#resilience

Flood risk is not only about rainfall. This study shows how different socio-economic futures (SSPs) can either reduce or amplify flood vulnerability across health, agriculture, transport & water systems. Adaptation is a development choice. #Resilience https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378025001165

Last song for my #20favevideos and perhaps the most influential in my life (and most helpful). A teenage boy with ripped clothing is alone in a house picking through piles of rubble and debris. His little dog jumps around excitedly as if this were all a game. The boy picks out things he treasures and one by one he shows them excitedly to the camera. But now and then he holds lovingly in his hands a framed sepia-toned portrait of a man from the 1930s or 40s and stares off in deep reflection and melancholy. Was it his father? His grandfather? Then he’s playing joyfully again with his toys. We see a whole wall and several windows have been blown out of the house, most likely by a tornado or hurricane, as cows can be seen grazing nearby. Again he lies on the floor holding the portrait in reflection, reaching up to pet his dog. The video ends with him dancing and practicing skateboarding tricks in what was once his bedroom. An incredible, profound video of resilience in the face of incredible loss, and continuing with life despite losing nearly everything and everyone. “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)” by R.E.M. (1987) #rem #music #resilience #survival https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY