Hot: Pants

Yet another reminder that we (and our planet) won't be in a good place even after (or, perhaps, if) we emerge from the Covid-19 lockdown. In spite of the reduced emissions of 'greenhouse gases', resulting from the greatly reduced economic activity over this period, meteorologists reckon there is a very strong probability that 2020 will be the hottest year since records were taken (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/27/meteorologists-say-2020-on-course-to-be-hottest-year-since-records-began). You need really sustained reductions in emissions to get any meaningful change to runaway climate change. I bet, however, that all the mood music will suggest we press on the accelerator!