Either the Earth is racing forward or we are; the pace of transition I cannot wrap my head around. In light of the Paris summit and with my fellow UK citizens sitting in the soggiest Christmas season I've ever witnessed, the truly frightening prospect of climate change is finally, I think, beginning to dawn on the human race. Excluding Donald Trump perhaps, King of the Britons.
Stepping in to 2016 will mark a new step in the right direction regarding the effort to combat climate change, opened with a salute from the National Geographic: Why We Need Wild . Bill Gates stole the show with his multi-billion $$$$ investment in the Initiative CleanTech, a milestone private-sector display of support towards the battle against what could be described as the biggest display of universal masochism ever unanimously encouraged by a species that clearly never gripped the concept of self-preservation - so well done Bill Gates, you the Man. My only reservations stem from the implication that we require new technology to combat climate change, when in fact, we have had the clean technology for years - the policy and their use however, now that has been sadly lacking for years.
On that note, I would like to shout out to our beloved Prime Minister, David Cameron, who was about as smooth as an old lady on a pogo stick in a muddy ditch during the Paris Summit after slashing UK green energy subsidies before walking backwards in to the climate change talks. May your reign be fruitful and your priorities be as well-placed as ever.
Too harsh, perhaps, but OTT cynicism is endearing, right mother?
In all seriousness, it would appear that we are striding forward as a collective to attempt to preserve the environment we live in, protect ecological islands such as the Serengeti, and evolve the urban sphere in to one more united with the Earth, which makes me proud, because let's face it, humans have been the bamboo splinter shoved into the nail bed of the Earth for ages.
This guy recently posted a short scientific critique of the climate change target based off of the abstract of a Nature Geoscience article, which I found pretty interesting and informative, if you're interested: http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2015/12/16/a-scientific-critique-of-the-two-degree-climate-change-target/
This guy recently posted a short scientific critique of the climate change target based off of the abstract of a Nature Geoscience article, which I found pretty interesting and informative, if you're interested: http://scienceblogs.com/stoat/2015/12/16/a-scientific-critique-of-the-two-degree-climate-change-target/
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