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Manila
Mumbai
Ho Chi Minh City
Jakarta
Alexandria
Fiji
Chittagong
Kiribati
Basrah
The Maldives
Vancouver
Skegness
Seychelles
La Rochelle
Surabaya
Georgetown
Amsterdam
Shanghai
All underwater by 2035.
Bangkok Manila Mumbai Ho Chi Minh City Jakarta Alexandria Fiji Chittagong Kiribati Basrah The Maldives Vancouver Skegness Seychelles La Rochelle Surabaya Georgetown Amsterdam ShanghaiAll 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:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1159957650374836227?s=19
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:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1159957650374836227?s=19
2. A key question: will these places be underwater numerous times during a given year, or permanently from 2035?
See this interactive map to get a sense of sea level rise and flooding for each city/island nation by 2030 and 2040: https://coastal.climatecentral.org/map/8/100.5836/13.7301/?theme=sea_level_rise&map_type=coastal_dem_comparison&elevation_model=coastal_dem&forecast_year=2050&pathway=rcp45&percentile=p50&return_level=return_level_1&slr_model=kopp_2014
See this interactive map to get a sense of sea level rise and flooding for each city/island nation by 2030 and 2040: https://coastal.climatecentral.org/map/8/100.5836/13.7301/?theme=sea_level_rise&map_type=coastal_dem_comparison&elevation_model=coastal_dem&forecast_year=2050&pathway=rcp45&percentile=p50&return_level=return_level_1&slr_model=kopp_2014
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:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1190243417814716419?s=19
Hurricane Dorian may have killed thousands or even 10s of thousands.
The massive storm surges of such violent hurricanes are linked to sea level rise.
See thread:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1183805037342089216?s=19
See thread:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1190243417814716419?s=19
Hurricane Dorian may have killed thousands or even 10s of thousands.
The massive storm surges of such violent hurricanes are linked to sea level rise.
See thread:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1183805037342089216?s=19
5. Bangkok 40% underwater by 2030 (plus details on Manila, Jakarta, Shanghai, Georgetown).
Thread:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1184178214991728640?s=19
Thread:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1184178214991728640?s=19
6. Given the uncertainties and the fact that everything about climate is happening faster than expected, I don't feel one can claim there's no way this is possible. Even cautious mainstream corporate media are talking about cities being wiped out by 2050. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/29/climate/coastal-cities-underwater.html
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
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
11. A billion people face climate change hazards.
'The Philippines was ranked the country with the highest risk of experiencing multiple climate hazards...in the world followed by Japan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, and Pakistan. https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/7xgdgq/nine-countries-most-threatened-by-climate-change-crisis-disaster-hazard-all-asia-report-finds?__twitter_impression=true
'The Philippines was ranked the country with the highest risk of experiencing multiple climate hazards...in the world followed by Japan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, and Pakistan. https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/7xgdgq/nine-countries-most-threatened-by-climate-change-crisis-disaster-hazard-all-asia-report-finds?__twitter_impression=true
12a. What can we do?!?
See these threads for some ideas: https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1137107934218002434?s=19
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
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
