As the last blazes of the 2019-20 bushfire season were still
ravaging the south east of this country, a group of over 200
Australian scientists presented
an open letter to the federal government calling for urgent
action on climate.
While in December, over 250 scientists from around the planet
issued
an open letter warning of the risk of societal disruption and
collapse that the burgeoning climate crisis presents.
The 2018 IPCC report
warned that this decade is a crucial time for humanity to transform
the way it operates in terms of fossil fuel use in order to keep
temperatures to below 1.5°C or, at the very least, below
2°C.
This report woke many globally to the threat that changing
climate poses to life on Earth. Yet, it has also been critiqued as
being too conservative in its estimates.
