This week, European environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan reported on the likely return of El Niño, the powerful weather pattern that raises global temperatures and worsens some rainfall. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, it has an 80% chance of forming before September and a 90% chance before November. The UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned that “El Niño conditions will pour fuel on the fire of a warming world”.
The prospect of ever-rising temperatures and more extreme weather is deeply troubling, but this week we have also reported on how quickly we can change things for the better. Just as we know what is driving climate breakdown – humanity’s burning of fossil fuels and the destruction of nature, largely driven by animal agriculture – we also have all of the solutions to address it. We just need the political will.
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