Reports that "King of #Morocco refuses aid from #France" https://uk.news.yahoo.com/rescuers-race-survivors-morocco-earthquake-080801824.html (if confirmed) would match #DisasterDiplomacy https://www.disasterdiplomacy.org analyses that #disasters rarely create new cooperation. Sometimes, the publicity changes stances or backdoors are found to assist those in need. Sometimes not.

#Earthquake #MoroccoEarthquake #DisasterAid #humanitarianism #HumanitarianAid #HumanitarianResponse

billion · disasters · dollar · record · year
https://papercliff.github.io/redirect/?q=billion+disasters+dollar+record+year&tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:9/10/2023,cd_max:9/12/2023
#news #record #disasters

‘Minutes to midnight’: UN warns world must phase out fossil fuels #disasters #weather #co2 https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/minutes-to-midnight-un-warns-world-must-phase-out-fossil-fuels-20230909-p5e3bf.html

Climate breakdown
“There’s a clear message for Australia – we must phase out fossil fuels.”
"Australia, is still approving new coal mines and gas exploration. Carbon emissions? Still climbing... Governments worldwide are failing to cut global greenhouse emissions rapidly enough to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees and avoid catastrophic climate change and there is a rapidly narrowing window to act."

https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/minutes-to-midnight-un-warns-world-must-phase-out-fossil-fuels-20230909-p5e3bf.htm
#ParisAgreement #failure #Australia #inertia #FossilFuels #climate #disasters #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateActionNow

Current reports say that more than 800 people have died & hundreds are injured. The quake struck after 11pm, when most people are at home and in bed.

"#Morocco’s geophysical centre said the #quake struck in the Ighil area with a magnitude of 7.2. The US Geological Survey put the quake’s magnitude at 6.8 and said it was at a relatively shallow depth of 11.5 miles (18.5km)."

#Morocco #earthquake: hundreds dead as buildings fall and people flee homes | #Disasters
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/09/morocco-earthquake-leaves-panicked-people-sleeping-in-street-reports

Carbon emissions? Still climbing
UN warns world will miss climate targets unless fossil fuels phased out

"Governments are failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet the goals of the Paris agreement and to stave off climate disaster, a major report by the UN has found. Meeting the goals will require “phasing out all unabated fossil fuels."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/08/un-report-calls-for-phasing-out-of-fossil-fuels-as-paris-climate-goals-being-missed
#FossilFuels #energy #lagging #Injustices #UN #ClimateCrisis #disasters makers

Wired: The Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Lee Is a Warning https://www.wired.com/story/the-rapid-intensification-of-hurricane-lee-is-a-warning/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Science/Environment #climatechange #ClimateChange #hurricanes #disasters #Science

Wired: The Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Lee Is a Warning https://www.wired.com/story/the-rapid-intensification-of-hurricane-lee-is-a-warning/ #Science/Environment #climatechange #ClimateChange #hurricanes #disasters #Science

Smashed records - An unmistakable rising trend in global temperatures

“Breaking heat records has become the norm in 2023. Global warming continues because we have not stopped burning fossil fuels. It is that simple."
Dr Friederike Otto, at Imperial College London

“There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a livable and sustainable future for all.” Report by leading climate scientists

“2023 is the year that climate records were not just broken but smashed. Extreme weather events are now common and getting worse every year – this is a wake-up call to international leaders that we must rapidly reduce carbon emissions now.” Prof Mark Maslin, at University College London

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/06/summer-of-2023-hottest-recorded-in-wake-up-call-to-cut-carbon-emissions
#FossilFuels #coal #disasters #BusinessAsUsual

Cory Doctorow: Burning Man Is Always a Challenge, but Burners Like Me Know This Time Is Different (gift link) #BurningMan #ClimateEmergency #disasters https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/opinion/burning-man-flood-playa-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=lOrQLnB-nxlpOnIb0w5vOAEHvGZAZtjjZ-o5k5iuKqnQwE5UxcoM0AZjAQZE1dpLnuUoud8q-YLqYhCblQGdwfFMNe_k7Fm4u1Aw8SgL2V-WUOBrUaGubYNgYSDD9QqxRgUl4eb3Y2R3o8kue4qwwwPzOaG--BUrRAnH1zTp7wZ2dFYE6EpBs5ObExtsj40wqeciOhTO2FSIiKfYqO3YMem-pR1OmpAj9t_RbomuPo6YCP3p64RQeeUIfI2b7xtYTPxj3LPG8kympNKncp51f7eLt6AUix3969SME9KW_XRDCW07x0bRf9xY6FqRhWmtdC1Vg5g9EeCXbFWL9pOlPQbJuunl2HsXQosUU41iGAo&smid=url-share

Future-proofing Australia in a climate emergency?

"In 2019-2020, the Black Summer fires killed or displaced three billion native animals, burned an area equivalent to Belgium and hospitalised thousands from smoke pollution...It also doubled the nation’s greenhouse gas output."

“Never has the destructive force of climate change revealed itself so widely across the globe, and the explosion of climate-fuelled d i s a s t e r s has given billions of people a f i r s t - h a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g of their ferocity — and impact,” says Council on Foreign Relations climate fellow Alice Hill."

“Like a world war, climate change is a threat to people, law and order, stability, quality of life, the economy and health infrastructure,” she says. “But it’s worse. The extreme events caused by climate change have other impacts.” The ANU’s Head of Disaster Solutions, Associate Professor Roslyn Prinsley, says Australia desperately needs a national Disaster Resistance Authority."

"The Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority has warned Australia must invest $3.5 billion each year to limit the damage from increasingly frequent natural hazards...What they suggest is that simply responding to disasters after the fact is likely to cost 11 times more,” Prof Prinsley explains."

"But future-proofing is not politically popular. In the 20 years to 2022, $24 billion was spent on disaster recovery and relief efforts. Only $510 million was spent on resilience projects."

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/adapt-or-die-nightmare-weather-coming-for-unprepared-australia/news-story/c9373216f21e42621e16f5f74096a86a
#FossilFuels #coal #disasters #prevention #bushfires #smoke #pollution #floods #deforestation #disruption #extinction makers

Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow

https://wapo.st/45T2qGa

Gift article so shouldn't be a paywall. #news #insurance #disasters

Listened to the #BurningMan radio the last few hours (because, I like learning lessons from #disasters). in between Abba tracks, it was basically "weather report... didn't change... worry about lack of places to poo... weather report... someone's trailer/RV stuck because they used all their spares... telling people not to poo..." 😬

Guardian: "have humanity’s relentless carbon emissions finally pushed the climate crisis into a new and accelerating phase of destruction?" #ExtremeWeather #disasters #climate https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/28/crazy-off-the-charts-records-has-humanity-finally-broken-the-climate

Vice News: Neo-Nazis Are Using Climate Disasters to Recruit New Members #climate #disasters #extremism #terror https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xmap/neo-nazis-are-using-climate-disasters-to-recruit-new-members?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

"As uncertainty swirls around natural disasters at home and abroad on top of another potential COVID-19 wave looming, the demand for travel insurance is soaring high," #insurance #pandemic #disasters #vacation #travel https://globalnews.ca/news/9931339/travel-insurance-natural-disasters/

Using satellites to rapidly detect bushfires is not as easy as it seems

#Bushfires #disasters #space #Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-08-30/bushfires-can-be-detected-from-space-within-minutes-of-ignition/102765624

17. Staying cool and avoiding heat illness. A huge issue in recent years (just in general). Travel at night, not during the day. Stay in the shade. Drink often, know when you are hydrated/dehydrated. 11/x #disasters #DisasterPreparedness #heatwaves #HeatIllness #dehydration

16. Experience hiking/walking/getting around your neighborhood -- whether urban, suburban, or rural -- without a vehicle, and enough practice/exercise to keep them in shape. Fitness really important in those disasters... 10/x #disasters #exercise #fitness

14. Turn Around Don't Drown. Because people still don't heed the warnings. 15. How to improvise and build a shelter in a disaster -- got a tarp? rope? plywood? How do you keep warm and safe after a hurricane/flood/windstorm? 9/x #disasters #flooding #wx #shelter #tarp #tent