Our planet is literally on fire!
A series of climate records on temperature, ocean heat and
Antarctic sea ice have alarmed some scientists who say their speed and timing
is unprecedented.
Here are 4 climate records broken so far during the summer of 2023 .... the hottest day on record globally, the hottest June on record globally, extreme marine heatwaves, record low Antarctic sea ice .... and what they tell us.
BBC News - Climate records tumble leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists
This is what we are doing to the planet which is our home and the home to all the wonderful biodiversity that we share it with ....
Yet we have recently learned that the Government is drawing up plans to drop the UK’s flagship £11.6bn climate and nature funding pledge.
The Guardian - Revealed: UK plans to drop flagship £11.6bn climate pledge
The Guardian - Rishi Sunak signals he could abandon green policies that cost consumers
The Government is giving all sorts of lame excuses to then claim that dealing with the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis is unaffordable whilst still supposedly expressing its commitment to the various national and international targets.
That is like saying I want to lose weight but I don’t want to eat less and exercise more.
The truth is clear …. we have a grossly incompetent and corrupt Conservative Government pandering to a small minority of party members, supporters and corporate donors, not to mention the right-wing press and TV stations and the tiny proportion of people who are openly climate change deniers.
Meanwhile, surveys show strong levels of concern about climate change amongst the UK public.
Overall, 84% are concerned about climate change with more than half (52%) “very concerned”.
Similarly, when asked when the UK will start feeling the effects of climate change, 72% say we are already feeling the effects.
With regard to the hot weather in July 2022, 40% say the main cause is climate change because of human activity. Just 12% say it has been caused by natural weather processes and 45% think it is a mix of both.
When asked about the UK government target of bringing the UK’s contribution to climate change to “net zero” by 2050, 52% think the UK should bring all emissions to “net zero” before 2050 and 26% think the target is about right. Just 7% think the target should be achieved more slowly and only 11% say there should not be a target.
The solution is obvious.
We need a General Election and we need a new Government that takes the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis seriously and implements the progressive and radical polices to mitigate and prevent the worst of this rapidly escalating catastrophe.
Above all ....
#DefendNature .... Please help save and enhance our laws that protect our environment and wildlife
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