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Further, faster climate action needed
"The air is unbreathable, the heat is unbearable, and the level of fossil fuel profits and climate inaction is unacceptable. Accelerating temperatures demand accelerated action." UN Secretary-General António Guterres
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-27/july-likely-hottest-month-record-united-nations-climate-change/102654812
#climate #FossilFuels #temperature #records #ExtremeHeatExposure #heat #fires #disasters #failure
https://metrozone.newsroomlabs.com/article-content/10207212?brid=2861ea0a&lang=en #ExtremeHeatExposure How extreme heat takes a toll on the mind and body, according to experts
From heavy sweating and dizziness to muscle spasms and even vomiting, experts say heat exhaustion and heat stroke are likely to become more common. In coming decades, the U.S. is expected to experience higher temperatures and more intense heat waves #extremeweather #ClimateCrisis
"I'm deeply concerned at the sense of this country being disposable … This country is not disposable. And we need to be a little more aware, and more cognisant, of what our grandchildren are set to inherit. I don't think they're going to be terribly impressed with our passivity around environmental #destruction." Debra Dank
Global heating will drive billions of people out of the “climate niche” in which humanity has flourished for millennia. The costs and #inequities of #ClimateChange.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/22/global-heating-human-climate-niche
#BeetalooBasin #Fracking #GHG #FossilFuel #GlobalHeating #Climate #HumanClimateNiche #ExtremeHeatExposure #Mortality