https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz My map serves as a (partial) conceptualization of cross-border climate change, mainly in the U.S., emphasizing the importance of international/binational frameworks and effective collaboration. en-us 2022-01-12 16:23:04 UTC 2023-03-25 23:17:04 UTC hello@padlet.com azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1988629595 In 2011 Thailand experienced the longest duration flooding event in its recorded history (158 days), resulting in more than 800 deaths and affecting 13.6 million people in the country itself (Promchote et al., 2016). Devastating as these floods were for Thailand, the impacts beyond its borders were equally notable. The Bangkok region is home to large industrial parks that host numerous high value manufacturing concerns, many also located close to coastal port facilities to reduce transportation costs. Seven parks were badly affected, leading to enormous losses in the automobile and electronics industries (primarily Japanese companies), due to inundation of plants supplying key components to manufacturers in Thailand, throughout Asia and beyond. The implications of these severe inundation events at critical nodes in highly inter-connected global supply chains led to impacts that propagated far beyond the borders of Thailand. For example, ripple effects on the global economy were estimated to have reduced Japan’s fourth quarter 2011 manufacturing production index by 2.4% (UN-ESCAP, 2012). The causes of the disastrous flood impacts are multi-faceted, but point to an imperative to build enhanced resilience into those components where impacts were propagated. However, superimposed on all of these immediate challenges is the spectre of a changing climate and associated sea-level rise, with the expectation of more frequent and severe events of this kind occurring in the future (Promchote et al., 2016).]]> 2022-01-12 16:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1988629595 azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1988649251 For example, ripple effects on the global economy were estimated to have reduced Japan’s fourth quarter 2011 manufacturing production index by 2.4% (UN-ESCAP, 2012). The causes of the disastrous flood impacts are multi-faceted, but point to an imperative to build enhanced resilience into those components where impacts were propagated. However, superimposed on all of these immediate challenges is the spectre of a changing climate and associated sea-level rise, with the expectation of more frequent and severe events of this kind occurring in the future (Promchote et al., 2016).]]> 2022-01-12 16:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1988649251 azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1992881495 Absolute change (in USD million, indicated by the bars) of Germany’s imports and exports by regions in 2050 due to labour productivity losses as compared with the baseline (SSP2); relative change of external trade balance (in %) is also indicated; climate projections: HadGEM2-ES for RCP4.5, climatic period 2050 (Ø2036–2065).]]> 2022-01-14 18:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1992881495 azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998867143 The report prepared after the "pulse flow" was executed back in 2014 (i.e., a release of a very substantial amount of water over a several week period to see whether it would find its way to the Gulf of Mexico, and assess what impact that might have on restoring the environment in the river delta in Mexico).

]]> 2022-01-18 19:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998867143 azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998874824 This video provides a good sense of the impact of the pulse flow, including a local Arizona view. Emphasizes how the Colorado River is part of the identity of the people who reside in the region.]]> 2022-01-18 19:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998874824 azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998903716 A video narrated by Robert Redford discusses the pulse flow from an environmentalists perspective. ]]> 2022-01-18 20:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998903716 azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998911066 The Good Neighbor Environmental Board report that gives a sense of the breadth and variety of governmental environmental efforts to assist in boundary region responses to climate change.]]> 2022-01-18 20:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998911066 azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998954439 PBS report from a few weeks ago concerning the extreme stress on the river that will require cutbacks in water deliveries this year for the first time ever.]]> 2022-01-18 20:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998954439 azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998963970 Provides a good picture of the Colorado River. Mentions the pulse flow as well as earlier history of the river. Includes insight from various environmentalists. ]]> 2022-01-18 20:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998963970 azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998979173 The first story in The Guardians series about environmental justice. Provides powerful insight and personal stories about folks in Mexico facing the stark effects of the dried riverbed. Highlights the devastation of the loss of the river in Mexico and the work being done by locals to help combat this pressing issue.]]> 2022-01-18 20:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998979173 azarker2 https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998991226 Vanda Felbab-Brown discusses the water-resource stressors evolving in U.S.-Mexican border areas, which have been experiencing water shortages for decades and will continue to experience them more and more as water availability greatly decreases and becomes more unpredictable. This piece was originally published by La Reforma's Mexico Today.]]> 2022-01-18 20:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/azarker2/bwle5qon29zukruz/wish/1998991226