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Sunak says he’s not going to attend the Cop27 climate summit.

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Urmstongran Thu 27-Oct-22 16:51:11

He’s got a lot on his plate right now. He’s definitely doing things differently to Boris. “Focusing on domestic issues”.

volver Mon 07-Nov-22 19:05:58

Excellent analysis of the COP process by Alex Thompson on Channel 4 news just now.

Smileless2012 Mon 07-Nov-22 19:26:55

That makes sense Urms and if so, the right decision.

Katie59 Tue 08-Nov-22 09:21:21

www.statista.com/graphic/1/526002/energy-related-carbon-dioxide-emissions-worldwide.jpg

Here is a graph that shows how much CO2 emissions fell in 2020 during Covid, we know how much our lifestyles changed during that year.

If we are going to make any impact on global warming those are the sort of changes that are going to be needed year after year to reverse climate change. There is no chance whatever of that happening, we are kidding ourselves that we are willing to change.

volver Tue 08-Nov-22 09:27:47

The infrastructure needs to change. Alternative ways of generating energy. It's the governments that need to take action.

Not driving our car to Tesco is a help, but it's the governments that need to step up.

We've spent 40 years trying to pretend there isn't a problem and now we're saying it's too late. Well I haven't given up.

Alie2Oxon Tue 08-Nov-22 11:24:00

I haven't given up.
I've spent decades seeing it coming and only really since last year is it becoming generally accepted that it's here and now!

If I was years younger I would go out in the streets and protest publicly in some way....yes, I am putting up those posters. at least people will see them locally, the children come past from school.

The next one is a reminder of just how hot it was last July.
On the 19th it was 40.2 degrees, remember? And that evening my daughter was rushed to hospital to Intensive Care.
Why were there no warnings to take salt to balance the extra water we were advised to drink?
How hot will it get next summer? - there's a scary thought.