The BBC are reporting that April was the warmest ever, making it the 11th month running, and that the global average ocean temperature is increasing literally every day. However, they really need to ram some of the following points home, and they need to hold politicians to account:
even if we stopped emitting CO2 right now, this is the coolest it will be for many generations.
achieving net zero by 2050 is intended to limit average global temperature rise to 1.5°C; however, we've probably already exceeded that 25 years early, so 1.5° is impossible.
an average is an average… some parts of the planet will be much hotter, and some areas may become practically uninhabitable, including large parts of southern Europe.
even once net zero is achieved, temperatures will continue to rise for a few decades.
to achieve net zero at all we have to cut emissions very rapidly. The last 20% of savings are always harder than the first 20%, so Sunak kicking the can down the road is absolutely criminally negligent.
large parts of the most fertile areas of Britain could be underwater well before 2050.
it will cost a lot more to do nothing, not only in financial terms, but in terms of human lives, social upheaval, and the favourite subject of the British right, mass migration.
@dave BBC news tonight carried a story about climate change and its impact on sea life. Worthy in its way but completely ignoring the drastic consequences of mass starvation we face. It could have been commissioned by the oil industry. #BBC
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