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The economic damage the #LosAngeles fires have inflicted on the city is estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars--comparable in scale to the economic cost of the 9/11 attacks to #NewYorkCity, which is also facing its own #climaterisks. Imagine if the Bush administration had responded to 9/11 by essentially shrugging, turning it into a partisan political issue, declaring that they were going to downgrade our military back to the technologies of the first half of the 20th century, and denying the Islamist terrorist threat. That's not a terrible analogy for how #Trump is responding to the #climatecrisis and its darkly amusing that the American public as a whole isn't just as outraged, given the comparable scale of consequences. I think we just need to give it more time and eventually enough #Republican districts will get hit hard enough that it will become impossible for Republican policymakers to continue feigning ignorance. We will reach a tipping point of contact with reality. The political engagement needs to continue to attempt to accelerate that process but I think a major if not primary part of it is going to require more suffering, unfortunately, because we are a nation that has become absurdly self-centered to the point of self-destruction.

Adapting to #climatechange is key, but how do we assess how well various adaptation measures are working? To find out, MCAP worked with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to develop metrics and indicators the state of Minnesota can use to monitor its progress on various climate adaptation measures. Learn more here https://lnkd.in/dhTdkWtX

#nwt #climatechange #nwtgovernment #arctic #climatechangeaction #climatechangemitigation #climatechangeopportunitiesassessment #governmentofthenwt #climatechangerisks #changestofreezeupandbreakup #unpredictableseasonshifts #climatechangeproblems - N.W.T. gov't says new report is climate action tool. Not everyone sees it that way https://lnkd.in/gvNhsJUZ

USA Today published a piece on climate change featuring insights from the UMCRA Director Michael Berkowitz. Read on for important takeaways about how the changing climate is impacting our cities and some ideas for better adapting to growing risks. Michael Berkowitz University of Miami USA TODAY https://lnkd.in/e3p6aA9X

‘Given the core mission of any government is to protect citizens, it is way past time to start taking concrete steps at speed and scale to increase our resilience to the impacts of current and future climate changes’ Ireland facing ‘ever increasing threats to lives and livelihoods’ due to lack of climate change resilience https://lnkd.in/exNcpQ2F

The Met Office has launched a new Local Authority Climate Service, designed to assist local authorities in planning for climate change. This tool provides tailored climate data that helps councils prepare for extreme weather events like heatwaves and flooding. For more information, check out the full article: https://bit.ly/4eUnT5U #ClimateChange #SustainablePlanning #MetOffice #LocalAuthorities #GeospatialTechnology

#Wisconsin faces a $16.7 billion bill to protect communities from #BigOil’s climate destruction https://lnkd.in/dGaKaDRe Join the #ClimateClassAction and calculate your #ClimateDamage on https://lnkd.in/eHKucZky #ClimateLitigation #ClimateLaw #ClimateJustice #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #FossilFuels #CarbonMajors

What if we stopped using all fossil fuel based products today? Would that be enough to tackle the climate crisis? Unfortunately, no. Reason: we have already done a lot of damage. Damage that is irreversible. Although we can’t reverse it, we can manage it better. So while we do need to phase out fossil fuels. We also need to manage the existing risks. That would be there for years to come. And that’s what climate resilience is about. It’s a combination of climate mitigation & adaptation. Wrote this article for Commons recently👇 On why we need to build climate resilience.

Effort To Map Bottom of Great Lakes Part of Climate Change Mitigation Effort

Blair Feltmate and Anabela Bonada, PhD recently noted that since 2015, the federal government has committed about $42 billion to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and $1.9 billion to adaptation. Although there's some debate over the exact figures—$6.6 billion in adaptation by the government—one thing is clear: we need to increase our investment in adaptation efforts. Strengthening our climate adaptation is crucial for building resilience and securing a sustainable future. #ClimateAction #Adaptation https://lnkd.in/gyGtMu4C