UK faces catastrophic weather conditions

Published date18 April 2024
Publication titleCoventry Telegraph
The UK is facing catastrophic weather conditions - with farmers unable to grow crops in waterlogged fields. We face vastly reduced crop yields and yet higher food prices when we already have much of the population missing meals and facing destitution

Most climate models say we are in for around 3C of heating by 2100. But global heating is accelerating and climate models which predict much worse outcomes may well be more accurate.

There are people who work tirelessly to increase greenhouse gas emissions and others who seek to slow the pace of decarbonising. A 'phase out' of fossil fuels was called for at COP 28 but blocked by fossil fuel interests. No countries have a convincing plan for decarbonisation - many are expanding fossil fuel use amidst calls for Net Zero to be scrapped, calling it eco-zealot hysteria.

The Lancet Countdown Report 2023 reported that global heat deaths are likely to...

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