{"id":368043,"date":"2025-02-28T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=368043"},"modified":"2025-02-28T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:53:10","slug":"climate-council-if-the-world-follows-trumps-climate-lead-australia-will-have-more-beach-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=368043","title":{"rendered":"Climate Council: If The World Follows Trump\u2019s Climate Lead, Australia will Have More Beach Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by<\/strong> Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They actually said, \u201cExtreme Heat\u201d, but what else do you do on a hot day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From drill to grill: Continued fossil fuel use puts us all in the hot seat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Climate Council is warning that Australia\u2019s biggest cities could face dangerously hot temperatures, unless action is taken to slow down climate change. The Council has released a \u2018heat map\u2019 which also shows that continuing to cut climate pollution can safeguard Australians from the worst impacts of soaring heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices. And that is why today I will also declare a national energy emergency. We will drill, baby, drill.\u201d<\/em> (Applause)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US President Donald Trump, speaking in January, promised to withdraw from the Paris accord and exploit its large oil and gas reserves.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The Climate Council says if the world follows that lead and fails to cut back on burning fossil fuels, Australia will suffer from extreme heat for more than half of every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are already signs of increasing heat, with last month recorded as the world\u2019s hottest January on record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samantha Burgess is the deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service. She says the trend is set to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know that the extreme events, which is where humans are most impacted, humans, society and ecosystems are most impacted by extreme events. They happen more frequently and with more intensity the warmer our climate is. So at the moment we\u2019re at 1.3 degrees (Celsius) of warming and in 2024 we\u2019ve seen record losses from extreme events, from hurricanes, from wildfires, from storms. These are projected to become more frequent and more intense with a warmer world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/podcast-episode\/from-drill-to-grill-continued-fossil-fuel-use-puts-us-all-in-the-hot-seat\/rauyv5ssi<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Do try to keep up Climate Council, the CSIRO tells us we have already passed the 1.5C threshold you warned us would bring disaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Claim: Australia has ALREADY Experienced 1.5C of Warming<\/a><\/blockquote>