Kait

Disaster Manager & Public Health Professional. Focused on climate adaptation and building resilience to the climate crisis. Traveller and writer.

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

With climate-related disasters displacing more people than conflict, UN 🇺🇳 Chief @antonioguterres unveiled the details of his plan to ensure everyone on the planet 🌍 is protected by early warning systems within the next 5 years. 

📖 Read more: https://t.co/Hu6Mq3CzXg

[Sarah Burch @SarahLynnBurch]

Speaking as an @IPCC_CH Lead Author, these are some of the most important new messages from the #climate report out today: (🧵)

1. For the first time we’re seeing evidence of real, sustained decreases in greenhouse gas emissions from some countries.

But take a breath because…

[Kait @KaitGibson]

The @IPCC_CH have released the latest report on the mitigation of the climate crisis.

While progress has been made, it remains clear that urgent & decisive actions must be taken to reduce greenhouse gases and combat the consequences of climate change.

Link to the report 👇

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

The evidence is clear: the time for action is now. We can halve emissions by 2030.

The #IPCC has just released its latest #ClimateReport on the mitigation of #climatechange.

Press Release ➡️ https://t.co/N9cLJFBbnA
Read the report ➡️ https://t.co/mIdBKgvokW

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

Disasters don’t stop because there’s a pandemic. These are just some of the devastating events that have been overshadowed by COVID-19. https://t.co/dupNEoceyT

[Kait @KaitGibson]

Perspective from the frontline ⬇️

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

Just leaving the ER.

It was a long day. And a stunning amount of Covid.

Today I worked in an area that was temporarily converted into a makeshift ICU during the first COVID wave.

Here’s what different from then.

And also what challenges we’re facing with this surge in NYC: 🧵

[National Hurricane Center @NHC_Atlantic]

700 AM CDT Key Messages for #Ida: Extremely life-threatening storm surge and catastrophic wind damage are imminent where the core of #Ida moves onshore in the next few hours https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB

[Disaster Justice Network @disasterjustice]

Getting the evacuation message out is important. However, it's important to remember that there are MANY valid reasons that people don't (and can't).

Be careful not to shame and blame those whose circumstances are different than yours. It puts more lives at risk.

[Kait @KaitGibson]

Disabled and medically vulnerable populations are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis & disasters. Multi-level preparations and contingencies for this population must be a key aspect of emergency management planning and mitigation efforts 👏

[Elleonora 🌎 ئەللێۆنۆرا @elleonoraau]

How is the climate crisis affecting disabled people?

A thread 🧵

[UN Humanitarian @UNOCHA]

Globally, climate extremes & weather-related hazards may lead to more than 200 million people in need of humanitarian aid by 2050.

Acting now is a moral imperative. #ClimateEmergencGlobally, climate extremes & weather-related hazards may lead to more than 200 million people in need of humanitarian aid by 2050.

Acting now is a moral imperative. #ClimateEmergency

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

Resilience isn't 'just another buzzword'. Here's why 👇

#PreventionSavesLives https://t.co/I8nLmuHoju

[Kait @KaitGibson]

@kellie_belliee Here for this 👏

[Kait @KaitGibson]

Multi-layered response to overlapping disasters is the reality of climate change - posing dangerous interactions, straining response resources, and further indicating a need for strong policy support.

[UNDRR @UNDRR]

Other disasters don't stop just because there's a pandemic. https://t.co/dupNEoceyT

[Kait @KaitGibson]

@freight_train13 *looks directly at surging cases*

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

Confused about the #PolarVortex? Usually a strong jet stream confines Arctic air to the north, stabilized by a big difference in temperature between low and high latitudes. The smaller the difference in temperature, the more the wind belts meander (Via @RemoteLongitude & @NOAA)

[Kait @KaitGibson]

285 US weather and climate disasters totaling nearly 1.9 trillion dollars in the last 40 years... the record breaking consequences of climate change are real AND the need to include disaster management in climate change conversations and adaptation has never been more evident. ⚠️

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

Overshadowed by coronavirus, 2020 set a new annual record of 22 billion-dollar weather and climate events in the U.S. - shattering the previous annual record of 16 events that occurred in 2011 and 2017. Source: https://t.co/LQw28wb0sO

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

Worth knowing:

1. Arctic summer sea ice will be gone by 2035 give or take 14 years

2. We can expect +2C of global warming just from greenhouse gas emissions that have already occurred

3. With no emergency system change we face the horrors of a sudden shift to +2C by the 2030s

[Kait @KaitGibson]

@freight_train13 🙌🙌

[Kait @KaitGibson]

R0 matters!

[Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski]

Why a SARS-CoV-2 variant that's 50% more transmissible would in general be a much bigger problem than a variant that's 50% more deadly. A short thread... 1/

[Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security @BSPH_CHS]

US #COVID19 cases:

1st case to 1M - 96 days
1 to 2M- 44 days
2 to 3M- 27 days
3 to 4M - 15 days
4 to 5M - 17 days
5 to 6M - 22 days
6 to 7M - 25 days
7 to 8M - 21 days
8 to 9M - 14 days
9 to 10M- 10 days
10 to 11M- 7 days
11 to 12M- 5 days
12 to 13M- 7 days
13 to 14M - 5 days