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,”

“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.”

“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,”

“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.”

“The world is at a “tipping point” in the climate crisis that requires all countries to put aside their national interests to fight for the common good.”

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

“By 2050 global production of maize is predicted to reduce by a quarter, rice by 11% and potatoes by 9% and wheat by 3%. This will reduce global calorie availability by 35trillion, enough to feed 50 million mouths.”

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

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

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

“The Persian Gulf, South and Southeast Asia will bear the brunt of extreme heat. Sometime before 2100 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh and Patna Bihar are each predicted to suffer at least one heatwave with massive death tolls.”

“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.”

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

“A quarter of the world’s population is currently exposed to extremely high annual water stress, according to new data from the World Resources Institute (WRI).
“People like to think about climate change as the biggest existential threat to humanity,”.
“But water stress is climate change’s deadliest and most used weapon.”

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

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

“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”