Understanding what is going on in our environment really requires understanding the whole global system. There are very few people who can grasp that complexity, which is I why I follow climate systems scientists. They help me weave it all together and make sense of the interconnections.

However, as I am in the Global South, one of the limitations is the specifics for this region and seeing the disastrous impacts of climate escalations in Asia just in the last week, we must better understand what is coming next, so we can prepare and adapt.

There are many reasons for the lack of specifics on the Global South, particularly the fact the narrative and media coverage is controlled and dominated by the English-speaking wealthy world, so grasping this whole story requires a lot of work. There are some areas that will remain extremely challenging, and for many countries/regions in the Global South, the challenge is a lack of data. Just that is a challenge we must overcome.

To help me make more sense of what the Global South will face in the coming years, I asked Jan Umsonst if he’d join me to have a broad conversation about the region. He is the Earth System Nerd and an earth system consultant, regularly discussing the fact we are now leaving the age of natural variability and entering the age of forced variability, where we will start experiencing the synchronization of feedbacks.

Sit back and enjoy a far-ranging conversation, which is honest, and empowering, with the clear message - we must act now.

Thank you so much Jan! You can follow him on BlueSky @umsonst.bsky.social — Bluesky

And here he is on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-umsonst-92ba859a/

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