A time of catastrophes and polycrisis

We have developed the capacity to do indirect harm by altering conditions necessary for survival. It is a closure of the human climate niche (the conditions that sustain human life).

* Jean-Pierre Dupuy, How to Think About Catastrophe Toward a Theory of Enlightened Doomsaying
https://msupress.org/9781609177065/how-to-think-about-catastrophe/

* A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it, George Monbiot
"This shift, on any realistic human scale, would be irreversible. Its speed is likely to outrun our ability to adapt." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/23/catastrophic-climate-event-scientists-atlantic-system-collapse-billionaire-existential-crisis

#catastrophes #climate #ethics #polycrisis #AMOC #ClimateBreakdown #CascadingRegimeShifts #ecosystems #HothouseEarth #climate #ExistentialCrises

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/neoconservatives-turned-against-wars-middle-east-us-military. "There is not even an #apology. The pro-war #ideologues of the 21st century have been wrong about everything, & the cost of their #errors has been measured in #death, #destruction & #chaos: #Iraq, #Afghanistan, #Libya, now #Iran. Instead, those who opposed these #catastrophes were denounced as #extremists, as useful idiots for #tyranny, as apologists for #terror."
Even the neocons have turned against wars in the Middle East

Millions have died as a result of disastrous US-led military adventurism. But there have been no consequences for those who championed it for so long, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian

Glass of wine. Cat. Same desk. It was bound to happen.

#cats #caturday #wine #catastrophes #seewhatIdidthere

https://theprint.in/environment/100-ex-civil-servants-write-to-16th-finance-commission-say-himalayan-states-going-to-pieces/2776379/

Interesting example of sub-national negotiation between #forest #states dealing with #climate #catastrophes in #India and the central #government. Similar to the ongoing negotiations between #Brazil (and #Congo) with other countries about protecting forests at #COP30

#climatechange #humanrights #justice #land #water #air #soil

100+ ex-civil servants write to 16th Finance Commission, say Himalayan states 'going to pieces'

As part of the Constitutional Conduct Group, 103 former bureaucrats urged the Finance Commission to recommend compensating these states as their natural resources were essential for India’s economy

ThePrint
theprint.in/environment/... Interesting example of sub-national negotiation between #forest #states dealing with #climate #catastrophes in #India and the central #government. Similar to the ongoing negotiations between #Brazil (and #Congo) with other countries about protecting forests at #COP30

100+ ex-civil servants write t...
100+ ex-civil servants write to 16th Finance Commission, say Himalayan states 'going to pieces'

As part of the Constitutional Conduct Group, 103 former bureaucrats urged the Finance Commission to recommend compensating these states as their natural resources were essential for India’s economy

ThePrint
Comment se forment les orages ? 🌩️ #science #sciencefun #jamy #nature #catastrophes (C'est pas sorcier) https://yr.pyme.ch/uF8Ycy-khRQ
Comment se forment les orages ? 🌩️ #science #sciencefun #jamy #nature #catastrophes

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