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(1/4) #Floods are becoming frequent in Himalaya, particularly in the NW #Himalaya that has been related to the increasing impact of changing #climate
@SundriyalY @neh4chauhan @kaushik_kaush5 @firozgeologist
(1/4) #Floods are becoming frequent in Himalaya, particularly in the NW #Himalaya that has been related to the increasing impact of changing #climate
@SundriyalY @neh4chauhan @kaushik_kaush5 @firozgeologist
#Uttarakhand, NW #Himalaya has witnessed 2 major flood events in the last decade that killed >6000 people. This study is an attempt to explore the impact of potential flood on river bank slopes in Uttarakhand. (2/4)
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)
🚨 BREAKING 🚨: "When I took oath, I wasn't aware of the gravity of Pakistan's economic problems," admits Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The country was at risk of defaulting on its debt, and the International Monetary Fund program was "stained." 1/5
Despite these challenges, Sharif is confident that the country will "sail through" the difficulties. 2/5
In a speech a short while back given on a visit to Dera Ismail Khan, he also discussed infrastructure projects underway in the region, including the construction of a new airport and industrial estate. 3/5
Massive 6.4 #earthquake rocks #California leaving people without power | Dec 20
- Its #epicenter was 210 miles north of #SanFrancisco, where a quake hit last week
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- Its #epicenter was 210 miles north of #SanFrancisco, where a quake hit last week
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🚨🌍 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.
Discussed with @SanaMaqboool and @FarrukhKPitafi on @WorldPTV the possibility of #debt relief for Pakistan subsequent to the devastating #floods as a result of climate change
Rather than rolling over Pakistan’s existing debt by one year, the debt needs to restructured such that repayments are pushed back by 10-15 years. Also rather than taking on new loans we should insist on grants. External debt sustainability has reached its limit
If we succeed in restructuring the debt profile and create fiscal space, we will have to embark on climate adaptation measures. This cannot be delayed any further and the future is upon us
In the grim reality of #floods, Pakistanis young & old are providing hope, here are a few
The Solar Water Box provides robust, on-wheels, solar-powered water filtration unit that can deliver up to 10,000 litres of filtered water per day says @hamzafarrukh aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/18…
The Solar Water Box provides robust, on-wheels, solar-powered water filtration unit that can deliver up to 10,000 litres of filtered water per day says @hamzafarrukh aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/18…
Another startup, called #PakVitae, is providing a filter product that does not require electricity. Using gravity and attaching to the bottom of #water containers, the filters can provide up to 10,000 litres.
instagram.com/pakvitae/
instagram.com/pakvitae/
It’s pitch-dark at night for tens of thousands of people living on small sections of dry land in most parts of Sindh. #SunKing's Raza Zubair heard about the plight of the flood victims and now providing #solar-powered lamps for #PakistanFloods' survivors
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1.Working relentlessly for 36 hours, Engineers & personnel of @chairmanbwssb have successfully drained out 20 feet of flooded water and repaired the machines by cleaning moisture in them at TK Halli pumping station. @TOIBengaluru #bengalururains #Bengaluru #water #Karnataka
2. Currently efforts R on to commission stand-by pumps at Tataguni-Harohalli stations. In the meantime about 200 tankers R supplying water to various localities on priority basis. @TOIBengaluru #BengaluruRain #Bengaluru #Karnataka #water @chairmanbwssb
3.Four pumps in 4 stage 2 phase station have already resumed pumping of 220 MLD water & the remaining one pump will also be operationalised by tonight according to @chairmanbwssb. @TOIBengaluru #BengaluruRain #Bengaluru #water #floods #Karnataka
(1/) Pakistan's horror floods are our horror floods too
A thread 🧵
➡️ RT
#PakistanFloods #floods #ClimateCrisis #extremeweather #climate #water #Pakistan
A thread 🧵
➡️ RT
#PakistanFloods #floods #ClimateCrisis #extremeweather #climate #water #Pakistan
(2/) The Planet newsletter:
The Pakistan floods are not an isolated incident for the back page of your newspaper. The scale, and relevance for all of us, should make this the main headline wherever you live.
➡️ theplanet.substack.com/p/pakistans-ho…
The Pakistan floods are not an isolated incident for the back page of your newspaper. The scale, and relevance for all of us, should make this the main headline wherever you live.
➡️ theplanet.substack.com/p/pakistans-ho…
(3/) This summer was marked by extreme weather events all over the northern hemisphere. As a reader of this newsletter, you have likely experienced this too. For instance, many European readers will remember the record-breaking drought in Western Europe.
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".
Whenever there are floods, a faction of propagandists start propagating that #Dams are the only solution for #FloodsInPakista.
I don't possess expertise in civil engineering, but to some certainty I know dams can't mitigate #floods. Dams can only store naturally flowing waters.
I don't possess expertise in civil engineering, but to some certainty I know dams can't mitigate #floods. Dams can only store naturally flowing waters.
Floodwaters can neither be stored in dams nor stopped. Stopping floodwaters is dangerous and multiplicate the destruction. Even, there are numerous instances when poorly built #dams collapsed due to floodwaters.
#Pakistan has the largest number of #glaciers in the world.
#FloodsInPakistan are due to #GlobalWarming coupled with poorly built infrastructure and urban planning.
#FloodsInPakistan are due to #GlobalWarming coupled with poorly built infrastructure and urban planning.
One year anniversary!
It started with a huge loss and ended with a huge loss for me. In btw I helped more than 450 families with food packages, few with medicine and other stuff. Just today, I provided meals to more than 350 people. Take part by donating:
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It started with a huge loss and ended with a huge loss for me. In btw I helped more than 450 families with food packages, few with medicine and other stuff. Just today, I provided meals to more than 350 people. Take part by donating:
aseelapp.com/en_us/urgent-f…
Packing the food. In my neighborhood more than 200 houses are damaged. People are affected a lot. So much losses incurred. People need help not only with food items but in rebuilding their houses. I will do my part as long as I can. I need your contributions. #Afghanistan
Together with my team, we delivered food to families who were gravely impacted by the flood. I remain hopeful that with your contributions, I will be able to help them more and lessen their pain and grief. Plz donate and share the campaign link with anyone who can help.
A climate 🧵.
Are you wondering why and how #climatechange can worsen /both/ floods and droughts?
Here's a short explainer:
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#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...
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Lasbela District of Balochistan is under extreme flood conditions.
@dpr_gob and @ndmapk needs to take quick actions to protect people.
#rains #Lasbela #Balochistan
Photo and videos in 👇
Balochistan Top Industial city Hub CHOWKI.
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@dpr_gob and @ndmapk needs to take quick actions to protect people.
#rains #Lasbela #Balochistan
Photo and videos in 👇
Balochistan Top Industial city Hub CHOWKI.
More in the thread
More from Hub CHOWKI
Main Nulha in Hub City - overflowing last night had affected nearby homes.
“'Every piece of real estate in #Bangladesh is populated, and this entire area is underwater,' said Sheldon Yett, the United Nations Children’s Fund representative to the country, referring to the northeast."
nytimes.com/2022/06/24/wor… #Sylhet #FinnegansWake
nytimes.com/2022/06/24/wor… #Sylhet #FinnegansWake
1/ "But this year, the #rains have been especially intense, a harsh reminder that #climatechange is bringing more extreme weather around the world."
Disasters continue to sweep the world. Anthropogenic in nature, exacerbated by #climateCrisis #capitalism and #EcosystemDestruction. The age of disasters is upon us.
Pretty disappointed with how #TheBusiness portrayed me. I told a much larger story than this, and though it is well summed up with an angst around affordability that doesn’t go away, including rent, petrol, food, essentials (not mentioned) it was so much more than that. #auspol
There was no mention of the #RoyMorgan #unemployment statistic of 8.5%, nor that the ABS figure of 4% is fanciful in not counting anyone as unemployed who works just one hour a week, or has weeks off having worked in the gig economy, or who is sick, injured, etc. #auspol
1/n 📢🧵: The @IPCC_CH launched their new report (WG2-AR6) this week, exploring the impacts of #climate risks, #adaptation & vulnerability. Here are some insights on the key takeaways for #India.🇮🇳🌏♻️
#ClimateReport #IPCC #IPCCReport
🔗Read Asia Ch. 10 ➡️ bit.ly/3twyIVI
#ClimateReport #IPCC #IPCCReport
🔗Read Asia Ch. 10 ➡️ bit.ly/3twyIVI
2/n #India🇮🇳 is at risk of multiple #climaticrisks, many of which are accelerating in frequency & intensity. Rising temp.🌡️are likely to cause severe heat stress in summer, esp. in cities where temp.🌡️can be more than 2℃ warmer than the surroundings due to heat island effects.
Living and experiencing the #floods in #Mullumbimby was/is the most insane experience of my life.
Still so raw. I lost my home. When it first happened I was trapped in my house and had to break off the door...
Then escaped in my wetsuit w surfboard
This is my experience:
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Still so raw. I lost my home. When it first happened I was trapped in my house and had to break off the door...
Then escaped in my wetsuit w surfboard
This is my experience:
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2/ I live 2 streets from Mullumbimby town centre.
The biggest issue for all of us was no warning.
The only reason I knew this might happen was because I was following Higgins Storm Chasers on Facebook.
Our weather apps and BOM said 40mm and maybe mild to moderate flooding.
The biggest issue for all of us was no warning.
The only reason I knew this might happen was because I was following Higgins Storm Chasers on Facebook.
Our weather apps and BOM said 40mm and maybe mild to moderate flooding.
3/ I picked up sandbags on the Sunday afternoon but the SES had hardly any sand, we were the only people there and, when I asked what they thought, they just said maybe we might but they always say it and just shrugged their shoulders.
Perfect climate storm is arriving #PerfectClimateStorm #PerfectStorm #COVID19 #pandemics #ClimateCrisis #slr #snow #floods #heatdome #heatwave #drought #storms #tornados #wildfires #ecology & #biodiversity collapse
Watch "Horror, Japan is stopped! There is no end of snow"
On Nov 15, 2021 an #AtmosphericRiver hit the #Fraser Valley and Canyon. In support of a BC Salmon Restoration Innovation Fund #BCSRIF project and with support from @HakaiInstitute, we flew the Fraser Canyon to document the #floods and #landslides that occurred. 1/18 #BCStorm
Our research examines how the size and frequency of landslides in Fraser Canyon affect river morphology, flow dynamics, #salmon migration, and their genetics. What follows are names, pictures, and coordinates of #landslide events we identified, both big and small. 2/18 #BCStorm
Chennai has been worse severely hit & these are lessons learnt from #chennai floods & rains 2021
Nature is the most powerful force in the universe.
Prayers stay with you if you invest in them.
A positivity mindset is key to survive hard times.
#ChennaiRains2021 #ChennaiFlood
Nature is the most powerful force in the universe.
Prayers stay with you if you invest in them.
A positivity mindset is key to survive hard times.
#ChennaiRains2021 #ChennaiFlood
People help each other out when there is time of need!
Manual labourers need to be treated with much more respect.
The city requires a lot of work and only depending on the government is totally absurd.
@i_ampuneeth @suriyafoundati2
#Chennai #ChennaiRains2021 #ChennaiFloods
Manual labourers need to be treated with much more respect.
The city requires a lot of work and only depending on the government is totally absurd.
@i_ampuneeth @suriyafoundati2
#Chennai #ChennaiRains2021 #ChennaiFloods
A bunch of studios and big apartments motored out water to the streets. How much ever rich they get, a responsible mentality is never attained!
#Chennai #ChennaiRains2021 #ChennaiFloods
#Chennai #ChennaiRains2021 #ChennaiFloods
