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

July set to be Earth's hottest month on record as extreme heat, wildfires, ravage northern hemisphere

The United Nations Secretary-General has delivered a dramatic speech Thursday night, warning the heatwaves searing much of the Northern Hemisphere have been a "disaster" for the planet. An emerging El Niño means it may be just the start.

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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

How extreme heat takes a toll on the mind and body, according to experts

How extreme heat takes a toll on the mind and body, according to experts

"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

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/nsw-premiers-literary-award-winners-debra-dank-indigenous-memoir/102375926

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

Indigenous author Debra Dank sweeps NSW Premier’s Literary Awards with memoir We Come With This Place

Indigenous author Debra Dank has won a record four out of 14 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and $85,000 for her memoir of family and place, and says she hopes its success draws attention to the "soul destroying" destruction of her Country.

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