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🤔What has changed about political action and the #climatecrisis since I wrote about the Canadian wildfires last year? 👀 Terrifyingly little — read more in my latest for The Nation🔥 ⬇️ 📢 The TLDR (a preview from the article): “As oil and gas companies continue to increase the production of fossil fuels, basically turning the earth into a microwave oven, the opposite weather extremes seen in North and South America affirm that immediate and global action must be taken to keep all of our communities safe. Such action means not only massively curbing greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with climate science but adapting to the terrifying new normal, especially as the slow-onset effects of climate change, like rising sea levels, make more and more places dangerous to inhabit. As long as governments fail to lead the way in these two essential charges, it’s clear that we ordinary citizens must use every tool available to us to shift political and economic conditions in the direction of a rapid and just transition to renewable energy. In effect, if our elected officials refuse to wake up to the climate emergency, we must force them to.” 🌎

🗓 In this week's Monday edition of Climate Proof: A roundup of climate superfund proposals in the US, the latest climate resilience investments from MFIs, a look at the public submissions to Australia’s consultation on natural disaster response, catching up on California’s climate resilience bond, and an agriculture-focused Innovation of the Week. Sign up to the newsletter here 👇 https://lnkd.in/eP7z7wuy https://lnkd.in/e7ZVvD72 #climateadaptation #climateresilience #climatefinance #climaterisk #climatechange #sustainability

No one wants to pay more than they currently do so an 8.8% increase is unlikely to be popular but I think the decision to continue with and increase investment is the correct one for the present and the future. Given that I make my living in the water industry I could perhaps be expected to say that but most of us who fall into that category are also Scottish Water customers (and will mostly expect to be so beyond the point where we stop working in the industry) so from that perspective I also want to see a robust water infrastructure that ensures clean water to our taps and sees improvements to what is being discharged into our rivers and seas.

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One year after it went into effect, Washington’s “cap-and-invest” system has already brought in an eyebrow-raising $2.2 billion for action on climate change - https://lnkd.in/eXu_uAMk #climate #climatefinance #decarbonisation

Earlier this year, Climatelinks updated all its sector pages. These pages explain the connection between climate change and other development sectors like water, infrastructure, land, and more. They also provide resources for further learning. Check them out: https://lnkd.in/eqvMTBqQ

When your done looking at the political forecast for your constituency, check out what a changing climate looks like in your area for the next ten years. For those involved in infrastructure, policy and land-use sectors, a continued reminder that there's work to be done.

The flooding of towns is Brazil is 4 times the size of Denmark, placing hundreds of cities under water. It's been a week when a global survey showed that almost 80 percent of the world’s foremost climate scientists expected a catastrophic rise of at least 2.5C of warming. And it's been a week when Donald Trump held a fundraising dinner and told a group of oil executives: Give me one billion dollars, and I’ll roll back environmental legislation for you. However, even leaders who are serious about climate change continue to sponsor the oil, coal, and gas industry. The world's governments subsidize fossil fuels with $7 trillion per year. New research shows that the world's big banks have been lending nearly the same amount in funding to the fossil fuel industry since the adoption of the Paris agreement. Leader want to contribute $700 million dollars to the climate fund for the whole world? That’s not enough money to rebuild a city or recover from great disaster. We need to change the way our government operates and the choices our leaders make. It’s not just profits but it’s the lives of many people that get affected and communities distorted from climate change impacts. By Ruby N. Kryticous #ClimateChange #SolutionsToClimateChange #FossilFuelOrEnvironment #ClimateFundForAll #ClimateJustice #ActNowForClimateChange

NCA5 serves as a vital resource for informing climate action across various sectors. However, the sheer volume of information within its thousands of pages can be overwhelming. We’ve compiled key insights and actions for three sectors that are crucial stakeholders: the federal government, state and local governments, and utility companies. https://okt.to/5yeWU6