Every child on Earth faces an uncertain future due to the effects
of climate
change and not one country is doing enough to ensure its children’s
sustained wellbeing, a new report says.
Showing posts with label uninhabitable. Show all posts
Showing posts with label uninhabitable. Show all posts
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Every Child on Earth Faces 'Existential Threats' From Climate Change, Report Finds!!!
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Australian Government Corruption. Global Warming and Climate Change: what Australia knew and buried!!!
Australians
persuaded to doubt what they knew!!!
What happened in the 1990s? Most dramatically, the fossil fuel and
allied industries got into gear. The momentum to support and expand the
existing fossil fuel economy was boosted by neo-liberal think tanks and
insistent sceptics, in sympathy with free market economic ideology. They
mounted a potent and high-level lobbying campaign aimed at federal politicians.
Coal, oil, natural gas and other extractive industries, along with other
multinational corporations, such as the energy-intensive aluminium smelting
industry, got organised and exerted considerable influence on government,
particularly after 1995 (Hamilton 2001; Pearse 2007).
More Here: https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p303951/html/Chapt05.xhtml?referer=&page=10
Friday, January 3, 2020
Stopping Global Warming, avoiding a worldwide mass extinction of all life on earth!
Stopping Global Warming, avoiding a worldwide mass extinction of all
life on earth!
So what is it these protesters want? They are asking the government
to act on global warming climate change, to stabilise it, to stop it before it
goes any further. But in order to do this, the government would have to shut
down all coal powered electricity generators, they would have to stop the
destruction ( burning, clearing, logging) of all native forests &
woodlands, & they would have to ban the further use of all motor vehicles
excepting those for essential services. Are the people really prepared for
this? Do they really expect the government to do this?
If we do not stop burning fossil fuels completely NOW, & stop
destroying our native forests & woodlands, then Australia is going to
become uninhabitable, global warming will cause teotwawki, & after that
quite possibly a mass extinction of humankind! Yes this will cause chaos in the
cities, UNLESS, the government fast tracks solar power to the electricity grid; this can be done, we have the technology, we have the solar panels, & we
have the massive battery storage facilities required.
But solar power is not a magic wand; solar power cannot stop global
warming if we are going to continue to burn fossil fuels, if we are going to
continue to use coal powered electricity, & if we continue to use
combustion engine vehicles.
Society needs to change, & it needs to change now. We do not have
enough time left for reductions, for cut backs, for promises of what we are going
to do by the year 2021-2022-2023 etc etc. We have literally run out of time, we have
left it too late to act. Ten years ago we could have started a progressive
program to change our society, to change the way we work & live. Ten years
ago we could have started working on solar & wind power for the grid. But
this was not done. The government was totally focused on the economy, focused
on keeping corporatism on side, focused on attracting votes, & the general
public kept on demanding more & more. More jobs, higher wages, more
housing, lower taxes, better health services; all of these wants & needs
were totally justified, but amongst the clambering for a perceived higher standard
of living, the majority of people forgot about the cost to our environment,
they forgot that humans are just another species of animal that relies on the
earth’s environment to keep us alive!
Humans have polluted the earth, contaminated the natural environment.
We have built cities that shut out the natural environment & the people in
those cities have lost contact with nature. Until these present bushfires
filled these cities with smoke, they had completely forgotten about the world
outside of their city. They have become totally dependent on modern technology,
& if that technology should now come to an end through global warming, then
society will collapse, & the people will die! It is as simple as that. You
now have to choose between life or death. Life in a changed society that may
not be to your liking, or life living a “Stone Age” lifestyle in a world that
is coming to an end. More heat, more storms, more droughts & perhaps more
floods. In some places more intense cold, because that is what climate change
is doing, it is creating more extreme weather conditions worldwide.
Australia is going to become uninhabitable if we do not stop global
warming NOW, & with global warming affecting the whole of our world, there
may be no place for us to migrate to. Think about that, but don’t take too
long, we are fast running out of time!
Keith H. Burgess.
Keith H. Burgess.
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Scientists say intensifying heatwaves will soon make Australian cities ‘uninhabitable’
Climate scientists are warning that if these conditions persist, a
number of Australia’s capitals will become uninhabitable in the very near
future.
Heatwaves form when high pressure in the upper atmosphere stops air
from rising and traps the heat, similarly to how a pressure cooker works.
Extreme heatwaves wreak havoc on the environment and threaten power, traffic
and water infrastructure.
“If climate change keeps accelerating the Top End will become uninhabitable”
“If climate change keeps accelerating the Top End will become
uninhabitable due to extreme heat, catastrophic storms and sea level rise.”
https://350.org.au/if-climate-change-keeps-accelerating-the-top-end-will-become-uninhabitable/Climate change evacuation planning needs to start now, scientists urge
Some people will become stateless, and will need to find homes in new
countries, while others will need to relocate within their own borders.
Researchers writing in Science today argue that it's time to begin
preparing the retreat of people living in regions that will become
uninhabitable due to climate change.
By preparing now we can manage retreat in as equitable a way
possible, and minimise paternalism and disruption to culture, according to
author AR Siders from the Disaster Research Centre at the University of
Delaware.
"People need to think about it right now," Dr Siders said.
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