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Peter du Toit
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I speak about climate futures, mitigation and adaptation in the face of the climate crisis. 🇿🇦

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An intense #heatwave has far reaching secondary impacts beyond just the actual uncomfortable heat.

A group of researchers gathered data on the 2022 heatwaves in India and were able to identify what many of these knock on effects are:

Here is the graphic illustrating this from the research.

(You can read the paper here: https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/wp-content/uploads/India_Pak-Heatwave-scientific-report.pdf)

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We are going to have to figure out how to adapt faster than the impacts arriving at pace as a result of the heating planet.

One major project that is underway is a global early warning system to warn of impending impacts and hopefully give people time to prepare. (You can read out this here https://public.wmo.int/en/earlywarningsforall)

The current risk assessments estimate approximately 3.3-3.6 billion people live in hotspots of high vulnerability to climate change.

Near term (2023-2040) the people at heightened risk are:

🌡️ People living in places that are already close to their thermal limits

🏝️People living along coastlines

🧊People living near seasonal rivers and ice.

One place that has parts close to their thermal limits is India. They are not new to heatwaves and on avg have about 5-6 of these events a year. In 2022 the intensity was ramped up a couple of notches and they just experienced an extremely hot February.

From the IMD press briefing yesterday:

And projection for March-May

#Adaptation #ClimateLiteracy

March-May projections:

We are going to have to figure out how to adapt faster than the impacts arriving at pace as a result of the heating planet.

One major project that is underway is a global early warning system to warn of impending impacts and hopefully give people time to prepare. (You can read out this here https://public.wmo.int/en/earlywarningsforall)

The current risk assessments estimate approximately 3.3-3.6 billion people live in hotspots of high vulnerability to climate change.

Near term (2023-2040) the people at heightened risk are:

🌡️ People living in places that are already close to their thermal limits

🏝️People living along coastlines

🧊People living near seasonal rivers and ice.

One place that has parts close to their thermal limits is India. They are not new to heatwaves and on avg have about 5-6 of these events a year. In 2022 the intensity was ramped up a couple of notches and they just experienced an extremely hot February.

From the IMD press briefing yesterday:

And projection for March-May

#Adaptation #ClimateLiteracy

I have a list on Twitter with major outlets from each of the continents (including Australasia)

Have been slowly rebuilding same on the place that shall not be mentioned)

So the European Space Agency and European Commission Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite provides weekly monitoring around the whole coastline of Antarctica.

Using 10,000 satellite images generated between 2014 and 2021 researchers have found that the Antarctic glaciers are travelling into the ocean much faster than the 1km/year originally thought.

This of course has some serious implications for northern hemisphere coastlines over time.

Here is the study released today:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01131-4

#Antarctic #SeaLevelRise

I rate this *very* highly. (Pictured Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles

A beautiful start to the day here. pv

I view anything I share on any social site as ephemeral, meaning where I can, I set auto delete at 30 days, and also don’t mind if a service goes belly up.

Anything worth keeping always lives on my blog.

As the physical environment continues to destabilise in many places any business (or individual) that is able to achieve location independence will be more resilient.

#adaptation

Interesting read and brave move! 😅 - there is certainly been a shift in the zeitgeist.

I think for many people who migrated away from Twitter and into a no algo/ad environment (eg here & Mastodon) the contrast is like a glass of water in the face.

I had a ton of lists that I had spent years curating around topics that I have an interest in. Seeing those contributors scatter and having to rebuild elsewhere has been interesting…

So is this about where the current Nostr community is at? What do you think?

Mostly concentrated In Mozambique and Zimbabwe and just touching the far north eastern parts of South Africa

#CycloneFreddy is now over land in Mozambique… check the amount of water it is dropping 😳 … (in mm’s)

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They need some family planning there!

I hear you. One would have to analyse this group’s forecasts vs reality. They have been regular forecasts so sure it wouldn’t be too difficult. Am also sure someone is on as we speak :)

I just shared this… seems there was some advance warning 😳

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Let’s try that again #[3]