The UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued one of its most important scientific studies late last year. The report, referred to as the 1.5C report, highlights we are one degree warmer since pre the industrial revolution and have 12 years to ensure dramatic cuts to prevent an overshoot of 1.5\u00b0C and catastrophic climate change. The ongoing extraction and use of fossil fuels will only accelerate and make climate change worse. More gas, oil and coal extraction and use imperils all human and non-human life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
South Africa\u2019s media has not done enough to draw attention to the worsening climate crisis. South Africa\u2019s drought was merely reduced to\u00a0 \u2018day zero\u2019 for mainly wealthy white Cape Town. Read more<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued one of its most important scientific studies late last year. The report, referred to as the 1.5C report, highlights we are one degree warmer since pre the industrial revolution and have 12 years to ensure dramatic cuts to prevent an overshoot of 1.5\u00b0C and catastrophic climate… <\/p>\n