What the experts say

“The era of global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived”, the has said after scientists confirmed July was on track to be the world’s hottest month on record.

“Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning,”

“By 2100, summer in the northern hemisphere is forecast to last six months whilst winter will be slashed to just right weeks.”

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“$157,664 per minute on nuclear weapons, that’s what the nine-nuclear armed states spent in 2022”

“The searing temperatures experienced in Britain in 2022, when the country recorded its hottest day on record, will be considered average by 2060 and ‘cool’ by the end of the century,”

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

“Action without vision is only passing time,
vision without action is merely day dreaming,
but vision with action can change the world.”

“Lots of people hardly even feel real soil under their feet, see plants grow except in flower pots, or get far enough beyond the street lights to catch the enchantment of a night sky studded with stars. When people live far from scenes of the Great Spirit’s making, it’s easy for them to forget his laws.”

“Polluters must pay” for the escalating damage caused by heatwaves, floods, drought and other climate impacts, and demanded that it was “high time to put fossil fuel producers, investors and enablers on notice”.

“The UK can expect more severe storms such as Storm Eunice with a “sting jet” in their tail as climate change fuels conditions causing severe storms.
Sting jets are narrow bands of very intense winds, frequently less than 30 miles across, that often travel faster than 100 miles per hour.”

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

“on Monday 3rd July 2023, the average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F), according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction, surpassing the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) from August 2016. “This is not a milestone we should be celebrating, but a death sentence for people and ecosystems”

“Without action, you aren’t going anywhere”

“A crucial system of ocean currents is heading for a catastrophic collapse that would “affect every person on the planet”, said scientists. A study published in the journal Nature found that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current – could collapse around the middle of the century, or even as early as 2025. The likeliest point of collapse is somewhere between 2039 and 2070.”

“Our future is a race between the growing power of technology and the wisdom with which we use it.”

“We are acting with reckless indifference to our future on planet Earth”

“More than half (53%) of 16- to 18-year- olds believe that it is “likely” that the world will end in their lifetimes because of climate change.”

“There is a real prospect that rising sea levels could turn Cambridge into a seaside town by the end of this century.”

“War is not the solution to the problems we face in the 21st century”