Marc Landen Brien
@marc-landen-brien.bsky.social
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Progressive. Writing novels about climate change activism. Born at 310 ppm CO2. Canadian, eh. Sorry, not a big fan of poutine, though.
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My pharmacy (in Mexico) has a cute dog as a greeter. Does yours?
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Went for a walk in my Mexican happy space and saw this . . . sure do love me dem Bogies.
Photo of Mexican street with Bougainvilleas
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Poor Mexico so close to the United States so far from Sweden.

Of the 37 OECD advanced economies, Mexico has the 34th greatest income inequality (by Gini Coefficient). Can Señora Sheinbaum overtake number 33, the United States?
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It seems we may not be as stupid as we seem: Research from Oxford finds policymakers underestimate the proportion of people that want climate action by nearly 50 percent. Hence the recent clamour by some politicians for a reset on climate policy due to supposed lack of support.

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Oxford researchers find policymakers underestimate public support for
New research by University of Oxford researchers from the Institute of New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Saïd Business School and Smith School of Enterprise and Environment finds
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Glaciers are a critically important source of fresh water in numerous parts of the world. As the glaciers disappear with global warming, so does the fresh water, and many of the people and other lifeforms in the region will either die or flee.

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Photos: Turkiye’s glaciers fall victim to climate change
Glaciers in the Turkish southeast are melting rapidly, threatening water supplies and local tourism.
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Global warming will make growing areas of the globe unliveable. Think the non-mountainous ares between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn initially.

A street sweeper died in Barcelona during a heat wave last month and 12 other city cleaners have suffered heatstroke since.

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Brutal heat making outdoor labour in southern Europe’s tourist spots unsafe for workers
Labour unions push for tougher regulations to protect aging workforce and many protest after death of 51-year-old street cleaner who worked during major heatwave
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The combination of wildfires and a heat wave, both induced by global warming, is giving Toronto world class air pollution. We're number two. What will it take to push us past Baghdad into top spot?

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Scientists from the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment found that 1,500 of the 2,300 estimated heat deaths in the recent European heat wave, or 65 percent, were a result of climate change.

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Infographic: Climate Change Tripled Heat Deaths in European Heatwave
This chart shows the estimated number of excess heat-related deaths in the June/July 2025 European heatwave and the impact of climate change on excess deaths.
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Pacific Islanders prepare to abandon their countries under threat of inundation by rising seas caused by global warming.

There is roughly 8 million cubic miles of ice in glaciers and the polar ice fields. Oceans will rise more than 200 feet once it all melts.

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Tuvalu’s Citizens Apply for Landmark Climate Change Visa to Australia
Over a third of Tuvalu’s population has applied for a new climate change visa to Australia, marking a historic move in climate migration.
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In another of my posts, which cites David Suzuki, he points out you can't have unlimited growth on a finite planet (Club of Rome?). So, we need a flat or shrinking population and a reengineered economic system.
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Some 30 percent of the days in Phoenix in 2024 were over 100 Fahrenheit.

The people of Arizona are set to find out that the Republicans cannot roll back global warming with either an executive order or legislation.

Reality doesn't care whether you believe in it or not.

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Climate change pushes Arizona into 'uncharted territory' with deadly heat
Phoenix hit 100+ degrees for 30% of 2024, setting heat records as climate change worsens Arizona's extreme weather crisis
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Your 'moment of doom' for June 24, 2025 ~ Unsustainable

"Climate models are likely understating the relationship between climate change and persistent summer weather extremes today and under predicting the potential for future increases in such extremes"

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Heat waves are getting more dangerous with climate change — and we may still be underestimating them | CNN
The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming.
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Carbon fee and dividend to the rescue (if it isn't too late to head off climate catastrophe)--A survey of more than 40,000 in 20 countries finds that people in affluent countries around the world are willing to tax themselves to address climate change and ease poverty.

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Most people support taxing carbon even if it costs them, global survey shows
Half of US respondents also backed the idea of docking polluters and distributing the wealth.
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Climate change is emotionally reshaping today’s youth. The mental strain is very real. The toll ranges from fear and anger to grief and helplessness. It even raises questions as to whether it’s ethical to have children in a world racing toward a climate cataclysm.

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How climate change is emotionally reshaping today’s youth
Whether it’s scrolling past headlines of rising sea levels or watching natural disasters unfold in real time, the mental strain of climate change is very real.
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"Asia, home to more than half the world’s population, is heating up nearly twice as fast as the rest of the world, with surging temperatures intensifying extreme weather, threatening food security and fragile ecosystems, and inflicting billions in economic losses

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Exactly right. The Nordics (also known as the Scandinavians) dominate the top ranks of the World Happiness report and all five-Finland,Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland- were numbers one through five in a study of social mobility. Canada ranks better than the US, but that is not good enough.