Monday, 29 March 2021

Can the Cosy Consensus?

Ed Milliband thinks there is a danger of a cosy consensus becoming the prevailing characteristic of the COP26 talks in Glasgow (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/29/last-thing-we-need-is-a-cosy-consensus-on-climate-crisis-warns-ed-miliband). Milliband believes the COP26 event could be largely treated as a photo opportunity, where delegates waffle on about their aspirations for 2030 or 2050. He points out that, the actions required to stop global warming are 'terrifying and exacting'. We need substantial world-wide changes and we need them now. I agree. Otherwise, we are, to recoin a phrase, 'Simply rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic'.

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Birder's Bonus 241

Noted a Curlew ( Numenius arquata ) on the Loughor estuary at Bynea.