader and related challenges have inspired him to empower people to achieve optimal success through wellness, longevity and leadership. Lindberg also has authored two books: Failing Early & Failing Often: How to Turn Your Adversity into Advantage and 633 Days Inside: Lessons on Life and Leadership, both of which are available on Amazon. See: https://633days.com/ In 2020, he founded Interrogating Justice, a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring awareness and help advance solutions that hold corrupt government actors accountable, ensure fairness in sentencing, support reentry, and provide access to justice for all. To learn more visit: https://interrogatingjustice.org/ About Lifelong Labs Lifelong Labs is a wellness, longevity and leadership brand which provide science-based information and programs on fasting, cold exposure, exercise, nutrition, hormesis, sleep, mental wellness, leadership, career, and more. The company, launched in 2023, works with trusted health and wellness experts to provide guidance that is science-based, safe, effective and attainable. The brand connects with audiences through its website, newsletters, subscription-based programs and social media platforms. To learn more, visit LifelongLabs.com . Attachment Santa Claus visits Greg Lindberg's kids
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The Presidency Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Mr. Børge Brende, President of the World Economic Forum, and his accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates Dr. Badr Abdel-Atty, and Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Eng. Hassan El-Khatib. The Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said President El-Sisi reviewed Egypt’s development efforts, with a focus on key projects in the infrastructure, industry, and agriculture sectors. The President also highlighted the significant investment opportunities offered by these projects. The President of the World Economic Forum commended Egypt’s substantial steps in adopting economic reforms and attracting investments, noting the Forum’s interest in highlighting Egypt’s successful experience in this field. President El-Sisi emphasized the importance of shared cooperation and the encouragement of foreign private sector investment in Egypt’s priority sectors, including industry, sustainable energy, telecommunications, digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence, and transportation. Mr. Brende listened to President El-Sisi’s views on achieving peace and stability in the Middle East, the negative impact of the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, and the risks and consequences of further escalation, particularly on the global economic situation and the aspirations of the region’s peoples for development and prosperity. In this context, the importance of an immediate ceasefire was underscored, alongside the urgent need to begin a political process that leads to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. This was emphasized as the key to restoring stability in the region and strengthening the path to development.