When a politician calls to “axe” carbon tax (CT), what that translates to in tangible terms for an average citizen is a MORE expensive cost of living crisis now & in the years ahead.

Why?

Well, it’s this pesky thing called fossil fuel (FF) emissions driven climate change (CC) The FF industry aggressively prioritizes profit protection regardless of population wide emissions ramifications & CC risks.

FF industry also relentlessly lobby politicians to adopt stances REJECTING GHG accountability.

No carbon tax is great for FFs—not great for communities.

My #Resilience Community of Practice group started up again today—a year of engagements & community building determined collectively.

Two things I flagged as wanting to work through was the framing & language of resilience & FEAR.

Warning—loquacious climate ramble. Framing & Language

A collective priority was addressing how to support people in shifting the language and framing of “resilience” away from individual targeting to addressing the systemic level #resilience and origins of harm and violence.

Sometimes the relationships between climate change (CC) & needed city actions that can help prevent risk & harm from CC impacts isn’t clear to folks.

So here’s a bit of an overview of why climate action at the city level is critical & NECESSARY. #vanpoli

Long 🧵 Cities are epicentres of human life, behaviours and actions that have important influence on CC drivers and impacts.

Transportation use, energy use, waste generation, consumption patterns, natural and built environment influence, local food and water access etc.