One of the best books we read in 2022 relating to the climate crisis facing us all was ‘The Future We Choose’ by Christina Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac. To get an idea of the contrasting futures we face depending on how much action or inaction we take towards the climate crisis, just read Chapters 2 and 3!! ?? Please find the Amazon Link here.
One particularly worrying anomaly that has been detected this year is the recorded surface temperature of the world’s oceans. So far in 2023, this has been above anything seen in the 40 years that satellites have been measuring it. Records have been “headed off the charts” and, as a result, the Earth has marched into “uncharted territory”, according to scientists. The ocean is much less reflective than the land and soaks up more of the direct energy from sunlight. But…
We have taken the plunge and purchased a number of books to introduce the issue of climate change to our young children. We were a bit torn on this as ultimately there is not much they can do about it, that is up to us now and our generation to make the best of a bad situation. But, climate change and the climate crisis will only become more and more the focus of all our lives going forward, and it…