Reach out to members of your community who will need the most help dealing with the effects of climate change (eg, infectious diseases, heat waves, extreme weather events, flooding) and find ways to do what you can to help them.
I think being able to actually deal with the fallout of climate change will require us to, on an international scale, rationally plan production and resource allocation, while facilitating the movement of people without regard for national borders. Or in other words, we need socialism to effectively deal with even the consequences of climate change.
I think leaving “adaptation” largely up to the whims of the capitalists will effectively be guaranteeing adaptation by virtue of mass death and suffering. I don’t think this is something that can be avoided by mutual aid on the local level.
Agree to a degree. Solutions are needed at all levels. There's no question that we need high-level systemic change (I personally also don't think capitalism can possibly prevent, much less reverse, climate change). And we also need people on the ground watching out for each other. There are people already suffering from climate change no matter where you are -- for example, the homeless, ppl with outdoor/poor working conditions, the elderly are all at-risk during extremely hot days and heat waves. Someone needs to help the old person who lives alone get a window AC installed in their apartment to protect them during heat waves.
Just like we can't put the blame for solving climate change solely on individuals (it'll take way more than everyone driving less and reducing meat intake), we also can't deny the things we as individuals can do today, especially for climate change adaptation.
I think being able to actually deal with the fallout of climate change will require us to, on an international scale, rationally plan production and resource allocation, while facilitating the movement of people without regard for national borders. Or in other words, we need socialism to effectively deal with even the consequences of climate change.
I think leaving “adaptation” largely up to the whims of the capitalists will effectively be guaranteeing adaptation by virtue of mass death and suffering. I don’t think this is something that can be avoided by mutual aid on the local level.
Agree to a degree. Solutions are needed at all levels. There's no question that we need high-level systemic change (I personally also don't think capitalism can possibly prevent, much less reverse, climate change). And we also need people on the ground watching out for each other. There are people already suffering from climate change no matter where you are -- for example, the homeless, ppl with outdoor/poor working conditions, the elderly are all at-risk during extremely hot days and heat waves. Someone needs to help the old person who lives alone get a window AC installed in their apartment to protect them during heat waves.
Just like we can't put the blame for solving climate change solely on individuals (it'll take way more than everyone driving less and reducing meat intake), we also can't deny the things we as individuals can do today, especially for climate change adaptation.