A Climate of Suffering: The Real Costs of Living with Inaction on Climate Change
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Uploaded by TheClimateInstitute on Aug 28, 2011
The effects of a rapidly changing, more volatile climate are now compounding long-lasting social and mental health problems, particularly in rural and regional communities and on the outskirts of our cities.
The Climate Institute's report, A Climate of Suffering: The Real Cost of Living with Inaction on Climate Change, was launched at the Brain and Mind Research Institute by Professor Ian Hickie in Sydney on 29 August 2011. It drew together the work of mental health experts and community practitioners, as well as survivors' accounts of disasters, providing insights into the emotional trauma in communities affected by increasingly wild weather.
"Climate change is emerging as a major threat to mental health, with the trauma of extreme weather events manifesting directly, indirectly and through the broader impacts on communities, the economy and the environment," said Dr Susie Burke, Senior Psychologist with the Australian Psychological Society.
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There is absolutely NO evidence linking extreme weather events (storms, cyclones, floods or droughts) to greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE). By reducing temperature and pressure gradients across latitudes during winter, they may actually reduce extreme weather associated with strong winds. Queensland's worst cyclones and flooding occurred during the Little Ice Age.
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tuttt99 5 months ago
Here's a clue. You CAN'T change the climate, nor can you stop it from changing. Restricting access to energy which is a natural consequence of reducing carbon emissions will do NOTHING to stop sever weather events. It WILL however make it much more difficult to cope with said events.
tuttt99 5 months ago
Carbon is pollution? Carbon, the basis of ALL life on this Earth? Surely you jest.
tuttt99 5 months ago
TEXAS WILL BE THE NEXT SOMALIA.
KEVLANEW80 5 months ago