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2020.
you fucking idiots in charge who don’t get this:
global warming is real
David Farrier / Twitter
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Australian
bushfire crisis: global figures and media react to 'climate emergency'
Hillary
Clinton, Greta Thunberg and Bernie Sanders among those responding to
Australia’s unprecedented fires
Eleanor
Ainge Roy
@EleanorAingeRoy
Thu 2 Jan
2020 06.21 GMTLast modified on Thu 2 Jan 2020 11.53 GMT
Politicians
and climate change activists around the globe have expressed horror at the
unfolding Australian bushfire crisis, saying the devastation is an urgent
reminder of the climate emergency.
Former US
presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said the fires – which began during
Australia’s hottest ever year – left no room to question the effects of climate
change.
“With Australia on fire and the Arctic in
meltdown, it’s clear we’re in a climate emergency,” Clinton said, going on to
detail her support for the Earthshot prize, described by Sir David Attenborough
as “the most prestigious environment prize in history”.
Bernie
Sanders, in the race to become the Democrats’ US presidential nominee, said the
scenes in Australia would become “increasingly common around the world” and
issued a call to action.
“What is happening in Australia today will
become increasingly common around the world if we do not aggressively combat
climate change and transform our energy system away from fossil fuels. The
future of the planet is at stake. We must act.”
Author
Naomi Wolf shared a message from an Australian father who had been trapped by
the bushfires to the prime minister, Scott Morrison.
The message
read: “Hey @ScottMorrisonMP, my family and I got out of Mallacoota just before
the road closed and spent four days stranded in NSW by the #climatefires. I can
assure you the cricket being on provided zero solace. I hope you’re good at
other things because you’re a useless Prime Minister.”
Morrison
has been heavily criticised for deflecting any talk of climate change policy
during the bushfire crisis. On Thursday, he accepted a link between reducing
emissions and protecting the environment but said the government’s climate
policies were adequate.
Greta
Thunberg, Time magazine’s 2019 person of the year, has shared coverage of the
mass evacuations taking place and video of the devastation under the hashtag
#Thisisfine.
The fires
have been covered extensively by media around the world, from the Wall Street
Journal (“‘We Were Freaking Out.’ Terrifying Fire Season Takes a Bad Turn in
Australia”) to the Times (“Thousands trapped on Australian beaches by
‘apocalyptic’ fires”) and the New York Times (“Thousands Flee to Shore as
Australia Fires Turn Skies Blood Red”). The Australian fires were the top story
on the BBC website, as well as CNN.
CNN’s
headline read “Australia’s deadly wildfires are showing no signs of stopping”,
while the BBC focused on the mass evacuations: “Race to flee ‘leave zone’ as
bushfire threat looms”.
Residents and visitors in NSW town of Rosedale
seek refuge from bushfires on the beach – video
In New
Zealand, where glaciers turned brown and skies red due to smoke blown over from
Australia, many criticised Morrison, with Greenpeace comparing his leadership
to that of Jacinda Ardern, who has been widely praised for leading New Zealand
through two mass-casualty events in 2019.
Former New
Zealand prime minister Helen Clark said the bushfires were affecting New
Zealand’s pristine alpine region. “Impact of ash on glaciers is likely to
accelerate melting” Clark tweeted. “How one country’s tragedy has spillover
effects.”
Netflix
documentary filmmaker David Farrier, also a Kiwi, tweeted Matthew Abbott’s
picture of a kangaroo escaping the flames, along with the words: “2020. you
fucking idiots in charge who don’t get this: global warming is real.”
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