Wɖ ǎr fūdsistmz on ɖ vrj v c’laps, it’s ɖ plūṭcrats v. lîf on Rʈ
Transcription of a Guardian article of 15 July 2023
Clîṃtbrecdǎn n croplosz ʈretn ǎr svîvl, bt ɖ ultṛrić fînd evr mor crietiv wez t mnten ɖ steṭs qo
Jorj Monbio, Saṭde, 15 Jlî 2023
Acordñ t Gūgl’z nyzsrć, ɖ mīdia hz run mor ɖn 10,000 storiz ɖs yir abt Fílip Scǒfīld, ɖ Britiś teḷviźnprizntr hu rzînd ovr an afer wɖ a yungr colīg. Gūgl olso recordz a globl totl v fîv nyzstoriz abt a sạntific pepr publiśt last wīc, śowñ ɖt ɖ ćansz v simlteńs croplosz in ɖ wrld’z mejr growñrījnz, cōzd bî clîṃtbrecdǎn, apir t hv bn denjṛsli unḍesṭmetd. In mīdịwrld, a ples ɖt śd nvr b cnfyzd wɖ ɖ riyl wrld, s’lebṛtigosip z ʈǎzndz v tîmz mor importnt ɖn xistnśl risc.
Ɖ ny pepr xplorz ɖ impacts on crop̓ṛdux́n ẃn miandrz in ɖ jetstrīm (Rosbi wevz) bcm stuc. Stuc patnz cōz xtrim weɖr. T pt it crūdli, f y liv in ɖ norɖn heṃsfir n a cnc in ɖ jetstrīm (ɖ band v stroñ windz a fy mîlz abv ɖ Rʈ’z srfis at mid-lattydz) z stuc t ɖ sǎʈ v y, yr weɖr z lîcli t b cold n wet. F it’s stuc t ɖ norʈ v y, y’r lîcli t sufr esc̣letñ hīt n drǎt.
In bʈ cesz, ɖ stuc weɖr, xasbetd bî globl hītñ, afcts crops. Wɖ srtn miandrpatnz, sevṛl v ɖ norɖn heṃsfir’z mejr growñrījnz – sć az wstn Norʈ America, Yṛp, India n īst Eźa – cd b xpozd t xtrim weɖr at ɖ sem tîm, haṃrñ ɖer harvists. W rlî fr ǎr sbsistns on globl smuɖñ: f ɖr’z a bad harvist in wn rījn, it’s lîcli t b cǎnṭactd bî gd harvists elsẃr. Īvn smōl croplosz ocŕñ simlteńsli priznt ẃt ɖ pepr cōlz “sstemic risc”.
Olrdi, rījnl clîṃtśocs hv hlpt cōz a dzastṛs rvrsl in ɖ trend v globl cronic hungr. Fr mni yirz, ɖ numbr v hungri ppl fél. Bt in 2015 ɖ trend trnd n hz bn crvñ upwdz sins. Ɖs z nt bcz v a lac v fūd. Ɖ most lîcli xpḷneśn z ɖt ɖ globl fūdsistm hz lost its rziłns. Ẃn complex sistmz lūz rziłns, instd v dampñ ɖ śocs ɖt hit ɖm, ɖe tnd t ampḷfî ɖm. Ɖ śocs ampḷfaid acrs ɖ sistm so far hv landd most heṿli on pur neśnz ɖt dpnd on imports, cōzñ locl prîșpîcs īvn ẃn globl fūdprîsz wr lo.
F ɖs hapnz ẃn harvists r afctd in jst wn cuntri or wn rījn, w cn onli imajin ɖ rzults f xtrim weɖr simlteńsli hits sevṛl mejr growñrījnz.
Uɖr peprz hv bn publiśt wɖ similr ʈīmz, śowñ, fr xampl, ɖ impacts v ɖ rîzñ frīqnsi v “flaśdrǎts” n cncuṛnt hītwevz in grenpṛdysñ rījnz, n hǎ globl hītñ hits fūds’kṛti. Ol hv bn larjli or intîrli ignord bî ɖ mīdia.
W fes an eṗcl, unʈnc̣bl prospect: v phps ɖ tū gretist xistnśl ʈrets – invîrnmntl brecdǎn n fūdsistm fełr – cnvrjñ, az wn trigrz ɖ uɖr.
So ẃ z’nt ɖs ol ovr ɖ fruntpejz? Ẃ, ẃn guvnmnts nǒ w’r fesñ xistnśl risc, d ɖe fel t act? Ẃ z ɖ Bîdn admiṇstreśn alawñ inuf ôl n gas drilñ t bust ɖ YS carbnbujit fîv tîmz ovr? Ẃ z ɖ YC guvnmnt scrapñ ɖ £11.6bn inṭnaśnl clîṃtfund it promist? Ẃ hz Lebr pspond its £28bn grīn-pṛspeṛti fund, ẃl Cir Starmr z rportd t hv rmarct last wīc “I het tri hugrz” (a pejṛtiv trm fr invîrnmntl campenrz)? Ẃ r ɖ Sún, ɖ Meil, ɖ Teḷgraf n ɖ Xpres cmpitñ t atac evri grīn s’lūśn ɖt mt hlp t privnt clîṃtceos? Ẃ dz evrʈñ els sīm mor importnt?
Ɖ unḍlayñ probḷm z’nt hard t grasp: guvnmnts hv feld t brec ẃt ɖ icoṇmist Toṃs Pic̣ti cōlz ɖ patṛmońl spîṛl v wlʈ’kḿleśn. Az a rzult, ɖ rić hv bcm evr rićr, a proses ɖt sīmz t b axeḷretñ. In 2021, fr xampl, ɖ ultṛrić capćrd olmst tū-ʈrdz v ol ɖ wrld’z ny wlʈ. Ɖer śer v naśnl incm in ɖ YC hz olmst dubld sins 1980, ẃl in ɖ YS it’s hayr ɖn it wz in 1820.
Ɖ rićr a frax́n v ssayti bcmz, ɖ gretr its p’liticl pǎr, n ɖ mor xtrim ɖ dmandz it mcs. Ɖ probḷm z súṃrîzd in wn sntns in ɖ reẓgneśn letr v ɖ YC invîrnmntministr Zac Goldsmiʈ: instd v atndñ a crūśl invîrnmntsumit, Riśi Sūnac wnt t Rūṗt Mrdoc’s sumrparti. W canot wrc tgɖr t solv ǎr comn probḷmz ẃn gret pǎr z in ɖ handz v so fy.
Ẃt ɖ ultṛrić wont z t ssten n xtnd ɖ ic̣nomic sistm ɖt pt ɖm ẃr ɖe r. Ɖ mor ɖe hv t lūz, ɖ mor crietiv ɖer straṭjz bcm. Az wel az ɖ tṛdiśnl aproć v bayñ mīdịǎtlets n porñ muni intu ɖ p’liticl partiz ɖt fevr ɖm, ɖe dvîz ny wez v pṛtctñ ɖer inṭrests.
Corṗreśnz n oḷgarcs wɖ masiv fortynz cn hîr az mni junctancs (so-cōld ʈnctancs), trolfarmz, marc̣tñgŭruz, sîcoḷjists n mîcrotargitrz az ɖe nīd t dvîz justiḟceśnz n t dīṃnîz, dmoṛlîz, abyz n ʈretn ppl trayñ t ssten a habitbl planit. Ɖ junctancs dvîz ny lwz t stîfl protest, impḷmntd bî poḷtiśnz fundd bî ɖ sem plūṭcratic clas.
It cd scersli b mor scrùd p. Ɖ eḟt t pṛtct Rʈ sistmz n ɖ hymn sistmz ɖt dpnd on ɖm z léd bî ppl wrcñ at ɖ marjinz wɖ tîni rzorsz, ẃl ɖ rićist n most pǎrfl yz evri mīnz at ɖer dspozl t stop ɖm. Cn y imajin, in decedz t cm, trayñ t xplen ɖs t yr ćildṛn?
Lcñ bac on prīvịs hymn c’laṃtiz, ol v ẃć wl b dworft bî ɖs, y fînd yrslf rpitidli ascñ “ẃ dd’nt ɖe…?” Ɖ ansr z pǎr: ɖ pǎr v a fy t cǎnṭmand ɖ inṭrests v hymaṇti. Ɖ strugl t avrt sstemic fełr z ɖ strugl btwn dmocṛsi n plūtocṛsi. It olwz hz bn, bt ɖ stecs r nǎ hayr ɖn evr.
