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<font size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>February 21, 2023</b></i></font><font
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</font><font face="Calibri"><b>living into being - Speaker Joe
Brewer - Film Maker Katie Teague</b><br>
The Poetry of Predicament<br>
Feb 20, 2023<br>
A gorgeous short film. <br>
Much needed practical wisdom and clarity.<br>
Many thanks to both Joe and Katie.<br>
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</font><font face="Calibri"><b>In response to the gas stove lovers
on Instagram</b><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Warming brings more ] </i><br>
</font> <font face="Calibri"><b>Malaria-Carrying Mosquitos Are
Expanding Their Territory Almost 3 Miles a Year</b><br>
20 February 2023<br>
By CLARE WATSON<br>
</font><font face="Calibri">Scientists have long warned that climate
change would push species into new territories, with the march of
disease-carrying mosquitos among their gravest concerns.<br>
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But this is not some theoretical future threat. Mosquitos that
transmit malaria have been moving into warming areas for over a
century in Africa, according to a new study.<br>
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<font face="Calibri">In fact, this new study suggests that African
Anopheles mosquitos have moved so far that, on average, they are
now found 500 kilometers (310 miles) closer to the south pole and
700 meters (2,300 feet) farther uphill than they were at the turn
of the 20th century.<br>
<br>
According to Carlson, this is some of the first "hard historical
evidence" that mosquitos are already on the move with rising
temperatures – and have been for quite from time.<br>
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"This is exactly what we would expect to see if climate change is
helping these species reach colder parts of the continent," says
Carlson.<br>
<br>
"Up to this point," Carlson tells Science Alert, "most work on
climate change and malaria has focused on the dynamics of malaria
transmission itself. Here, we're taking a step back and saying,
climate change might be independently affecting mosquitos and
spreading them around before we even get to the malaria part of
the story."...<br>
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<font face="Calibri">In fact, this new study suggests that African
Anopheles mosquitos have moved so far that, on average, they are
now found 500 kilometers (310 miles) closer to the south pole and
700 meters (2,300 feet) farther uphill than they were at the turn
of the 20th century.<br>
<br>
According to Carlson, this is some of the first "hard historical
evidence" that mosquitos are already on the move with rising
temperatures – and have been for quite from time.<br>
<br>
"This is exactly what we would expect to see if climate change is
helping these species reach colder parts of the continent," says
Carlson.<br>
<br>
"Up to this point," Carlson tells Science Alert, "most work on
climate change and malaria has focused on the dynamics of malaria
transmission itself. Here, we're taking a step back and saying,
climate change might be independently affecting mosquitos and
spreading them around before we even get to the malaria part of
the story."<br>
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<font face="Calibri">In the worst-case scenario, nearly a billion
people could be threatened with new exposure to virus transmission
from Aedes mosquitos as the planet heats up to add to the billions
more at risk from malaria.<br>
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Less is known, however, about the impact of climate change on
Aedes mosquitos than on Anopheles so we best get to grips with how
the situation is changing – with increased surveillance to monitor
for disease outbreaks.<br>
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"We should be looking for species on the move," Carlson tells
ScienceAlert, "and thinking about that as a facet of how we
prepare for the health impacts of climate change."<br>
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The research has been published in Biology Letters.<br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[ He has billions, but is he smart? ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> <b>Billionaire George Soros Issues a Dire
Warning About the World</b></font><br>
<font face="Calibri">The legendary financier and philanthropist
warns that climate change will precipitate the collapse of our
world.</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">LUC OLINGA</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">FEB 18, 2023 </font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font><font face="Calibri">George Soros is
worried. <br>
<br>
The billionaire and legendary investor fears that our civilization
will collapse if nothing changes.<br>
<br>
He has indeed just sounded the alarm on this catastrophe which is
coming if we do not act. The problem or the cause that could
accelerate the downfall of our world is climate change, says
Soros.<br>
<br>
The rise in temperatures in recent years will have disastrous
consequences on the planet, he warned during a speech at the 2023
Munich Security Conference on Feb. 16.<br>
<br>
"Our civilization is in danger of collapsing because of the
inexorable advance of climate change," the billionaire said. "The
climate system is broken, and it needs to be repaired. That’s the
main message I’d like to convey this evening."<br>
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<font face="Calibri">He said the time is urgent because temperatures
continue to rise at a rate that will most likely push past the
1.5°C warming threshold since pre-industrial levels set by the
Paris Agreement.<br>
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The current level of global warming is, according to Soros,
alarming because in order to succeed in limiting and stabilizing
global warming below 2°C by 2100, it will then be necessary to
reduce CO2 emissions quickly and also greatly reduce emissions of
other greenhouse gases. This is very tight, especially since the
changes already observed will increase, in particular the extremes
of temperature, the intensity of precipitation, the severity of
droughts, the increase in frequency and intensity of climatic
events that are now rare, as activists point out, environmental.<br>
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"The message is urgent because we are dangerously close to
breaching the 1.5-degree limit set in the Paris Agreement in
2015," Soros asserted. "We are already at 1.2 degrees and if we
maintain our current course, global warming will reach more than
2.5 degrees around 2070."<br>
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Soros believes that we cannot afford it because we will then have
crossed almost a point of no return.<br>
<br>
"That would take us past several tipping points such as the
melting of the Arctic permafrost. Once that happens, the amount of
money needed to re-stabilize or repair the climate system grows
exponentially," the billionaire warned. "The accelerating pace of
climate change will also cause large scale migration for which the
world is ill prepared.”<br>
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'Our Civilization Will Be Thoroughly Disrupted'<br>
To illustrate some of the consequences of climate change of which
he speaks, such as the rise in sea level or the melting of the ice
caps, phenomena seen by environmental activists as irreversible
for centuries or even millennia, Soros uses the example of
Greenland.<br>
<br>
"In July 2022, an extreme weather event occurred in Greenland. It
was so warm that scientists there could play volleyball in short
sleeve shirts and shorts," he said.<br>
<br>
The billionaire added that: "The melting of the Greenland ice
sheet would increase the level of the oceans by seven meters. That
poses a threat to the survival of our civilization."<br>
<br>
Based on the principle that human action contributes to
destabilizing the climate system, the major donor of the
Democratic Party ensures that to stop the damage we can no longer
be satisfied with focusing on "mitigation" and "adaptation."
That's why he's pushing for the use of the controversial
experimental solar technology to prevent the Arctic from melting.
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<br>
This consists of spraying aerosol into the stratosphere to reflect
sunlight out of the earth's atmosphere. If some experts recognize
that it can reduce global warming they also warn that this
technology can affect the ozone layer.<br>
<br>
"Unless we change the way we deal with climate change, our
civilization will be thoroughly disrupted by rising temperatures
that will make large parts of the world practically unlivable,"
Soros argued.<br>
<br>
He said it was urgent to "reorient our international financial
institutions, particularly the World Bank, to focus on climate
change."<br>
<br>
This latest proposal comes a day after the resignation of David
Malpass, the president of the World Bank, who was a climate
denier.<br>
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href="https://www.thestreet.com/personalities/billionaire-george-soros-issues-a-dire-warning-about-the-world">https://www.thestreet.com/personalities/billionaire-george-soros-issues-a-dire-warning-about-the-world</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[ Opinion from 2 years ago YouTube
video 7 minutes ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> </font> <font face="Calibri"><b>The problem
with climate change messaging is NOT what you think.</b><br>
Vlad Vexler<br>
Mar 5, 2021 #vladvexlershow<br>
What is the major problem with climate change messaging? And Is
climate alarmism OK? <br>
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Recently, Michael Mann criticised climate journalist David Wallace
Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth, for practicing a
doomist mode of climate change communication. Michael Mann as also
criticised Rupert Read and Extinction Rebellion for inadvertently
lending support for doomism in climate messaging. <br>
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The problem is that climate advocates want everybody else to
converge with them. This view can be summed up as "if I wouldn't
say something, others shouldn't say it either". On this view, if I
my level of alarm about the climate crisis is 7 out of 10, I'd
rather others whose alarm is at 9 or at 5 changed their mind and
converged with me, or just stopped speaking. Or, if a minority of
voices in the climate movement talk about societal collapse, but I
am not worried about societal collapse, I'd prefer if their
voices entirely disappeared. <br>
<br>
Climate change communication should aim at an economy of discourse
that expands rather than contracts. Climate communication should
start from the fact that people come to care about the climate
crisis for different reasons. People come to the table of politics
from different backgrounds, with different values, psychologies,
needs, and fears. This is an age old truth about human beings, and
climate messaging should acknowledge it. <br>
<br>
What is wrong with this approach? It ignores that fact that people
come to the table of politics from different backgrounds, with
different values, psychologies, needs, and fears. And therefore,
that people come to care about the climate crisis for different
reasons.<br>
<br>
The only reason somebody is truly motivated about a cause is if
they are motivated in their own distinctive way. They DON'T NEED
to converge on WHY they are jumping aboard; they just need to
agree that we need to do everything we can to mitigate the climate
crisis. <br>
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<blockquote><font face="Calibri">📌 NAVIGATION</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">00:00 What's going wrong in communication
about the climate crisis? </font><br>
<font face="Calibri">00:19 People care about the climate crisis
for different reasons</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">02:12 Dangerous trend in climate
communication </font><br>
<font face="Calibri">03:35 Climate communication and the
hypothesis of societal collapse </font><br>
<font face="Calibri">05:18 Enriching our ECONOMY OF DISCOURSE and
not contracting it</font><br>
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<i>[ The United Nations ]</i><br>
<p><b>Sea level rise poses ‘unthinkable’ risks for the planet,
Security Council hears</b><br>
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<p>14 February 2023Climate and Environment</p>
<p>“The impact of rising seas is already creating new sources of
instability and conflict,” said UN Secretary-General António
Guterres, who opened the meeting.<br>
<br>
Noting that some nations’ coastlines have already seen triple the
average rate of sea level rise, he warned that, in the coming
decades, low-lying communities – and entire countries – could
disappear forever.<br>
<br>
“We would witness a mass exodus of entire populations on a
biblical scale, and we would see ever-fiercer competition for
fresh water, land and other resources,” he warned.<br>
<br>
‘Threat multiplier’<br>
Describing sea level rise as a threat multiplier, the
Secretary-General said the phenomenon also jeopardizes access to
water, food and healthcare. <br>
<br>
Meanwhile, saltwater intrusion can decimate jobs and entire
economies in industries like agriculture, fisheries and tourism,
and it can damage or destroy vital infrastructure, such as
transportation systems, hospitals and schools.<br>
<br>
According to recently released data from the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO), global average sea levels have risen faster
since 1900 than over any preceding century in the last 3,000
years.<br>
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It warns that, even if global warming is “miraculously” limited to
1.5 degrees, the planet will still see a sizeable rise in sea
water levels...<br>
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<p>- - <i>see the video</i> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW9EAkqu6aY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW9EAkqu6aY</a>
Kiribati: Battling for Survival (Rising Sea Levels)<br>
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<p><b>Devastation evident</b><br>
Mr. Guterres warned the Security Council that, under any
temperature rise scenario, countries from Bangladesh to China,
India and the Netherlands will all be at risk.<br>
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Mega-cities on every continent will face serious impacts,
including Lagos, Bangkok, Mumbai, Shanghai, London, Buenos Aires
and New York. <br>
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The danger is especially acute for some 900 million people living
in coastal zones at low elevations –one out of every ten people on
earth...</p>
<p> Devastation is already evident in many parts of the world, he
said, noting that rising seas have decimated livelihoods in
tourism and agriculture across the Caribbean.<br>
<br>
Sea level rise and other climate impacts are already forcing
people to relocate in Fiji, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and
elsewhere.<br>
<br>
Against that backdrop, he called for action on several fronts,
including broadening the global community’s understanding of the
root causes of insecurity, and addressing the impacts of rising
seas across legal and human rights frameworks.<br>
<br>
“People’s human rights do not disappear because their homes do,”
he stressed.<br>
<br>
<b>Threats to world’s ‘breadbaskets’</b><br>
Csaba Kőrösi, the current President of the General Assembly, also
addressed the Council, recalling that climate change – “the
greatest challenge of our generation” – was the issue most raised
by world leaders during the Assembly’s last high-level debate.<br>
<br>
Citing projections that between 250 and 400 million people will
likely need new homes in new locations in fewer than 80 years, he
also warned of devastating impacts for the world’s “breadbaskets,”
especially fertile deltas along the Nile, Mekong and other rivers.<br>
<br>
Meanwhile, climate-induced sea level rise is also provoking new
legal questions that are at the very core of national and State
identity.<br>
<br>
He urged the Council to recognize the significance of climate
action as a key tool for peacebuilding, stressing that the data
and frameworks to defend against the sea level threat already
exist.<br>
<br>
“What is needed now – as ever – is the political will to act,” he
said...</p>
<p><b>Made stateless by the sea</b><br>
Bogdan Aurescu, Romanian foreign minister and Co-Chair of the
International Law Commission Study Group on Sea-Level Rise, agreed
that climate change-related sea level poses a real risk to over
two-thirds of UN Member States.<br>
<br>
Outlining a range of sea level rise implications, he said
coastlines are being “pushed” inward, affecting baselines from
which countries’ maritime zones are measured and therefore
threatening countries’ access to resources.<br>
<br>
While several actions are available to protect countries’
coastlines, including physical barriers, their costs remain out of
reach for many of the countries worst affected.<br>
<br>
Mr. Aurescu emphasized the need to better harness international
law to support countries most at risk from sea level rise,
pointing out that the International Law Commission recently added
the topic “Sea-level rise in relation to international law” to its
agenda.<br>
<br>
Among other threats, he said urgent efforts are needed to avoid
possible situations of “de facto statelessness,” including by
preserving the fundamental rights and identities of people forced
to flee their home countries as a result of climate change.</p>
<p><b>Impunity and inaction</b><br>
Also addressing the Security Council was Coral Pasisi, Director of
Climate Change of the Pacific Community and President of the
non-governmental organization, Tofia Niue.<br>
<br>
She warned that, by 2050 – “within the lifetime of our children
and grandchildren” – sea level rise will have exceeded at least
one metre for most small island developing States, a shift that
will last for thousands of years.<br>
<br>
Listing severe impacts already facing communities today, from
coral reef bleaching to salt water intrusion, she decried the
international community’s continued flouting of responsibility and
impunity in failing to act to stop climate change.<br>
<br>
“This is a security issue of paramount importance to the Pacific
Region,” she said, emphasizing that the security fallout of
unaddressed sea level rise will fall directly under the Council’s
remit.<br>
<br>
She also expressed her hope that the General Assembly will soon
adopt a resolution, put forward by Vanuatu, requesting an advisory
opinion from the International Court of Justice on the obligations
of States vis-á-vis climate change<br>
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href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133492">https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133492</a><br>
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<p><font face="Calibri"><i>[The news archive - looking back at Rick
Santorum ]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>February 21, 2012</b></i></font> <br>
February 21, 2012: Conservative blogger Steven L. Taylor calls
out GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum for his repeated
denials of climate change:<br>
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"[C]onservatives ultimately see any attempt at environment
regulation as really not about the environment anyway, but about
an excuse for increased government control. Not only does this
pay into general concerns about 'big government' but this strand
of the argument asserts that all this researchy/sciencey talk is
just a ruse: those guys aren’t really scientists interested in
understanding the environment. No! They are Marxists in lab
coats looking to fool you all into socialism!<br>
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"Now, understand: I do not consider myself an expert on climate
change. I do not even have especially strong views on the
subject, although I do accept the rather overwhelming scientific
consensus that we have a climate change problem. What this
means in terms of policy is another issue. However, I find it
problematic when politicians hand-wave over serious issues [due
to] some inherent belief that they understand topics that would
otherwise require a lifetime of study to understand...Further,
while I understand concerns over taxes and regulations, that
doesn’t make issues like pollution go away.<br>
<br>
"In short: if one is going to make arguments on this topic (and
seek to influence policy in this arena) I would like to see more
than appeals to the Biblical creation story and fear mongering
about government control."<br>
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href="http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/santorum-and-climate-change-theology/">http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/santorum-and-climate-change-theology/</a></font>
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