[✔️] November 10, 2023- Global Warming News Digest | Risks, Attributions, . Antisemitism, Klein -the Logic of Capitalism, 2014 College divestment

Fri Nov 10 10:24:30 EST 2023

/*November 10*//*, 2023*/

/[  well known risk should be reconsidered ]/
*Climate Change Is Causing Severe Drought in a Volatile Mideast Zone, 
Study Finds*
Syria, Iraq and Iran were parched by high temperatures that would have 
been “virtually impossible” without the effects of global warming, 
scientists said.
By Manuela Andreoni
Nov. 8, 2023
Human-made climate change is driving a yearslong extreme drought in 
Iran, Iraq and Syria, an area that encompasses a region known as the 
Fertile Crescent and a cradle of civilization, scientists said on Wednesday.

The scientists stressed that years of conflict and political instability 
combined with the challenges of rapid urbanization in the region have 
limited the ability of local communities to respond to the drought, 
transforming it into a humanitarian crisis.

In the last three years, the drought, the second worst on record, has 
shriveled wheat crops and led to tensions between neighboring countries 
and communities over access to dwindling water supplies. It has also 
displaced tens of thousands of people, and helped push millions into hunger.

The crisis is evidence of how global warming caused by the burning of 
fossil fuels can act “as a threat multiplier,” said Rana El Hajj, a 
technical adviser at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center in 
Lebanon, and one of the 10 authors of the study. It was put out by the 
World Weather Attribution initiative, an international scientific 
collaboration that specializes in rapid analysis of extreme weather 
events...
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The researchers studied the effects of climate change on the low rains 
and high temperatures experienced by the Fertile Crescent, the region 
around the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, and Iran, between July 2020 and 
June 2023. Although the study was not peer-reviewed, the findings are 
based on standardized methods that have been...
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“One thing is very, very clear, though, that this is already touching 
the limits of what some people are able to adapt to,” said Friederike 
Otto, one of the authors of the study and a senior lecturer in climate 
science at the Grantham Research Institute. “As long as we keep burning 
fossil fuels or even give out new licenses to explore new oil and gas 
fields, these kind of events will only get worse.”...
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The climate is unlikely to bring any respite. Extreme drought is no 
longer a rare event in a world that is 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than 
in preindustrial times. It is now expected to happen at least every 
decade in the Euphrates River basin and at least twice a decade in Iran.

The current dry conditions are expected to continue, said Mohammad 
Rahimi, a professor of climatology at Iran’s Semnan University and 
another of the study’s authors. Projections of the future, he added, 
indicate that “Syria, Iraq and Iran will become even harsher places to 
live.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/climate/climate-change-drought-fertile-crescent.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9Ew.ywtA.KS7OWp9MjfUv&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/climate/climate-change-drought-fertile-crescent.html

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/[ dive deep into the information rabbit hole - research from 2020 ]/
*A protocol for probabilistic extreme event attribution analyses*
Sjoukje Philip, Sarah Kew, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Friederike Otto, 
Robert Vautard, Karin van der Wiel, Andrew King, Fraser Lott, Julie 
Arrighi, Roop Singh, and Maarten van Aalst
Abstract
Over the last few years, methods have been developed to answer questions 
on the effect of global warming on recent extreme events. Many “event 
attribution” studies have now been performed, a sizeable fraction even 
within a few weeks of the event, to increase the usefulness of the 
results. In doing these analyses, it has become apparent that the 
attribution itself is only one step of an extended process that leads 
from the observation of an extreme event to a successfully communicated 
attribution statement. In this paper we detail the protocol that was 
developed by the World Weather Attribution group over the course of the 
last 4 years and about two dozen rapid and slow attribution studies 
covering warm, cold, wet, dry, and stormy extremes. It starts from the 
choice of which events to analyse and proceeds with the event 
definition, observational analysis, model evaluation, multi-model 
multi-method attribution, hazard synthesis, vulnerability and exposure 
analysis and ends with the communication procedures. This article 
documents this protocol. It is hoped that our protocol will be useful in 
designing future event attribution studies and as a starting point of a 
protocol for an operational attribution service.

How to cite.
Philip, S., Kew, S., van Oldenborgh, G. J., Otto, F., Vautard, R., van 
der Wiel, K., King, A., Lott, F., Arrighi, J., Singh, R., and van Aalst, 
M.: A protocol for probabilistic extreme event attribution analyses, 
Adv. Stat. Clim. Meteorol. Oceanogr., 6, 177–203, 
https://doi.org/10.5194/ascmo-6-177-2020, 2020.
Received: 10 Jul 2019 – Revised: 08 Sep 2020 – Accepted: 02 Oct 2020 – 
Published: 10 Nov 2020
https://ascmo.copernicus.org/articles/6/177/2020/

/[ highlighted comment @rapauli  1 day ago -- //Our world is literally 
over-heating -- and suddenly changes to our environment threaten 
survival  - the nation-state is infected and plundered by mad-men, banks 
and multinational corporations promoting military conflicts...We are 
stepping into the chaotic fall of civilization.   The reset is by 
increased heat bringing drought and deluge, wild fires... Our task is to 
re-define our species as we re-discover our planet.  We must relearn the 
rules of species survival.  We would be wise to avoid violent stresses - 
instead work to renew extensive co-operation.  And keep our attention on 
our changing environment.]/
*What causes Antisemitism? Gabor Maté*
Science and Nonduality
Nov 8, 2023
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Dr. Gabor Maté on what causes Antisemitism?

This video is an excerpt from Gabor's "Roots Run Deep: Collective and 
Individual Trauma in Palestine/Israel" live talk and Q&A hosted by SAND 
in November 2023.

Dr. Gabor Maté addresses some of the pressing questions in our hearts, 
and offers his insights on the unfolding tragedy. In this clip, Gabor 
discusses the roots of anti-semitism and racism.
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We invite you to explore some links and resources to support 
Palestine/Israel compiled by Gabor Maté and SAND: 
https://scienceandnonduality.com/

Science and Nonduality is a community inspired by timeless wisdom, 
informed by cutting-edge science, and grounded in direct experience. We 
come together in an open-hearted exploration while celebrating our humanity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acl9ULPruMw&lc=UgwYIKFFw8zceY1bo_t4AaABAg

/[ logic of capitalism -- new book ]/
*Naomi Klein Talks Being Mistaken for a Conspiracy Theorist | Offline 
with Jon Favreau*
Pod Save America
Nov 5, 2023  Offline with Jon Favreau
Naomi Klein, activist and bestselling author, joins Offline to talk 
about her new book, Doppelganger, and the woman who inspired it, 
anti-vax crusader Naomi Wolf. In Doppelganger, Klein wades into the 
confusion to tell a broader story about the morass of the internet 
today. She and Jon talk about what it means to build a personal brand in 
the attention economy, how the pandemic fractured our collective sense 
of reality, and whether the internet is a good place to build a populist 
movement. Plus, Max is back from the dead! He and Jon break down Biden’s 
new executive order on AI and exchange tips on how to have more 
productive conversations about the destruction in Gaza.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
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30:34 Naomi Klein on being compared to Naomi Wolf
1:02:35 Ad Break
1:06:37 Naomi Klein on The Mirror World
https://youtu.be/DIdFqKZVAFI?si=J5FNVI7lGRcuTmRM&t=1792

/[The news archive -  ]/
/*November 10, 2014 */

November 10, 2014:  The Boston Globe reports:

"Professors at Boston-area colleges are adding their voices to a 
student-led movement that is pressing higher education institutions to 
shed investments in fossil fuel companies.

"The growing faculty involvement has not only galvanized the effort with 
increased support but also added an important and unique perspective, 
activists say."

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/10/fuel-divestment-movement-grows-boston-campuses/uOKCKYo71b6QhMVaKmQQNK/story.html

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