Mike Girling

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

As someone who has enthusiastically started using AI, I've been thinking about this a lot: like social media, how long until we realize how much is too much?

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

“AI systems that give us the answers do not teach people how to think,” @valdemardanry says, “but only how to follow. And this can make us incredibly vulnerable to AI systems that lie.” He adds, “We'll have to ask ourselves the question: Is critical thinking a skill we want to delegate to machines?”

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

Could too much climate risk information be too much? A fascinating on the hottest day of the year so far...

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

@bencoates1 After the covid lockdown they had an exhibition called "Art is the Antidote" filled with colourful, amusing, and engaging art . Truly life-affirming

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

Nail-biting stuff: amazing finish to an amazing season.

[Southampton FC @SouthamptonFC]

SAINTS are BACK 🆙

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

I love Baz Luhrmann. I love that song. And I think I love it even more now.

‘I thought it was a speech by Kurt Vonnegut’: Baz Luhrmann on making Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) https://t.co/zJiNIWgKbH

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

How have I never seen this before?! Awesome 😲

[A Funny Old Game @sid_lambert]

42 years ago today:

Southampton scored one of the greatest team goals of all time.

- Keegan’s header
- One-touch football
- The finish
- And then the celebration.

Hang it in a fucking museum.

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

Something Britain can be proud of (and you could also add the Mayor of London and the Home Secretary)

[Ben Coates @bencoates1]

The new Welsh first minister: born in Zambia to a black mother

the Scottish first minister: a Muslim born to Pakistani parents

British prime minister:a Hindu of Indian descent

Northern Irish first minister: catholic daughter of an IRA prisoner

All unthinkable a few years ago

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

A great opportunity to work on some of the most important and interesting areas of climate change adaptation

[Rodger Voorhies @rodger_voorhies]

I’m excited to announce a new @gateschallenges #RFP focused on innovative solutions to adapt to climate change and improve health and well-being in vulnerable communities.

Innovation is critical. Be part of the solution and submit your application by 1/31.https://t.co/xm4CeUio68

[Mattias Söderberg @Mattias_S]

The global north do now want to talk about finance in relation to the Global Goal on #Adaptation which is expected to be adopted at #COP28

But science is clear. The need for adaptation finance is huge!

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

Always a revealing question to ask: what was the last thing you changed your mind on?

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

How to keep an open mind:

1. Think like a scientist: treat your opinions as hypotheses and decisions as experiments

2. Embrace confident humility: argue like you’re right, listen like you’re wrong

3. Build a challenge network: seek out people who sharpen your reasoning

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

Having Bill Gates as a champion at our high-level summit was so important for the adaptation agenda.

(+on a side note: him speaking so powerfully without notes, was a sign of his passion on the issue)

[Global Center on Adaptation @GCAdaptation]

At the #COP28 Adaptation Finance Summit for Africa @BillGates @gatesfoundation called for "additional dollars for climate adaptation"

"There's some exciting opportunity here, and it's an opportunity driven by an equity agenda."

👉🏼 Read the Communique: https://t.co/kCP2l4WEND

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

There's a short-cut now, turn left after the flagpoles and follow the yellow brick road (seriously).

[copreshub.bsky.social @copreshub]

🌍🌱 Want to visit the #COPResilienceHub? Here’s how to find us at #COP28!

Come find us in the Blue Zone, or join virtually here: https://t.co/e92NUIQdj6

#RacetoResilience #COP28UAE

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

@thetimes getting their millions and billions confused this morning. The $$ pledged support to vulnerable countries around the world is an order of magnitude less than one investment off the coast of Norfolk...

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

@thetimes getting their millions and billions confused this morning. The $$ pledged support to vulnerable countries around the world is an order of magnitude less than one investment off the coast of Norfolk...

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

True - with the exception of "hotel room tea": questionable brands, uht milk or milk powder, and rarely a decent mug to drink out of.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

The best types of tea:

-The tea brought to you in bed on a Sunday morning
-The tea that comforts you after bad news, gives you the energy to carry on
-The leaning on the worktop after cleaning the kitchen tea (usually held in two hands)
-The “struggle to take a glove off as someone hands it to you” gardening break tea
-The tea you almost forget to drink when you’re in a rush but you remember it just in time
-The hotel room tea
-The tea with a cooked breakfast
-The recovering in hospital tea
-The tea on the freezing sidelines of a Sunday League football match
-The back at the desk after a long meeting tea
-The first tea of the day
-The first tea of the new year
-The tea you take to bed
-The tea while slapping a new coat of paint on the walls
-The tea in the shed
-The tea while staring out the window on a rainy Saturday afternoon
-The tea you celebrate with (and calm down with) when you’ve just received very good news
-The tea you didn’t expect to be offered
-The tea in a museum cafe
-The free tea
-The tea after an argument
-The tea that gives you an excuse to open the good biscuits
-The tea with a view
-The tea with buttered toast
-The “afternoon tea” with lots of little sandwiches and cakes
-The tea in a tent while camping
-The tea from a flask on an Autumn hike
-The tea while reading a book in an armchair on a rare day off with not a care in the world
-The tea after a hard day at work
-The tea after getting in from a run / bike ride
-The first tea back in your home after a holiday
-The picnic tea
-The ‘break up a long car journey’ tea
-The tea you make for someone and they say it’s a really lovely cup of tea, one of the best teas they’ve ever had
-The tea made by your Mum/Dad

[African Development Bank Group @AfDB_Group]

#COP28UAE: Tomorrow, @WilliamsRuto, Pres. of 🇰🇪 + Chairperson of the African Climate Summit, @Macky_Sall, Pres. of 🇸🇳, @AfDB_Group, the @_AfricanUnion, + @GCAdaptation will convene the Adaptation Finance Summit For Africa: https://t.co/EyDhRVwOdF #AfricaCOP #AfDBatCOP28

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

@weADAPT1 @WeAreVCA @SAR_Climate @Adapt_Alliance @LossDamageYouth @AfClimateAction @YouthNet4CC @SouthSouthNorth @adaconsortium @SEIclimate @adaptintl @ADPCnet @AfricaAdapt @AgoraAdaptation @GCAdaptation @at_altitude @EcoAdapt @IISD_Resilience @WaspClimate @LedsLac @EUAdaptation Am usually too harried running from pillar to post to tweet (!), but please do follow @GCAdaptation for the latest from GCA.

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

"We hadn’t tested it,” recalled Kirke who named his feat bungee jumping after the old West country word for bouncy.

https://t.co/1ShdDVN541

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

I first met Saleem working on the Global Commission on Adaptation and learnt so much and was inspired by him ever since. This news is so sad and a real loss to those fighting for climate justice.

[ICCCAD @ICCCAD]

It is with heavy hearts that we inform you about the passing away of our director, Prof. Saleemul Huq, on 29 October, 2023.

His unmatched legacy will remain as a shining example for years and generations to come.

[Mike Girling @Mikegirling]

A fragmented political landscape makes for pretty Sankey diagrams...

[Ben Coates @bencoates1]

Exactly 4 weeks to go until the Dutch election.
Most polling shows Rutte’s VVD and new centre right upstarts NSC nearly tied for top place, closely followed by Timmermans’ new Green/Labour alliance.