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Diamond Member
Seems the Tories are the same as the Trumpist's. Scientific illiteracy knows no border.
Taking action on the climate emergency is the bottom priority for Conservative members in the party's leadership contest, a poll has found.
Just 4 per cent of those surveyed by pollster YouGov said hitting the UK's net zero emissions target by 2050 was one of their top three priorities for the next prime minister.
The survey, commissioned by the Times found that winning a general election, cutting taxes, increasing defend spending and strengthening the UK's global standing were all more important to members.
www.independent.co.uk
Meanwhile, England melts.
There’s certainly no aid coming from the Conservative government. Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister and one of the few cabinet members not to resign during the successful revolt against Boris Johnson, instructed the public to cultivate “resilience” when it came to the stultifying heat. Individuals need to adapt, he said, not the state. And besides, Mr. Raab blithely told broadcasters, “We ought to enjoy the sunshine.”
One suspects that such resilience would be easier to summon if successive Conservative governments had not neglected official warnings to fortify Britain’s infrastructure against the growing threat of extreme heat. In 2021 a government advisory body, the Climate Change Committee, found that the government was comprehensively failing to protect people from extreme weather conditions. “The United Kingdom has the capacity and the resources to respond effectively,” the report stated. “Yet it has not done so.”
It’s an argument that withers under the merciless glare of the sun. It’s not just that thermometers across the country show that the hideous heat of the future is already here. It’s also that, according to one estimate, climate adaptation is up to 10 times as cost-efficient as inaction. Doing nothing makes neither human nor economic sense.
www.nytimes.com
Taking action on the climate emergency is the bottom priority for Conservative members in the party's leadership contest, a poll has found.
Just 4 per cent of those surveyed by pollster YouGov said hitting the UK's net zero emissions target by 2050 was one of their top three priorities for the next prime minister.
The survey, commissioned by the Times found that winning a general election, cutting taxes, increasing defend spending and strengthening the UK's global standing were all more important to members.
Climate emergency is bottom priority for Tory members, poll finds
Just 4 per cent of Tories put issue in their top three priorities for the next party leader
www.independent.co.uk
Meanwhile, England melts.
There’s certainly no aid coming from the Conservative government. Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister and one of the few cabinet members not to resign during the successful revolt against Boris Johnson, instructed the public to cultivate “resilience” when it came to the stultifying heat. Individuals need to adapt, he said, not the state. And besides, Mr. Raab blithely told broadcasters, “We ought to enjoy the sunshine.”
One suspects that such resilience would be easier to summon if successive Conservative governments had not neglected official warnings to fortify Britain’s infrastructure against the growing threat of extreme heat. In 2021 a government advisory body, the Climate Change Committee, found that the government was comprehensively failing to protect people from extreme weather conditions. “The United Kingdom has the capacity and the resources to respond effectively,” the report stated. “Yet it has not done so.”
It’s an argument that withers under the merciless glare of the sun. It’s not just that thermometers across the country show that the hideous heat of the future is already here. It’s also that, according to one estimate, climate adaptation is up to 10 times as cost-efficient as inaction. Doing nothing makes neither human nor economic sense.
Opinion | Britain Is Melting (Published 2022)
The country is fundamentally unprepared to deal with the heat.
