David Rissik

Interested in all things climate change adaptation and Coastal management. Adjunct Professor (NCCARF and ARI). Director Greencross Australia. Tweets are my own.

[David Rissik @drissik]

Brilliant @NeilSaintilan

[Science and Engineering @ MQU @MQSciEng]

Congratulations to Professor @NeilSaintilan from the School of Natural Sciences for receiving a Humboldt Research Award. The award has been granted by Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of Professor Saintilan’s accomplishments in research and teaching

[World Bank Water @WorldBankWater]

Sea level rise will bring increased flooding, salinization & land loss to coastal nations around the world.
No countries will experience these impacts more dramatically than Pacific Island states.
New report addresses the legal implications of the crisis: https://t.co/UkDse1n7jy

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

We can’t simply hope for the #COVID19 pandemic to end on its own.

Vaccine inequity = more transmission and death = more opportunity for new variants to emerge = more social and economic disruption.

Join our fight for #VaccinEquity! https://t.co/b9wFfoY0Tq

[David Rissik @drissik]

I thought I recognized Julian’s photo. They are brilliant

[Hayden Schilling @ht_schilling]

photo credit to: CSIRO IMOS by Julian Uribe-Palomino
(big apologies, thought it was imbedded in image)

[David Rissik @drissik]

Disgraceful

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Johnson & Johnson has been sending millions of vaccine doses that were bottled and packaged in South Africa to Europe, leaving South Africans, devastated by the Delta variant, waiting for most of the shots the country ordered. https://t.co/DvIuHpEv88

[Pep Canadell @pepcanadell]

1 Trillion tons of CO2 has been emitted between the 1st & 6th IPCC Reports (fossil fuel + land-use change).

This is 41% of all CO2 emissions since the beginning of the Industrial era (1750) emitted in 30 yrs, when we knew most.

"The world listened but didn't hear"
@IPCC_CH

[Simon Maxwell @SimonMaxwell001]

Africa has been cropped out of the climate change debate - https://t.co/0L3G3oGhoS via @FT

[David Rissik @drissik]

Very sad - hopefully the demise of our endangered species doesn’t get lost while we deal with Covid.

[African Conservation Foundation @AfricanConserve]

The easing of last year’s #coronavirus #lockdown restrictions on movement in #SouthAfrica was bad news for its rhinos, with the number illegally killed in the first half of 2021 up sharply. https://t.co/M2YN7106a5

[David Rissik @drissik]

You don’t see much about these floods in the Aussie media.

[Rise up Movement @Riseupmovt]

“Burundi, entire villages in the west of the city of Bujumbura have been inundated by water, after days of torrential rains caused water bodies to burst their banks.”
The climate crisis is our reality. It is our nightmare #UprootTheSystem https://t.co/gQ6fLKZju2

[David Rissik @drissik]

A salient reminder of the challenge faced.

[Rachel Ramirez @rachjuramirez]

Many Pacific Islanders left their home islands to escape climate-related challenges. But where they've settled, climate change is appearing in different — though just as devastating — ways. I talked to some of those who moved to the Northwest about it. https://t.co/u6bL5DeekR

[Paul Dawson 📚 @PaulEDawson]

One in four cities around the world lack the money to protect themselves against the ravages of climate breakdown, even though more than 90% are facing serious risks.

It's worth remembering that we built the modern world based on stable temperatures. https://t.co/N8cmNIyeFJ

[David Rissik @drissik]

This is shocking!!

[Fridays For Future MAPA @FFFMAPA]

🚨‼ The Gulf of Mexico is on Fire 🆘

Today a major explosion was reported in the Gulf of Mexico caused by a gas pipeline leak.

There is no better representation on why we need to keep fossil fuels on the ground.

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

Lytton is home to the Lytton First Nation, a Nlaka'pamux band. In Canada and beyond, Indigenous people are disproportionately affected by climate impacts and Indigenous knowledge has much to contribute to climate solutions. https://t.co/Pgn8Xucvxz

[Erik Eklund @ErikEklund10]

😱😱
'In British Columbia (BC) at least 486 sudden deaths were reported over five days during the heatwave. The chief coroner said typically there would have been about 165 sudden deaths, suggesting more than 300 deaths could be attributed to the heat.'

[Dr. Sweta Chakraborty @swetac]

We are not prepared for the world we’re soon to inhabit if the climate crisis continues without meaningful climate action.

These scenes are painful and it can get worse. Not alarmism; just facts. What do you think will happen when residents of coastal cities must retreat?

[Callan Cohen @CallanAfrica]

A little-known Pygmy Sperm Whale washed up on the beach here earlier near Scarborough, Cape Town. Bizarre to see this "shark mimic" whale up close: check out the "false gills" stripe behind the eye.

[Facing Future @FacingFutureNow]

Kiribati is likely to be the first country to disappear completely under rising seas within a few decades.

The people of Kiribati played no part in triggering this annihilation and have no way of surviving it.

Our actions, Our responsibility
Read More: https://t.co/vO0WqLI1xF

[Dr Libby Swanepoel @LibbySwanepoel]

Do you eat seaweed? Are you aged 19-30 years and live in Australia? Researchers from @usceduau #SeaweedResearchGroup would like to know more about why and how you eat #seaweed. To take part in this short survey please click below 👇
https://t.co/Q49Ba57K92

[Paul Dawson 📚 @PaulEDawson]

Fishing boats that trawl the ocean floor release as much carbon dioxide as the entire aviation industry!

“Ocean life has been declining worldwide because of overfishing, habitat destruction and climate change,” @Enric_Sala

#ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis
https://t.co/mSekIJLuDV