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“The driver unquestioningly accelerates over the precipice. This is the #collapse of civilisation, representing the inherent danger of the advance of technology and other aspects of human progress.” Cartoonist Chris Madden, paraphrased. Get real. #TalkCollapse

“Start using the ‘c’ word… The word ‘collapse’. Not in a panicked, chicken-little kind of way (though we would be absolutely justified in doing so), but in a measured, matter-of-fact way. Because to assume our continued destruction of the planet’s life-supporting systems could lead to any other outcome is irrational.” Get real – #TalkCollapse https://www.newsroom.co.nz/collapse-is-not-a-dirty-word

PLAYING GOD: A new US White House report on #Geoengineering climate ‘fixes’, “acknowledges that research on solar radiation modification impacts to date has been ad hoc and fragmented, rather than being the product of a comprehensive strategy.” With climate change intensifying ‘sooner than expected’, these deliberately cautious words mask the inevitable roll out of geoengineering.Continue reading “Geoengineering climate ‘fixes’”

History and anthropology tell us civilisations invariably collapse. How long does this one have left? #TalkCollapse

Meaningful action depends on a grounded understanding of our climate-ecological predicament. This includes how air pollutants, such as those produced by international shipping and flight, are ‘masking’ global warming by as much as 2C. Removing this aerosol masking effect could see us rapidly headed for 3C warming. Catch-22: We’re damned if we do, we’re damnedContinue reading “End dirty shipping?”

The failure of governments to respond to our predicament leaves us no choice other than to organise ourselves for food, water, shelter, health, and safety. Communities all around the world are already self-organising as seen here.

New research finds, there is no way to restore collapsed ecosystems within any reasonable timeframe. “What really worries us is that climate extremes could hit already stressed ecosystems, which in turn transfer new or heightened stresses to some other ecosystem, and so on. This means one collapsing ecosystem could have a knock-on effect on neighboringContinue reading “No ecological bailouts”

“Complex civilizations eventually destroy themselves… We are no different, although this time we will all go down together. The entire planet. Those in the Global South who are least responsible for the climate emergency, will suffer first. They are already fighting existential battles to survive. Our turn will come.” READ MORE from Pulitzer Prize winningContinue reading “Requiem for Our Species”

GROUNDBREAKING: The Post Carbon Institute just released a comprehensive analysis of the severity of our predicament. “There is as yet little recognition that these challenges are systemic, entrenched, and interrelated. It’s not just the public or policymakers who are failing to see the connections. Even among those working on the frontline of individual environmental orContinue reading “Groundbreaking analysis from the Post Carbon Institute”

Is it a lack of ‘will’ that is stopping action on climate change? Or is it delusion that ‘will’ can change the laws of physics? Physicist Dr Sabine Hossenfelder provides an answer. #TalkCollapse because no amount of magical thinking can override the laws of physics.