Waiting up late to make an appearance on CNN International so I made a little TikTok about a climate study that genuinely shook me today. 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP863619S/

1.5C is a lost target, and likely 2C is as well (we broke thru it for the first time recently and have continued to breach it: https://climate.copernicus.eu/global-temperature-exceeds-2degc-above-pre-industrial-average-17-november)

Best move now is to shore up local systems and be prepared for what your region will experience from the increased volatility

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One of my theses is that we're going to see a rotation back from the American sun belt to the rust belt because of water 

It's crazy to me that people are still moving to places like Phoenix and Las Vegas...

this is why i want to stay in quebec where there is fresh water abundant 

we will be a safe haven from the water wars

Exactly. We’re now entering the “find out” phase, professionally known as mitigation rather than avoidance