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“resilience-oriented governance often privileges adaptation to existing socio-political conditions while obscuring the structural processes that produce vulnerability, shifting responsibility for coping with environmental and socio-economic disruptions onto affected communities”
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“Many interventions celebrated as “resilience-enhancing” simultaneously intensify social differentiation, dispossess marginalized groups, depoliticize structural drivers of vulnerability, and foreclose alternative development pathways”
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The paradox of ‘resilience’: Why and when communities resist sustainable environmental interventions?
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Simple.
🚨🎙️John Terry on Enzo Fernandez supposed move to Manchester City:
“It’s a shame who we allow to become captains sometimes. You need loyalty in the squad, and that's something I've always seen from Reece over the years.”
“Enzo is a player every Chelsea fan loved. Even I loved him. But if Manchester City really want him, Chelsea should only consider a sale if the money is absolutely enormous.”
“I’m honestly ashamed that I even have to speak about this. I don't like situations like this at all.”
“When you wear the Chelsea shirt, you have a responsibility. The fans invest so much emotion in you, and that shouldn't be forgotten.”
“Enzo is too talented to be remembered only for a transfer saga. If he stays, he has to show everyone that his commitment is completely with Chelsea.”
“And if he leaves, the club has to make sure they don't lose a player like that without getting a fortune in return.”
“For me, it's simple: loyalty, commitment and the badge have to mean something.”
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Beaches are not always carbonate (sand based) with dune and mangroves
Some beaches are clastic (predominately rocky), some beaches have rivers emptying into the sea, some beaches don’t naturally have dunes and not all of our coastline is surrounded by reefs and seagrass
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Mighty God!
We either experience extreme drought or more frequent /intense hurricanes in the Caribbean
I’m very confident this yr’s El Nino will be the strongest in the entire instrumental record (1850-present), even besting historic events like 1877-78
This will probably be the strongest El Nino in at least ~250 yrs, or since the Great El Nino of 1789-93
scispace.com/pdf/the-great-e…
Mix of things:
1. I don’t think there is an landscape right now for discussion of critical issues without it being too political
2. Prioritization of conferences and journals as a means of stature rather than public events or even letter to the editors
Is there a reason you don’t hear or see much of academics in traditional media or establishing their own channels to discuss critical issues? Or are other experts simply more available and/or relatable? Is public intellectualism dying or dead?
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