A new climate change map shows predictions for just how devastated the future climate will be in various places around the world. The map, which is called The Future Urban Climates, allows interested users to explore how their home area’s climate might change going forward.
The data used to create the map comes from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and it was created by University of Maryland spatial ecologist Matthew Fitzpatrick to showcase the future of climate change up to 2080.
Of course, all of the changes showcased on the climate change map are just predictions based on current trends of extreme storms, fires, floods, droughts, heat waves, and cold snaps—all of which continue to hit us harder each year.
Build community. Actively engage your representative’s offices by phone and by letter - even printing the script from 5calls and mailing it is more impactful than sending a form email. Build community. Invest in mutual aid networks with your neighbors by providing what you have if and when they need it and by asking them for help. If you have the space and bandwidth, grow and share food with those who don’t to help them free up some of their own bandwidth and encourage them to engage when they can. Build community. Engage with your local government and push for mitigation efforts and for climate-focused projects. Bring the community you’re building to help push for these projects. Give yourself the grace to know that it’s not just on you and that countless others like you are pushing towards those same goals where they are.
TYSM for taking the time to put this together! I will definitely try to incorporate these points as actionable items in my daily & also, hopefully, educate and inspire others to act collaboratively.