Not to say that the emerging philosophy of compassion & ethics in climate adaptation is unimportant - it& #39;s not unimportant - but boy, the corresponding social safety nets and policy (that it was supposed to be a foundation for) weren& #39;t ready in time for COVID x Climate, were they

Dwelling in climate grief is a luxury but maybe so is endlessly circling optimism? "No one deserves to die because of climate change" is good praxis, but it& #39;s even better if you& #39;re translating it into "Universal health coverage is the lowest possible bar for climate adaptation."

Anyway, I have a lot of feelings about this lovely piece by @OlufemiOTaiwo and how it casts adaptation in the light of the institutional systems (particularly the police state) that prevent most people from accessing and achieving it https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/climate-apartheid-is-the-coming-police-violence-crisis">https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_ar...

Abolitionism and climate adaptation both have to start from the right footing in terms of how we view a fair and kind society but / and, we cannot simply Kindness our way to either goal, when the system is designed against that kind of movement.

Also, this piece lays out the groundwork for another conversation I& #39;m not sure how we start to have: global health is already probably too securitized for international movement on climate adaptation for health *not* to end up facing securitization-related problems and barriers