From the news on: the climate crisis, environment, and nuclear threats [Content Warning - links to reports on climate crisis, nuclear threat, self harm, disease, violence/abuse/war. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Content shown in green (which may be only part of a news story) is about what is generally considered “good news”, but personal history may still make such events triggering. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/.  

I have spent my entire life living under the nuclear threat. It is les predominant now because of the successes in negotiation arms reductions. Yes, there is a long way to go, but to deny that reduction from 70,000 to around 13,000 weapons means something is demotivational extremist, reductionist amathia - it helps NOTHING, not even the fashionable cynics/all-or-nothing amathiacs who profess it. 

It, along with the success regarding the ozone hole, shows that the world is CAPABLE of acting together for the better. 

Working out how to do that is a different matter.

From recent news on the climate crisis : 

• “Have some economists severely underestimated the financial hit from climate change? Recent evidence suggests yes”   https://theconversation.com/have-some-economists-severely-underestimated-the-financial-hit-from-climate-change-recent-evidence-suggests-yes-214579  
  

• “Why Australia urgently needs a climate plan and a Net Zero National Cabinet Committee to implement it”   https://theconversation.com/why-australia-urgently-needs-a-climate-plan-and-a-net-zero-national-cabinet-committee-to-implement-it-213866   
  

• “Made in America: how Biden’s climate package is fuelling the global drive to net zero”   https://theconversation.com/made-in-america-how-bidens-climate-package-is-fuelling-the-global-drive-to-net-zero-214709    

and 

“Five reasons why the government mustn’t cool its heels on an “Australian [Inflation Reduction Act]” ”   https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/five-reasons-why-government-mustn-t-cool-its-heels-australian-ira    IRA = Inflation Reduction Act, in this instance   

• “[deaths by] suicide rates increased after extreme drought in the Murray-Darling Basin – we have to do better as climate change intensifies”   https://theconversation.com/suicide-rates-increased-after-extreme-drought-in-the-murray-darling-basin-we-have-to-do-better-as-climate-change-intensifies-211107  
  

• “Why the ‘drug dealers defence’ doesn’t work for exporting coal. It’s actually Economics 101”   https://theconversation.com/why-the-drug-dealers-defence-doesnt-work-for-exporting-coal-its-actually-economics-101-214588   

• “Even temporary global warming above 2℃ will affect life in the oceans for centuries”   https://theconversation.com/even-temporary-global-warming-above-2-will-affect-life-in-the-oceans-for-centuries-214251   

and on environmental matters: 

• “How the ecological crisis of bird flu could become a human pandemic”   https://thebulletin.org/2023/10/how-the-ecological-crisis-of-bird-flu-could-become-a-human-pandemic/   
  

• “It’s not just Victoria’s iconic mountain ash trees at risk – it’s every species in their community”   https://theconversation.com/its-not-just-victorias-iconic-mountain-ash-trees-at-risk-its-every-species-in-their-community-214582   
  

• “Humpback whales hold lore for Traditional Custodians. But laws don’t protect species for their cultural significance”   https://theconversation.com/humpback-whales-hold-lore-for-traditional-custodians-but-laws-dont-protect-species-for-their-cultural-significance-213073   

• “How drone submarines are turning the seabed into a future battlefield”   https://theconversation.com/how-drone-submarines-are-turning-the-seabed-into-a-future-battlefield-215338  
  

and on nuclear threats/issues: 

• “UN warns of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in growing nuclear arms race”   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/27/un-warns-of-humanitarian-catastrophe-in-growing-nuclear-arms-race   

• “The Cyber Threat to Nuclear Non-Proliferation”   https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-cyber-threat-to-nuclear-non-proliferation   

• “Burkina Faso signs agreement with Russia for nuclear power plant”   https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20231013-burkina-faso-signs-agreement-with-russia-for-nuclear-power-plant   

 

From my links for activism post to aid any activism you decide to do:  

• on the CLIMATE CRISIS (noting the UNFCCC) and ENVIRONMENT (noting multiple  international agreements)

  

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

If they are of any use of interest, the activism information links from my former news posts are available in this post. 

 

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