Solidarity-based disaster management: Preparing for climate collapse By Verena Gradinger – translated from the original Mosaik blog. A record summer full of tropical nights, forest fires and sea temperatures far above the usual measured values was followed by large-scale flooding in Central Europe in September. The 1.5-degree target, the central demand of recent years in theContinue reading “Solidarity-based collapse – new article from Austria”
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But not if we act quickly!!!
We are now living with an unprecedented rate of global warming. Desperate attempts to ‘stay positive’ wash away in flood waters, and calls to ‘act now’ turn to ash, as appetite for energy continues to rise. Do we just give up? No, we #JustCollapse!
Slow down – the future is already here
OUR PROBLEM IS EVERYTHING: “This kind of talk means that people like me are labelled a doomer… I prefer to describe myself as a reluctant realist, as somebody who has actually done something that so few seem willing to do — undertaken the emotional labour of looking deep into the abyss, grieving for our situation and then acceptingContinue reading “Slow down – the future is already here”
New book – towards a solidarity-collapse movement
“The only way forward for the climate movement is renewal as a solidarity-collapse movement”. Tadzio Muller, former climate activist and now activist for a #JustCollapse, has a new book out! He tells his story from climate depression to collapse acceptance, making a powerful case for a new activism. English version coming soon. https://www.beck-shop.de/mueller-zwischen-friedlicher-sabotage-kollaps/product/37392986
Methane levels at 800,000-year high
Despite recent ‘feel good’ news articles, our global trajectory remains dire: “Methane levels at 800,000-year high, accelerating the sixth extinction… While shorter-lived in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, methane heats the planet nearly 90 times faster over a 20-year period… annual emissions have increased by 61mn tonnes – roughly 20% – over the past twoContinue reading “Methane levels at 800,000-year high”
Prof Bill McGuire – ‘If you knew what I know, you’d be terrified too’
“The reality is that, as far as we know, our world has never in its entire history heated up as rapidly as it is doing now… Everyone has the right to know the facts – scary or not – so as to provide the opportunity to act based upon the reality of what we areContinue reading “Prof Bill McGuire – ‘If you knew what I know, you’d be terrified too’”
New science: Climate-driven inflation
Collapse is a process and that process is NOW – new research showing how climate collapse is driving inflation and the cost-of-living crisis: “The implications of our empirical results under future temperature conditions are considerable regarding societal welfare in general and price stability in particular.” #TalkCollapse because this is collapse. New science: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01173-x
Present trends of collapse
Present Trends of Collapse: “At the very least, we can answer the call of my friends at #JustCollapse. They advocate for working on a community-level response. The people who will suffer most are the most vulnerable of society… but we can collectively begin to work on lessening that suffering. That may include planning outside ofContinue reading “Present trends of collapse”
Be a cat amongst the pigeons – #TalkCollapse
Our activist-in-residence for the last 3-months, #CollapseCat, bids a fond adieu! Their parting message: Be a cat amongst the pigeons and #TalkCollapse – like so many others are doing. Recent research paper synthesising 361 collapse papers and 73 collapse books (and rising): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328722001768
Waiting around for consensus on tipping points…
Debates rage about the seriousness and (ir)reversibility of our climate-ecological predicament. But, there is no plausible way to refreeze the poles, bring back extinct species, revitalise systems that once absorbed and now emit CO2, and drawdown carbon at speed and scale. If we wait around for consensus on tipping points and collapse, it will beContinue reading “Waiting around for consensus on tipping points…”
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