From the news on: the climate crisis [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on the climate crisis and associated disasters. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Content shown in green (which may be only part of a news story) is about what is generally considered “good news”, but personal history may still make such events triggering. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/.  

From the news on the climate crisis: 

• “Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says”   https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/21/children-at-existential-risk-from-climate-crisis-uks-top-paediatrician-says  
  

• “NSW government axes dozens of environmental roles in ‘backward step’”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/16/nsw-government-axes-dozens-of-environmental-roles-in-backward-step   

• “‘Housebuilders just want the cheapest thing possible’: how futureproof are new-build homes?”   https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/oct/16/housebuilders-just-want-the-cheapest-thing-possible-how-futureproof-are-new-build-homes   “Homeowners and renters in new-build properties are frustrated by reliance on gas amid energy crisis”   It is worse than that: there is also the crappy construction. The one time in my life I could have bought somewhere I didn't because everything was structurally and operationally rubbish. 

• “Australia must urgently adapt to extreme weather or face soaring premiums, insurers warn”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/18/australia-must-urgently-adapt-to-extreme-weather-or-face-soaring-premiums-insurers-warn   “Exclusive: Assistant treasurer says insurers warned government ‘you’ve got five years’ to reduce vulnerability to climate crisis”    

• a The Guardian exclusive reports that “Australia needs ‘drastic’ renewables boost as nuclear not an option for decades, says centre-right thinktank”   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/19/australia-needs-drastic-renewables-boost-as-nuclear-not-an-option-for-decades-says-centre-right-thinktank   “Exclusive: Blueprint Institute says nuclear ban should be lifted, but disagrees with Coalition opposition to green energy rollout”   

• “Australia is already an energy superpower. We should be using that to drive the world towards renewables”   https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2023/oct/19/australia-is-already-an-energy-superpower-we-should-be-using-that-to-drive-the-world-towards-renewables   “The coal and gas we provide internationally makes us powerful – and we waste it being craven to the mining industry”  

 

From my links for activism post to aid any activism you decide to do:

• on the CLIMATE CRISIS (noting the UNFCCC) and ENVIRONMENT (noting multiple  international agreements)

Don't forget to check whether your nation has ratified any relevant conventions/treaties/etc. 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

If they are of any use of interest, the activism information links from my former news posts are available in this post. 

 

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