THE PERSONAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

A line of fire - a wildfire burning at night on a hillside above a lake or a sea, the firelight reflected in the water .

Wildfires across Europe and in Maui; floods in Italy, eastern Europe, Las Vegas and normally arid parts of California.

As each day passes, the ravages wrought by climate change become starker. For decades, governments have ignored warnings by ecologists as an inconvenient truth, fuelled – literally – by the oil companies’ commercial greed. These giants have long known the effects of burning hydrocarbons.

Street signs surrounded by rushing flood water

Do you have a story of how these changes have affected you personally or someone close to you?

Time to get writing!


If you liked this post, you may also like Nigel’s earleir Pensives Cold, Friend or Foe? and The Power of Thunderstorms.

Image credits: Pixabay: Wildfire ; Road sign

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