09 January, 2013

The time for "niceties' is past


Just yesterday (January 8) a small group from among Beneath the Wisteria supporters agreed that the time for niceties had past.

And then today a story in today’s Age: “Keep your cool, but it is going to get hotter” quoted the convener of the human health division at the Australian University’s Climate Change Adaptation Network, Liz Hanna.

She said: ‘‘We are well past the time of niceties, of avoiding the dire nature of what is unfolding, and politely trying not to scare the public. The unparalleled setting of new heat extremes is forcing the continual upwards trending of warming predictions for the future, and the timescale is contracting.’’

The story by Age environment reporter, Ben Cubby, was alarming and clearly illustrated that a positive response to climate change is urgent and needs to be broad in its scope.

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