the duchy of hetkettle trophish

and the war we fought and lost was in our minds

ps. this from a couple months ago, it came to mind again. i think it’s very useful. emotional attachments to physical forms. just let ‘em go.

— chris hedges

They point out that some countries already badly hit by global warming are demanding that the new phenomenon be recognised internationally as a valid reason for migration.

The immigration alert is but one of seven “threats” that the two officials focus on in pointing to the security implications and the dangers to European interests thrown up by climate change.

Their report, the first of its kind to be tabled to an EU summit … amounts to a wake-up call to the governments of Europe, a demand that they start taking account of climate change and its impact in their security and foreign-policy decisions.

i’m so about the wake-up calls.

“The multilateral system is at risk if the international community fails to address the threats. Climate change impacts will fuel the politics of resentment between those most responsible for climate change and those most affected by it … and drive political tension nationally and internationally.”

This is not all futurology. The document points out that last year the UN’s appeals for emergency humanitarian aid were all, bar one, connected to climate change.

yeah, like maybe your sustainability policy should have security and foreign-policy components, not the other way around.

The speed of polar ice cap melting will have a large geostrategic impact, with conflicts likely … The Caribbean and central America are already badly affected by major hurricanes and extreme weather … Three-quarters of arable rain-fed land in north Africa and the Sahel could be lost. Some 5 million people in the Nile delta could be affected by land losses due to rising sea levels and salinisation … Kyrgyzstan has lost 1,000 glaciers over the past 40 years, while Tajikistan’s glaciers have shrunk by one third … Water systems are already under intense stress, with around two-thirds of the Arab world dependent on water sources beyond their borders. Water supply might fall by 60% this century in Israel … Almost two billion Asians live within 35 miles of a coast and many of them are likely to be threatened by rising sea levels. Damage to farming will make it difficult to feed rapidly swelling populations. Another billion people will be affected by a drop in meltwater from the Himalayas. These vulnerable populations will also be exposed to an increase in infectious diseases.

oh but silly me — i didn’t go to harvard.

ps. i wish i had. none of this would bother me at all! nice important job somewhere. mmm, mmm.

— head of state, 2004

ps. “we now return you to the jay-z song already in progress.”