Climate and pandemic
Climate change
EDWARD Blakelock’s poetry (The
Fiji Times, October 16) aimed at perpetuating the long rebuffed agenda of the climate sceptics, that this has nothing to do with human influences cannot be left unchallenged.
People like him, and these are rare species these days, need to wake up from their slumber and understand the science.
Yes, there are natural variations, but the rate of changes over the years cannot be attributed to these natural cycles. Most studies clearly show how these changes, when imposed on the natural cycles, shows the ‘anthropogenic’ or man-made influences have seriously affected climate systems globally leading to more intense cyclones, droughts, floods, coastal innundation etc, causing major disruptions to our food systems, ecosystems and economic development.
The science has been accepted by most enlightened people and confirmed by contributions from bodies like IPCC and is now accepted, as the world moves towards tackling this issue through the UNFCCC processes such as the forthcoming COP.
For people like Blakelock to continue to peddle this myth, long used by sceptics, is not only false and dangerous for our students and communities, but an insult to the many vulnerable Pacific nations, including Fiji, trying to respond to this critical development issue.
ALTAUF CHAND
Minto, NSW becomes a giant and tall and ever so magnificent. Regaling tales around the tanoa,
or around the coffee table, discussions and talanoa
laughing and crying until you are unable, and that is quite understandable. Friends and families not seen for half the year, bring joy and happiness with some shedding tears, after a period of loneliness. Some have since left us for eternal rest all because of this coronavirus that is still around and infecting us. EDWARD BLAKELOCK
Admiral Circle, Pacific Harbour