Bad news lethargy

There is more than enough bad news in the world to create lethargy towards the climate crisis, when in fact there is more reason than ever to take active steps to protect the planet. Guardian columnist Kalyeena Makortoff wrote in an article on 11 May (LINK): "The UN climate envoy Mark Carney has warned against deferring emissions reduction targets in reaction to the energy crisis linked to the war in Ukraine, saying it will only require more 'radical' action in the future.“ 

Another guardian writer, Damian Carrington, wrote on 13th May (LINK): "The massive and deadly floods that struck South Africa in April were made twice as likely and more intense by global heating, scientists have calculated. The research demonstrates that the climate emergency is resulting in devastation.“

Warnings about prospective "carbon bombs" ought to get people's attention. The Guardian editorial of 12 May states (LINK): " A Guardian investigation has revealed that the world’s biggest fossil fuel firms have 195 'carbon bomb' projects that would each emit at least 1bn tonnes of CO2 – and that 60% are already under way. Only last month, the International Committee on Climate Change warned that the world is on course to overshoot the 1.5C target, prompting António Guterres, the UN secretary general, to describe governments investing in new fossil fuels as 'dangerous radicals'”.

Many people feel they can do nothing about such plans and are helpless, but with the future of God's creation at state, every inaction is a step toward climate disaster on a global scale. 

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