[GWSG] US dry; Europe stressed; Africa suffering; COP 27 may help; global impact display; midterm climate; hopeful signs

[Tilley, Al]

1. 85% of the land in the lower 48 states is at least abnormally dry, and much is in severe drought. https://climatecrocks.com/2022/11/03/graph-of-the-day-noaa-shows-widespread-us-drought/

2. Johan Rockstrom, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, considers Europe to be “planetary ground zero” for climate impacts. 3-minute video and a link to the full one hour version. (Rockstrom’s first English address begins at 13.50.) https://climatecrocks.com/2022/11/04/europe-is-planetary-ground-zero-for-climate-impacts/

3. Africa is suffering drought and flash floods. It faces worse from conditions it did little to create and requires assistance as it struggles to create viable and sustainable economies. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/05/africa-climate-crisis-cop27-drought-flooding-support

4. France and the Netherlands are leading a push to secure Africa the support it needs at COP 27. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/04/climate-breakdown-africa-plan

5. The UN’s Human Climate Horizons program is an interactive presentation of the impacts of climate change currently and for the next 100 years for more than 24,000 regions of the globe. https://horizons.hdr.undp.org/

6. Climate has been largely missing from the public discourse in the current US midterm elections. The candidates’ positions are nevertheless significant. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/03/climate-crisis-midterm-elections-states

7. Bolsonaro’s defeat, the Ukrainian resistance to Putin’s invasion, and the US Inflation Reduction Act can all be seen as effective resistance to interests attempting to defeat climate action and install autocratic and antidemocratic, if not outright fascist, regimes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/31/jair-bolsonaro-lula-brazilian-election-amazon-putin-ukraine/

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