As COP31 begins in Turkey, satellite data reveals a significant landfill methane problem in Istanbul, per Reuters.
Local officials are under pressure to address emissions from the city's waste management system amid international climate scrutiny.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E14, global; the pressure it names: climate treaty meeting. Its words also reach E11 organizations, E3 chemistry, E7 ecosystems, E13 civilizations and E12 states.
Here it is a dynamic between organizations, chemistry and ecosystems: landfill and satellite data (E11 organizations), with methane and emissions (E3 chemistry), and waste management and climate scrutiny (E7 ecosystems).
The floor of the planet acting as one.
The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: landfill, satellite data.
The floor of chemistry: what is in the air and ground. In this briefing: methane, emissions.
The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: waste management, climate scrutiny.
The floor of patterns across many states. In this briefing: COP31.
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: officials.