water security

More Plantation Disaster Capitalism?

Maui residents say development company took advantage of fire: Plantation Disaster Capitalism:

LAHAINA, Hawaii — A group of farmers, activists and lawyers is rallying behind a top water official who was reassigned after the catastrophic wildfires, saying he has become a scapegoat in the ongoing finger-pointing about how the fires grew out of control so quickly.

Kaleo Manuel, who was a member of the state Commission on Water Resource Management when three wildfires erupted on Maui on Aug. 8, has come under intense scrutiny after a land developer wrote a letter to him accusing the water commission of delaying additional water resources during the blaze.

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Climate change: 7 ways the world can cope with heatwaves | World Economic Forum

Climate change: 7 ways the world can cope with heatwaves | World Economic Forum

The UN Secretary-General has warned of ‘global boiling’ as parts of Europe have been engulfed in fire and July 2023 looks likely to be the hottest month on record.
Cities around the world are experimenting with cooling techniques and initiatives, including urban greening and naming heatwaves.
The World Economic Forum’s Global Commission on BiodiverCities has helped develop the Heat Action Platform to provide cities with a roadmap and tools to address extreme heat.
July 2023 is set to be the world’s hottest month ever recorded, with the mean global temperature predicted to be at least 0.2°C above the previous warmest month of July 2019.

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Climate Lawsuits Are Becoming Key Drivers of Change as Courts Tie Policy to Human Rights

With a number of international courts ruling in recent years that climate justice must be recognized as a human right, the United Nations Environment Program released a report Wednesday that found that climate litigation is emerging as a key driver of concrete action being taken by governments and corporations—forcing them to commit to emissions cuts and take accountability for harming the planet.
UNEP joined with the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University to compile the Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review, and found that the number of climate crisis-related legal challenges filed across the world has more than doubled since the group’s first analysis in 2017.

(https://www.commondreams.org/news/climate-lawsuits-driving-change)

It’s really not that difficult now to imagine a world without forests

George Tsakraklides @99blackbaloons

It’s really not that difficult now to imagine a world without forests. Amazon is regressing to savanna. Taiga is sinking into melting permafrost. All other forest is either desertifying or burning. EVERYTHING can collapse very quickly from here. #ecology #ClimateCrisis

International Day of Forests and Water

On the March 21st, International Day of Forests, FAO HQ will host a special celebration in recognition of ‘Forests and Water’. During the event the Land and Water Division will present ‘Forests and Water in Practice’ with examples of watershed management dealing with changes in rural production processes in a framework of market-driven agricultural development.

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Watch the webcast LIVE: Monday 21 March 2016 – 12PM CET >>