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The planet heats up - fossil fuel pollution has made extreme weather more violent.

* “The only effective response is climate action equal to the crisis – ending the addiction to fossil fuels, accelerating the shift to renewables, protecting the most vulnerable, and delivering early-warning systems for all.” Guterres >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/02/prepare-for-imminent-return-of-el-nino-un-warns

* Arthur Snell new book, Elemental, examines how a climate crisis threatens the planet’s capacity to sustain life

"...A world of great powers grabbing whatever they need to survive a changing climate from smaller ones – is essentially a new age of empire, except this time with the formerly colonised US and China waxing as former imperial powers such as Britain wane. "

Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive It, Arthur Snell >>
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/04/arthur-snell-interview-geopolitics-climate-crisis-book-elemental

* 45°C unending heat and no water: India faces brutal summer survival crisis
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/india-heatwave-water-crisis-delhi-rajasthan-lucknow-maharashtra-scarcity-tanker-climate-change-2917248-2026-05-26
#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #ExtremeHeat #liveability #HabitableLand #disasters #Bushfires #food #starvation #MassMigration #ClimateFinance #populism #FarRight #conflict #GeopoliticalOrder #empire

Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns

UN agency predicts phenomenon that supercharges weather extremes has 80% chance of forming before September

The Guardian

bsmall2 Oct 12, 2025

A John Straley novel has a scene where the anti-hero talks with a corporate executive. The corp. stresses the need for a spicket and the position near the spicket for control: doesn't matter if it's oil or whatever but pricks always need the control..
> ... imagine if China were able to completely reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and switch to renewable energies. It would completely overturn the #GeopoliticalOrder of the world today, because the #GeoPolitics of the world really depends on the shipping of #FossilFuels,

https://www.democracynow.org/2021/11/10/the_nutmegs_curse

“A Process of Violence”: Indian Author Amitav Ghosh on How Colonialism Fueled the Climate Crisis

As talks at the Glasgow U.N. climate summit accelerate, we look at how the roots of the climate crisis date back to Western colonialism with award-winning Indian author Amitav Ghosh, who examines the violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment in his new book, “The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis.” Ghosh speaks about the political significance of fossil fuels in global politics, saying that “if fossil fuels were to be completely substituted at scale, what you would have is the complete inversion of the world’s geopolitical order.” Ghosh’s previous books include “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable” and the novel “Gun Island.”

Democracy Now!

Mirza Abdul Aleem Baig Jul 21, 2025

- In the Shadow of Algorithms: Pakistan's Strategic Stakes in the AI Era

#ArtificialIntelligence #AlgoritmAge #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalGovernance #GeopoliticalOrder #Pakistan

https://commandeleven.com/pakistan/in-the-shadow-of-algorithms-pakistans-strategic-stakes-in-the-ai-era/

In the Shadow of Algorithms: Pakistan’s Strategic Stakes in the AI Era

<p>Since the dawn of recorded history, major technological revolutions have shaped global power, restructured societies, and redefined the way states engage with each other. From t

Brian Small Feb 15, 2024

This empire may be under American control today, but it is the product of centuries of combined Western effort, going back to the 1500s. What would happen to this vast strategic structure if there were to be a quick, worldwide transition to forms of energy that do not need to be transported across oceans? The answer is obvious: its value would be hugely diminished. China, India, Japan, and other large Asian economies would not need to worry about the Strait of Hormuz or Malacca— they would generate their power on their own soil. #AmitavGhosh in #NutmegsCurse... imagine if China were able to completely reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and switch to renewable energies. It would completely overturn the geopolitical order of the world today, because the geopolitics of the world really depends on the shipping of fossil fuels, you know, through these particular chokepoints. Two of the most important chokepoints are the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca. And, you know, something like 40% of the world’s oil ship through these chokepoints every day. So, on controlling these chokepoints depends, actually, Western geopolitical dominance. And if fossil fuels were to be completely substituted at scale, what you would have is a complete inversion of the world’s geopolitical order. - https://www.democracynow.org/2021/11/10/the_nutmegs_curse

#GeopoliticalOrder #FossilFuelOrder #GeographyClass #StraitOfMalacca #StraitofHormuz

“A Process of Violence”: Indian Author Amitav Ghosh on How Colonialism Fueled the Climate Crisis

As talks at the Glasgow U.N. climate summit accelerate, we look at how the roots of the climate crisis date back to Western colonialism with award-winning Indian author Amitav Ghosh, who examines the violent exploitation of human life and the natural environment in his new book, “The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis.” Ghosh speaks about the political significance of fossil fuels in global politics, saying that “if fossil fuels were to be completely substituted at scale, what you would have is the complete inversion of the world’s geopolitical order.” Ghosh’s previous books include “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable” and the novel “Gun Island.”

Democracy Now!