United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has launched a disturbing propaganda campaign, claiming that climate change is destroying lives and economies around the world.
'No country can escape the effects of climate disaster', says Portuguese socialist I wrote Saturday. “They kill people everywhere.”
He warned that ubiquitous death is not the only consequence of global warming, as supply chain shocks caused by climate change will also “increase costs everywhere” in the global economy.
“Food prices are rising everywhere due to sharply reduced crop yields,” he continued. “Anywhere a home is destroyed, insurance premiums go up.”
The inevitable outcome to this omnipresent fear? “We need #ClimateAction everywhere,” he declared.
Social media commentators were quick to suggest that the UN chief needed to brush up on his science.
one noticed Extreme weather is not a “climate disaster”, but something else is I remembered Guterres said the People's Republic of China emits more greenhouse gases than all developed countries combined.
One more thing observed Its reliable and affordable energy has “contributed significantly to better protection from extreme weather mortality” and has enabled humanity to significantly reduce the number of deaths.
He added that the UN “seems to want to make reliable energy expensive and unaffordable, rather than accelerate adaptation.”
With people stubbornly refusing to see the end of the world due to global warming and no doomsday prophecies coming true, there are concerns that people are losing vigilance over climate change and that its influence is waning with each passing month. My senses are heightened.
Last week, the editorial board wall street journal poked Looking forward to the failed UN COP29 climate change summit in Azerbaijan.
“Back to reality, political support for net zero is crumbling,” the essay says. “Donald Trump intends to reverse his predecessor's green subsidies and hostile regulatory actions on fossil fuels.”
“He pulled out of the Paris agreement once and is likely to do so again. The German coalition government collapsed last week because Berlin could no longer afford the net-zero transition,” he added.
At the same time, other European countries are “likely to abandon climate goals as the costs become clearer to voters,” while China “despite its leaders' pious talk of climate change.” Construction of coal-fired power plants is progressing at a rapid pace.
Meanwhile, for Antonio Guterres, spreading fear of the impending climate change apocalypse is business as usual in his movement. But he may soon find himself preaching to an empty auditorium.
