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Sir #DavidAttenborough

“Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get."

#ClimateEmergency

vox.com/2019/4/12/1830…
www.vox.com David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse” The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
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'No one wants to be right about this’: Climate change scientists’ horror and exasperation as predictions play out.

"It’s as if the human race has received a terminal medical diagnosis and knows there is a cure, but has consciously decided not to save itself."

#ClimateCrisis

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www.theguardian.com ‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global... As the northern hemisphere burns, experts feel deep sadness – and resentment – while dreading what lies ahead this Australian summer
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The climate crisis is reshaping our future, driving growing risks to food security and putting pressure on the food systems we depend on.

Climate Extremes: 'The Climate Crisis Under Our Feet: Why food, soil and land belong at the heart of climate action'

"In 2025, more than 266 million people in 47 countries and territories faced acute food insecurity, according to the 2026 Global Report on Food Crises."

"Climate extremes were a major driver, alongside conflict, economic shocks and displacement."

#Drought #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

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wwf.panda.org The Climate Crisis Under Our Feet: Why food, soil and land belong at t The climate crisis is already reshaping what grows, what fails and what families can afford to eat. At the UN desertification summit, UNCCD COP17, climate must be at the heart of decisions on land, dr
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The consequences of decades of inaction on climate change are now coming home to roost.

'The summer Britain realised climate change was real – and has consequences'

"Britain has had a rude awakening to the realities of climate change and its effects are already here no longer knocking on the window, but bursting through the door."

#ClimateChange #EnglandBurns #ClimateCrisis

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www.thelondoneconomic.com The summer Britain realised climate change was real – and has consequences The extreme conditions this summer have laid bare the reality of what a Britain subjected to ever-increasing temperatures will look like.
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Sir #DavidAttenborough: 'The Voice of Our Planet'.

“Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get."

#ClimateCrisis

vox.com/2019/4/12/1830…
www.vox.com David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse” The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.