RT @nicolejohno: #kimberley floods. An area 3 times the size of the UK under water. Pics x Lach McClymont. Thanking my old school mate Bec Crozier from Nerrima Station for all the Kimberley contacts. #ozfloods
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And yet I think it's going to be ordinary people who do a lot of the work making change.
Politicians are cowards re climate change. They don't want to do anything that's unpopular which means many necessary changes won't happen.
Fairdinkum.one is now up and running. If you yearn for some hammer-and- tongs discussion of ๐ฆ๐บ Australian #politics, #auspol this is the server for you.
My post on the Albanese govt's disaster mitigation plans- will they just postpone the inevitable?...https://fairdinkum.one/@anne_twain/109407125837012592
#ClimateDisaster #OzFloods #NSWFloods #VicFloods #SAFloods #QldFloods #FloodMitigation
The govt is going to fund levees and sea walls in a bid to prevent destruction by floods and rising sea levels. Sounds good, but does it make sense? With global warming unchecked, the waters can only get higher, with more and more, higher and higher structures needed to keep it contained. Water levels only have to get 1-2 cm higher than the walls and you have widespread destruction all over again. (See my previous post on the non- linear nature of climate disaster.) https://mozo.com.au/insurance/home-insurance/articles/labor-pledges-1bn-to-natural-disaster-fund
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