Thursday, August 10, 2017

Every second we waste denying climate change exists is time we steal from the next generation who will suffer the terrible consequences

Every second we waste denying climate change exists is time we steal from the next generation who will suffer the terrible consequences

Our planet is being destroyed. But it is not only the forests and the oceans, the wildlife and the Arctic sea ice that is being wiped out – soon it will be the people, too.


The Lancet has today published a report that lays bare the devastating impact climate change will have on populations across Europe. Between 1981 and 2010, extreme weather events killed about 3,000 people a year.


According to the research, this will increase 50 times to an estimated 152,000 people who will die in weather-related disasters every year between 2071 and 2100.


There are people alive today who will witness these deaths. I could be one of them – in 2071, I would be approaching my 86th birthday. Climate change is not a far-off problem of the future. It is happening right now – and if we do not take action, our lives, and the lives of our children and grandchildren, will be put at risk.


Full story at http://ind.pn/2uILno6


Source: Independent


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