Disconnect between rhetoric and what is needed

Governments around the world misunderstand their responsibilities.

Australia’s Prime Minister, for argument’s sake, argues it is the first responsibility of his government to ensure the safety of those who live here.

Then, without almost drawing a breath, he begins to expound on his latest idea to ensure Australia’s continued growth, most of which, if not all, is founded on energy derived from fossil fuels, the villain in the climate change conversation.

The contradiction of what he and many other world leaders are saying is alarming and displays a huge disconnect between scientific facts and reality, and their misplaced ambitions.

His goals, ambitions and values are so much at variance with that is actually needed if the world is to endure and escape the worst of climate change that his stance appears to be, knowingly or otherwise, and crime against the people of Australia, particularly younger people.

That disconnect has not passed unobserved among some with EcoWatch reporting that many young people feel they have too much at stake to wait for leaders to get their act together and take meaningful action on climate change.

Subsequently EcoWatch reports that: “Teens Sue Governmentfor Failing to Address Climate Change for Future Generations”.