Posted on 03/12/2020 4:47:56 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Sir David Attenborough has spoken of his "desperate hopes" that a crucial climate change summit hosted by the UK this year delivers concrete action – and is not blown off course by the coronavirus crisis.
The 93-year-old said the COP 26 conference in Glasgow carried the hopes of the world, and urged leaders to keep their "eyes on the ball".
In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Sir David called on governments to impose a ban on deep sea mining.
He said plans by big business to "trash" the sea floor could set back efforts to tackle climate change because of the role of the oceans in storing carbon.
Talking about the climate change conference that the UK government will host in November, he said: "I have desperate hopes for that - we've done the talking… what COP coming up in Glasgow is going to have to say is how? Where is the money? Who's going to deal with it?
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This is a silver lining to this virus scare. We’re going to find out all the things that are USELESS. There’s going to be a major reset.
Was watching one of the BBC’s “Planet Earth” DVDs the other day titled “Saving Species”. Full of talking heads saying there are too many people on the planet, endangering wildlife, habitats, ecosystems, what-have-you.
One recommended global population should be under 1 billion.
Hey, Global Warming is the only thing that can save us ...
The virus crisis is the climate change crisis redux
We’re going to find out all the things that are USELESS...
My ex.
95 percent of the junk in my garage.
Any democrat.
My ex.
99.9 percent of gun regulations.
My ex.
What does Lord Greystoke have to say about it?
Like the man said, “you can”t fix stupid”
A monument of granite in the state of Georgia advocates the same
Jeezus H......
‘Full of talking heads saying there are too many people on the planet, endangering wildlife, habitats, ecosystems, what-have-you.’
if you were to take a bird’s eye view of a typical suburban sprawl in a typical affluent area, with its attendant automobile gridlock, you’d get an idea of what they are saying...of course, they go off the rails by recommending forced reductions of populations...
Then I saw it's merely some limey journalist and the article isn't worth wasting my time.
Sincere question: why is seasonal flu seasonal? Do outbreaks correlate with weather or temperatures? Would warmer av. year round temps have an effect one way or another?
This is the biggest instantaneous reduction in carbon emissions ever.
I agree with the problem, just not with their solution.
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