Huge thanks to this month’s donor, who wishes to remain anonymous but has asked me to post a link to this poem by their friend, Arthur L Wood. I’m no great shakes when it comes to literary criticism but I was moved by its tenderness and honesty, and heartily recommend giving it a listen.
“Assumption of at least a moderate El Nino beginning in 2026 leads us to project a global temperature record of +1.7°C in 2027, which will provide further confirmation of the recent global warming acceleration.
“This new record will occur only four years after the 2023 El Nino, so additional, underlying, global warming at the accelerated rate of 0.31°C per decade is only about 0.1°C.” [Jim Hansen]
https://mailchi.mp/caa/global-temperature-in-2025-2026-2027
“The 30-year non-linear extrapolation now shows +3°C in 2049!
“I consider this unlikely but not impossible (considering Earth’s Energy Imbalance has more than doubled). From a precautionary principle perspective we should plan accordingly.”
[Leon Simons]
https://x.com/LeonSimons8/status/2001799743350145173
“Temperatures over global land areas so far this year are still the 2nd warmest on record (after last year).
“Data from NOAA.” [Zack Labe]
https://bsky.app/profile/zacklabe.com/post/3macgrfsc2k2q
“Another remarkable spike in temperature is ongoing across the northernmost portions of the Arctic, with a poleward surge of heat and moisture from the Atlantic.
“Also note the clear warm Arctic, cold continent temperature anomaly pattern.” [Zack Labe] More graphics at:
https://zacklabe.com/arctic-temperatures/
“Scientists have detected a potentially deadly whale virus in the Arctic for the first time, using drones to collect breath samples from live whales…
“A potentially deadly virus linked to mass die-offs of whales and dolphins worldwide has been detected in Arctic waters for the first time, raising new concerns about disease risks in a region undergoing rapid environmental change.”
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/drone-whale-breath-sampling-hints-at-deadly-virus-in-arctic/
“Snowy Owl declared regionally extinct in Sweden.
“This assessment comes from BirdLife International, which reports that the Snowy Owl has now been declared Regionally Extinct in Sweden. The decision follows ten consecutive years without any confirmed breeding and marks the first time in two decades that Sweden has officially lost a bird species.”
“‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists.
“The worst-case impacts of the climate crisis for the UK have been laid bare by scientists, ranging from a scorching 4C rise in temperatures to a 2-metre rise in sea level. Another scenario sees a plunge of 6C in temperature after the collapse of key Atlantic Ocean currents, massively disrupting farming and energy needs.”
“As storms surge & the sea rises, Belgium builds dunes for protection.
“In late October, Storm Benjamin blew across Belgium and other parts of Western Europe, bringing strong winds and rain that knocked down trees and damaged homes. Powerful waves pummeled Belgium’s shoreline, eroding some parts. Jagged, cliff-like formations appeared on certain beaches.”
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/as-storms-surge-the-sea-rises-belgium-builds-dunes-for-protection/
“Schools told to keep children indoors and flights cancelled as air pollution peaks in Sarajevo…
“Experts have warned that exposure to PM2.5 – fine inhalable particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrometres or smaller – has led to a rise in respiratory infections as well as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and premature deaths in Sarajevo…”
“The EU Deforestation Regulation weakened, and delayed once again…
“Beyond the delay, the agreement also reduces key safeguards. Downstream operators and traders – who place relevant products on the market (or export them) and make relevant products available on the market – now face reduced obligations, despite their significant influence over supply chains.”
“They survived wildfires. But something else is killing Greece’s iconic fir forests.
“… fires are not the only thing killing trees, and the forces shaping wildfire aftermath have shifted dramatically in the past five years. What Avtzis saw was the result of multiple pressures stacking on top of one another, each amplified by the climate crisis.”
“Heavy rain on Elba, causing landslides and flooding: roads closed, water entering homes and shops.
“Yet another flood hits Portoferraio, the fourth in a year. It occurred on Friday, December 19th. The hardest-hit areas are still the same as the previous three floods: the barriers in the Carburo area, which was once again under water and mud, were of little use.”
“40°C [104F] indoors: South African homes might not be equipped for climate change, say researchers.
“Many South African homes – especially in hot, rural provinces like Limpopo – can reach indoor temperatures of up to 40°C. Informal settlements and low-income households are most vulnerable, with recent research showing indoor temperatures almost match the heat outside.”
“Rock-bottom dam levels make Cape farmers fear the return of drought.
“In the Calitzdorp district, stonefruit orchards and grape vineyards are receiving their final irrigation portion from the Gamkaspoort and the Calitzdorp dams. Last year this time, these dams were both 89% full; their levels currently measure 9.9% and 35.8%.”
“Drought pushes Kadıköy Dam in NW Türkiye to dead storage.
“The dam, with a total storage capacity of 56 million cubic meters (14.8 billion gallons), has been severely affected by prolonged drought conditions. Extreme summer temperatures, increased evaporation and ongoing water scarcity have reduced the reservoir’s occupancy rate to below 1%.”
https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/drought-pushes-kadikoy-dam-in-nw-turkiye-to-dead-storage/news/amp
“Exceptional warm nights continue in Middle East and North Africa:
“Three consecutive tropical nights at in Guezzam, ALGERIA. Yesterday Min 24.5C [76.1F] Jas, IRAN. Warmest winter night in history; tomorrow last warm night in OMAN, than on the weekend Omanites can turn their AC off after 10 months.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2001589540436537717
“Iran flood death toll rises to seven as Red Crescent aids 23,000.
“Across the Persian Gulf, several cities and countries have been affected be extreme rain and snow, unusual for this time of year. In the UAE’s Dubai, vehicles were seen driving through the Al Barsha district in more than a foot a water.”
“Rainfall creates crimson spectacle at beach on Iran’s Hormuz Island.
“Hormuz Island lies in the strait of Hormuz, where the Persian Gulf meets the Gulf of Oman, about 670 miles (1,080km) south of Iran’s capital, Tehran. Rainfall is relatively rare on the island, and happens mainly during the winter and early spring.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/18/rainfall-iran-hormuz-island-red-beach
“Ras Al Khaimah was lashed by more than a year of rain on Thursday and Friday as storms swept across the Emirates.
“The National Centre of Meteorology said it recorded 127mm of rainfall in the Al Ghaznah area of the emirate over the two-day period.”
“Fire partially destroys forest in Karak [Pakistan].
“A Rescue 1122 official said on Friday that the fire suddenly broke out in the mountainous range in Lakkanra area in the evening and spread within no time. “A team of firefighters along with fire trucks was immediately dispatched to the area to extinguish the blaze,” the official said.”
https://www.dawn.com/news/1962076/fire-partially-destroys-forest-in-karak
“How Afghanistan’s Kunar River Project Could Deepen Pakistan’s Water Crisis.
“The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan is advancing plans to divert water from the Kunar River towards Nangarhar, a move that could significantly cut downstream flows into Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and heighten regional tensions.”
“Himalayas warming 50 percent faster than global average: Study.
“”Mountains share many characteristics with Arctic regions and are experiencing similarly rapid changes,” lead researcher Nick Pepin from the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of the Earth and Environment said.”
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202512/17/WS694207c3a310d6866eb2f0b5.html
“India’s groundwater crisis: Which states are heading towards ‘Day Zero’ first?
“Just because some cities suffered floods doesn’t mean you have water. For a country that supports nearly 17% of the world’s population with just 4% of its freshwater resources, water scarcity has become a daily reality, and not just a distant threat.”
“Sri Lanka tea workers struggle in poverty. Flooding cost many their lives…
“Among the hardest hit were the hilly regions in the island’s center and the tea plantation workers who live there. Many occupied primitive, 150-year-old structures that were swept away in landslides and flooding.”
“HISTORIC HEAT WAVE IN EAST ASIA – 30.0C / 86F in CHINA and 21C in South Korea.
“December records: Zhuzhou 25°C, Xiangtan 24.9°C, Shaoshan 24.5°C, Changsha 24.2°C. Plus 85 mid-December records and in the weekend there will be many more in China, Koreas,Taiwan, Japan and SE Asia!”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2002008058508251383
“Vietnam’s capital residents struggle as severe air pollution persists.
“A thick blanket of smog has settled over Vietnam’s capital Hanoi in recent days, blurring high-rise buildings and casting a gray haze across streets as fine particulate matter continues to rise to unhealthy level”
https://english.news.cn/20251220/ff48ab82264c436fb69775dd91241fac/c.html
“Santas in Japan hand out Christmas gifts to people affected by massive wildfire in Iwate Prefecture earlier this year…
““Because prices have been high, I’m thankful for the rice and other gifts,” said Yoji Hashimoto, 66, whose house burned down in the wildfire. “I felt energized.” Yokota said: “I want to help them with their daily lives. I would like to visit again.” – The Yomiuri Shimbun.”
“A flood of logs post-Cyclone Senyar leaves Padang fishers out of work…
“In late November, flash floods from Cyclone Senyar swept through parts of Sumatra, killing residents and damaging roads and homes. Days later, their aftermath surfaced offshore. Logs carried from upstream forests poured out of river mouths and spread along the coast…”
“Pulp giant RGE admits possible deforestation breach in Bornean wildlife habitat.
“A new report links forestry giant Royal Golden Eagle’s pulp supply chain to the clearance of 5,565 hectares (13,751 acres) of natural forest in Indonesian Borneo between 2020 and 2024, despite the company’s no-deforestation pledge. RGE says the clearing was likely non-compliant.”
“HISTORIC DAY in the city of Sydney AUSTRALIA – record hot December temperature in the Observatory.
“Maximums: 42.7 [108.9F] Olympic Park; 42.6 Airport; 42.2 Observatory DECEMBER RECORD TIED; 37.7 Harbour.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2001988759206924404
“HISTORIC – insane Minimum Temperature of 28.5C [83.3F] at Chuuk is HOTTEST DECEMBER NIGHT EVER RECORDED IN MICRONESIA.
“HOTTEST NIGHT EVER RECORDED ANYWHERE IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE this time of the year.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2001859021872205984
“The pistachio boom in Argentina clashes with the water crisis.
“This north-western region of Argentina has been experiencing more than a decade of severe hydrological drought, exacerbated by climate change and inefficient resource management. Water supply depends mainly on winter snowmelt, the source of which has been threatened.”
https://dialogue.earth/en/water/the-pistachio-boom-in-argentina-clashes-with-the-water-crisis/
“New tree species was hiding in plain sight for over 40 years, and now it’s almost extinct.
“In a protected corner of the Peruvian Amazon, scientists have finally named a giant tree that hid in plain sight for 40 years. The species, now called Drypetes oliveri, towers to about 115 feet and may exist only in a handful of giant individuals.”
“Unprecedented December hot nights in Central America:
“Min 27.1/81F Half Moon Caye BELIZE; 27.0 Roatan HONDURAS.”
https://x.com/extremetemps/status/2002060455897149464
“Florida’s top firefighter says it’s the ‘driest winter’ he can remember.
“Rick Dolan, the Director of the Florida Forest Service, said firefighters typically put out about 2,000 fires a year in the state. This year so far, it’s been more than 3,100… January is projected to be just as dry.”
https://www.wusf.org/weather/2025-12-19/florida-top-firefighter-says-driest-winter-he-can-remember
“Fire crews respond to multiple wildfires across Oklahoma amid dry and windy conditions.
“Fire officials across the state responded to multiple wildfires on Friday. Oklahoma saw an increase in fire danger due to dry, windy conditions, and above-average temperatures.”
“Forecasters issue rare weather warning as strong gusts [113mph at Boulder] fuel wildfire threats in Colorado.
“The National Weather Service on Friday issued a rare warning for part of the Colorado Front Range as hurricane-force winds and tinder dry conditions boosted the threat of wildfire across several counties, while flood warnings were issued in Oregon as rivers there swelled from heavy rain.”
“The fight over the Colorado River has become a political nightmare.
“A seven-state brawl centered on one of the country’s most competitive swing states is poised to trigger a water supply crisis for 40 million people across the West — and put the Trump administration in an impossible political position.”
“It could be the warmest Christmas on record for parts of 18 states.
“Temperatures are forecast to reach the 60s, 70s and/or 80s across the Southwest, Rockies, Plains, Midwest and South. Shorts weather for Santa!” [Ben Noll]
https://x.com/BenNollWeather/status/2002015813474382152
“A new Wisconsin record has been set for precipitation within a 24-hour period following the devastating flash flooding that happened in August.
“According to the National Weather Service, the record was confirmed recently, with officials saying 14.55 inches of rain were observed at James Madison High School in northwest Milwaukee.”
“Maine’s Once Abundant Kelp Forests Face an Array of Growing Threats.
“While the marine heatwaves killing the kelp ecosystem were alarming on their own, the researchers have discovered a new threat—the rise in red turf algae, a filamentous invasive species—that is taking over the place of the kelp that has collapsed from the heat.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19122025/maine-kelp-forests-face-growing-threats/
“Marine heat waves and raw sewage combine to put human health at risk.
“Experts are especially concerned that marine heat waves, when combined with an influx of pollution in coastal areas — especially untreated sewage and synthetic agricultural fertilizers — could be fueling the growth of harmful pathogens, including V. vulnificus.”
“Global review warns of hidden health and ecological risks from widely used strobilurin fungicides.
“Strobilurin farm fungicides are showing up from wheat fields to pregnant womens urine, and a new scientific review warns that these “modern” crop protectants may carry hidden risks for ecosystems and human health.”
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1110757
“The AI boom has caused as much carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere in 2025 as emitted by the whole of New York City, it has been claimed.
“The global environmental impact of the rapidly spreading technology has been estimated in research published on Wednesday, which also found that AI-related water use now exceeds the entirety of global bottled-water demand.”
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The article on Maine kelp forests fails to mention one huge problem and that is “dragging” for scallops and urchins. Its a process where a heavy steel net is dragged along the bottom of the ocean. Years ago it was done by divers only. Destroys everything in its path. Very sad.
Duke, in theory scallop dredging is heavily restricted in Scotland. In practise, it won’t surprise you to learn, not so much:
“Scottish Government is still breaking the law, and harming our seas… Incredibly the Scottish Government continues to license scallop dredging in areas where their own nature conservation advisors recommend it is banned.”
https://www.openseas.org.uk/news/scottish-government-is-still-breaking-the-law-and-harming-our-seas/
Old saying in the American West: “Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting!”
Get your bets placed now in Viva Las Vegas as it won’t take long for this place of wanton excess to go down in history. Not like Gagnum Style, but Ozymandias Style….
….”Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Being out of precious water will be disastrous. Running out of electricity, first by rolling blackouts, until complete shutdown will only compound the disaster.
No refrigeration of foodstuffs or lifesaving air conditioners. Gas stations unable to pump gasoline and diesel. You can easily imagine the looting, the rioting, the shootings–> fun times, for sure!
The American penchant of shooting first, then asking questions later will also not help the situation in this giant, desiccated watershed. We perfected the instant acting out of road rage & drive by shootings.
Just wait until water rage because normalized.
The incredibly sprawling megaplexes of the Western US are headed for tough times ahead. Unless…
…What about possibly kicking the can down the road just one more time: those Great Lakes are just begging for a drainage canal towards the Southwest!
Bob Shaw Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?
Bob, I think Canada might have something to say about that! 😆
China is already attempting something similar though:
“The South–North Water Transfer Project is intended to alleviate chronic water shortages in northern China, support economic development, and curb over-extraction of groundwater. However, it faces significant engineering, environmental, and social challenges.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%E2%80%93North_Water_Transfer_Project
This 9 minute film footage of the dawn of man to the fight for the last water hole in the desert is all you need to see to fully comprehend Overshoot & Collapse. Murder-nity, or Killapse [word creator credit to Curt Kastens]. As a species, we have progressed so little.
I think we won’t have to wait long to see the Modern re-enactment repeated many places across our planet as our freshwater disappears…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7HGwVqI_FM
Bob Shaw Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?
Oops! My apology. this is the nine minute film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypEaGQb6dJk
Shocking confession for a film enthusiast but I have never watched “2001: A Space Odyssey”. I really need to rectify that.
IMO as a Doomer, the early minutes with the proto-humans is the greatest footage in film history. Once the movie changes to modern sci-fi–> highly entertaining, great leading edge special effects for the late 60s, intriguing plot.
When the future fire-ape cocks his head sideways when he suddenly conceives the idea of what a tool is & can do, along with the music starting up–> the film director & actor achieved a magic moment.
My first time hearing this was in “2001: A Space Odyssey”
A favorite 1:54 of mine;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szdziw4tI9o&t=106s
All the beautiful things this species has created & yet we are too brain dead to protect this Garden of Eden. I’m beginning to realize that our greatest talent is in destruction.
Since there is no thread tomorrow I want to wish everyone a happy winter solstice tomorrow! Mother earth and our sun will keep doing their cycles long after h.sapiens is gone. Have some good deep time reflection and your favorite beverage!
Thank you, Cassandra. Right back atcha 🤗.
It’s gotten so bad even my wordplay gets clobbered: I was gonna make a faux-confused comment asking,
“Winter snowmelt? … shouldn’t that be summer snowmelt?”
But by the end of Pan’s list, it is clear that winter snowmelting, not what they meant, is actually happening!
A happy winter solstice to you both and indeed to all readers.
We only get around seven hours daylight up here by winter solstice, so I take heart from the milestone being passed. The real watershed for me is the second week of Feb when it is light as I take my kid to meet the school bus in the mornings.
I don’t know how the Nordics, Inuits etc do it.
Thank you Cass, it’s good to be reminded of my roots.
Makes me go hmmm .https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1pqmaon/how_do_these_meteorologists_not_have_a_breakdown/#lightbox
The air conditioning faltered, and buildings that should have been less than 24C in the summer heat couldn’t get below 26 to 27C. The invasive mollusc had infiltrated pipes that suck cold water from a depth of 75 metres (250ft) in Lake Geneva to cool buildings. “It’s an open invasion,” says Mathurin Dupanier, utilities operations manager at EPFL.
But the damage went far beyond keeping classrooms cool. The university’s datacentres need to be chilled, and long-running experiments cannot tolerate temperature fluctuations. “Research is one of the things we do; if it stops, then the school closes,” says Dupanier. The institute is also home to Tokamak – an experimental nuclear fusion facility that looks to create clean energy from the same process that powers the sun. That, too, needs to be cooled – otherwise it will melt.
‘We were in denial’
Quagga mussels are among the planet’s most potent invasive species. They reproduce at astonishing speed: one female quagga produces up to a million egg cells. Some are known to survive for 30 years in the deepest parts of American lakes. They can breed all year round, and spawn in temperatures as low as 5C.
Dupanier’s team were shocked when they discovered the extent of the invasion in 2022. “We had this denial about what was happening,” he says. The quaggas had only been detected in Lake Geneva six years previously and already they had spread like wildfire.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/18/invasive-quagga-mussels-lake-geneva-aoe
Ho, ho, ho….it’s coming…
OMFG!
““It is too late for this lake,” says Ibelings. “It’s like a meadow of quaggas down there. Every spot is taken. Instead of seeing sand you see quagga mussels.”
In Lake Geneva the molluscs have reached a record-breaking depth of 250 metres – a pitch-dark environment where there is almost no oxygen, home to scant life other than microbes. Their ability to survive where other species can’t means they grow uncontrollably in Alpine lakes.”
“Once quagga mussels are in a lake there is nothing you can do, other than stop them colonising other lakes by cleaning boats and fishing equipment.
After thousands of years of stability, Lake Geneva is undergoing a period of huge and irreversible change in the space of just a decade. In the American and Canadian lakes, there are no signs of quagga populations falling after 30 years of colonisation.
Ibelings says: “Going back is a fairytale, because of quagga mussels and climate change. We cannot control either, and I don’t think they will go away.”
Just a mention for the architects who are building homes and schools that are cool, without any air conditioning, and use local resources.
Think you mentioned wattle and daub, Pan.
https://scroll.in/article/1084622/schools-get-mud-and-clay-update-to-stay-cool-in-warming-climates
James Hansen’s latest is interesting, and by interesting I mean it forecasts a Great Horror™. I suppose I knew days of this sort were coming since grade 8 ecology class, and in more recent decades it has become obvious that they’ll be happening in my lifetime. Just in time to fuck up my 401.
https://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailings/2025/GlobalTemperaturePrediction2025.12.18.pdf
I had a wonderful week. I recently was assigned to supervise an area with a heavily entrenched problem worker. And by problem worker I mean a morbidly obese compulsive hoarder with a cluster b personality disorder. I guess it just kinda creeps up on you. I suppose the previous boss was a bit lacking, and by a bit lacking I mean I’ve met non verbal autistics with better supervisor skills. No offense. Area Supply was like the cast of Fraggle Rock before I got on the scene. Anyway, everybody bad is gone now. Merry Winter Solstice.
I had a junior high ecology class too!
Hansen – Great Horror indeed.
I don’t know what work you do, but congrats on moving the problem employee out. They get tolerated and put up with for too long. Doesn’t help anyone, including them.
These days I’m doing wildfires, Incident Management Teams, Logistics Working Groups and addressing neglected issues.
Australia’s climate change visa
More than one-third of Tuvalu’s 11,000 population applied for an unprecedented climate visa scheme under a deal struck with Australia two years ago.
The Falepili Mobility Pathway, which came into force on 28 August last year, is designed to support “mobility with dignity” for Tuvaluans – allowing them to live, work and study in their larger neighbour.
The intake is capped at 280 visas annually to prevent the mass emigration of highly-trained or qualified people whose skills are still required in Tuvalu.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson told Euronews Green that the first Tuvaluan families started to arrive in Australia last month, with more people slated to arrive in the coming months.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong welcomed the news, stating: “The Pathway reflects the deep trust between our two countries, and we look forward to the contributions Tuvaluans will make to Australian society.”
Ain’t that nice PR BS…put a positive spin on a man made catastrophic event….got to applaud
Positive spin, indeed. Good grief.
Australia: 70% uninhabitable due to desert. 30% uninhabitable due to Australians.
Here is a good Sunday read, I think.
“This is one of the quiet costs of collapse maturity. Your acceptance does not create separation. Reality does⁹.
There is no hostility in this. There is no judgement. The difference is existential, not emotional. It comes from the fact that acceptance alters your sense of time, meaning and direction. You live with an awareness of contraction that others do not feel. You carry a sense of finitude that others do not recognise⁵. You move through the world with the knowledge that continuity is not guaranteed. You understand and accept that your death must happen to create space for new life.
This can create moments of loneliness⁹. You are grieving a world that still exists for others. You are becoming an adult in a culture that does not recognise this form of adulthood.
Some relationships adapt. They shift and deepen. Others remain warm but less aligned. A few may become strained as you lose interest in illusions that others still depend on. Acceptance alters your attention. It shapes what you value. It changes what you can talk about and what no longer feels meaningful.
This is not withdrawal. You are not turning away from people. You are turning toward reality.
And the form of care you offer becomes more grounded. You become more patient. More proportionate. Less captured by expectations that belong to the old worldview. You feel less need to fix people or convince them. You no longer believe that awareness can be imposed on anyone. You recognise that collapse acceptance is solitary work. You become kinder.
Relationships change because you have changed. Not through choice, but through recognition.”
—
“Acceptance is where the worldview dies. Acceptance is where the symbolic self dissolves⁴. Acceptance is where you take your final step into ecological adulthood.
It does not make you wise, calm, or heroic. It makes you honest.
And that honesty is what collapse acceptance ultimately is. Not enlightenment. Not despair. A form of adulthood grounded in the real world. A way of living without illusion. A way of facing a contracting civilisation with proportion and clarity.
This is the truth about collapse acceptance. Awareness can be learned. Acceptance is lived.
And no one can do that work for you.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/adrianlambert/p/the-truth-about-collapse-acceptance
FYI
The water footprints of global food and agriculture trade
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2025/12/water-footprints-global-food-and-agriculture-trade
For those that have forgotten The Rule of Holes: Stop digging.