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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Yṛp’s hītwevz: wornñz fṛm Hedīz

Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 18 July 2023

Sirñ tmpṛćrz fṛm Spen t Grīs unḍlîn ɖt ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi canot b pt on hold ẃl uɖr crîsīz r prîoṛtîzd

Tyzde, 18 Jlî 2023

Ɖ  weɖrmap v suɖn Yṛp rmenz a dīp, sinistr red, az ɖ hīt sōrz abv 40C in plesz n closr t 50C in Siṣli n Sardińa. In Mdrid, sm nîts r eqtorịl rɖr ɖn tropicl, az ɖ tmpṛćr stez abv 25C. Jūn wz ɖ hotist munʈ rcordd on Rʈ fr 120,000 yirz. Ɖ hotist wīc cem rli ɖs munʈ. “Vri denjṛs loñ-jreśn hīt”, t yz ɖ lanḡj v ɖ rīsnt alrt iśùd bî ɖ YS Naśnl Weɖrsrvis in Aṛzona, sumz p ɖ xpirịns v ɖ last fy wīcs acrs mć v ɖ norɖn heṃsfir. Xtrim hīt, wîldfîrz n fludz r raṿjñ parts v ɖ YS, Caṇda, Jpan, Sǎʈ C’rīa, India n Ćîna.

Globl hītñ z nt ɖ sol xpḷneśn fr ɖ heliś impact v Serḅṛs n Carón, ɖ hītwevz nemd aftr miʈicl deṇznz v Hedīz. Az in 2016 – ɖ hotist yir evr rcordd – an imrjñ El Niño weɖrpatn z hlpñ drîv ɖ b’romitr upwdz. Bt ć tîm ɖs naćṛl n sṗradic ivnt rcŕz, tipicli adñ 0.2C t ɖ aṿrij globl tmpṛćr, it hīts p a planit ɖt z olrdi wormr ɖn bfr az a rzult v grīnhǎs-gas imiśnz.Ɖ hotr ɖ Rʈ gts, ɖ gretr ɖ denjr v fīdbac lūps n unantiṣpetd ivnts. In Yṛp, an istabliśt hî-preśr sistm in ɖ sǎʈ z cuṛntli trapñ ɖ rījn undr a hītdom, n unyẓ́li hî srfis-tmpṛćrz in ɖ Mediṭreńn r hlpñ t loc in ɖ hīt on land. Wɖ Serḅṛs, w hv entrd, acordñ t ɖ Wrld Mītịṛlojicl Orġnîześn, “unćartd teritri”. Az sn az ɖs yir or nxt yir, se sm sayntists, globl tmpṛćrz cd brīć ɖ ol-importnt 1.5C ʈreśhold prîoṛtîzd bî ɖ Inṭguvnmntl Panl on Clîṃtćenj (IPCC). Los v lîf, masmîgreśn, croplosz n sōrñ fūdprîsz az a rzult v xtrim weɖr r olrdi a starc ny riaḷti. Wrs z olmst srtnli t cm.

At an intywtiv levl, w nǒ ɖs. Bt fest wɖ ɖz c’losl n imīɉt ćaḷnjz, Yṛpiyn poḷtics z śowñ alarming sînz v drift. Ɖ afṭmaʈ v ɖ pandemic, ɖ wor in Ycren n ɖ eṇjicrîsis, n ɖ spectr v ic̣nomic rseśn, r cmbînñ t dren m’mntm fṛm net-ziro targits. Last wīc, a cor pìs v ɖ Yṛpiyn Yńn’z grīn dīl wz onli pást bî ɖ narǒist v marjinz, aftr biyñ heṿli wōtrd dǎn. In ci eriaz fr rīćñ clîṃtńtraḷti, sć az trnsport, lîfstîlz n agriculćr, progres z tù slo.

In Jrṃni, Spen, ɖ Neɖrḷndz n elsẃr – az Gordn Brǎn hz notd – ɖ radicl naśṇlist rît z s’xesḟli trnñ ɖ grīn ajnda intu a batlgrǎnd fr its culćrworz. In Britn, it hz bcm dpresñli clir ɖt ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi z nt a prîoṛti fr Riśi Sūnac. Ɖ Lebr parti hz mnẃl rvîzd ɖ tîmtebl v its ptnṣ́li trnsforṃtiv £28bn-a-yir grīn-trnziśn plan.

Aftr so mni IPCC rports, Cop sumit cḿṇcez n p’liticl stetmnts v intnt, ɖ îdīa ɖt ɖz hītwevz cd b cnsidrd a wec-up cōl fr Yṛp’s guvnmnts n popyleśnz sīmz smẃt otioz. Serḅṛs n Carón r sirñ rmîndrz ɖt ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi canot b pt on hold az uɖr crîsīz r adrest. Yṛp z hītñ fastr ɖn eni uɖr continnt, bt its poḷtics z nt cīpñ pes. Tîm riyli z runñ ǎt; pṛgresiv poḷtiśnz nīd t rīdiscuvr ɖ curij v ɖer cnvix́nz n a sns v rjnsi.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

30/07/2023

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