{"id":387971,"date":"2025-07-10T08:37:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=387971"},"modified":"2025-07-10T08:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:37:03","slug":"guardian-european-heatwave-failing-to-spur-support-for-climate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=387971","title":{"rendered":"Guardian: European Heatwave Failing to Spur Support for Climate Action"},"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

After 30 years of failure to move the needle, nobody believes the government will do anything about emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A war of the truth\u2019: Europe\u2019s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voters may feel hotter summers are \u2018too much\u2019 but they appear to tolerate roll-back of policies to stop global heating<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ajit Niranjan<\/a> and Elsie McDowell<\/a> Sat 5 Jul 2025 01.44 AEST<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s just too much, isn\u2019t it?\u201d says Julie, a retiree in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, about the 42C (107.6F) heat that her brother had seen scorch Spain<\/a> last week. The former local government worker has felt summers get hotter over her lifetime and says she \u201ccouldn\u2019t stand\u201d such high heat herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But like many who experienced Europe\u2019s first heatwave of the summer, Julie does not sound overly alarmed. She worries about climate breakdown for young people, but is not concerned about herself. She thinks more climate action would be nice, but does not know what can be done about it. She does not have much faith in the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like everything else,\u201d she says. \u201cI think it\u2019s all too little, too late.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As heatwaves engulfed large swathes of Europe and North America last week \u2013 the latest in a stream of deadly extremes made worse by fossil fuel pollution \u2013 green groups are frustrated that increasingly violent weather has not spurred the urgent support for climate action they had expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe issue is really that there are so many other concerns now,\u201d said Hodgson, citing the organisation\u2019s data tracking the top issues that people face each week. \u201cThree years ago you\u2019d have the cost of living first, then the National Health Service, and then immigration and climate \u2013 those two would compete for third place. Now, when we do those polls, climate is near the bottom of the list.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/jul\/04\/europe-heatwaves-failing-support-climate-action<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The article also references a hilarious poll in which apparently half of Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform party said they wanted a heatwave. And why not \u2013 Britain is having a glorious beach weather Summer thanks to the heatwave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My hypothesis of the self limiting nature of climate policy, where green policies are tolerated only until they start to cause serious economic and social problems, is clearly being played out in today\u2019s Britain. But it is a mixed blessing that climate has dropped to the bottom of the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t think the fall of climate change as a priority means climate concern has fallen, the stinky green BBC still has a stranglehold over way too much real-estate in British people\u2019s heads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A more likely explanation for the apparent drop in climate concern is life in Britain has become so horrible for ordinary people, they have had no choice but to prioritise short term survival over their climate concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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