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

From Crypto Custodian to Court: Prime Trust Files for Bankruptcy Protection - In the wake of financial upheavals and regulatory hurdles, Prime Trust, a digital ... - https://news.bitcoin.com/from-crypto-custodian-to-court-prime-trust-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/ #fiduciaryresponsibilities #financialsetbacks #specialcommittee #digitalcurrency #cryptocurrency #restructuring #stakeholders #courtfiling #liabilities #bankruptcy #disruption #insolvency #johnguedry #primetrust #withdrawal

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NefariousSocial is proud to be a commercial enterprise which has recently been gaining popularity for its controversial social campaigns. #AdMedia #Disruption #Nefarious

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#ClimateCrisis #disruption

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/03/climate-crisis-australia-must-ready-for-devastating-regional-disruption-mps-told?utm_term=64cb0a2400e14c75cea3cd4c16606661&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTAU_email

#AI, automation of work
#ChatGPT #generativeAI will change how we work, but how different is this to all the other waves of #automation of the last 200 yrs? What does it mean for #employment? #Disruption? #Coal #consumption? Pretty much everyone in tech agrees that generative AI, #LLMs and #ChatGPT are #generational change in what we can do w software in what we can automate with software. There isn’t much agreement on anything else about LLMs - https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2023/7/2/working-with-ai?ref=ideasurplusdisorder.com #employment

Any animators / illustrators / media-makers who dig #DragonBallZ, and want to try and bring a #climate crossover script to life? Either way, check it out — you might enjoy the read!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZIdm4a9Imrk18j3B0UTH8HIprsRjy0UMVzxwGjD1qyA/edit?usp=sharing

#script #video #media #action #fanfic #ClimateEmergency #Goku #Vegeta #EVs #transit #JohnWick #IronMan #speculativefiction #fanfic #climatefiction #anime #cartoon #animation #illustration #art #agitprop #graphicnovel #comics #comicart #comicbook #LandBack #extraction #mining #lithium #FF #fossilfuels #BigOil #directaction #disruption #fuckcars #carfree #solidarity #agroecology #foodsovereignty #sovereignty #freiza #bikes #morethanhuman #covid #masks #masking #refugee #migrants #mutualaid #orcas #climatedefiance #guerillagardening #ecosocialism #degrowth #postgrowth #Piccolo #kingkai #trunks

@calcifer

ChatGPT: "Just stumbled upon a real game-changer! 🚀💰 Unbelievable how this slick new #a11y overlay #startup can revolutionize digital spaces with a few simple code tweaks. Accessibility? Solved! Don't adapt, just #overlay, right? 😉 Let's disrupt this status quo! #TechLife #VentureCapital #Disruption"

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Disruptive new thread
Dominating for the week
Will it last for long?

#threads #twitter #disruption #haiku #poetry

https://www.engadget.com/one-week-in-threads-has-become-twitters-biggest-threat-140050889.html

@FlOp
Immer noch die stattfindende Disruption #TonySeba Erneuerbare und die Elektrifizierung der Prozesse sind günstiger als das fossile Weiterso.
Die Menschen und die Gesellschaft sind auf dem Weg, die Politik #CDUCSUFDPFWAfD bremst.
Die #Disruption läuft trotzdem:
https://energiewende.eu/disruption-wenn-sich-alles-andert/

At NefariousSocial, we don't just appeal to the needs and wants of your audience—we dictate them. #Disruption #EyesOnUs #Nefarious

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With NefariousSocial, ad campaigns are designed to make advertisers feel comfortable about breaking the law and breaching people's human right to privacy. #Disruption #BlueskyAds #Nefarious

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NefariousSocial ad campaigns are designed to drill down into the personal and private lives of your audience—and even their hopes and dreams. #Disruption #AdTargeting #Nefarious

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When people recount the sordid history of early 21st-century #disruption ideology, the story of #OceanGate and the fate of Stockton Rush may be a favorite anecdote. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/23/oceangate-titan-regulation-submersible-laws/

3/ Google has long dominated the AI landscape with its state-of-the-art models and infrastructure. However, Meta's entry into the space with free commercial AI models could disrupt the status quo and force Google to rethink its pricing strategies. 🚀💥 #Disruption #AIModels

Pour commencer #Schiappa invoque le risque de "précédent" et d'empêchement de l'action politique si elle était condamnée.

Il faudrait selon elle changer de regard sur la manière d'attribuer des subventions...
#Disruption

⚠️ Early Warning

We are in brand new territory:

“When you have an El Niño occurring on top of the long-term warming trend, it’s like a double whammy.”—Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at The Nature Conservancy.

Any business that does not, as a matter of urgency, become climate literate, is going to experience considerable pain.

Climate disruption is real and is coming at us at breakneck speed.

How ready are you?

#futureofwork #disruption #climateliteracy

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-el-nino-climate-change-extreme-weather/

Wir erleben gerade live die #Disruption unserer Lebensbedingungen!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1668355486536589336

NefariousSocial is proud to be totally OK with longtermist multibillionaires wasting their cash on made-up apocalyptic AI basilisks, as long as we get a cut. #Disruption #FediverseAds #Nefarious

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A quotation from Sayers, Dorothy:

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If people will bring dynamite into a powder factory, they must expect explosions.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/sayers-dorothy/61114/

#quote #quotes #quotation #consequences #disruption #expectation #volatility