[DrCaleb]

Atlantic Ocean currents are weakening, possibly signalling big weather changes: study

[bootlegga]

These 6 countries are most likely to survive a climate change-caused societal collapse

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According to researchers, New Zealand, specifically, is the best location to live in as climate change rears its ugly head. It's an unsurprising choice, as the country checks a lot of boxes for survivalists: It's a remote island with vast, largely untouched landscapes that, in a survival scenario, amount to untapped resources. And it seems there's some agreement about New Zealand's merits when it comes to potential global societal collapse. According to the University of Notre Dame’s Global Adaptation Initiative, which similarly ranks countries based on their readiness and capability to adapt to climate change, New Zealand ranks second out of 181 countries, behind only Norway. It might get cut off from the global supply chain, seeing as it's floating out in the Pacific Ocean — but the worst-case climate scenarios suggest the global economy will collapse anyway, so nothing to worry about there.


The new study isn't the first to peg New Zealand as a solid outlet for survival. Silicon Valley billionaires have been eyeing the island for years as a potential outpost in case things go to hell. According to a report from The Guardian, people like Peter Thiel and several cryptocurrency millionaires have already started buying up property and building bunkers in the country. It's something to keep in mind if you move to New Zealand: Sure, you might survive climate change, but think of who your neighbors would be.

If New Zealand starts to fill up before you get there, the second-best spot, per the report, is just a short swim over in Tasmania, a small Australian island. Tasmania claimed the silver medal in the survival Olympics thanks to its thriving agricultural infrastructure, which is built to sustain if everything goes to shit. That said, it's a small island that likely can't support a huge population uptick, so don't expect to be greeted like a hero when you show up as the world is ending. But if you can get in, odds of survival are pretty good.


The final nation on the podium for survival is Ireland. Like the two countries placing ahead of it, Ireland is an island that benefits from isolation and self-sustainability (sensing a theme here?). Ireland is resource-rich with a booming agriculture industry that could be tapped to keep its population alive as the global supply chain crumbles. Plus, the fact that Ireland exports a lot more than it imports positions it well for turtling and turning inward in the face of societal collapse.

Iceland fell just short of the top three, placing fourth on the strength of its agricultural potential and capacity to support renewable energy. The fact that it is a remote island sure doesn't hurt, either, though it's also getting clobbered by climate change as we speak, with oceans rising at a rate of 1.4 inches per year as nearby glaciers melt.

The United Kingdom placed fifth on the researcher's list, driven largely by its potential to survive rather than its demonstrated ability. The densely populated island was tagged as a country that could considerably increase its renewable energy and agricultural capabilities, though it currently imports nearly half of its food and is lagging on wind and solar adoption. The U.K. was previously identified as one of the top 10 nations that could provide a sustainable future, according to a study published by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

The sixth spot on the list is a bit crowded, as the United States and Canada managed to tie in their likelihood for survival — though they have a lot of challenges to overcome. The shared border between the two nations — the largest and most populated on the list — hurts both, due to the risk of mass migration. Both have lots of land that can be tapped for production, agriculture, and energy generation; but both are also massive importers, meaning they would have lots of ground to make up if access to the rest of the world's resources were cut off by climate change.

https://www.mic.com/p/these-6-countries ... e-82704326

[DrCaleb]

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UN sounds clarion call over 'irreversible' climate impacts by humans

The UN climate panel sounded a dire warning Monday, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans are "unequivocally" to blame.

Already, greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere are high enough to guarantee climate disruption for decades if not centuries, scientists warn in a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

That's on top of the deadly heat waves, powerful hurricanes and other weather extremes that are happening now and are likely to become more severe.

Describing the report as a "code red for humanity," UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged an immediate end to coal energy and other high-polluting fossil fuels.

"The alarm bells are deafening," Guterres said in a statement. "This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet."

The IPCC report comes just three months before a major UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, where nations will be under pressure to pledge ambitious climate action and substantial financing.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-na ... -1.6134493

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The IPCC report is clear: nothing short of transforming society will avert catastrophe

The release today of the first part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment report makes for stark reading. It reaffirms that anthropogenic climate change is real, present and lasting: it is now unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land to an unprecedented degree, with effects almost certain to worsen through the coming decades.

The report also dispels any notion that the effects of the climate crisis are abstract or distant. Extreme events are being felt across the world, from wildfires in Australia, Sweden and north-west America to heatwaves in Siberia and Canada and the devastating drought in South Africa. Evidence has grown since the last assessment report that human activity has exacerbated extreme weather events. Without urgent action, such events will continue to get worse. Moreover, sea levels are projected to rise over this century. Rises of as much as 2m cannot be ruled out, leaving low-lying lands and coastal communities extremely vulnerable.

One of the headline figures in the report is that average global temperatures in 2011-2020 were 1.1C higher compared with 1850-1900. Though this may seem like a small increase on any individual day, the increments matter in the long term. With every additional fraction of a degree increase in global warming, changes in extreme events such as heatwaves, floods and droughts become larger.

The Paris agreement in 2015 was momentous in committing signatories to limiting global warming to 2C above pre-industrialised levels, and preferably 1.5C. The IPCC’s report makes plain that our goal should be to keep temperature rises as small as possible. Relative to a 2C increase, limiting temperature rises to 1.5C would reduce the risks of food and water shortages, improve prospects for endangered species and protect human health from air pollution, malnutrition and extreme heat. We must aim for that goal.

Limiting global warming to 1.5C is ambitious – but is not fanciful. In the 2019 amendment to the Climate Change Act, the UK showed the intent required and committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Still, achieving that aim will be a challenge. The climate crisis is as much a rural problem as an urban one. It is both economic and human, domestic and international. This means transformation is required at every level of society: individuals, employers, institutions and international partners will need to work together to understand the trade-offs, agree compromises and seize opportunities. And just as scientists are pooling insights from diverse fields of expertise, policymakers will need to work in new ways, sharing ideas across disciplines to plot a clear path from here to net zero. This is a whole systems challenge. Tackling it will require a systemic approach.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... e-net-zero

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[CDN_PATRIOT]

The U.N. is a joke.


-J.

[DrCaleb]

CDN_PATRIOT CDN_PATRIOT:

The U.N. is a joke.


-J.

Another opinion someone gave you.

You seem to like their vaccines though.

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[raydan]

I've been documenting great tits for years now.

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[DrCaleb]

I wonder what makes this IPCC report so special. It's been saying the same damn thing since 1995.

[xerxes]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

I wonder what makes this IPCC report so special. It's been saying the same damn thing since 1995.

They changed their prognosis from "We're fucked", to "We're super fucked."

[CDN_PATRIOT]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

CDN_PATRIOT CDN_PATRIOT:

The U.N. is a joke.


-J.

Another opinion someone gave you.

Negative. I've always had great disdain for the U.N.

In my mind, they are both useless and pointless at the same time. They might have had a purpose
when initially formed, but not now. Just another organization out to make money and tell member countries what to do.

-J.

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CDN_PATRIOT CDN_PATRIOT:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

CDN_PATRIOT CDN_PATRIOT:

The U.N. is a joke.


-J.

Another opinion someone gave you.

Negative. I've always had great disdain for the U.N.

In my mind, they are both useless and pointless at the same time. They might have had a purpose
when initially formed, but not now. Just another organization out to make money and tell member countries what to do.

-J.

Be careful, they will send you a strongly worded letter about nothing in particular.

[CDN_PATRIOT]

PluggyRug PluggyRug:

Be careful, they will send you a strongly worded letter about nothing in particular.

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[Scape]

Hitler thought the same thing about the League of Nations (Predecessor to the UN) citing the Armenian Genocide. This allowed him to remove Germany from the League and other nations followed him.

No fall out from that at all right? Yes, the process is flawed but just like capitalism is flawed it is the best system we have come up with SO FAR. To abandon it OUTRIGHT is folly as in its wake we will ONLY have anarchy and that is FAR worse than a corrupt system.