The IPCC's climate report really is a red alert

By The Canberra Times
August 11 2021 - 12:00am
Waves lap ashore near condo buildings in Sunny Isles, Florida, on the day of the IPCC report's release. Picture: Getty Images
Waves lap ashore near condo buildings in Sunny Isles, Florida, on the day of the IPCC report's release. Picture: Getty Images

It is easy to develop a kind of fatigue about warnings of catastrophe over the relentless heating of the planet. The alarm sirens have been persistent over decades and yet the world keeps turning. Life goes on. It seems like meaningful action can always be put off until another day.

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