It makes me sad, frustrated, *angry*. We live on a beautiful planet. It is unique. It gives us everything. There really is no planet B. Surely we have a duty of care for all the creatures that live on it, big and small. Looking after our planet must be our top priority. It should be our politican’s top priority. Without insects, without nature, there will be no economic growth, there will be no economy. Without nature, nothing else will matter.”

~ #DaveGoulson

#insects #ClimateEmergency

8/8

Our *civilization*, our children’s health and wellbeing, and the future of much of the life that remains on our planet, hangs in the balance. For at least thirty years it has been painfully obvious that we are heading for disaster, yet our response has been woefully inadequate. Successive governments have abjectly failed to grasp the importance of the threat we face.

#insects #ClimateEmergency #DaveGoulson

6/8

More broadly, we are in the sixth *mass extinction* event, with species going extinct faster than they have for 65 million years, since a meteor wiped out the dinosaurs. Every day, every hour, species go extinct. Drip by drip, the lifeblood of our planet is draining away.

So what is our *government* doing about it? Nothing useful.

#insects #ClimateEmergency #DaveGoulson

5/8