[TheClimate.Vote] November 22, 2019 - Daily Global Warming News Digest..

Fri Nov 22 11:06:48 EST 2019

/November 22, 2019/

[Tall Bill's opinion]
*The climate science is clear: it's now or never to avert catastrophe*
Bill McKibben
Disastrous global heating will soon become irrevocable - but despite 
politicians' inaction millions are taking to the streets to fight the 
planet's fever
The one thing never to forget about global warming is that it's a timed 
test.

It's ignoble and dangerous to delay progress on any important issue, of 
course - if, in 2020, America continues to ignore the healthcare needs 
of many of its citizens, those people will sicken, die, go bankrupt. The 
damage will be very real. But that damage won't make it harder, come 
2021 or 2025 or 2030, to do the right thing about healthcare.

But the climate crisis doesn't work like that. If we don't solve it 
soon, we will never solve it, because we will pass a series of 
irrevocable tipping points - and we're clearly now approaching those 
deadlines. You can tell because there's half as much ice in the Arctic, 
and because forests catch fire with heartbreaking regularity and because 
we see record deluge. But the deadlines are not just impressionistic - 
they're rooted in the latest science...
- -- If you're looking for optimism, at least we come into 2020 on a 
roll. The great climate strikes of this September were the largest 
demonstration of climate activism in history, with 7 million people in 
the street. And April 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day - it 
could be a day for an even more massive outpouring.

The planet is running a hideous fever, and the antibodies - all those 
protesters - are finally kicking in. It's a race, and we're behind, and 
we better start catching up right now.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/20/climate-crisis-its-now-or-never-to-avert-catastrophe

[NYTime$ interactive map]
*The Great Flood of 2019: A Complete*
Picture of a Slow-Motion Disaster
By Sarah Almukhtar, Blacki Migliozzi, John Schwartz and Josh Williams - 
Sept. 11, 2019
Public interest in natural disasters tends to focus on big, discrete 
weather events like hurricanes. But flooding that unfolds over months 
across a broad area has a harder time breaking through. It is only when 
seen as a single, connected event that the stunning scale of the 2019 
flood season becomes clear.

To measure the scope of the spring floods, The New York Times analyzed 
satellite data from the Joint Polar Satellite System using software, 
developed by government and academic researchers for flood detection, 
that is frequently used in disaster response.

The data covers the period from Jan. 15 to June 30 and shows an 
interconnected catastrophe along the Missouri, Mississippi and Arkansas 
Rivers, a system that drains more than 40 percent of the landmass of the 
continental United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/11/us/midwest-flooding.html

[Techno fides solutions, promises future book]
*Bill Gates on AI, Climate, Carbon Tax, Nuclear Power, China*
Nov 21, 2019
Bloomberg Markets and Finance
Nov.21 -- Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 
and co-founder of Microsoft, discusses artificial intelligence, the 
relationship between the U.S. and China and climate change. He talks 
with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at Bloomberg's New 
Economy Forum in Beijing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vapTJLUSvpQ

[The Good Grief Network]
*Terrified of Climate Change? You Might Have Eco-Anxiety*
The American Psychological Association first defined eco-anxiety in 2017 
as "a chronic fear of environmental doom." In 2019, as climate protests, 
heatwaves and a barrage of natural disasters have pushed climate up the 
news agenda, eco-anxiety has exploded across the Western world--even as 
developing countries have suffered most from climate change so far. 
Mental health studies from Greenland to Australia reveal a surge in 
people reporting stress or depression about the climate. Interest in The 
Good Grief Network, a U.S.-based organization coordinating support 
groups for eco-anxiety sufferers, has surged in the last 6 months, with 
branches popping up in half a dozen states. In the U.K., the Climate 
Psychology Alliance, a working group for psychology professionals, has 
been "inundated" with requests for therapeutic support, says Caroline 
Hickman, a psychotherapist and CPA member. "People need help to build 
emotional robustness," she says. "And parents are having to re-think how 
they counsel their children, because we can't just say this is all going 
to be OK."...
- -
But for those in richer northern hemisphere countries, eco-anxiety stems 
not from the immediate impact of climate change but from uncertainty 
over what is yet to come, says Aimee Lewis-Reau, who co-founded Good 
Grief in 2016 with her wife Laura Schmidt. The pair have developed a 
10-step program, in the mold of AA, for sufferers. "In the past, we've 
had the belief that if we just follow certain rules, things will be 
predictable and safe. The climate predicament is challenging that," 
Lewis-Reau says. "People in the U.S. don't know what to do with that 
feeling of uncertainty."..
- - -
When it comes to treatment, experts say taking action--either by 
changing your lifestyle to reduce emissions or getting involved in 
activism--can reduce anxiety levels by restoring a sense of agency and 
connection with a community. Collective action, says Hickman, is a good 
treatment for a collective problem.

Before taking to the streets, though, there's some more conventional 
therapy to be done. "First, you need to talk about your feelings," she 
says, advising that we give ourselves time to accept hard facts like our 
vulnerability to climate change and our failure to prioritize climate 
action. "It doesn't have to be a therapy group, but I wouldn't advise 
doing it all alone. Because this is pretty scary stuff."
https://time.com/5735388/climate-change-eco-anxiety/

*This Day in Climate History - November 22, 2009 - from D.R. Tucker*
CNN reports on the disproportionate toll climate change takes on women.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/18/climate.change.women/
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