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I see this and I think about all the long years of relentless filthy abuse these swine have thrown at good and well-meaning people, to make the country more comfortable and more compliant for thoroughly unpleasant and actively malicious people like themselves.

Appreciate this is 'make it make sense' howling into the void, but the failure (with some exceptions) of government, politicians, media, and business to point at the heatwaves and fires and state 'this is why climate action matters' is a serious problem. www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...

Summertime silenceThe right of British politics has stepped up its attacks on climate action in recent weeks, so why has the rest of the political spectrum largely failed to seize the 'teachable moment' presented by cr...www.businessgreen.com

Institutional investors on North Sea drilling: “If what you’re trying to achieve is the trifecta that most governments appear to be looking for ... affordability, energy independence and decarbonization,” then increasing North Sea drilling “doesn’t achieve any of those."

Investors Raise Alarm on Prospect of More UK North Sea DrillingInstitutional investors are raising concerns over the prospect of UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham supporting more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.www.bloomberg.com

Wrote about the deafening silence on our summer of climate impacts from Labour, the Lib Dems, the Greens, business leaders, and even some campaign groups. The dominant climate discourse from the past week has been from those who want to ditch net zero targets and trash decarbonisation policies.

The sheer joy of being in the rainforest with actual rain again. But the ever more frequent, intense, and longer lasting droughts and heatwaves are causes for extremely deep concern about the future of such wild, natural ecosystems. Climate breakdown is here.

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EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE #2 Heat returned to Switzerland and Liechtenstein with temperatures up to 38C and some monthly records. In particular the 37.4C at Triesen Langgasse ties the LIECHTENSTEIN HOTTEST AUGUST DAY IN HISTORY (=Ruggel ,August 2003)

And for many years people said 'flooding suggests rivers need to be straightened.' Now we are realising the opposite is necessary. Strange how short-term solutions often turn out to be a bit shit. Even stranger how foreign-owned 'newspapers' love a good populist headline.

We are all so going to regret not phasing out fossil fuels sooner. Not that we are phasing out fossil fuels yet, of course. In fact, quite the opposite.*

‘Stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temperatureAuthorities issue alert saying indoor spaces without airconditioning are ‘dangerous’ as temperatures pass 40C for fifth straight daywww.theguardian.com

Blimey, Amol Rajan really taking Daily Telegraph/ Reform UK talking points on net zero! #r4today

Imagine, after everything, all the financial scandals coming in thick and fast, surrounding Reform and Farage, platforming Zia Yusuf to spout uncosted, ludicrous, nasty policy that will never happen. And giving no pushback. Thank you #R4today for the party pilitical broadcast on behalf of Reform.

South Korea have warned people to “stop outdoor activities” as a record breaking heatwave continues to grip the Peninsula. Temperatures have exceeded 40°C for 5 days straight with a new all time record of 42.5°C recorded yesterday. Yet another area seeing record heat.

Great Photo (Source: www.theguardian.com/news/gallery...)

We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.

Very obliging of #r4today to lead with Reform’s ‘plan’ to stop the boats using the Royal Navy, pretending it’ll be some great WWII-style escapade, rather than a hateful, costly, diplomatically incontinent mess. A total waste of everyone’s time as they’ll never be in power and it’s unworkable anyway.

My view on the COVID pandemic is: if you think that was bad, wait til you try 3C of warming

The really fun part is after all the suffering from this El Nino is done we’ll get several years of columnists in serious newspapers opining about how we’re now seeing a ‘pause’ in global warming.

The Arctic Circle just reached a temperature that once seemed almost impossible for such a frozen region: above 100°F, or 38°C … a shocking first … fragile regions are rapidly changing. Sometimes one number can tell a much bigger story … climate change is no longer distant. It’s here. It’s now.

There's been growing recognition, in recent years, of the mental health benefits of spending time in nature But I'm not sure it's quite the same when all you can see are signs of nature dying

Once more, with feeling.

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Our world is a tinderbox as we approach 1.5C above preindustrial temps. We’re locked in for at least 2C, & on track for 4C in our children’s ‘lifetimes’. Tumbleweeds as we wait for governments, the media & the public to provide a proportionate response to this information.