Plan for a turbulent future : your roadmap to personal resilience for a changing climate /
Millions of lives and business have either been lost or significantly impacted by COVID-19. Yet, many are warning that climate change will be much more devastating over the coming decades. Reality is starting to set in. We are not going to achieve our global mitigation targets; we probably won⁰́₉t e...
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River Publishers,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface xi List of Figures xiii 1 Planning for a Turbulent Future 1 1.1 My Resilience Journey 1 1.2 HowDiditGo? 3 1.3 Why Plan Now? 4 1.4 Why This Plan? 6 2 Climate Targets Missed-So What? 7 2.1 Why We Will Not Achieve Our Targets 8 2.2 Why Does it Matter 14 2.2.1 Shutdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation 15 2.2.2 Loss of Arctic and Antarctic Ice Sheets 15 2.2.3 Amazon Rainforest Dieback 16 2.2.4 West African and Indian Monsoon Shift 16 2.2.5 Boreal Forest Shift 17 2.2.6 Impacts on our Ocean Wildlife 17 2.2.7 Permafrost and Methane Hydrates 18 2.3 Other Problems to Worry About 21 3 Mourn for our Lost Future 25 3.1 Finding Your Purpose 29 4 Plan for Personal and Family Resilience 33 4.1 Plan for What? 35 4.2 What's the Plan? Become More Resilient 36 4.3 Don't Forget Mitigation Efforts 37 5 Physical Health 39 5.1 Getting and Staying in Shape 41 5.2 Improving Your Diet 43 5.3 Health Prevention and Improvements 47 6 Mental Health 49 6.1 Improving Your Mood 51 6.2 Improving Your Psychological Resilience 56 7 Learning and Education-Kids and Homeschooling 61 7.1 Myth: Children Need School to Develop "Social" Skills 64 7.2 Myth: Children Learn a Lot at School 66 7.3 Teaching Resilience Skills 67 8 Learning and Education-Personal Skills and Knowledge 71 8.1 Career Skills 72 8.2 Skills to Increase Your Resilience 75 8.3 General Knowledge Building 77 9 Community Building 79 9.1 Neighbors 80 9.2 Local Community 83 9.3 Friends and Family 86 10 Financial Preparation 89 10.1 Savings 90 10.2 Debt Repayment 93 10.3 Income Generation 96 10.4 Protecting Your Assets 98 11 Physical Preparation 101 11.1 Long-term Resilience 102 11.2 Emergency Preparedness 106 11.3 Security 109 12 Low Carbon Resilient Home Retrofits 111 12.1 Overall Retrofit Plan 112 12.2 Exterior Walls and Windows 114 12.3 Roof and Attic 116 12.4 HVAC and Plumbing Systems 118 12.5 Solar and Backup Power 119 12.6 Landscaping 120 13 Putting Plan to Action 123 Index 133 About the Author 135