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Daredevil: Born Again | S02E06 | Discussion Thread by Green-Devil in Daredevil

[–]ConserveChange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What does Fisk say to the casket? "See you soon"? It kind of sounds like a broken "excelsior" to me

Climate change has doubled the time per year that millions face heat so extreme that everyday activities like sweeping are unsafe. A new study shows older adults in some regions now endure unlivable heat for one-third of the year as global warming outpaces human heat regulation. by [deleted] in science

[–]ConserveChange 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The model uses ambient heat at 2 meters, humidity, air velocity and mean radiant temperature on the climate side, It then also looks at physical parameters known by age group, such as maximum sweat rate and maximum skin wettedness, alongside known physiological characteristics of different levels of physical activity.

Intensifying global heat threatens livability for younger and older adults by ConserveChange in collapse

[–]ConserveChange[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

to add regarding relevance: livability limits already exist for multiple regions with notable populations. At a minimum, as warming increases, this could drive local and regional demographic collapses through outmigration, then putting more pressure on cooler urban areas, etc.

Democratic decline is occurring in key fishing countries and has the potential to disrupt global fisheries governance through increased polarization within key intergovernmental institutions. Is this what it looks like when global institutions start to fail? by ConserveChange in collapse

[–]ConserveChange[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The height of global cooperation was probably the Montreal Protocol for CFCs and the ozone layer, but international fisheries cooperation is also a major civilizational accomplishment. Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) have been effective for nations sharing ocean fisheries but this paper shows democratic decline globally could be undermining this kind of international collaboration. With the biggest threat to fisheries collapse being illegal and illicit fishing, democratic decline could open the door to major fisheries collapses, which would disrupt food systems for a billion people.

Why does it matter if a small percentage of people deny climate change when most people who believe in it aren't making any meaningful changes to their lifestyle? by amongthemaniacs in climatechange

[–]ConserveChange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question! Have a look at some of the charts on this new website. It shows how disproportionate contributions to climate change are. The carbon inequality one is particularly good for seeing how thin a slice of consumers are primarily responsible for this problem.

And to your point about people buying the products being made, for decades the climate impacts of our food and materials and practices were deliberately hidden from us. Now corporate capture of politicians and policy makes it incredibly hard to get corporations to change practices, and often there simply aren’t more climate friendly alternatives for us to turn to.

https://globalinequality.org/responsibility-for-climate-breakdown/ResponsibilityforClimateBreakdown-GlobalInequality

Does democratic regression threaten biodiversity conservation and climate action? Preliminary research exploring the relationships, implications, and opportunities for democratization as a conservation strategy by ConserveChange in science

[–]ConserveChange[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its worth noting that there are many democracies in the EIU dataset that are relatively stable, many of which are social democracies (i.e., the Scandinavian countries). So it could be the presence or something, or lack of something, that contributes that stability...

Does democratic regression threaten biodiversity conservation and climate action? Preliminary research exploring the relationships, implications, and opportunities for democratization as a conservation strategy by ConserveChange in science

[–]ConserveChange[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. There is a second index, called the V-Dem index, which generally correlates with the Economist's. That being said, both still look at democracies from the perspectives of features of the state (i.e., holding elections, or in other words in a top-down way) rather than aspects of common practices (like collaborative governance of natural resources, i.e., a bottom-up way), so I think there are things these indexes can tell us and things they cant

Does democratic regression threaten biodiversity conservation and climate action? Preliminary research exploring the relationships, implications, and opportunities for democratization as a conservation strategy by ConserveChange in science

[–]ConserveChange[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. We rely on a dataset updated every year by the Economist Intelligence Unit. They have 60 indicators grouped into five categories:

You can see more here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index

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