James Hansen: 2023 Exposed Government Climate Action is Futile
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Essay by Eric Worrall
Global Authoritarian Revolution? “… young people may realise that they must take charge of their future. The turbulent status of today’s politics may provide opportunity …”
World will look back at 2023 as year humanity exposed its inability to tackle climate crisis, scientists say
Disastrous events included flash flooding in Africa and wildfires in Europe and North America
Jonathan Watts @jonathanwatts Sat 30 Dec 2023 01.26 AEDT
The hottest year in recorded history casts doubts on humanity’s ability to deal with a climate crisis of its own making, senior scientists have said.
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“When our children and grandchildren look back at the history of human-made climate change, this year and next will be seen as the turning point at which the futility of governments in dealing with climate change was finally exposed,” he said. “Not only did governments fail to stem global warming, the rate of global warming actually accelerated.”
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Now director of the climate programme at Columbia University’s Earth Institute in New York, Hansen said the best hope was for a generational shift of leadership. “The bright side of this clear dichotomy is that young people may realise that they must take charge of their future. The turbulent status of today’s politics may provide opportunity,” he said.
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