Climate Change: Our Future in Our Hands
The latest IPCC 6th Assessment Synthesis Report has made it clear that climate is changing, humans are responsible, and the impacts are serious. We must take action to prevent a bleak future, and the power lies in our hands.
The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe
Climate Scientist, Chief Scientist @nature_org, Prof @TexasTech, Climate Ambassador @WEAnews, Mom @joinsciencemoms. Tweets 100% my own 🇨🇦🍁
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The latest @IPCC_CH 6th Asst Synthesis Report comes out tomorrow; but after three decades of these assessments, it's already clear that --
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) March 19, 2023
Climate is changing
Humans are responsible
The impacts are serious
We aren't doing enough to prevent them
And our future is in our hands. pic.twitter.com/AMp5XnfMoV -
How would Shakespeare say this?
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) March 19, 2023
Hark! The climate, she doth change,
And for this, we do bear the blame.
The impacts grave, they do ensue,
Yet we fail to do what we must do.
Our future rests within our hands,
Pray, let us act, and make amends. -
What about Martin Luther King Jr?
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) March 19, 2023
We must recognize the serious impacts that are already occurring, and take action to prevent further harm. Let us not be satisfied with complacency, but rather let us rise to the challenge and take responsibility for our future. -
Emily Dickinson?
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) March 19, 2023
The climate shifts, no more the same,
Our handiwork the cause of shame.
The consequences grave, profound,
Yet action lags, we stand aground.
The future lies within our grasp,
To heal the earth, our noble task. -
The Bible?
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) March 19, 2023
The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it. (Psalm 24:1)
But woe unto them that destroy the earth, for they shall reap what they sow. (Revelation 11:18)
Therefore, let us be good stewards of the earth that God has entrusted to us. -
Where, in the face of this increasing litany of scientific warnings ignored, do we find hope? We find it only when we heed those warnings, and act. https://t.co/71uk1BSDP0
— Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) March 19, 2023