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“We are entering a humanitarian doom loop — where we save people who are starving, at the cost of millions of others falling closer into that same category” – deputy executive director of the World Food Programme.  Many countries around the world are experiencing collapse already, and the ones who aren’t are only doing so becauseContinue reading “Humanitarian doom loop”

“Climate is only one aspect of our ecological overshoot predicament. We are in intersecting crises feeding back on each other. ‘The Tree of Life’ is being cut down to a bloody stump. This is the premise of #JustCollapse. This is way out of our control – politically, socially, and economically. Many countries around the worldContinue reading “Podcast: Unprecedented territory”

“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”