Helen Jackson @hjcksn@qoto.org

Mild autumn throws UK veg farming into disarray - shortages of some vegetables likely after Christmas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/02/food-waste-green-vegetable-potato-crop-glut-mild-uk-autumn?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I had an op-ed on the failure of the political class to take an interest in climate adaptation dong the rounds last week, but unfortunately it was not taken up by anybody. Here it is on LinkedIn FWIW:
Westminster needs to adapt to climate change
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/westminster-needs-adapt-climate-change-helen-jackson

Surface water flooding receives relatively little media and political attention – we mostly notice river flooding – but it can be devastating. In addition, fears that new developments will increase flood risk for existing residents is a common reason for objecting to planning applications in England.

Great to see the problem of surface water flooding getting some attention with this report out today from the National Infrastructure Commission, with several good sense policy recommendations.
https://nic.org.uk/studies-reports/reducing-the-risks-of-surface-water-flooding/surface-water-flooding-final-report/

‘Immense damage’ to infrastructure of rural flood-affected parts of NSW and Victoria.
Chief exec of National Farmers Federation:
“At the mo. we don’t have confidence that the govt is aware of the scale of the massive crisis farmers & regional communities are facing ... We’ve seen the absolute obliteration of so many arterial roads & rail lines across the country”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/28/potholes-warped-rail-lines-and-washed-away-roads-flood-hit-regions-face-infrastructure-crisis

Why the UK needs to take infrastructure resilience and adaptation more seriously: part of Tyne and Wear Metro out until Jan following damage due to substation flooding.
"The flooding has damaged our substation so significantly that we need to rebuild it"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-63775647

Australia's State of the Climate report is out today
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/drier-hotter-wetter-csiro-bom-confirm-australia-s-weather-to-get-even-worse-20221122-p5c09x.html

People asked to use water sensibly in Sydney after floods load water held at the Warragamba Dam with silt and debris, reducing the amount of usable water
https://www.smh.com.au/national/sydney-residents-face-possible-water-shortages-despite-record-rain-20221121-p5bzyr.html

The increasing problem of urban flash flooding in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Interesting write-up in the Jakarta Post of a recent Imperial College project producing fine resolution multi-hazard climate risk analysis in Southeast Asia
https://www.thejakartapost.com/adv/2022/11/22/how-machine-learning-can-allow-deeper-understanding-of-climate-change-at-local-level.html

State of Hawaii takes out USA's first coral reef insurance contract
https://www.reuters.com/article/climate-finance-hawaii-insurance-idAFKBN2SB1NM

I just wanted to say hello and thank you to recent followers. If you are interested in keeping abreast of news about extreme weather and other climate-related hazards you may also be interested in this account I run which scans English language news sites from around the world for relevant stories and toots them: @CNnews

New study of two UK locations suggests even rock coastlines will be destabilised by sea level rise: "The researchers are calling on policymakers, planners, and insurers to take action to classify rock coasts as high-risk areas in future planning"
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-sea-erosion-coastlines.html

Puerto Rican grid in a state following Hurricane Fiona; US govt providing temporary electric generation via barges; some repairs to take 12-18 months. This comes after long reconstruction work following Maria in 2017
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/11/15/news/u-s-to-supply-puerto-rico-with-emergency-power-generation/

Concerns flooding may disrupt Malaysian elections – this appears to have been rumbling on as a political issue for several weeks now
https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/11/15/news/world/floods-force-evacuations-ahead-of-malaysia-polls/1866348

As if New South Wales hasn't suffered enough flooding this year, it is currently undergoing the largest flood operation in its history, even pulling in overseas volunteers
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-15/nsw-floods-forbes-evacuation-wyangala-dam-newell-highway/101653738

@cedric It certainly doesn't sound like very much and I assume there will be a lot of pressure to build on it

Pakistan among first to receive financial support from new 'Global Shield' climate disaster aid scheme
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2386275/pakistan-will-be-among-first-to-receive-g7-global-shield-climate-funding?amp=1

I am working on using natural language processing to detect urban flash flood events in local newspaper reports and map impacts at street/building level. I'd be really interested to hear from anyone who might have uses for this data in their work. For more details see:
https://www.climatenode.org/maps/about_UFF_maps.html

#NLP #floodmapping

Flooding adding to ‘perfect storm’ for food insecurity in Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/9/torrential-floods-in-west-africa-impact-food-security