Sunday, 24 April 2022

Do You Really Need More Evidence?

Predictions that the climate crisis will inevitably lead to more extreme weather events, hardly need repeating. We have had 'relentless' rain and flooding in South Africa (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/24/south-africa-floods-rain-climate-crisis-extreme-weather). Simultaneously, we have raging wildfires in New Mexico (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/24/thousands-forced-to-flee-as-wildfires-sweep-through-new-mexico), spreading to Arizona (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/22/arizona-tunnel-fire-wildfire-new-mexico). Houston, we clearly have a problem! Having said that, some Australians appear to have short-term memory problems (https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/24/barnaby-joyce-refuses-to-use-term-energy-transition-because-it-equals-unemployment). It's not rocket science: no reliable climate equals no viable economy!

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