Leaders must act on changing climate

On a recent visit to Regina, and as a climate change activist and science educator, I read “Climate Conundrum: Educators have varied takes on teaching the subject” (LP,

Dec. 18) with deep interest.

Given the increasingly frequent weather-related events around the world (e.g. Australia’s national average hottest day ever on record last Dec. 17), I don’t know what it will take before our leaders admit our adverse effect on the environment.

Our climate is changing and we are doing an experiment on our only home (Earth), where the results are not fully known but which will likely be catastrophic for all life on this planet as it struggles to adapt to a hotter world.

Anything we do to reduce greenhouse gases such as

CO2 (e.g., by using alternative and renewable sources of energy) will be positive.

We sent humans to the moon. We can solve the critical scientific and technological issues related to climate change.

The key is to get our leaders and the public on board to support scientists to find these solutions. Education is key.

I call upon science teachers to teach their students about climate science to prepare them to act as educated ambassadors and facilitators.

The public and its leaders must ultimately understand climate change science and the global crisis it is creating because it cannot be remediated without their help and support.

Michael Pravica,

Las Vegas, Nev.