Remember:

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Bangkok
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Manila
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mumbai
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Ho Chi Minh City
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Jakarta
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Alexandria
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chittagong
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Basrah
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป The Maldives
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vancouver
๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Skegness
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท La Rochelle
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Surabaya
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Georgetown
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Amsterdam
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Shanghai

All underwater by 2035.
1. Sea level rise is accelerating and happening faster than expected.

James Hansen says we could hit 5m within decades.

Nobody knows for sure how quickly it will progress, but it will hit hard sooner rather than later.

Explore this thread for details: ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1159957650374836227?s=19
3. See this thread on island nations under threat. They look set to be uninhabitable by 2029: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1189589662282780675?s=19
4. Sea level rise is already a calamity today.

See thread:
๐Ÿ‘‡
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1190243417814716419?s=19

Hurricane Dorian may have killed thousands or even 10s of thousands. โš ๏ธ
The massive storm surges of such violent hurricanes are linked to sea level rise.
See thread:
๐Ÿ‘‡ https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1183805037342089216?s=19
5. Bangkok 40% underwater by 2030 (plus details on Manila, Jakarta, Shanghai, Georgetown).

Thread:
๐Ÿ‘‡ https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1184178214991728640?s=19
7. We shouldn't really be making projections beyond the 2020s: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1180507898809597952?s=19
8. Right now in 2019, sea level rise is

1. destroying ecosystems
2. creating deadly storm surges
3. wrecking habitats
4. increasing extinction risks
5. eroding coastlines
6. swallowing islands
7. threatening communities
8. destroying crops

See thread: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1166840204013035522?s=19
9. For more on 100s of millions (and then billions) of climate refugees see this thread: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1190572384048300037?s=19
10. Discussion of 5m of sea level rise by the 2090s, or even 7m of sea level rise by 2070 here: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1139290066432536577?s=19
12a. What can we do?!?

See these threads for some ideas: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1137107934218002434?s=19
12b. What can we do?!

Climate justice activists are taking action for climate justice. That's probably the best idea. We must accept that this predicament is all about a destructive political economy, then, organise transformation.

Climate justice info: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1164185713476325378?s=19
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