The Guardian's Naaman Zhou reported today in "Sydney Anglican and Catholic schools system won't back student climate strike" "While [the NSW Government is] thrilled to see our students passionate about the environment, the best way for young people to really make a difference is to receive a quality education. This will provide them with the skills and knowledge to positively change the world as adults.” The article continues "Students across the country are planning to walk out of school on Friday 20 September, to protest government inaction on the climate crisis." The NSW Government seems to be saying the climate crisis is not severe enough to justify one day of global unity with other students concerned about their futures.
In early August it was widely-reported in major news media, "The [UN's IPCC] report, prepared by more than 100 experts from 52 countries and released in summary form in Geneva on Thursday, found that the window to address the threat is closing rapidly. A half-billion people already live in places turning into desert [. . . .]" Christopher Flavelle of the New York Times added "some authors of the report warned in interviews that food shortages could lead to an increase in cross-border migration. [par break] A particular danger is that food crises could develop on several continents at once, said Cynthia Rosenzweig, a senior research scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and one of the lead authors of the report."
In a related matter, Bill McKibben's Twitter page today has a quote from the Sunrise Movement about the DNC's recent refusal to allow "2020 candidates to participate in climate change debate": "Our generation is taking this crisis seriously — we wish the adults in the room were too."
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