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Why do people resist #climateadaptation? Our new paper uses a sociological resistance lens to identify overt and covert #popularresistance in 56 adaptation papers and analyses the Sites, Repertoires and Consequences of resistance to adaptation (1/X) doi.org/10.1016/j.gloe…
Societal responses to risks of #floods, #droughts, or #hurricanes – even those using a language of participation – might follow historical development pathways, strive to maintain the status quo, and directly or indirectly serve elite interests (2/X)
In recent years, we have seen an upsurge of civil society actors who co-produce adaptation solutions directly and mobilise for increased action, compensation, and reparation by those in power, for instance under the banner of #climatejustice (3/X)
"#ClimateCrisis" #FEAR porn started as early as 1800s. #KhazarianMafia #USA's #ClimateScam engineering and #ClimateEmergency #CarbonFootprint #propaganda chronology for at least half a century:
1966: Oil will run out in 10 years
1967: Famine in 1975
1968: World is overpopulated
1966: Oil will run out in 10 years
1967: Famine in 1975
1968: World is overpopulated
#KhazarianMafia #USA's #ClimateScam #ClimateCrisis #FEAR porn chronology:
1969: We will disappear in a cloud of blue vapour by 1989
1970: The world will exhaust its natural resources by 2000
1970: Cities will need to wear gas masks from 1985
1970: Pollution will kill all fish
1969: We will disappear in a cloud of blue vapour by 1989
1970: The world will exhaust its natural resources by 2000
1970: Cities will need to wear gas masks from 1985
1970: Pollution will kill all fish
#KhazarianMafia #USA's #ClimateScam #ClimateCrisis #FEAR porn chronology:
1970: Killer #bees arrive
1970: New ice age by year 2000
1970: Water crisis rationing in 1974 and food crisis in 1980
1971: New ice age by 2020
1972: New ice age by 2070
1972: Oil will run out in 20 years
1970: Killer #bees arrive
1970: New ice age by year 2000
1970: Water crisis rationing in 1974 and food crisis in 1980
1971: New ice age by 2020
1972: New ice age by 2070
1972: Oil will run out in 20 years
🚨🌍 Global Carbon Budget 2022, out now!🌍🚨
It provides the latest update on how we humans have tampered with Earth's remarkable system of #carbon stocks and flows.
So what are the take-homes from our latest update?
@gcarbonproject @PFriedling
It provides the latest update on how we humans have tampered with Earth's remarkable system of #carbon stocks and flows.
So what are the take-homes from our latest update?
@gcarbonproject @PFriedling
It's a story of persistent high global #CO2 emissions, but with some hints (and some hope!) that *total* human #emissions are levelling off.
(Although with considerable uncertainty in the land use change emissions).
(Although with considerable uncertainty in the land use change emissions).
But did anyone mention that we need to get that red line 👆 to hit zero to meet the commitments made in #Paris?
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1/29. 📜NEW BRIEF: Today we launch “PASSED THE POINT OF NO RETURN: A Non-Economic #LossAndDamage (#NELD) Explainer” covering what #NELD is, why and how it happens, where it happens, who is most affected, and importantly, how we can respond.
🔗Get it here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/publication/pa…
🔗Get it here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/publication/pa…
2/29. The brief begins with a foreword by @UNFCCC NELs Expert Group Member @IrfanUllahCDO, who highlights that Non-Economic #LossAndDamage has been largely overlooked in climate negotiations and that urgent action is needed to address #NELD happening now e.g. The #PakistanFloods.
3/29. Then @DLodry of @LossDamageYouth shares the powerful story of his lived experience of Non-Economic #LossAndDamage in #Cameroon called "The Tears Of A Village River And Its Population" which tells how climate-intensified #Drought can lead to a loss of #Culture and #Identity.
#ClimateChange Heads of Delegation are in Cairo to discuss #LossAndDamage.
I made an intervention for @CANIntl in the opening plenary urging them to put L&D Finance on the #COP27 agenda to establish L&D Finance Facility and deliver #ClimateJustice.
Excerpt as a THREAD – 1/11
I made an intervention for @CANIntl in the opening plenary urging them to put L&D Finance on the #COP27 agenda to establish L&D Finance Facility and deliver #ClimateJustice.
Excerpt as a THREAD – 1/11
#We are already in the era of #LossAndDamage!
In the last few months, we have seen unfathomable levels of suffering because of #climate impacts
We've seen #heatwaves #droughts #wildfire and #floodings sweep through the world and the horrific devastation by #PakistanFloods
2/11
In the last few months, we have seen unfathomable levels of suffering because of #climate impacts
We've seen #heatwaves #droughts #wildfire and #floodings sweep through the world and the horrific devastation by #PakistanFloods
2/11
Science tells us how much worse this situation is and why that is.
Because #polluters keep polluting and those who are most responsible refuse to do their fair share.
theguardian.com/environment/ng…
#BigOil #CarbonBomb @dpcarrington @mrmatthewtaylor
3/11
Because #polluters keep polluting and those who are most responsible refuse to do their fair share.
theguardian.com/environment/ng…
#BigOil #CarbonBomb @dpcarrington @mrmatthewtaylor
3/11
1/14. 📜Powerful new report to the #UN General Assembly by the @SRClimateChange Ian Fry makes crystal clear that #LossAndDamage from #ClimateChange is causing a litany of #HumanRights impacts. 🧵
2/14. In its introduction, the report highlights the inequality at the heart of the #ClimateCrisis: "50% of countries are responsible for 86 % of the cumulative global CO2 emissions", #AtmosphericColonization, and why #ClimateReparations are being demanded for #LossAndDamage.
3/14. Chapter three "#LossAndDamage: a litany of #HumanRights impacts" starts by highlighting that from a #HumanRights perspective #LossAndDamage is "closely related to the right to remedy and the principle of #Reparations".
A climate 🧵.
Are you wondering why and how #climatechange can worsen /both/ floods and droughts?
Here's a short explainer:
1/9
#floods #droughts
Are you wondering why and how #climatechange can worsen /both/ floods and droughts?
Here's a short explainer:
1/9
#floods #droughts
First, both droughts and floods occur naturally as extremes of weather. As humans have started to change the climate, we're affecting both extremes.
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Droughts are worsening in some places for two main reasons. First, higher temperatures from global warming dry out soils, increase evaporation of water, accelerate snowpack loss, & more. Second, changes in atmospheric circulation divert rains away from some regions. Both...
3/9
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2022
2019, 2020 and 2021 were ominous – but they barely touched the surface.
Expect more heatwaves, storms, floods, droughts. Watch as the Arctic and Antarctic continue to melt.
Coral Reef death escalates.
2/12
#PlausibleWorstCaseScenario #ClimateCrisis
2019, 2020 and 2021 were ominous – but they barely touched the surface.
Expect more heatwaves, storms, floods, droughts. Watch as the Arctic and Antarctic continue to melt.
Coral Reef death escalates.
2/12
#PlausibleWorstCaseScenario #ClimateCrisis
2032
Ice caps and glaciers lose cohesion. Water sources evaporate. Heatwaves, droughts and soil loss ratchet up.
Climate famines hit Africa, South Asia, South and Central America. Water is now the primary cause of war.
3/12
#PlausibleWorstCaseScenario #ClimateCrisis #War
Ice caps and glaciers lose cohesion. Water sources evaporate. Heatwaves, droughts and soil loss ratchet up.
Climate famines hit Africa, South Asia, South and Central America. Water is now the primary cause of war.
3/12
#PlausibleWorstCaseScenario #ClimateCrisis #War
#RightToProtest
#HumanRights
#AmnestyInternational
#ExtinctionRebellion
#InsulateBritain
#NonviolentDirectAction
#RebellionOfOne
#MoneyRebellion
#DigitalRebellion
#AnimalRebellion
#HS2Rebellion
#OurFish
#Rivercide
#DeepWater
#BusinessAsUsual
#ProfitBeforePeopleAndPlanet
#HumanRights
#AmnestyInternational
#ExtinctionRebellion
#InsulateBritain
#NonviolentDirectAction
#RebellionOfOne
#MoneyRebellion
#DigitalRebellion
#AnimalRebellion
#HS2Rebellion
#OurFish
#Rivercide
#DeepWater
#BusinessAsUsual
#ProfitBeforePeopleAndPlanet
One of my main contributions to the #IPCCReport was to coordinate the Frequently Asked Questions.
With @nigelhawtin @TomMaycock @connorsSL @MelichatGo and the authors, we've produced 34 1-page explainers + figure on important climate concepts.
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ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1…
With @nigelhawtin @TomMaycock @connorsSL @MelichatGo and the authors, we've produced 34 1-page explainers + figure on important climate concepts.
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ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1…
In the coming weeks, I'll try to share the main findings from the FAQs.
1/ for the 1st time, #ClimateReport says that human influence on the climate is an established fact. To support this, we show the many consistent lines of evidence showing that the world is warming /FAQ2.2
1/ for the 1st time, #ClimateReport says that human influence on the climate is an established fact. To support this, we show the many consistent lines of evidence showing that the world is warming /FAQ2.2
2/ from FAQ2.2, we know that the climate is changing. The observed warming since 1850 (black) can *only* be explained by human activities (grey: red + blue). Natural causes (green) have had a limited effect
PS: climate simulations are very close to observations /FAQ3.1
PS: climate simulations are very close to observations /FAQ3.1
"The Dry" could have been just another murder mystery film, but what made it interesting was how it weaved in the #ecological crisis in #Australia - #bushfires & #droughts - with the social crisis in #rural farming communities & small towns.
The swirling dust devils, the dried up #rivers & creeks, correlates with a societal collapse. The washing of a car with waste #water, the red crud that emerges out of shower heads, all narrating how a #rain starved society has hit its #ecological limit.
It is also about the decline of the farming community in #Australia. A telling comment in the film - an old #farmer worrying about how his #land will be tilled after he is gone: "Farms with no people. Imagine that. No need for towns. No need for any of us."
#Floods and #wildfires are both subject to regression to the tail. The same holds for #droughts, #hurricanes, #landslides, #icemelt, #sealevelchange, and other phenomena closely related to the climate crisis.
This tells us that understanding regression to the tail and how to mitigate its specific manifestations for climate will be key to mitigating the climate crisis.
Here it is worth remembering that regression to the tail for the climate crisis will be just as indifferent to human ignorance and folly as regression to the tail is for covid-19.
“There is so much suffering from these #droughts. There is nothing to eat & no water for the animals,or even for birds," says Karabhai Aal from the maldhari community.Despite walking 800kms, they strugge to find pastures for their sheep, in the face of erratic #climate patterns.
These #pastoralists who rarely own #land & use rain fed crops for animal fodder,are from the #drought prone Kachchh area that has been used by succesive govts to justify the #Narmada dam. sandrp.in/2018/09/02/guj… @NarmadaBachao @Indian_Rivers @medhanarmada @indiawater @UNDP_India
However, #pastoralists & small #farmers in the area who are most vulnerable to #ClimateChange receive only the residual #Narmada #water after the requirements of urban areas, #industries & #farmers in central #Gujarat are met. #HowDareYou ruralindiaonline.org/articles/count… @NamitaWaikar
this is a long thread on #nauru, where i spent last week. nauru is currently most visible as a site for australia’s offshore detention of asylum seekers and refugees. it is also the location of a longstanding #phosphate mine which covers over 2/3 of the island 1/22
#nauru is experiencing considerable #climatechange. im going to outline some of the social-environmental stresses i observed that nauruans, refugees and asylum seekers are facing, and why we need to talk about #colonialism and #environmental racism for #climatejustice 2/22
#nauru is a beautiful island. its main resource is #phosphate. germany colonised nauru in the late 1800s and in the early 1900s the british found phosphate and started to exploit it for fertiliser and munitions with australia and nz, who became nauru’s trustees in the 1920s 3/22
