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Nicole Hennig<p>AI Energy Use in Everyday Terms <a href="https://engineeringprompts.substack.com/p/ai-energy-use" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">engineeringprompts.substack.co</span><span class="invisible">m/p/ai-energy-use</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ClimateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateImpacts</span></a></p>
michael<p>5-Dec-2024<br>Coastal retreat in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a> is accelerating because of compound <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateImpacts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1067220" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">067220</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/permafrost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permafrost</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>‘I don’t want this <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> to change’: the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UKEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKEnergy</span></a> head making the local case for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CleanPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanPower</span></a> -</p><p>The critical point in danger of being lost, she argues, is that everyone will benefit if cheap, clean <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> is built and if <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClimateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateImpacts</span></a>, which will ultimately be more destructive to the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/countryside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>countryside</span></a> than pylons, are minimised.'<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/youve-got-to-reach-people-emotionally-the-uk-energy-head-making-the-local-case-for-clean-power" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2024/aug/21/youve-got-to-reach-people-emotionally-the-uk-energy-head-making-the-local-case-for-clean-power</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>
Hippy Steve<p>Millions kept home from school as Southeast Asia swelters under weeks-long heat wave <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/southeast-asia-school-cancellations-philippines-myanmar-1.7187816" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/world/southeast-as</span><span class="invisible">ia-school-cancellations-philippines-myanmar-1.7187816</span></a></p><p>Temperature tops 48C in <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a>; dozens dead in <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a> so far this year.</p><p>Millions of students in all public schools across the Philippines ordered to stay home after authorities cancelled classes for 2 days... avoid outdoor activities &amp; drink plenty of water, but the young &amp; the elderly were told to be especially careful.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Cambodia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cambodia</span></a> this year is facing the highest temperatures in 170 years. <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Thailand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thailand</span></a>'s Department of Disease Control said last week &gt; 30 people have died from heat stroke, compared to 37 for all of last year.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/HeatRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeatRisk</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ClimateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateImpacts</span></a></p>
Hippy Steve<p>The rate of emergency room visits caused by heat illness increased significantly last year in large swaths of the country compared with the previous five years, according to a study published on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</p><p>NYTimes paywall busted: <a href="https://archive.is/B17Xq" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/B17Xq</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>“The heat you were asked to manage 10 years ago is not the heat you’re being asked to manage today,” she said. One of the first symptoms of heat illness can be confusion, she added, making it harder for someone to respond without help from others.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ClimateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heat</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> company directors may be liable for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClimateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateImpacts</span></a>, say lawyers</p><p>Legal experts say directors could face personal claims for failing to consider how <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/businesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>businesses</span></a> affect <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/15/uk-company-directors-may-be-liable-for-climate-impacts-say-lawyers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/mar/15/uk-company-directors-may-be-liable-for-climate-impacts-say-lawyers</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Responsibility</span></a></p>
Cindy<p>Gitanyow Nation Hereditary Chiefs now calling on 🇨🇦 governments to address "deceptive ad campaigns" <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/climateimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateimpacts</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNG</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> </p><p>Ads such as “BC LNG will reduce Global Emissions” are misleading.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Methane</span></a>, a primary ingredient of LNG, is "a powerful greenhouse gas that creates more than 80 times as much heat in the short-term as carbon dioxide and 25% of global warming".</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BillC372" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillC372</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vancouver</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/03/05/news/calls-mount-crackdown-false-fossil-fuel-ads" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalobserver.com/2024/03/0</span><span class="invisible">5/news/calls-mount-crackdown-false-fossil-fuel-ads</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>The WWW of <a href="https://mato.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a>: Toward a relational footprinting of information &amp; communications <a href="https://mato.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>'s <a href="https://mato.social/tags/climateimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateimpacts</span></a><br>"By assessing over 60 published sources in the past 10 years of this debate (including scientific papers, gray literature, corporate publications, &amp; public comments by researchers) we explore how efforts to quantify immensely complex and globally distributed industries can fracture attempts at political articulation."</p><p><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20539517231158994" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/</span><span class="invisible">10.1177/20539517231158994</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>2023 Was The World’s Warmest Year On Record, By Far<br>--<br><a href="https://www.noaa.gov/news/2023-was-worlds-warmest-year-on-record-by-far" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">noaa.gov/news/2023-was-worlds-</span><span class="invisible">warmest-year-on-record-by-far</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical article<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/temperature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>temperature</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremeweather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extremeheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremeheat</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/heatwaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heatwaves</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/heatstress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heatstress</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spatiotemporal</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/monitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monitoring</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hightemperature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hightemperature</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/recordbreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recordbreaking</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NCEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NCEI</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/warming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climateimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateimpacts</span></a><br>@NOAA @NCEI</p>
Tino Eberl<p>Wer hätte das gedacht? 😱 </p><p>"<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> Said to Delay Decision on Enormous Natural Gas Export Terminal</p><p>Before deciding whether to approve it, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> Department will analyze the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/climateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateImpacts</span></a> of CP2, one of 17 proposed <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNG</span></a> export terminals."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/endfossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endfossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/energiewende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energiewende</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Erdgas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Erdgas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fossileRohstoffe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossileRohstoffe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/climate/biden-lng-export-terminal-cp2.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/01/24/climate</span><span class="invisible">/biden-lng-export-terminal-cp2.html</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Why it matters: The fund has been highly contentious for decades, once thought of as the third rail of international climate talks. It would use voluntary contributions from mainly wealthier countries and direct those funds to developing nations to help them withstand <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ClimateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateImpacts</span></a>. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/COP28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COP28</span></a>: "Loss and damage" fund established on first day of <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Dubai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dubai</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ClimateSummit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSummit</span></a><br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/11/30/cop-28-climate-impacts-damage-fund-passes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2023/11/30/cop-28-cl</span><span class="invisible">imate-impacts-damage-fund-passes</span></a></p>
EndemicEarthling<p>All the smoke around Sydney this week is from hazard reduction burns. i.e. controlled burns conducted by the rural fire service to mitigate this summer's bushfire's risk, which has been assessed as particularly high, after three very wet La Ninã years and with a likely El Niño developing.</p><p>The <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFS</span></a> is way behind schedule on this due to all the rain and other complicating factors causing many delays. With temperatures topping 30ºC this weekend, they are rushing to get as much done as they can before the window closes.</p><p>Speaking of which, make sure all your windows are closed.</p><p>It's a nasty trade-off: to reduce the risk of a climate disaster hitting hard this summer, we conduct an activity with its own risk of air quality for five million people dropping into the toilet for a week. These days of bad air (and even worse nights) will result in premature deaths, increased hospitalisations, and some long-term damage to everyone's respiratory health (esp children).</p><p>Once more, given the direct impacts on air quality and the long-term global worsening of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> risk, this moment is another salutary reminder that <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DirtyEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyEnergy</span></a> sends our future up in smoke.</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NSWpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSWpol</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BushfireRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BushfireRisk</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/bushfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bushfire</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ElNino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElNino</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ClimateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ClimateDisruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDisruption</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a><br>3/3</p><p>EDIT: added climate context.</p>
Christopher Mims<p>Climate Change Is Driving Ever-Higher Food Prices</p><p>"The standout example of how extreme weather can drive up food prices is olive oil. The Mediterranean staple has more than doubled over the last 12 months to $8,000 a metric ton, a record high according to statistics tracked by the International Monetary Fund back to 1990. Extreme heat was the culprit as Spain, the world’s largest producer, was hard hit by drought."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateimpacts</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/food-prices-inflation-2023-17f99f5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">barrons.com/articles/food-pric</span><span class="invisible">es-inflation-2023-17f99f5</span></a></p>
Christopher Mims<p>“We can say now that people are dying from climate change, and that’s a different kind of statement than we would have made before”</p><p>"By 2050, the number of people suffering from a month of inescapable [extreme] heat could further grow to a staggering 1.3 billion."</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/pakistan-extreme-heat-health-impacts-death/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/climate-env</span><span class="invisible">ironment/interactive/2023/pakistan-extreme-heat-health-impacts-death/</span></a></p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@therockyfiles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>therockyfiles</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateimpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatemigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatemigration</span></a></p>
Christopher Mims<p>In areas most vulnerable to climate change-enhanced disasters, like Florida, the cost of home insurance has gone up so much that it’s now affecting how much lenders will give — potentially pushing many out of the home ownership market altogether.</p><p>Others are risking having no insurance at all, gambling on complete financial ruin should their home be damaged or destroyed.</p><p>🧵 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatemigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatemigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateimpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/americans-are-bailing-on-their-home-insurance-e3395515" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/personal-finance/ameri</span><span class="invisible">cans-are-bailing-on-their-home-insurance-e3395515</span></a></p>
Christopher Mims<p>Evidence of America’s — and the world’s — climate migrations are mounting.</p><p>In this thread, I’ll collect all the papers, news items and anecdotes I find on the subject. Feel free to contribute by using this tag:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatemigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatemigration</span></a></p><p>It’s starting with insurers. When homes are destroyed and homeowners lose everything, with no recourse, market forces herd people away from the zones of greatest vulnerability:</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/03/natural-disaster-climate-insurance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">23/09/03/natural-disaster-climate-insurance/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adaptation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateimpacts</span></a></p><p>🧵</p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p>Official <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/floodplain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floodplain</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a>, used when making important decisions about <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zoning</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a>, are <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/outdated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdated</span></a> and omit critical information, in particular about potential <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/climateimpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateimpacts</span></a>. Inaccuracies and omissions from <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a>’s dataset likely <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/perpetuate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perpetuate</span></a> the under protection of high-exposure, high-vulnerability <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://naacp.org/resources/turning-tide-advancing-racial-justice-federal-flood-infrastructure-projects" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">naacp.org/resources/turning-ti</span><span class="invisible">de-advancing-racial-justice-federal-flood-infrastructure-projects</span></a></p>
Nicole Hennig<p>Jonathan Koomey: Misconceptions about IT energy &amp; environmental impacts. <a href="https://www.koomey.com/post/709360975817719808" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">koomey.com/post/70936097581771</span><span class="invisible">9808</span></a> (I wish people would apply this advice to stories about the climate impact of AI. “Always ask, compared to what?”) <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ClimateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a></p>
Ruth Mottram<p>I like this piece by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@andrewdessler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>andrewdessler</span></a></span> on the inequality that people face in dealing with <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/climateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateImpacts</span></a>. <br>I'm afraid I too often say things like "we can adapt" without adding the obvious caveat "but there's going to be suffering which will overwhelmingly affect already disadvantaged groups".</p><p>The Danish <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ClimateAtlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAtlas</span></a> is at least an attempt to make sure everyone has the same high quality information freely available. But that doesn't mean the same capacity to act on it</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/@andrewdessler/110905897211896122" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.world/@andrewdessler/</span><span class="invisible">110905897211896122</span></a></p>
Hippy Steve<p>The Christian Science Monitor published a detailed article today entitled "Cruel summer: Will 2023 mark a tipping point for climate change?"</p><p>Gives an overview of <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ClimateImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateImpacts</span></a> the world has been reeling from due to <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>. 5 reporters contributed.</p><p><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2023/0810/Cruel-summer-Will-2023-mark-a-tipping-point-for-climate-change" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">csmonitor.com/Environment/2023</span><span class="invisible">/0810/Cruel-summer-Will-2023-mark-a-tipping-point-for-climate-change</span></a></p><p>(CSM used to be THE go to paper for outstanding journalism. They're still doing unique things like you can hit the 'quick read' button for a shorter version, and articles are sorted via values like <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a></p>