Not to say that the emerging philosophy of compassion & ethics in climate adaptation is unimportant - it's not unimportant - but boy, the corresponding social safety nets and policy (that it was supposed to be a foundation for) weren'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's even better if you'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

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'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