@CStamp One word sums it up perfectly -- #polycrisis. That's when we figure out that we're all living on the same planet -- and what happens when the sh*t hits the fan at the same time.

"Diamond identified three key indicators or precursors of imminent dissolution: a persistent pattern of environmental change for the worse like long-lasting droughts; signs that existing modes of agriculture or industrial production were aggravating the crisis; and an elite failure to abandon harmful practices and adopt new means of production. At some point, a critical threshold is crossed and collapse invariably follows."

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/civilization-collapse-climate-change/
#climatechange #polycrisis

We Are Witnessing the First Stages of Civilization’s #Collapse

Will our own elites perform any better than the rulers of Chaco Canyon, the Mayan heartland, and Viking Greenland?

by Michael T. Klare, August 22, 2023

"The question today is: Will our own elites perform any better than the rulers of Chaco Canyon, the Mayan heartland, and Viking Greenland?

"As Diamond argues, each of those civilizations arose in a period of relatively benign climate conditions, when temperatures were moderate and food and water supplies adequate. In each case, however, the climate shifted wrenchingly, bringing persistent drought or, in Greenland’s case, much colder temperatures. Although no contemporary written records remain to tell us how the ruling elites responded, the archaeological evidence suggests that they persisted in their traditional ways until disintegration became unavoidable."

Read more:
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/civilization-collapse-climate-change/

#Polycrisis #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #CivilizationCollapse

"While change is inevitable for this planet and all life, the heat we are now experiencing is not. It is the result of #toxic systems that are putting stress on every one of #Earth’s #ecosystems at the same time."

#Polycrisis

#Polycrisis

Is this the word we need to describe unprecedented convergences between ecological, political and economic strife?

https://aeon.co/essays/the-case-for-polycrisis-as-a-keyword-of-our-interconnected-times

There are tonnes more, maybe this is time for a long-form essay on #polycrisis, #emergence and #complexity! But back to the original point of how such terms and terminologies emerge and evolve. While the intentions are always to clarify, classify and rally around, they quickly become loose and/or murky, and then abused to the point that they mean nothing! #etymology. (n/n)

2) The assertion that these crisis have effects that emerge and intermingle, and there new problems or effects emerge is great. But that assertion grossly underestimates the fact that many of these crisis are already interconnected. The underlying complexity that stems from this interconnectedness requires greater attention than the myopic focus on the effects of the crisis. #Polycrisis #wickedproblem #complexity (2/n)

This article by Ville Lähde at Aeon does a wonderful breakdown of the emergence of the word #Polycrisis: https://aeon.co/essays/the-case-for-polycrisis-as-a-keyword-of-our-interconnected-times. I've always felt uncomrtable for a number of reasons, 1) The discourse is dominated by the assumption that the multiple crisis being discussed are the starting point and that we need to respond to them rather than investigate the underlying causes... #etymology #complexity (1/n)

Yllätän itseni liittämällä tuohon jatkoksi Päivi Anttilan 13.8. kirjoituksen Elokapinan blogissa,

https://blogi.elokapina.fi/avaimet-ekologisen-kriisin-ratkaisemiseen-ovat-sisallamme/

Olen ikäni kärsinyt intellektualisaation defenssistä, ja kotisivuillani kritisoin mm. resilienssin ja toivon käsitteiden halpamyyntiä ja ylipäänsä "sisäistelyä". Tuossa artikkelissa jokin kuitenkin resonoi vahvasti, ja toivon vain, ettei seuraavassa jaksossa langeta mielen-vääntelyn ansaan.

#ilmastokriisi #polycrisis #tunne #emotion #realism #courage #feel #elokapina

FI: Ville Lähde (@BIOSresearch ) kirjoittaa hienosti polykriisistä.

ENG: Careful and in-depth analysis of what polycrisis means

#environment #ClimateCrisis #polycrisis

https://aeon.co/essays/the-case-for-polycrisis-as-a-keyword-of-our-interconnected-times

#Polycrisis -- Ville Lähde analyses the benefits and potential pitfalls of the term:

"There is no root cause to the totality of environmental problems, nor can there be a unified solution."

https://aeon.co/essays/the-case-for-polycrisis-as-a-keyword-of-our-interconnected-times

The @IAIonline authors of the first #regroup paper compared the #covidpandemic with 3 other global crises in relation to geopolitical reordering. 🌍

What has the analysis revealed? 👇

Read the blog post here and get your hands on the full paper:
https://regroup-horizon.eu/blog-global-crises/

@politicalscience
@sociology

#pandemicpolitics #globalcrises #polycrisis #geopolitics

Crops are already starting to fail:

India has banned exports of rice.

The #ClimateCrisis will result in a food crisis, a migration crisis, a biodiversity crisis, a health crisis. #Polycrisis

Capitalism is a death cult and we really need to quit.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/21/india-ban-on-rice-exports-raises-fear-of-global-food-price-rises

Um, probably too little, too late (imho)...

#ExtremeHeat radiates around the globe, as #UnitedStates, #China enter #climate talks

Story by By Liliana Salgado, July 17, 2023

"Phoenix hit 114F (45.5C) on Monday, matching a historic record of 18 straight days over 110F with the forecast showing the record likely to extend for at least another week.

"The U.S. heatwave coincided with extreme temperatures elsewhere throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

"A remote town in China's arid northwest, Sanbao, registered a national record of 52.2C (126F). #Wildfires in #Europe raged ahead of a second #Heatwave in two weeks that was set to send temperatures as high as 48C (118F), while authorities in #Italy and #France issued heat-related health warnings."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/extreme-heat-radiates-around-the-globe-as-u-s-china-enter-climate-talks/ar-AA1dZLn8?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=390ff6462f1045c6d5768c5787b95834&ei=8

#PolyCrisis #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #Global

The “new abnormal”: The rise of extreme #flooding briefly explained

#ClimateChange is contributing to heavier precipitation, a major factor in flooding.

By Li Zhouli@vox.com Updated Jul 17, 2023, 9:41am EDT

"This weekend, the #Philadelphia suburbs were hit with heavy flash flooding that inundated roads and killed five people. Earlier this month, #Vermont also experienced heavy flooding that trapped people in their homes and damaged roads and buildings. Nationally, tens of millions of people were under a flood watch on Sunday, while globally, countries including #SouthKorea, #Pakistan, and #Turkey have seen destructive flooding that has displaced millions of people and forced evacuations in the last year.

"As the Earth gets warmer, the atmosphere is able to hold more water, leading to heavier precipitation when it rains, and a greater likelihood of flooding as a result. A 1 degree Centigrade increase in the atmosphere’s temperature corresponds to a 7 percent increase in water vapor that it’s able to hold, according to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. And estimates suggest global temperatures could breach a 1.5 degree Celsius increase threshold sometime in the 2030s, meaning much more rain to come."

https://www.vox.com/climate/2023/7/11/23791452/vermont-flooding-climate-change?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#ClimateCatastrophe #PolyCrisis #Climate #ClimateCrisis

And in #NewZealand...

Weather: Northland, Auckland warned to brace for wet end to the week; downpours expected and flooding possible

'The weather is going to go downhill' - Northland and Auckland in the firing line

by Caitlan Johnston, Tue, 18 Jul 2023, 11:50AM

"
Weather: Northland, Auckland warned to brace for wet end to the week; downpours expected and flooding possible

'The weather is going to go downhill' - Northland and Auckland in the firing line

News
National

Author
Caitlan Johnston,
Publish Date
Tue, 18 Jul 2023, 11:50AM

Northland and Auckland are in the firing line for more heavy rain. Photo / Sylvie Whinray
Northland and Auckland are in the firing line for more heavy rain. Photo / Sylvie Whinray

"A forecaster is warning the top of the North Island to brace for heavy downpours, strong winds and potential #flooding later this week.

"Niwa meteorologist Ben Noll said a hybrid low-pressure system - made up of one which is currently sitting west of Tasmania and another by the Solomon Islands which will contribute tropical moisture into the system - will first hit the South Island tomorrow before the North Island on Thursday."

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/weather-northland-auckland-warned-to-brace-for-wet-end-to-the-week-downpours-expected-and-flooding-possible/

#ExtremeWeather #Weather #Climate #PolyCrisis

There’s no such thing as a disaster-resistant place anymore

#Climate risks are becoming increasingly expensive. Not just locally, but globally.

By Rachel DuRose, Jul 13, 2023

"'It’s getting harder and harder to adapt to these changing conditions,' Rachel Cleetus, policy director for the climate and energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told the New York Times this week. 'It’s just everywhere, all the time.'

"The risk of natural disasters is everywhere (even in the most resilient places). People will no longer just have to prepare for intensified versions of the natural disasters they know, but they will also have to consider the possibility of new types of #disasters — #floods, #storms, #HeatWaves, #droughts, and #fires — impacting their community."

https://www.vox.com/climate/2023/7/13/23792409/floods-vermont-new-york-natural-disaster-insurance-global-climate-risk-change

#ClimateChange #PolyCrisis #Global #ClimateCrisis

@eaton this is one of the many symptoms that we are in the #enshittification #singularity, part of the even more hideous #Polycrisis, long a prediction from near future dystopian sci fi, as in Gibson’s #jackpot

More than 20 dead and thousands evacuate homes in #SouthKorea due to #HeavyRain

By Irene Nasser and Chris Lau, CNN

Published Jul 15, 2023

"Scientists have warned the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall is increasing across East #Asia as the human-caused #ClimateCrisis accelerates the probability of #ExtremeWeather events.

"The newest round of heavy rains in South Korea come just days after devastating floods wreaked havoc in neighboring #Japan, killing at least six people and injuring 19.

"Torrential rain in southwestern Japan prompted the country’s weather agency to issue emergency warnings at the start of the week for the #Fukuoka and #Oita prefectures, on #Kyushu, the country’s third largest island.

"Earlier this month, heavy downpours also caused flooding in southwest #China, killing at least 15 people in the city of #Chongqing."

https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/more-than-20-dead-and-thousands-evacuate-homes-in-south-korea-due-to-heavy-rain/1559245

#PolyCrisis #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe

Anyone else feel sad when looking back on the lives we lived, and recognizing that those lifestyles are just not viable anymore (and really, never were)?

#climateGrief #Polycrisis