What are your thoughts on climate change?

Dragonslayer

Listening to the news today, regarding all the fires raging in Europe and the USA and the floods in other places. All the scientists are out in force once more blaming it all on global warming and have put the world on a code red alert.  And once again it is all our own fault for releasing certain gasses into the atmosphere.
I believe we are doing our bit in this country to try and help with this. But can we blame those other countries that are increasing their gas release by building such things as more coal fired power stations, in order to 'catch' up with the technology we have in the western world and take for granted?
Every time there are certain weather conditions, scientist's come out of the woodwork to have a good go at us.
But is it all global warming? Or is it just the weather?

Maybe it's why we are having not so good a summer in certain British parts. ?
Maybe we could do with a bit more global warming over here. LOL
Any thoughts?     

OverlyAnxious

As someone that can't stand the heat...summer is already too long for me!    

It's no coincidence that these severe weather events are becoming much more common.  We can also see it in the garden, how different things grow here now, and how things that I was cutting back in September 20 years ago, are now still flowering into November.  I've also noticed the grass burnt off off large lawns/parks more in the last 5 years than I remember ever before!  Sure the climate has always been changing, but humans are changing it faster than either we, or the rest of flora & fauna, can adapt to.

However, I honestly don't believe we can 'fix' it now.  We're in too deep.  Individual things like a bit of recycling or buying a battery car won't have the necessary impact.  It needs a worldwide societal change and I just don't see that being possible.

Dragonslayer

With the heat in Spain forecast to reach a dizzying height of 47degrees and with many other European countries scorching and burning, it makes me wonder if this is a 'freak' of nature, or as the scientists say global warming. I could use a little bit more sun and heat right now. But glad to see, for once, the cold front from the Atlantic is keeping it at bay.

oldngrumpy

I still think it a natural occurnce.
Mother Nature will (hopefully) sort it out

leeCal

Even if the current weather is part of a natural cycle, which is doubtful to say the least, it still makes sense to reduce emissions which cause global warming because they are exacerbating negative effects. 

As for denying other other countries the right to industrialise, it would be better for all if they mimic our current innovations rather than our past excesses surely.  Yes that will take money to fix and perhaps we should be helping in that regard too. 

Crazyraven

over the years, climate changes have happened without us being on the earth, there was a short Ice Age around 19th cent., have you seen all those paintings, writing about skating on frozen Thames, And there were awful famines caused by drought, over warming.  We haven't been around on this earth long enough to really understand how it can change.  And I got a shock when I saw a report on how we make up concrete, which needs sand, the reporters went to several Pacific islands that are disappearing, not because of climate change but because we grab the sand we want from their beaches

lemurlover

My thoughts are that the evidence is overwhelming, and that our 'leaders' lack political will to fix it.