This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Just Don't Mention the War (on Climate Change)?
Workers for the Australian National University's GreenLaw Project carried out a commissioned (by the Australian Conservation Foundation) analysis of conservation documents for the Country's most endangered wildlife (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/14/conservation-documents-for-half-of-australias-endangered-species-dont-mention-climate-change). Although bush fires and droughts have been big news in Australia, half of the conservation documents didn't even mention global heating as a factor. In those that did, the mentions were generally very brief. The suggested remedial actions, for reducing the threat to particular species, were, in such cases, very limited. This 'playing down' of the importance of climate change seems to accord with the Australian government's Cop26-expressed attitude to limiting 'greenhouse gas' emissions.
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