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Category Archives: Oceania
The Digital Divide Just Increased Dramatically in the Pacific – at Precisely the Worst Time
American and Australian geologists have confirmed – Antarctica’s Totten Glacier is being consumed from beneath by warm currents of the Southern Ocean. At stake, up to 11.5 feet of Sea Level Rise if a domino-effect melt scenario were to take place … Continue reading
The Food System’s Invisible Workforce
When we discuss the fragility of the global food system, we often focus on stressors such as a rapidly changing climate and a petroleum-dependent supply chain. But, as Leanne Simon, the Executive Director of the organization Zomppa vividly describes, there … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Disruption, Food Security, North America, Oceania
Tagged Food, Food System, India, Jatin Singh, Kevin Hester, Labor, Leanne Simon, Mexico, Migration, Robert Young Pelton, social justice, Supply Chain
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Polynesia’s Abrupt Climate Disruption – 600 Years Ago
What climate change means to today’s Pacific Islands is well known–sea level rise, typhoons, coral bleaching, drought, food insecurity, migration, and very likely, urgent relocation. It is a sustainability issue; sovereignty issue; survival issue; and at its roots, a deep social … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Disruption, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Food Security, Oceania
Tagged abrupt climate, anthropology, Brexit, Carolyn Baker, cascading event, collective unconsciousness, Fiji, food insecurity, Hillfort Period, Lisa White, Paul Beckwith, Wolfgang Werminghausen
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La Nina Whiplash Coming? Watch for Cyclones in…the Arctic
The scale of the devastating 2015-2016 El Nino is just coming to light. In Southern Africa alone, 41.4 million people are food insecure, according to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), with 21 million needing immediate humanitarian assistance due to … Continue reading
Dropping Anchor in an Exponential World
Kevin Hester’s unique journey has led him to the conclusion that we are perilously close to the extinction of all complex life on the planet. It is a passage that has encompassed a career of heartfelt activism in his native … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Disruption, Oceania, Uncategorized
Tagged abrupt climate, collapse, geopolitics, Kevin Hester, methane, Pacific Islands
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Pacific Warming: The Next Black Swan?
Cross-posted by the Center for Climate and Security A new “Black Swan” may be emerging for the international humanitarian community. Often defined as a high impact, low probability wildcard–this new threat could be game changer for almost anyone involved in international … Continue reading
Australia’s Firefighting Force Must Double by 2030
Cross-posted by the Center for Climate and Security Australia is coming off of its warmest documented year on record, and the climate-vulnerable continent needs more firefighters. As referenced in a landmark report from the Climate Council of Australia, the nation’s … Continue reading
