Alastair Zangs
@alastairzangs.bsky.social
🌊 Exploring Climate Adaptation Through Research, Practice & Storytelling | Transboundary Climate Risk Governance | Delivering Innovative UK Coastal Transition | 🎙️ Host of How We Might Live
🐱CAT alumnus
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I have been letting the closing of @adaptationfutures.bsky.social simmer in my mind for the last day. What did we learn - what do we know about adaptation and what are the big questions? A brief thread to summarise what jumped out at me. 🧵 1/4
October 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I have been letting the closing of @adaptationfutures.bsky.social simmer in my mind for the last day. What did we learn - what do we know about adaptation and what are the big questions? A brief thread to summarise what jumped out at me. 🧵 1/4
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From March 2024: 'Nepal’s unescapable trap of migration, farming and climate change'
"#Nepal estimates that it will need USD 45.9 billion of external financing for climate adaptation up to 2050," writes Jeff Joseph
"#Nepal estimates that it will need USD 45.9 billion of external financing for climate adaptation up to 2050," writes Jeff Joseph
Nepal’s unescapable trap of migration, farming and climate change
“WE DON’T GET rain on time anymore,” said Purna Rana, a 51-year-old farmer in Sathikola village in mid-western Nepal. It was the middle of November 2023 and the
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September 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
From March 2024: 'Nepal’s unescapable trap of migration, farming and climate change'
"#Nepal estimates that it will need USD 45.9 billion of external financing for climate adaptation up to 2050," writes Jeff Joseph
"#Nepal estimates that it will need USD 45.9 billion of external financing for climate adaptation up to 2050," writes Jeff Joseph
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Unforgivable.
"Roughly 1,500 babies have been born HIV-positive every day since January 21, because Musk cut off their mothers’ medication." prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Go, Elon, and Never Darken Our Doors Again
The worst ultra-billionaire on Earth says he’s leaving government. Let’s hope he actually does it.
prospect.org
May 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Unforgivable.
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"Adaptation is not simply a means of minimising the damage inflicted by extreme weather, although that alone would justify the investment. Done properly, it can transform economies, as well as strengthen them against natural disasters"...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Investing in climate adaptation is not just good for the planet, it’s good business | William Ruto and Patrick Verkooijen
Climate denialism should not blind investors and governments to the very real opportunities to be found in financing solutions
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"Adaptation is not simply a means of minimising the damage inflicted by extreme weather, although that alone would justify the investment. Done properly, it can transform economies, as well as strengthen them against natural disasters"...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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I'm a researcher primarily in adaptation. We are not even adapted to where the climate is today.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
I’m am adaptation scientist and here’s what I had to say about this—many years ago already.
March 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm a researcher primarily in adaptation. We are not even adapted to where the climate is today.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
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The @ipbes.bsky.social #TransformativeChange Assessment Report examines fundamental changes required for a future where people live in harmony with nature.🌍🧪
Explore the framework for change in this graphic ⤵️
Learn more: www.ipbes.net/transformati...
Explore the framework for change in this graphic ⤵️
Learn more: www.ipbes.net/transformati...
January 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The @ipbes.bsky.social #TransformativeChange Assessment Report examines fundamental changes required for a future where people live in harmony with nature.🌍🧪
Explore the framework for change in this graphic ⤵️
Learn more: www.ipbes.net/transformati...
Explore the framework for change in this graphic ⤵️
Learn more: www.ipbes.net/transformati...
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“Our surprise at fascism’s resurgence masks an anthropocentrism which fails to see where fascist policy has been materially present all along: our consumption, destruction and transformation of the natural world.”
www.planetcritical.com/p/fascism-ne...
www.planetcritical.com/p/fascism-ne...
Fascism Never Left Us
Just look at how we've treated the natural world
www.planetcritical.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“Our surprise at fascism’s resurgence masks an anthropocentrism which fails to see where fascist policy has been materially present all along: our consumption, destruction and transformation of the natural world.”
www.planetcritical.com/p/fascism-ne...
www.planetcritical.com/p/fascism-ne...
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How the world is already adapting to climate change
- @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation
By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
interactive.carbonbrief.org/climate-adap...
- @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation
By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
interactive.carbonbrief.org/climate-adap...
Interactive: How the world is already adapting to climate change
People around the world are already living with the impacts of climate change. Faced with record-breaking heatwaves, storms and floods, many have been forced to adapt to a new reality.
interactive.carbonbrief.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
How the world is already adapting to climate change
- @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation
By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
interactive.carbonbrief.org/climate-adap...
- @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation
By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
interactive.carbonbrief.org/climate-adap...
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The new @IPBES report has some jaw-dropping data everywhere, e.g:
>The private sector spends $5.3 trillion/year directly damaging biodiversity
>Government spend $1.7 trillion/year incentivizing destroying biodiversity
We are a self-destructive species
ipbes.canto.de/index_mobile...
>The private sector spends $5.3 trillion/year directly damaging biodiversity
>Government spend $1.7 trillion/year incentivizing destroying biodiversity
We are a self-destructive species
ipbes.canto.de/index_mobile...
December 21, 2024 at 10:01 AM
The new @IPBES report has some jaw-dropping data everywhere, e.g:
>The private sector spends $5.3 trillion/year directly damaging biodiversity
>Government spend $1.7 trillion/year incentivizing destroying biodiversity
We are a self-destructive species
ipbes.canto.de/index_mobile...
>The private sector spends $5.3 trillion/year directly damaging biodiversity
>Government spend $1.7 trillion/year incentivizing destroying biodiversity
We are a self-destructive species
ipbes.canto.de/index_mobile...
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How to do Managed Retreat, and how not to.
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
December 9, 2024 at 9:36 PM
How to do Managed Retreat, and how not to.
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
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100%. Plus, the discourse has convinced many that 1.5 C is a “tipping point” as opposed to a policy milestone that signifies that we are already experiencing dangerous climate change, and the discourse is laying groundwork for a loss of credibility when 1.50 C turns out to be nothing special.
Missing targets RAISES the urgency of near-term action, it doesn't relax it. But setting out unachievable targets as 'do or die,' as has been the case around 1.5°C for a decade, absolutely feeds fatalism. I've seen it so often in the young people I talk to and teach as well as friends & neighbors.
November 16, 2024 at 2:49 PM
100%. Plus, the discourse has convinced many that 1.5 C is a “tipping point” as opposed to a policy milestone that signifies that we are already experiencing dangerous climate change, and the discourse is laying groundwork for a loss of credibility when 1.50 C turns out to be nothing special.
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A gentle reminder that if we miss the 1.5°C target (and we certainly will), the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
November 10, 2024 at 7:47 AM
A gentle reminder that if we miss the 1.5°C target (and we certainly will), the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
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COP29 is kicking off and the biggest issue on the agenda is climate finance.
Nearly 200 states must agree on a new goal to help developing nations tackle climate change. They disagree on nearly every issue
I've outlined key disputes & dividing lines ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-what-i...
Nearly 200 states must agree on a new goal to help developing nations tackle climate change. They disagree on nearly every issue
I've outlined key disputes & dividing lines ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-what-i...
COP29: What is the ‘new collective quantified goal’ on climate finance? - Carbon Brief
As nations assemble at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, one issue is expected to dominate the...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2024 at 9:03 AM
COP29 is kicking off and the biggest issue on the agenda is climate finance.
Nearly 200 states must agree on a new goal to help developing nations tackle climate change. They disagree on nearly every issue
I've outlined key disputes & dividing lines ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-what-i...
Nearly 200 states must agree on a new goal to help developing nations tackle climate change. They disagree on nearly every issue
I've outlined key disputes & dividing lines ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/cop29-what-i...