OnlineFirst - "Reclaiming the shoreline: Relational ecological stewardship as decolonial coastal planning in Brazil" by Shelly Annette Biesel:
#Brazil #coastalplanning #climateadaptation #climatefutures #Africandiaspora
#fishingcommunities #Pernambuco
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486261422092
@UncensoredNews Climate Scientist Stefen Rahmstorf wrote a review of sea level rise assessment of IPCC AR6 in August 2021. IPCC in consecutive reports has been very conservative and cautious with sea level rise estimates. Definite scientific reticence.
High end risk scenario now incorporated in AR6 saying : “approaching 2 m by 2100 and 5 m by 2150 under a very high greenhouse gas emissions scenario cannot be ruled out due to deep uncertainty in ice sheet processes.”
Australian coastal planning should be incorporating higher risk scenarios from the latest report, let alone the conservative estimated rise of 1 to 1.2metres, or the 0.8m from 2007 AR4. And of course sea level rise won't stop in 2100, so planning needs to consider even longer timeframes.
RealClimate: My top 3 impressions up-front: The sea level projections for the year 2100 have been adjusted upwards again. The IPCC has introduced a new high-end risk scenario, stating that a global rise “approaching 2 m by 2100 and 5 m by 2150 under a very high greenhouse gas emissions scenario cannot be ruled out due
Victoria's benchmark for coastal planning is 0.8 metres sea level rise by 2100. This is based on science over 15 years old (IPCC AR4, 2007) that does not incorporate ice sheet melt. The most recent IPCC report (AR6) estimates 1.2 metres of sea level rise by 2100.
State Government has been sitting on scientific reports on coastal erosion and coastal planning and climate risks to property, businesses and infrastructure. This is creating difficulties for developers, and local councils in the planning process.
Great article in The Age: Coastal communities cry out for state government action as sea levels rise
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/coastal-communities-cry-out-for-state-government-action-as-sea-levels-rise-20230112-p5cc6s.html
#climateChange #CoastalErosion #SeaLevelRise #Victoria #ClimateCrisis #CoastalPlanning #Springst
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John Englart