Surviving infernos and floods: life on the frontline of the climate crisis

In 2023, the effects of the climate crisis have come into sharp focus.

Much of the northern hemisphere endured a blistering heatwave, while other countries were inundated with torrential rain and catastrophic flooding. A number of climate records – some unofficial – tumbled in recent weeks. The Guardian spoke to four people from Hawaii, India, China and the Middle East directly affected by extreme weather events.

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[mgmassey]

What if the leaders of the word respected all of life.
All
No exceptions
What a beautiful day that would be.
As we cannot change anyone but ourselves, perhaps this needs ground up efforts
Help each other
Respect each other
Empathize with your brothers and sisters.
We're all related
Miyutake oyasin
Osiyo
Wado

[stringbean]

How exactly are humans affecting earths climate and does it truly show it’s a negative issue

[mjka]

Talk to China and India dude ... not to the "NORTH"... what a BS..

[theparadical]

Society cannot do anything under pressure
All environmentalists in Iran have either escaped or are in prison

[coldsnotes]

It’s ok let’s just pay more taxes and the world will beacome more friendly

[markhoffman]

Remember peak oil? lol. We will adapt and survive.

[prenticefaber]

Weather has always been EXTREME ALWAYS IT'S JUST WITH THE NEWS EVERY THING IS COVERED MORE TOO PUSH A NERRATIVE.

[MarkAsh-tvox]

The Guardian believes that stopping the use of fossil fuels and net zero CO2 emissions will prevent such problems. Halting fossil fuel use will slow and restrict the economic develeopment of the many countries which need it. Annual, climate related deaths have reduced by 95% in the past 100 years. And taking into account the 4x population growth, the risk of death per person has reduced from 1:4, 000 to 1:400, 000. That is thanks to a much increased wealth, technology and disaster relief capabilities to which abundant and affordable energy made a major contribution. The highest disaster deaths are in the poorest countries. But restricting abundant affordable energy sources will restict their capability to rise out of poverty. USA annual wildfire area has reduced by 80% in past century (Global data are lacking. Of course climate reports show only from 1980 since when there has been a much smaller increase).
On extreme weaather, here are some direct quotes from 'concensus science' IPCC AR6. On floods: “Low confidence for observed changes in the magnitude or frequency of floods at the global scale.”

On droughts: “There is medium confidence that since the 1950s some regions of the world have experienced a trend to more intense and longer droughts … but in some regions droughts have become less frequent, less intense, or shorter…”.
Hurricanes/Tropical cyclones: ”There is low confidence in observed long-term trends in hurricane intensity, frequency, and duration, and any observed trends in phenomena such as tornadoes and hail.” / “Data corresponding to hurricanes that have directly impacted the United States since 1900 are considered to be reliable, and show no trend in the frequency of U.S. landfall events” / “Data representing hurricane landfall frequency over Australia show a decreasing trend in eastern Australia since the 1800s as well as in other parts of Australia since 1982.”
Extra tropical storms [ie. major storms outside of the tropics]: “there is overall low confidence in recent changes in the total number of storms over both hemispheres” / “Overall, there is also low confidence in past-century trends in the number and intensity of the strongest storms”
Of course, if you can disagree with and deny the 'consensus science' if you wish.

[trickyd]

And this will only get worse, much worse