Forest fires linked to temperature extremes. Drought due to climate change. warmer seas, storms and floods Consequences for the survival of humans and other species, with 30 million climate refugees by 2020 alone. These are some of the signs of the climate threat listed in an opinion piece on Aftonbladet.
Ahead of the upcoming elections, 1944 scientists have signed the article calling on politicians to do more on climate change. In it, they refer to a compilation by the Researchers Desk network which found that six out of eight parties are completely missing the Paris Agreement's 1.5-degree target.
"We have to believe that this is a case of blatant cluelessness, because the alternative would be for politicians to ignore tackling the climate crisis, or to sell out to win votes in the short term," the article comments and continues later:
"What will it take for you politicians to take research and the crisis seriously?"
In an interview with Dagens Industri, one of the signatories, Maria Wolrath-Söderberg, who researches climate argumentation at Södertörn University, comments on the article and calls it a rebellion.
- Researchers who have had watertight boundaries between different disciplines are now making common cause. We have started to coordinate, which has been healthy in many ways. We've been able to share the frustration,' she tells DI.
The opinion article cites the actions taken around the corona pandemic as an example of how rapid societal change is possible and calls for the same to be done in climate policy.
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