“There is 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 that in the context of mountain flood and landslide hazards, exposure, & vulnerability growing in the coming century, significant risk reduction and adaptation strategies will be required to avoid increased impacts.” [italics mine]

https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapter/chapter-2

The 2023 IPCC warning that “risks are highest where species and people exist…in close association with ice or seasonal rivers” is becoming more and more urgent.

The shocking events of this week show exactly what these risks look like.

“If countries stay on the same path they are on now, the Earth could warm between 2.5°C and 4.6°C degrees within this century. If nations make good on all their climate-related pledges, the planet could warm between 2.1°C and 2.9°C.”

𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙨!

“We are seeing a shift where El Niño doesn’t look like what it did prior to industrial times. That is bad news for climate hazards and for people.”—Julia Cole, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan

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Resilience planning is non-negotiable. There is no need to be caught off-guard.

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As we cross 1.5°C of heating climate chaos is spreading globally.

One of the most at risk places are places near seasonal rivers and ice (IPCC 2023)

#ClimateCrisis

This is important.

While no two El Niño’s are the same following the 2015/16 event, Cape Town came very close to a water Day Zero.

Since Aug 7 every day has been a new record above preindustrial. Aug will now become the hottest Aug ever and 2026 the hottest year