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*The Drums of War - George Monbiot.com
<http://www.monbiot.com/2016/11/24/the-drums-of-war/>*
The combination of automation, complexity and climate change is
dangerous in ways we haven’t even begun to grasp....
Wave the magic wand and the problem goes away. Those pesky pollution
laws, carbon caps and clean power plans: swish them away and the
golden age of blue-collar employment will return. This is Donald
Trump’s promise, in his video message on Monday, in which he claimed
that unleashing coal and fracking will create "many millions of
high-paid jobs". He will tear down everything to make it come true...
But it won’t come true. Even if we ripped the world to pieces in the
search for full employment, leaving no mountain unturned, we would
not find it. Instead, we would merely jeopardise the prosperity –
and the lives – of people everywhere. However slavishly governments
grovel to corporate Luddism, they will not bring the smog economy
back...
A complete reframing of economic life is needed not "just" to
suppress the existential risk that climate change presents (a risk
marked by a 20°C anomaly reported in the Arctic Ocean while I was
writing this article), but other existential threats as well –
including war. Today’s governments, whether they are run by Trump or
Obama or May or Merkel, lack the courage and imagination even to
open this conversation. It is left to others to conceive of a more
plausible vision than trying to magic back the good old days. The
task for all those who love this world and fear for our children is
to imagine a different future, rather than another past.
http://www.monbiot.com/2016/11/24/the-drums-of-war/
Study finds*climate change*limits access to resources for
subsistence hunters
<http://www.newsminer.com/features/sundays/community_features/study-finds-climate-change-limits-access-to-resources-for-subsistence/article_e350f4ee-b42d-11e6-90a4-3ff9a8357278.html>
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner -16 hours ago
Of the 47 important relationships identified between*climate
change*and the availability of subsistence resources, 60 percent
focused on hunter access....Much of the research emphasis has
previously been on how climate change could affect key wildlife
populations, such as caribou, moose and sea mammals.Brinkman said
the survey results add to a growing understanding that getting
access to traditional food sources could be a more significant
problem as the climate shifts....
They’re also collecting more specific data from hunters about the
changing environment they are facing and how it affects their
ability to reach resources.Researchers want to better understand how
often such problems occur, since the ability to make adaptations
will be depend on whether access is a concern occasionally or
regularly....."A lot of climate change stuff is out of local
control, but if they’re aware of the trajectory and patterns of
change then they can better adapt," Brinkman said.
*Indigenous Resolve 'Stronger Than Ever' as Feds Order DAPL Protest Camp
Shut Down
<http://portside.org/2016-11-26/indigenous-resolve-stronger-ever-feds-order-dapl-protest-camp-shut-down>*
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday informed Indigenous water
protectors and their allies that they have nine days to vacate the
main Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp—or else face arrest.
..."This decision is necessary to protect the general public from
the violent confrontation between protestors and law enforcement
officials that have occurred in this area, and to prevent death,
illness, or serious injury to inhabitants of encampments due to the
harsh North Dakota winter conditions," Col. John Henderson of the
Corps said in a letter to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe chairman
Dave Archambault II...The Oceti Sakowin camp, on the banks of the
Cannonball River, will be closed Monday, December 5, the letter
warned. Any individuals found on Army land north of the river after
that date would be considered trespassing and could be prosecuted.
...
http://portside.org/2016-11-26/indigenous-resolve-stronger-ever-feds-order-dapl-protest-camp-shut-down
Southern Africa cries for help as El Niño and*climate change*savage
maize harvest
<https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/nov/27/southern-africa-climate-change-drought-crop-failure>
The Guardian -Nov 26, 2016
It has been devastated by a combination of a long drought caused by
a strong*El Niño*weather cycle and*climate change*. Successive maize
harvests have failed, leaving communities there and in Zambia,
Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and elsewhere, ...
*Companies hit by rising water costs
<http://climatenewsnetwork.net/companies-hit-rising-water-costs/>*
Higher costs of water as a result of droughts and floods linked to
climate change are severely affecting corporate financial
performance globally.
LONDON, 27 November, 2016 − Companies worldwide are being warned
that taking water preservation measures is now vital, and that those
whole fail to act are likely to face mounting financial
losses....The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
<https://www.cdp.net/en>, a not-for-profit organisation that tracks
corporate environmental performance, says a combination of droughts
and floods linked to climate change, plus a tightening of water
regulations, are costing companies billions of dollars....In a new
report, Thirsty business: Why water is vital to climate action
<https://www.cdp.net/en/research/global-reports/global-water-report-2016>,
CDP says data supplied by more than 600 companies around the world
showed that corporate costs related to water amounted to US$14
billion over the last financial year. These costs include
preservation measures put in place by many companies... "For a long
time, companies have taken water for granted as a free and plentiful
resource. But these assumptions are unravelling as the impacts of
climate change gather pace...."From the $100 billion-worth of energy
infrastructure at risk from rising sea levels in Louisiana to
Chinese industry facing tightening restrictions on water use,
investors are right to worry about the impacts of water risks on
their assets." –
http://climatenewsnetwork.net/companies-hit-rising-water-costs/
*Water, Megacities, and Global Change (PDF)
<unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002454/245419E.pdf>*
The United Nations defines cities with populations of 10 million or
more as megacities. Many of these megacities are rapidly expanding
and require natural resources to sustain their growing populations
and industries; many are also home to economic disparities. With
these factors in mind, how are megacities distributing safe drinking
water and sanitation and how is global climate change impacting
water availability in these cities? In December 2015, UNESCO hosted
a conference entitled "Water, Megacities, and Global Change" to
address these and other questions. In this accompanying report,
readers can learn about how fifteen cities - including Beijing,
Chicago, Lagos, and Paris - are currently addressing water-related
issues. In doing so, the report highlights both the unique
challenges faced by these cities along with possible common
solutions. [the Scout Report]
unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002454/245419E.pdf
<http://scoutr.pt/g47700>
*This Day in Climate History November 28, 2010
<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/opinion/28victor.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0>-
from D.R. Tucker *
November 28, 2010: In a New York Times article, Veerabhadran
Ramanathan of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and David G.
Victor of the University of California, San Diego discuss the need
to make progress on climate change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/opinion/28victor.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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