Wednesday, July 20, 2022

“It Is in Our Hands”


Half of humanity is in the danger zone from floods, droughts, extreme storms and wildfires. No nation is immune. Yet we continue to feed our fossil fuel addiction.

. . . What troubles me most is that, in facing this global crisis, we are failing to work together as a multilateral community. Nations continue to play the blame game instead of taking responsibility for our collective future. We cannot continue this way. We have a choice. Collective action or collective suicide. It is in our hands.

António Guterres
Quoted in Fiona Harvey’s article,
Humanity Faces ‘Collective Suicide’
Over Climate Crisis, Warns UN Chief

The Guardian
July 18, 2022


Related Off-site Links:
A 117 Degree Day in Portugal: Record-breaking Heat Waves Hit Europe – Lee Yaron (Haaretz, July 18, 2022).
European Heatwave Death Toll Soars Above 1,500 as Temperatures Soar Across ContinentABC News) July 19, 2022).
Bill McKibben: Record Heat Wave in Europe Is Latest Warning That Action on Climate Can’t WaitDemocracy Now!) July 18, 2022).
Disappointed by Climate Speech, Activists Say People Are Dying “While Biden Dithers” – Jessica Corbett (Common Dreams, July 20, 2022).
Rallies Held Across U.S. for “Climate, Care, Jobs, and Justice” – Kenny Stancil (Common Dreams, April 23, 2022).
Climate Emergency! – Marianne Williamson in Conversation With Climate Scientist Peter KalmusTransform (via YouTube), April 22, 2022.
Activists Blockade Corporate Newspapers Over Inadequate Climate Coverage – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, April 22, 2022).
We Can’t Solve the Climate Crisis With a Broken Democracy – Mark Hertsgaard (The Guardian, January 10, 2022).

UPDATES: “It’s Already Happening”: Ugandan Activist Vanessa Nakate on Deadly Climate Crisis in AfricaDemocracy Now!) July 21, 2022).
Paper Straws Are Not Enough. Only “System Change” Can Halt Climate Crisis, Says George MonbiotDemocracy Now!) July 21, 2022).
Thousands Evacuated Over Wildfire Near Yosemite as California Governor Declares Emergency – Associated Press via The Guardian (July 23, 2022).
Greenland Loses 6 Billion Tons of Ice in 3 Days, Harbinger of Unprecedented Coastal Flooding – Juan Cole (Common Dreams, July 24, 2022).
The World Burns and the Richest Profit. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way – Adam Ramsay (Common Dreams, July 24, 2022).
Climate Endgame: Risk of Human Extinction “Dangerously Underexplored” – Damian Carrington (The Guardian, August 1, 2022).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
Declaration of Interdependence
For Earth Day 2022
Biophilia, the God Pan, and a Baboon Named Scott
Bernie Sanders: Quote of the Day – July 1, 2021
The Stakes Have Shifted
Examining the Link Between Destruction of Biodiversity and Emerging Infectious Diseases
The Landscape Is a Mirror
Something to Think About – February 10, 2020
In Australia, “the Land As We Know It Is No More”
Greta Thunberg: Quote of the Day – September 23, 2019
Five Powerful Responses to the Amazon Fires
Greta Thunberg: Quote of the Day – March 16, 2019
As the World Burns, Calls for a “Green New Deal”
Thomas Moore on the Circling of Nature as the Best Way to Find Our Substance
Marianne Williamson: Quote of the Day – August 29, 2017
The People’s Climate Solidarity March – Minneapolis, 4/29/17
“It Is All Connected”
Standing Together
Standing in Prayer and Solidarity with the Water Protectors of Standing Rock
The Paris Climate Talks, Multilateralism, and a “New Approach to Climate Action”
Earth Day 2015
Thomas Berry (1914-2009)
Rachel Smolker: Quote of the Day – September 19, 2014
Earth Day 2013
Superstorm Sandy: A “Wake-Up Call” on Climate Change
Chris Hedges: Quote of the Day – May 31, 2011

Image: A still from a video by Eusebio Pazos Gullón showing firefighters hydrating a roe deer during the wildfires raging in Spain.


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