To the Editor
Many people will be startled by record breaking global temperatures in July, the northern hemisphere summer of catastrophic wildfires leaving huge areas of the globe reeling. The predicted accelerating frequency of extreme climate events is happening and the realities of a boiling climate are hitting home.
Our Pacific Island neighbours are already relocating to higher ground. Still to come will be massive humanitarian crises as rising waters displace millions of people. Threats to crop yields, species extinction and collapsing ecosystems; these too have been predicted by experts.
Yet limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees above pre industrial times seems even more remote as our governments sanction further coal mines and gas development. There is a massive moral imperative for us to move away from fossil fuels at speed – and our window of opportunity is narrowing.
Climate justice highlights the inequities of our actions: those who contribute least to the problem are at greatest risk of impacts. Our children … developing nations … Their right to a future livable planet is worthy of us doing everything now to reach our zero emission targets.
I applaud all those who are taking personal actions to reduce carbon emissions, and I take great heart from those individuals who bravely stand up in the public arena, giving us hope that solutions are at hand. And for those campaigning on a local level such as those Friday For Future stalwarts, these will be the climate heroes of the future.
Yours sincerely
Robyn
Climate News 
Chrustie the old farte has just bought an EV – and so far I am not very impressed with my Hyundai Kona 2021 model. Don’t know if I can fit a tow bar and have been scared shit less by the self-steering / braking “safety” feature which is more likely to kill than to save on rural roads. The software based driving experience is a sick joke. So far the dealer who sold it new – and it still has 4 years of warranty on it – has not responded to my concerns in any satisfactory or informative manner. I feel I am going to be screwed by the robot system unless I really take a bite out of the system as it stands. Fat chance, you say? faaaaaaarke …. a cry from a human heart. cheers Kay
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Worth talking to John H – I think they have a Kona?
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