To feel really worried about climate change in this heatwave

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This heatwave has been caused by climate change but there seems to be hardly any discussion about this at all. It seems that people are focused so much on getting air con or massive paddling/ swimming pools without thinking how that might be actually contributing to the problem. People outside the school gates idling their engines to keep their air con turned on whilst creating more pollution.

I think I remember reading somewhere that we've released 6 million years' worth of CO2 in the past 150 years. Something needs to stop but consumption and car use seem to be increasing.

Am I the only one to be concerned about this and that we're just slipping into a future of more dangerous heatwaves?

Climate change will increase migration.

Absolutely it will. So many people will be displaced due to sea levels rising and others will suffer horrendous droughts leading to crops failing etc. People will always do what it takes to survive, including migrating.

No one cares because we’re told that we’re past the point of no return now. So what’s the use in caring? There’s literally nothing we can do, apparently.

yep! Someone today was worried their train (short UK journey) might be cancelled so they were going to fly instead 🤦🏻‍♀️

My children’s primary school (non UK) was retrofitted a few years ago to make it more energy-efficient. Better insulation, solar shading and so forth. No aircon. It really made an enormous difference though.

For many (not all) buildings there’s an awful lot that can be done to make them far more comfortable in summer. It all costs money though.

I wouldn’t worry too much. What can we do now? It’s too late anyway.

😂 Nobody will be living on the moon. Underground in bunkers, maybe, but not the moon. That's barely a step up the absurdity ladder from the idea of colonising Mars.

that was in 1976 and there was 18 months of drought. Unfortunate the “we’ve had hot spells before” argument blinds people to the global problem and the year on year increasing temperatures drought and heatwaves.

Climate changes aren’t linear and gradual. Once the system starts to collapse, one event sparks others and things get worse very fast. People need to wake up and prepare, but they won’t because it’s all too alarming to face reality. Then there’s also the toxic optimism that also prevents action being taken.

It is feeling comforted that prevents anyone from doing anything.

It was hotter, for longer, in 1976. If the UK vanished tomorrow, it wouldn't make one iota of difference to the climate. Weather is weather. So don't worry about irrelevant things you cant change. If you care about the environment, don't drive an EV, don't use the Internet, don't use a smartphone, don't buy highstreet clothes and don't eat avocado's.

Well hang on. A few weeks ago we were talking about the collapse of the Gulf Stream causing the UK to become much, much colder. Which is it?

Well this is where it gets exciting - we can’t actually be sure.

The planet need humanity wiped from it completely. The world needs to recover and start again the best it can.
It's all very well the government telling us to do this not to do that and fining people. But it's the likes of America, China and India who are causing so much more pollution than the UK ever will and they aren't doing much about it.

And? The planet survived before us, it will be there after us. We literally have zero control over world events. We are a tiny little island that nobody listens to. Stop stressing.

I was just about to suggest this! It's gaining a lot of traction.

I've also had recommended the film 2040 but not managed to watch it yet.

Lots of us do care. Advice I had was keep emailing your local councillors as well as MPs, they have to log every communication so it's actually an effective way to show what issues you care about as a voter. Just one small thing that could help.

For instance - I actually think Kemi Badenoch talks sense on some issues. Not a chance in hell I'd vote Tory though with their policy to roll back net zero commitments.

Whoever “we” were, here is the Met Office briefing
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2026/new-report-suggests-more-global-temperature-records-ahead#:~:text=Annual%20global%20mean%20near%2Dsurface,record%2C%20according%20to%20the%20update.

I just plugged it into ChatGPT and it said one might cancel the other out rather nicely. So nothing to see here 👍

We = Mumsnet 👍

Yes I get this feeling, that there's nothing we can really do, it just feels too much like giving in to me. Well I've sent a quick email to my MP. At least I feel like I've done something, they must get their inboxes full of all sorts of hateful stuff so it will give him a nudge in the right direction. I do think it's their responsibility and too much has been pushed on us as individuals to make changes.

Well given that the primary goal for Elon’s SpaceX company is to build a self-sustaining city on the moon within 10 years, I wouldn’t be so sure. Obviously I hope he’ll fail and accidentally launch himself into orbit, never to return. 😂

It's amazing that people have continued to have children despite being told this would happen decades ago. How cruel to those children.

Email your MP here and ask them to take action.

Tomorrow, our politicians will be meeting in the House of Commons to vote on the Seventh Carbon Budget. This Budget would commit the UK to cutting carbon emissions by 87 per cent by 2040, representing a huge step towards our net zero targets.
If enough MPs vote ‘YES’ tomorrow, we will see more climate-supportive policies for years to come.
This could be a real game changer for the climate.

Why do you hope SpaceX fails?

indeed, we need to tell our politicians that we are concerned about this, while they think no one is bothered they have the excuse to do nothing- there are definitely things we can do as individuals but its collective action, nationally and internationally that is needed

I don't know why everyone is moaning. Its lovely. I hope we have a whole summer of it.