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David Attenborough: climate change is humanity’s biggest threat in thousands of years. NASA scientists: it’s going to be as bad as a huge asteroid hit to the planet and billions of people may die. World famous scientists: it may bring about the end of human civilisation. Farmers: the food supply is at risk. Radio presenter: Nah. That’s not true.

CLIMATE CHANGE REFRESHER: Climate Change is a long-term shift in global weather patterns and temperatures, driven primarily by human activities like burning FOSSIL FUELS, cutting down forests, and other other unsustainable industrial operations, which release heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. MAIN CAUSES 1. Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas for electricity and transport 2. Cutting down large forests, which releases stored carbon back into the air 3. Unsustainable farming and industrial practices that add methane and nitrous oxide to the air. MAJOR EFFECTS -Higher global average temperatures and more intense heatwaves -Melting ice sheets and glaciers that cause sea levels to rise -More frequent extreme weather events like severe floods, droughts, and wildfires WHAT CAN WE DO? - 2 tracks 1. Mitigation: Cut emissions - Renewable energy: solar, wind, hydro - Electric vehicles + public transport - Protect forests, better farming(CSA) - Massive reforestation 2. Adaptation: Live with the changes - Flood defenses, better drainage - Drought-resistant crops - Early warning systems for heatwaves/floods - Climate-smart cities #ClimateActionNow

Do you think this summer has woken up a lot of people to the climate crisis? I get the feeling it has to an extent - but also that people feel they can pick and choose what they believe - like they see it’s getting warmer and that’s bad, but don’t understand how catastrophically bad it’s going to get if we don’t take emergency action… 👇 Sadly the planet doesn’t work like that. It doesn’t care what we believe or think is politically possible.