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Frank Poems: POINTLESS

"The Great Day of His Wrath," by John Martin

Because of our stupidity,
we, i.e. humanity,
will become extinct
sooner than we think.

Gone for good
all our bad
but also
all our good,

e.g. poetry
of the British Isles:

Why did
John Agard,

Simon Armitage, Chérie Taylor Battiste, Samuel Beckett, Emily Berry, Lewis Carroll, Geoffrey Chaucer, Kayo Chingonyi, John Clare, John Cooper Clarke, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Julia Donaldson, John Dryden, Carol Ann Duffy, Helen Dunmore, Thomas Hood, Helen Ivory, Kathleen Jamie, Linton Kwesi Johnson, John Keats, Cecilia Knapp, Theresa Lola, Hugh MacDiarmid, Roger McGough, Ian McMillan, Máighréad Medbh, Paul Muldoon, Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, Alice Oswald, Mervyn Peake, Rebecca Perry, Sylvia Plath, Michael Rosen, Siegfried Sassoon, Jo Shapcott, William Shakespeare, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lemn Sissay, Tennyson, Thom Gunn, A A Milne, A B Jackson, A E Housman, A F Cross, A Flowerdew, A K Blakemore, A S J Tessimond, A S T Fisher, A Y Campbell, Abraham Cowley, Abraham Fleming, Abraham Fowler, Abraham Fraunce, Abraham Hartwell, Abraham Holland, Abraham Nahum Stencl, Adam Rudden, Adda Fras, Adelaide Anne Procter, Adelaide Phillpotts, Adomnán, Adrian Henri, Adrian Mitchell, Adrian Stokes, Ælnoth of Canterbury, Aeneas Francon Williams, Aeronwy Thomas, Afra Atiq, Afshan d’Souza-Lodhi, Agnes Bulmer, Agnes Lyon, Ahsan Akbar, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Áine Ní Ghlinn, Aithbhreac Inghean Coirceadal, Al Alvarez, Alan Baker, Alan Bold, Alan Brownjohn, Alan Gillis, Alan Hodge, Alan Jackson, Alan Jenkins, Alan Riach, Alan Sillitoe, Alan Spence, Alaric Alexander Watts, Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, Alasdair Gray, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, Alasdair Maclean, Alasdair Paterson, Alastair McIntosh, Alastair Reid, Alec Finlay, Aleister Crowley, Alex Grant, Alexander Anderson, Alexander Arbuthnot, Alexander Bald, Alexander Balfour, Alexander Barclay, Alexander Brome, Alexander Garden, Alexander Geddes, Alexander George Craig, Alexander Gray, Alexander Hume, Alexander McLachlan, Alexander Montgomerie, Alexander Ross, Alexander Scott, Alexander Smith, Alexander Tait, Alfred Austin, Alfred Bate Richards, Alfred Beesley, Alfred Domett, Alfred Hayes, Alfred Noyes, Alfred Williams, Alice Gray Jones, Alice Lucas, Alice Milligan, Alice Sutcliffe, Alicia Ann Spottiswoode, Alis Wen, Alison Bielski, Alison Fell, Alison Prince, Allan Cunningham, Alun Lewis, Alwyn Marriage, Ammon Wrigley, Amy Clarke, Amy Levy, An Collins, Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Andrew Greig, Andrew Jamison, Andrew Lang, Andrew Macdonald, Andrew Marvell, Andrew McMillan, Andrew Motion, Andrew Young, Andy Croft, Aneirin, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Angela Kirby, Angharad James, Angus Calder, Angus Peter Campbell, Anluan Mac Aodhagáin, Ann Batten Cristall, Ann Griffiths, Ann Hawkshaw, Ann Murry, Anna Adams, Anna Crowe, Anna Kingsford, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Anna Laetitia Waring, Anna Seward, Anna Wickham, Anna Williams, Anne Askew, Anne Bannerman, Anne Beale, Anne Blonstein, Anne Born, Anne Brydges Lefroy, Anne Cecil, Anne Dowriche, Anne Finch, Anne Howard, Anne Hunter, Anne Le Marquand Hartigan, Anne Ley, Anne Locke, Anne MacLeod, Anne Penny, Anne Ridler, Anne Stevenson, Anne Vavasour, Anne Wharton, Anne Wheathill, Annie Louisa Walker, Annie Walke, Anno Birkin, Anthony Anaxagorou, Anthony Chute, Anthony Copley, Anthony Hammond, Anthony Joseph, Anthony Munday, Antoine Ó Raifteiri, Antony Dunn, Aogán Ó Rathaille, Aoife Lyall, Aonghas MacNeacail, Ap Vychan, Aphra Behn, Arabella Moreton, Archibald Bruce, Archibald Crawfurd, Arji Manuelpillai, Armand D’Angour, Arofan, Arthur Argo, Arthur Brooke, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Cravan, Arthur Gorges, Arthur Graeme West, Arthur Hallam, Arthur Henry King, Arthur Hugh Clough, Arthur Johnston, Arthur St John Adcock, Arthur Waley, Artúr Dall Mac Gurcaigh, Athairne Mac Eoghain, Audrey Beecham, Augusta Theodosia Drane, Augusta Webster, Augustus Young, Aurelian Townshend, Austin Clarke, Aviva Dautch, Avraham Shlonsky, B T Hopkins, Barbarina Brand, Barnabe Barnes, Barnabe Googe, Barry Cole, Barry MacSweeney, Bartholomew Griffin, Basil Bunting, Beccán mac Luigdech, Bedo Aeddren, Bedo Brwynllys, Bedo Hafesp, Bedo Phylip Bach, Ben Jonson, Ben Maier, Ben Norris, Ben Okri, Benjamin Rudyerd, Benvenida Cohen Belmonte, Bernadine Evaristo, Bernard Gutteridge, Bernard McNulty, Bernard Moore, Bernard O’Donoghue, Bernard Spencer, Bertram Dobell, Bhanu Kapil, Bill Griffiths, Bill Hopkins, Blake Morrison, Blanaid Salkeld, Blathmac mac Cú Brettan, Bleddyn Ddu, Bleddyn Fardd, Blind Harry, Bob Cobbing, Branwell Brontë, Brenda Chamberlain, Brendan Cleary, Brendan Kennelly, Brian Aldiss, Brian Bilston, Brian Coffey, Brian Cox, Brian Dean Paul, Brian Higgins, Brian Howard, Brian McCabe, Brian Merriman, Brian Patten, Brian Whittingham, Brinley Richards, Bruce Blunt, Bryan Guinness, Bryan Procter, Bryher, Bryn Griffiths, Burns Singer, Byron, C Fox Smith, C H Sisson, C S Lewis, Cadwaladr ap Rhys Trefnant, Cadwaladr Cesail, Cadwgan Ffôl, Caitlín Maude, Caleb Femi, Caleb Parkin, Caradog Prichard, Carol Rumens, Carolina Nairne, Caroline Balderston Parry, Caroline Bergvall, Caroline Bird, Caroline Leakey, Caroline Leigh Gascoigne, Caroline Norton, Carolyn Smart, Carr Scrope, Caryll Houselander, Casnodyn, Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Catherine Amy Dawson Scott, Catherine Ann Cullen, Catherine Byron, Catherine Fisher, Catherine Maria Fanshawe, Catherine Prichard, Catherine Walsh, Cecil Day-Lewis, Cecil Howard Lay, Celia de Fréine, Charles Aleyn, Charles Bansley, Charles Best, Charles Boner, Charles Causley, Charles Churchill, Charles Fisher, Charles Fitzgeoffrey, Charles Gavan Duffy, Charles Jenner, Charles Jeremiah Wells, Charles Kickham, Charles Mackay, Charles Madge, Charles Murray, Charles Neaves, Charles Pierrepont, Charles Smith Bird, Charles Sorley, Charles Spence, Charles Stuart Calverley, Charles Swain, Charles Tennyson Turner, Charles Tomlinson, Charles Whitehead, Charles Williams, Charles Woodmason, Charley Genever, Charlie Smith, Charlotte Alington Barnard, Charlotte Higgins, Charlotte Lennox, Charlotte Mew, Charlotte Nooth, Charlotte Richardson, Chauncy Hare Townshend, Cherry Smyth, Chidiock Tichborne, Choman Hardi, Chris Beckett, Chris McCabe, Christabella Rogers, Christian Milne, Christine De Luca, Christine Evans, Christine Murray, Christopher Anstey, Christopher Brooke, Christopher Caudwell, Christopher Harvey, Christopher Hassall, Christopher Logue, Christopher Middleton, Christopher Ocland, Christopher Reid, Christopher Smart, Christopher Whyte, Christy Ducker, Ciara Ní É, Ciarán Carson, Cinaed Ó hArtucain, Cináedh mac Coscrach, Clare Pollard, Clare Shaw, Clement Paman, Clere Parsons, Cliff Ashby, Clifford Bax, Clive Branson, Clive James, Clive Sansom, Cneppyn Gwerthrynion, Colette Bryce, Colin Will, Colmán mac Lénéni, Colman ua Clasaigh, Constance Naden, Cornelius Arnold, Cornwell Baron Wilson, Coventry Patmore, Craig Charles, Craig Raine, Crosbie Garstin, Cúán úa Lothcháin, Cuirithir of Connacht, Cynddelw, Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, Cyril Gwynn, D H Lawrence, Dachine Rainer, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Dafydd Alaw, Dafydd ap Dafydd Llwyd, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd ap Hwlcyn ap Madog, Dafydd ap Ieuan ab Owen, Dafydd ap Llywelyn ap Madog, Dafydd ap Maredudd ab Ednyfed, Dafydd ap Maredudd ap Tudur, Dafydd ap Phylip ap Rhys, Dafydd ap Rhys O Fenai, Dafydd Bach ap Madog Wladaidd, Dafydd Baentiwr, Dafydd Benfras, Dafydd Benwyn, Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug, Dafydd Gorlech, Dafydd Ionawr, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Dafydd Llwyd Mathau, Dafydd Llwyd Sybylltir, Dafydd Nanconwy, Dafydd Nanmor, Dafydd Nicolas, Dafydd Offeiriad, Dafydd Pennant, Dafydd Rowlands, Dafydd Trefor, Dai’r Cantwr, Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, Daljit Nagra, Daniel ap Llosgwrn Mew, Daniel Evans, Daniel Sluman, Daniel Weissbort, Dannie Abse, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Daphne Fielding, David Boyle, David Chaloner, David Clwydfardd, David Daiches, David Doig, David Gascoyne, David Grant, David Gray, David Gwyn, David Harsent, David Holbrook, David Hume of Godscroft, David Jones, David Levi, David Lloyd Davies, David Lyndsay, David Macbeth Moir, David MacLeod Black, David Mallet, David Miedzianik, David Morley, David Murray, David Myatt, David R Morrison, David Rees Griffiths, David Rorie, David Samwell, David Sillar, David Sweetman, David Tait, David Wheatley, David William Paynter, David Wingate, David Wright, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Denis Devlin, Denis Florence MacCarthy, Denis Pyramus, Denise Riley, Dennis Embleton, Dennis O’Driscoll, Derek Mahon, Derek Stanford, Deric Bolton, Derick Thomson, Dermot Bolger, Deryn Rees-Jones, Des Dillon, Dewi Hefin Diana Hendry, Dic Goodman, Dic Jones, Dick David, Dick Davis, Dick Higgins, Digby Mackworth Dolben, Dilys Cadwaladr, Dilys Rose, Dinah Craik, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Dolf Wyllarde, Dollie Radford, Dom Moraes, Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna, Dominic Cooper, Don Paterson, Donagh MacDonagh, Dónal Meirgeach Mac Conmara, Donald Davie, Donald MacDonald, Donnchadh MacRath, Dora Greenwell, Dorian Cooke, Doris Lessing, Dorothea Primrose Campbell, Dorothea Smartt, Dorothy Margaret Stuart, Dorothy Miles, Dorothy Molloy, Dorothy Nimmo, Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, Dorothy Wellesley, Douglas Clark, Douglas Dunn, Douglas Hyde, Douglas Oliver, Douglas Young, Drew Milne, Drummond Allison, Dudley Carew, Dùghall Bochanan, Duncan Ban MacIntyre, Duncan Glen, Duncan MacGregor Crerar, Dunstan Gale, E H W Meyerstein, E J Scovell, E V Knox, E V Rieu, Eavan Boland, Ebenezer Cooke, Ebenezer Jones, Ebenezer Thomas, Eddie Linden, Edgar Foxall, Edgar Phillips, Edgar Wallace, Edgell Rickword, Edith Sitwell, Edmond Graile, Edmund Blunden, Edmund Bolton, Edmund Cooper, Edmund Elviden, Edmund John Eyre, Edmund Ollier, Edmund Prys, Edmund Spenser, Edmund Waller, Edward Aglionby, Edward Alexander Wyon, Edward Andrade, Edward Barnes, Edward Baynard, Edward Cadwaladr, Edward Capern, Edward Dafydd, Edward Davison, Edward de Vere, Edward Dyer, Edward Evans, Edward Grant, Edward Gryffydh Peacock, Edward Hamley, Edward Jerningham, Edward Lear, Edward Lowbury, Edward Moxon, Edward Powys Mathers, Edward Quillinan, Edward Shanks, Edward Sherburne, Edward Slow, Edward Storer, Edward Tennant, Edward Thomas, Edward William Barnard, Edward Young, Edwin Arnold, Edwin Brock, Edwin Keppel Bennett, Edwin Morgan, Edwin Muir, Edwin Waugh, Edwina McGrail, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Eileen Shanahan, Eiluned Lewis, Einion ap Gwalchmai, Einion ap Gwgon, Einion Offeiriad, Einion Wan, Einir Jones, Eithne Strong, Elaine Feeney, Elaine Feinstein, Eleanor Anne Porden, Eleanor Davies, Eleanor of Provence, Elen Egryn, Elen Gwdman, Elerydd, Elidir Sais, Elisabeth Lambert Ortiz, Eliza Acton, Eliza Cook, Eliza Dorothea Cobbe, Eliza Kirkham Mathews, Eliza S Craven Green, Eliza Sibbald Alderson, Elizabeth Anna Hart, Elizabeth Anne Le Noir, Elizabeth Ayton Godwin, Elizabeth Bentley, Elizabeth Blower, Elizabeth Bonhôte, Elizabeth Boyd, Elizabeth Burns, Elizabeth Carter, Elizabeth Charles, Elizabeth Daryush, Elizabeth Frances Amherst, Elizabeth Gooch, Elizabeth Grimston, Elizabeth Jane Weston, Elizabeth Jennings, Elizabeth Marie de France, Elizabeth Mary Dobell, Elizabeth Melville, Elizabeth Pennington, Elizabeth Singer Rowe, Elizabeth Wilmot, Elizabeth Young, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Ellen Hughes, Ellen Mary Patrick Downing, Elliot Stock, Ellis Cadwaladr, Elma Mitchell, Eluned Phillips, Elvis McGonagall, Emilia Aylmer Blake, Emily Critchley, Emily Jane Pfeiffer, Emily Lawless, Emily Marion Harris, Emily Underdown, Emma Lyon, Emma Roberts, Emma Scarr Booth, Emma Tatham, Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, Emrys Roberts, Emyr Humphreys, Ena Lamont Stewart, Enda Wyley, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc, Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin, Eric Chappelow, Eric Mackay, Eric Mottram, Eric Whelpton, Ernest Dowson, Esmé Hooton, Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, Ethel Lina White, Eugene Dubnov, Eugene Lee-Hamilton, Euros Bowen, Eva Dobell, Eva Gore-Booth, Evan Bevan, Evan Breeze, Evan Evans, Evan Morgan, Evan Owen Allen, Ewart Alan Mackintosh, Ewen MacLachlan, F L Lucas, F R Higgins, F S Flint, F W Harvey, Fabian S Woodley, Fanny Price-Gwynne, Felicia Hemans, Felicia Skene, Fflur Dafydd, Fiona Benson, Fiona Sampson, Flann Mainistrech, Flannagan mac Ceallach, Fleur Adcock, Flora Garry, Flora Hastings, Florence Mary Wilson, Florentius Volusenus, Fothadh an Fili, Fran Lock, Frances Bellerby, Frances Browne, Frances Catherine Barnard, Frances Cornford, Frances Leviston, Francis Brett Young, Francis Hastings Doyle, Francis Hoyland, Francis Kynaston, Francis Ledwidge, Francis Money-Coutts, Francis Scarfe, Francis Thompson, Francis Turner Palgrave, Francis Warner, Francis William Bourdillon, Francis Wortley, Frank Kendon, Frank Kuppner, Frank Ormsby, Frank Redpath, Fred D’Aguiar, Fred Kitchen, Freda Downie, Freddie Anderson, Fredegond Shove, Frederic W H Myers, Frederick Howard, Frederick Locker-Lampson, Frederick Tennyson, Frederick Victor Branford, Frieda Hughes, Fulke Greville, Gabriel Rosenstock, Gael Turnbull, Gage Earle Freeman, Gail McConnell, Gareth Alban Davies, Gareth Reeves, Gary Robertson, Gavin Bantock, Gavin Douglas, Gavin Ewart, Gawain Poet, Geoffrey Grigson, Geoffrey Hill, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Geoffrey Scott, Geoffrey Squires, Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Geoffrey Whitney, Georg Rudolf Weckherlin, George Bannatyne, George Barker, George Bazeley Scurfield, George Beattie, George Blagge, George Brisbane Scott Douglas, George Brun, George Buchanan, George Campbell Hay, George Chapman, George Cockings, George Eglisham, George Ferrers, George Folbury, George Fortescue, George Frederick Sims, George Gascoigne, George Gilfillan, George Halket, George Halse, George Harcourt Vanden-Bampde-Johnstone, George Herbert, George Linnaeus Banks, George MacBeth, George MacDonald, George Mackay Brown, George Meredith, George Orwell, George Outram, George Parker Bidder, George Powell, George Reavey, George Rostrevor Hamilton, George Sandys, George Sutherland Fraser, George Szirtes, George Templer, George Turberville, George Valentine, George Waldron, George Walter Thornbury, George Washington Moon, George Whyte-Melville, George Williams Fulcher, George Wither, Georgiana Zornlin, Geraint Bowen, Geraint Lloyd Owen, Gerald Bullett, Gerald Gould, Gerald Griffin, Gerald Yorke, Geraldine Monk, Gerallt Lloyd Owen, Gerard Beirne, Gerard Benson, Gerard Donovan, Gerard Moultrie, Gerda Mayer, Gerda Stevenson, Gerry Murphy, Gertrude Minnie Faulding, Gervase Markham, Gethin Davies, Gibbons Bagnall, Gilbert Frankau, Gilbert Hay, Gilbert Knowles, Gilbert Phelps, Gilbert Waterhouse, Gilbert West, Giles Earle, Giles Fletcher, Gillian Allnutt, Gillian Clarke, Giolla Críost Brúilingeach, Glyn Jones, Glyn Maxwell, Godfrey of Cambrai, Gordon Meade, Goronwy Foel, Goronwy Owen, Grace Aguilar, Grace Corbett, Grace Nichols, Graham Fulton, Graham Hough, Greg Delanty, Gregory Leadbetter, Gregory O’Donoghue, Greta Stoddart, Grevel Lindop, Griffith Davies, Gruffudd ab Adda, Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch, Gruffudd ap Maredudd ap Dafydd, Gruffudd Gryg, Gruffudd Leiaf, Gruffudd Llwyd, Guaire Dall, Gualteras Anglicus, Gulielmus Peregrinus, Guto’r Glyn, Gutun Owain, Gwalchmai ap Meilyr, Gwerful Fychan, Gwerful Mechain, Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen, Gwilym Hiraethog, Gwilym Marles, Gwilym Puw, Gwilym R Jones, Gwilym Rhyfel, Gwilym Tew, Gwilym Tilsley, Gwyn Thomas, Gwyn Williams, Gwyneth Lewis, Gwynfardd Brycheiniog, H J Massingham, Hal Duncan, Hal Summers, Haldane Burgess, Haly Heron, Hamish Henderson, Hannah Brand, Hannah Jane Walker, Hannah Sullivan, Hannah T King, Hans Busk, Harold Massingham, Harold Parry, Harri Webb, Harriet Auber, Harry Baker, Harry Graham, Hartley Coleridge, Hayden Murphy, Heathcote Williams, Heather Buck, Heather Phillipson, Hector Macneill, Helen Adam, Helen Clare, Helen Cruickshank, Helen Diana Bridgeman, Helena Sanders, Henrietta Knight, Henrietta O’Neill, Henry Adamson, Henry Baker, Henry Bradshaw, Henry Brewis, Henry Brougham Farnie, Henry Constable, Henry Dawson Lowry, Henry Erskine, Henry Francis Lyte, Henry Headley, Henry Howard, Henry Howarth Bashford, Henry James Pye, Henry Lok, Henry Lovelich, Henry Neele, Henry Newbolt, Henry Quick, Henry Reed, Henry Reynolds, Henry Scott Riddell, Henry Septimus Sutton, Henry Sewell Stokes, Henry Stebbing, Henry Treece, Henry Vaughan, Henry Willobie, Henry Wotton, Herbert Asquith, Herbert Edward Palmer, Herbert Knowles, Herbert Read, Herman Charles Merivale, Hew Ainslie, Hew Dalrymple, Hilaire Belloc, Hilary Corke, Hilda Vaughan, Horatio Brown, Hovis Presley, Huchoun, Hugh Emyr Davies, Hugh Holland, Hugh I’Anson Fausset, Hugh McFadden, Hugh McMillan, Hugh S Roberton, Hugh Sykes Davies, Hugo John Belfour, Hugo Williams, Humbert Wolfe, Humffrey Davies, Humphry Davy, Hurrell Froude, Huw Cadwaladr, Huw Menai, Huw T Edwards, Hwfa Môn, Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd, Hywel ap Syr Mathew, Hywel Foel ap Griffri ap Pwyll Wyddel, Hywel Swrdwal, Iain Crichton Smith, Iain Lom, Iain Mac a’Ghobhainn, Ian Crockatt, Ian Duhig, Ian Gregson, Ian Griffiths, Ian Hamilton, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ian Robinson, Idris Davies, Idwal Jones, Ieuan ap Gruffudd Leiaf, Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, Ieuan ap Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd, Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn, Ieuan Brydydd Hir, Ieuan Ddu ap Dafydd ab Owain, Ieuan Dyfi, Ieuan Gethin, Ifor ap Glyn, Ingo Simon, Inua Ellams, Iolo Aneurin Williams, Iolo Goch, Iorwerth Beli, Iorwerth Peate, Irene R McLeod, Iris Birtwistle, Iris Tree, Isaac Daniel Hooson, Isaac Gompertz, Isaac Rosenberg, Isaac Watts, Isabella Banks, Isabella Fyvie Mayo, Isabella Lickbarrow, Isabella Whitney, Iseabail Ní Mheic Cailéin, Ivor Cutler, Ivy Bannister, J A Lindon, J B Selkirk, J C Hall, J C Squire, J D C Pellow, J F Hendry, J Glyn Davies, J Gwyn Griffiths, J K Annand, J O Morgan, J R Ackerley, J R R Tolkien, J Redwood Anderson, Jacintha Buddicom, Jack Beeching, Jack Harris, Jack Jones, Jackie Kay, Jacqueline Saphra, Jade Anouka, Jael Pye, Jaime Gil de Biedma, James Ambrose Dominic Aylward, James Ballantine, James Bandinel, James Beattie, James Berry, James Bramston, James Brockway, James Bunting, James Casey, James Cawthorn, James Clarence Mangan, James Clarke, James Cuthbertson, James Day, James Drummond Burns, James Eirian Davies, James Elroy Flecker, James Farrar, James Fenton, James Fordyce, James Fortescue, James Graeme, James Graham, James Grahame, James Grainger, James Gray, James Gresham, James Hogg, James Hyslop, James I of Scotland, James Kirkup, James Laver, James Leigh Joynes, James Liddy, James Lionel Michael, James Logie Robertson, James Mabbe, James Macfarlan, James Macpherson, James Maxwell, James McIntyre, James Melville, James Pittendrigh Macgillivray, James Reeves, James Robertson, James Sempill, James Sheard, James Shergold Boone, James Simmons, James Stephens, James Thomson, James Wedderburn, James Wills, James Woodhouse, Jamie Macpherson, Jane Arden, Jane Barker, Jane Bowdler, Jane Brereton, Jane Cave, Jane Clarke, Jane Cocking Glover, Jane Griffiths, Jane Harvey, Jane Hughes, Jane Jowitt, Jane Roberts, Jane Routh, Jane Wilde, Jane Wiseman, Janet Caird, Janet Hamilton, Janet Little, Janet Paisley, Janet Sutherland, Jasper Heywood, Jay Barnard, Jean Earle, Jean Elliot, Jean Glover, Jean Ingelow, Jean Sprackland, Jeanette Pickersgill, Jeanette Threlfall, Jeff Nuttall, Jeffery Day, Jen Hadfield, Jenni Fagan, Jennie Feldman, Jenny Boult, Jenny Joseph, Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen, Jeremy Brooks, Jim Carruth, Joan Barton, Joan Ure, Joanna Baillie, Jock Scot, Joe Corrie, Joe Dunthorne, Joe Heap, Joel Lane, Joelle Taylor, John “Jack” Shield, John Abbot, John Abraham Heraud, John Alexander Stewart, John Andrews, John Anstey, John Armstrong, John Askham, John Audelay, John Aylmer, John Bancks, John Barbour, John Barclay, John Barnie, John Bayliss, John Bedford Leno, John Bellenden, John Berger, John Betjeman, John Blackwell, John Bracegirdle, John Brailsford the elder, John Brunner, John Buchan, John Burgon, John Burnside, John Burrell, John Campbell Shairp, John Castillo, John Challis, John Clapham, John Clavell, John Cleveland, John Close, John Codrington Bampfylde, John Collier, John Constable, John Cornford, John Cowper Powys, John Critchley Prince, John Cunningham, John Darwall, John Davidson, John Davies, John Davies of Hereford, John Denham, John Dennys, John Dillon, John Donaldson, John Donne, John Drinkwater, John Drout, John Dyer, John Earle, John Edmund Reade, John Edwards, John Ennis, John Fairfax, John Ferriar, John Finlay, John Fitzgerald, John Francis O’Donnell, John Freeman, John Gibson Smith, John Glenday, John Gower, John Grieve, John Hagthorpe, John Hall-Stevenson, John Hamilton Reynolds, John Harris, John Hartley Williams, John Heath-Stubbs, John Heneage Jesse, John Henry Mackay, John Henry Newman, John Hewitt, John Heywood, John Hobart Caunter, John Holloway, John Home, John Hoskins, John Huckell, John Hughes, John Imlah, John Johnson, John Johnston, John Jordan, John Joy Bell, John Kay, John Ker, John Lane, John Langhorne, John Lapraik, John Lehmann, John Leigh, John Lloyd-Jones, John Logan, John Longmuir, John Lydgate, John Lyon, John M Caie, John Macken, John Marriott, John Marston, John Masefield, John Mayne, John Mee, John Menlove Edwards, John Metcalfe, John Milton, John Mole, John Montague, John Munro, John Nicholson, John O’Higgin, John Oldham, John Ormond, John Philips, John Phillip, John Pick, John Press, John Purser, John Rastell, John Richardson, John Riley, John Roby, John Rodker, John Roland Bibby, John Rolland, John Roy Stewart, John Salusbury, John Sandford, John Scott, John Scott of Amwell, John Sheffield, John Siddique, John Skelton, John Skinner, John Smith, John Stanyan Bigg, John Sterling, John Stewart of Baldynneis, John Struthers, John Stuart Blackie, John Suckling, John Swanwick Drennan, John Talbot White, John Taylor, John Tripp, John Veitch, John W Sexton, John Wain, John Walton, John Warren, John Webster, John Weever, John Wellwood, John William Mackail, John Wilmot, John Wilson, John Woodcock Graves, John Wright, John Younger, Jon Mitchell, Jon Silkin, Jon Stallworthy, Jonathan Davidson, Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Swift, Jordan Fantosme, Joseph Brackenbury, Joseph Coelho, Joseph Drew, Joseph Grant, Joseph Lee, Joseph Leftwich, Joseph Macleod, Joseph Plunkett, Joseph Swain, Joseph Thurston, Joseph Trapp, Joseph Tubb, Joseph Warton, Joseph Woods, Joshua Dinsdale, Josuah Sylvester, Judith Madan, Judy O’Kane, Julia Darling, Julian Bell, Julian Fane, Julian Grenfell, Julian Orde, Julie O’Callaghan, June English, K W Gransden, Kadija Sesay, Kapka Kassabova, Kate Clanchy, Kate Dempsey, Kate Newmann, Kate Rhodes, Katharine Tynan, Katherine Doyley Dyer, Katherine Hankey, Kathleen Raine, Kathryn Gray, Kathryn Maris, Katrina Naomi, Katrina Porteous, Kei Miller, Keidrych Rhys, Keith Douglas, Keith Jarrett, Ken Smith, Kenneth White, Kerry Hardie, Kevin Higgins, Kevin MacNeil, Kevin Mclean, Kevin Williamson, Kingsley Amis, Kit Wright, Kitty Lee Jenner, Kris Haddow, L S Bevington, Lachlan Mackinnon, Laetitia Pilkington, Lascelles Abercrombie, Lauchlan Watt, Laura Dockrill, Laurence Binyon, Laurence Collinson, Laurence Eusden, Laurence Housman, Laurence Minot, Laurence Whistler, Laurie Bolger, Laurie Lee, Lavinia Greenlaw, Lawrence Durrell, Layamon, Lazarus Aaronson, Leigh Hunt, Leila Buckley, Leland Bardwell, Lennox Robinson, Leo Myers, Leonard Clark, Leonard Cox, Leonard Digges, Leonard Strong, Leonard Welsted, Leontia Flynn, Leslie Norris, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lettice D’Oyly Walters, Lewis Proudlock, Lewis Spence, Lewys Daron, Lewys Glyn Cothi, Lewys Môn, Lewys Morgannwg, Liam Ó Muirthile, Lilian Bowes Lyon, Linda France, Lionel Johnson, Llawdden, Llygad Gŵr, Llywarch ap Llywelyn, Llywarch Hen, Llywarch Llaety, Llywelyn ab y Moel, Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Llywelyn Siôn, Loisin an Fili, Lola Costa, Lollie Graham, Longfella, Lorraine Mariner, Lotte Moos, Louis de Paor, Louis Golding, Louisa Anne Meredith, Louisa Capper, Louisa Catherine Shore, Lovell Squire, Luccreth moccu Chiara, Lucinda Roy, Lucy Hastings, Lucy Knox, Lucy Newlyn, Ludovic Lloyd, Luke Jackson, Luke Wright, Lynette Roberts, Lytton Strachey, M A Bayfield, M K Joseph, Mab Jones, Mabel Ferrett, Macdara Woods, Madog ap Gwallter, 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and Benjamin Zephaniah,
amongst others,
even bother?

But what particularly gives me the pip
is there was precious little point
in writing this
either.

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on new North Sea drilling: misreading the mood

Rishi Sunak on a visit to Aberdeenshire on 31 July. ‘The Sunak government is easing up on its green commitments under pressure from the rightwing press and the party grassroots.’ Photograph: WPA/Getty
Riśi Sūnac on a vizit t Aḅdīnśr on 31 Jlî. ‘Ɖ Sūnac guvnmnt z īzñ p on its grīn cmitmnts undr preśr fṛm ɖ rîtwñ pres n ɖ parti grasrūts.’ Foṭgraf: WPA/Geti

Ɖ Gardịn vy on ny Norʈ Sī drilñ: msrīdñ ɖ mūd

Transcription of a Gardian editorial of 31 July 2023

Riśi Sūnac’s dsiźn t moʈbōl hiz grīn cmitmnts riscs dwñ no gd t enwn, includñ ɖ Tori parti

Munde, 31 Jlî 2023

Ɖ  hotist munʈ in wrldhisṭri hz jst endd. It z onli dez sins ɖ Ynîtd Neśnz jenṛl secṛtri, António Guterres, wornd ɖt ɖ ira v globl wormñ hz nǎ bcm ɖ ira v globl bôlñ. Clîṃtcrîsis hōnts ol neśnz wɖt xpśn. Ɖ ces fr a rīduḅlñ v eḟts t crb grīnhǎs gasz cd hardli b mor starc ɖn tde.

So ẃt cnd v līdrśp dz Britn’z prîm̦inistr ofr in rspons t ɖs crîsis? Ansr: h anǎnsz an xpanśn in drilñ fr ɖ ôl n gas ɖt r drîvñ ɖ imiśnz ɖt r trnsformñ ɖ wrld’z clîṃt. In uɖr wrdz, ẃl ɖ planit brnz, Riśi Sūnac standz akzd v porñ fyl on ɖ flemz.

Mr Sūnac cnfrmd on Munde ɖt ɖ YC z t pres ahd wɖ a ny fêz v Norʈ Sī ôl n gas xpḷreśn n pṛdux́n. “Hundṛdz” v lîsnsz wl b grantd in Sptmbr n in subsiqnt rǎndz v lîsnsñ. Ɖ em z xplisit. Rɖr ɖn wîndñ dǎn ɖ inḍstri n cīpñ ɖ rzorsz in ɖ grǎnd az part v ɖ trnziśn t ɖ net-ziro targit, Mr Sūnac wonts t max ǎt pṛdux́n v ɖ Norʈ Sī’z rmenñ rzrvz.

H clemd ɖt ɖ ny drilñ z nīdd bcz v ɖ ʈret t eṇji s’plîz fṛm Vladīmir Pūtin n uɖr tîṛnts. F so, ɖt z an indîtmnt v ɖ śortsîtd we in ẃć ɖ YC hz manijd its ôl n gas, n ɖ reṿnyz fṛm ɖm, fr decedz. Bt ɖ truʈ z olso ɖt Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnts hv a hisṭri v caẓ́li rnegñ on clîṃtcmitmnts. “W’re nt gwñ t sev ɖ planit bî ptñ ǎr cuntri ǎt v biznis,” Jorj Ozbōrn snird in 2011. Mr Sūnac’s dsiźn z in ɖt vein. Ɖ ny drilñ z a marc v ɖ lo – nt ɖ hî – prîoṛti ɖt YC guvnmnts hv gvn t Britn’z naśnl nīdz.

Ɖ prîm̦inistr cupld hiz ny lîsnsñ oṗtyṇtiz fr ôlcumṗniz wɖ anǎnsmnts v tū mor carbncapćr ysij n storij sntrz. Ɖz r partli dzînd t śo ɖt ɖ guvnmnt cntinyz t trīt its clīn-tecnoḷji n net-ziro targits sirịsli. Bt ɖz r marjinl iniṣ́tivz cmperd wɖ ɖ xtndd dpndns on fosilfylz. Ɖe amǎnt t letñ eṇji cumṗniz of ɖ hc n rfyzñ t implimnt dificlt dsiźnz.

Ɖ botmlîn mesij fṛm Munde z stretfwd. Ɖ Sūnac guvnmnt z īzñ p on its grīn cmitmnts undr preśr fṛm ɖ rîtwñ pres n ɖ parti grasrūts in ɖ hop ɖt ɖs cn rvîv Tori fortynz in ɖ jenṛl ilex́n. It z part v ɖ larjr ćenj in Cnsrṿtiv pziśnñ sins ɖ parti s’prîzd itslf bî winñ ɖ Uxbrij n Sǎʈ Rîslip bîilex́n aftr campenñ agnst Lundn’z clīnr-er meźrz. Bt it z nt an impuls-dsiźn.

Ɖ Tori parti hz bn muvñ in an angrịr n mor libterịn d’rex́n fr mni yirz ovr mni iśuz. Ɖ impeśns wɖ xprts ɖt Mîcl Gov xprest ovr Brexit wz ecoud jrñ ɖ Covid pandemic, n z rcŕñ ovr CO2 imiśnz. Mr Sūnac me se ɖt ɖ parti rmenz cmitd t its clīnr-car n net-ziro targits, bt ɖ riaḷti z ɖt ɖz r nǎ biyñ moʈbōld untl aftr a jenṛl ilex́n ɖt me stl b 15 munʈs awe. It z a teribl lc n it z a teribl aproć – nt līst bcz it unḍesṭmets ɖ public, huz attydz on ɖz iśuz r ofn wîzr ɖn ɖoz v poḷtiśnz.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Don’t be scared of rewilding, Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh: it’s a garden revelation

‘The rewilding approach can be refreshingly liberating.’ Photograph: FionasMoments/Alamy
‘Ɖ rwîldñ’proć cn b rfreśñli liḅretñ.’ Foṭgraf: FiynazMomnts/Aḷmi

D’nt b scerd v rwîldñ, Monti Dón n Aḷn Tićmarś: it’s a gardnreṿleśn

Transcription of a Guardian article of 24 July 2023

S’lebṛtigardnrz r in upror – bt abandnñ pfx́n cn bʈ hlp ɖ invîrnmnt n criet bytifl spesz

Isabella Tree
Iẓbela Tri

Munde, 24 Jlî 2023

S’lebṛtigardnrz hv bn ʈrowñ dǎn ɖ garḍnñgluvz n stampñ p n dǎn on ɖ parter. Ɖ upror z ol abt rwîldñ – hǎ it canot, mst nt, śd nt aplî t garḍnñ.

Rwîldñ gardnz z “pyṛtanicl nonsns”, relz Monti Dón. Aḷn Tićmarś b’livz gardnrz hv bn “brenwośt”. H’z jst ritn t ɖ Lordz abt it. Ɖ rwîldñcrêz, h tld pirz, z an “il-cnsidrd trend” lodd wɖ “mslidñ propganda” ɖt wl “dplit ǎr gardnz v ɖer btanicl rićz” n b “caṭstrofic” fr wîldlîf.

Ẃt z fṛstretñ abt ɖs ǎtbrst z ɖt nɖr hv graspt ẃt rwîldñ a gardn acć̣li mīnz. Ɖr’z a comn miscnspśn ɖt it’s abt dwñ nʈñ, “letñ nećr tec ovr”. Bt trnñ yr bac on a gardn, az bʈ Dón n Tićmarś clirli unḍstand, z nt ɖ we t impruv it fr wîldlîf. Ʈugiś paynirplants tec ovr n, ivnć̣li, coḷnîzñ triz śêd ǎt ɖ lît fr uɖr plants. Lac v plantdîvrṣti līdz t lac v insectdîvrṣti n abundns v uɖr lîf. A gardn z onli complex n spīśīz-rić bcz v ɖ inṭvnśnz v ɖ gardnr.

So, ɖ rwîldñgardnr z nt seyñ, stand bac n let it ol g. Qt ɖ contrri. It’s onli at ɖ wilḍnis end v ɖ rwîldñspectṛm – in vast eriaz sć az Alasca, wɖ fŭli fuñṣ́nñ īcosistmz n epxpreḍtrz – ɖt hymn biyñz cn rlax n let nećr gt on wɖ it. Olmst ol ɖ rest v ɖ land on ǎr planit z olrdi manijd, in sm we, bî hymnz. In ǎr dplitd, fragmntd, dveḷpt n p’lūtd wrld, wɖ so mni spīśīz lost n a miłn mor on ɖ brinc v xtñśn, hymn biyñz mst inṭvin, in vẹriyñ dgriz, t rstor ɖ naćṛl prosesz ɖt r ɖ fǎnt v lîf.

At lanscepscel, ɖs mt mīn rvîvñ dnamic rivrsistmz n riintṛdysñ cīston spīśīz sć az bīvrz, bîsn n wōtrbuḟloz ẃć, ɖmslvz, hlp riistabliś wetḷndz, sôl n vejteśn. At smōlr scel, sć az ǎr 3,500-ecr rwîldñproject at Nép, in Wst Susix, ɖr r obvịs cnstrents. W yz old brīdz v dmesṭcetd catl, pigz n poniz az proxiz fr ɖ ōrocs, tarpan n wîld bōr ɖt wns roumd hir. Ɖer dstrbns criets a c’lîḍscop v haḅtats ɖt z rocitfyl fr wîldlîf. In ɖ absns v epxpreḍtrz, ǎr mn inṭvnśn z cntrolñ hrbivornumbrz t levlz ɖt max̣mîz haḅtat fr wîldlîf.

At īvn smōlr scel, se, 20 hecterz (50 ecrz) or les, ẃr fri-roumñ animlz r nt poṣbl or dzîṛbl, sîɖz, spedz, bldozrz, hejtrimrz n ćenswz cn mimic ɖer dstrbns. Bî ranḍmîzñ n vẹriyñ ɖ intnṣti v ɖz inṭvnśnz, az hapnz in ɖ wîld, ɖ īcosistm v īvn ɖ smōlist rwîldñsait cn bcm complex n dnamic.

‘The rewilding gardener would create a pond with open edges and varying depths, with pockets for aquatic plants and places for newts, frogs and toads to spawn.’ Photograph: D Middleton/PA
‘Ɖ rwîldñgardnr wd criet a pond wɖ opn éjz n vẹriyñ depʈs, wɖ pocits fr aqatic plants n plesz fr ńts, frogz n tǒdz t spōn.’ Foṭgraf: D Midltn/PA

N so, t ɖ gardn. At an aṿrij sîz v 190 sq mītrz, yt mor inṭvnśn z nīdd t criet ɖ cmplex̣ti ɖt pṛdysz lîf. So, ɖ rwîldñgardnr ʈncs fōrmost abt hǎ nećr wrcs, n acts az a cīston spīśīz. Ɖs afcts ɖ hol dsiźn-mcñ n dzîn v a gardn.

A cnvnśnl gardnr, fr xampl, mt bild a pond. Gd fr wîldlîf. Bt it wd most lîcli b yṇform in depʈ, rǎnd, stīp-sîdd n éjd wɖ rocs or pevñ. Ɖ rwîldñ gardnr wd criet a pond wɖ opn éjz n vẹriyñ depʈs, n ɖen ʈnc lîc a bīvr – ptñ ded branćz in ɖ wōtr t criet haḅtat fr aqatic insects. Ɖe mt pudl ɖ marjinz lîc a wōtrbuḟlo, crietñ pocits fr aqatic plants n plesz fr ńts, frogz n tǒdz t spōn. A minićr īcosistm.

Phps ɖ gretist insult t nećr in a gardn z ɖ monoculćr lōn. A nećr-frendli gardnr mt cut ǎt ɖ hrḅsîdz n psṭsîdz, rdys ɖ mowñ, incurij lōnflǎrz, n alǎ rufr eriaz v loñgras az cuvr fr wîldlîf. A rīwîldr wl ʈnc agn. At Nép, in a gardn rīdizînd bî Tom Stywt-Smiʈ n Jemz Hićmo, w’v dumt 400 tunz v cruśt bric n concrīt on t a maṇkrd crocelōn. Ɖ ruf, 3D srfis mimics ɖ humps n holoz faund in nećr, pṛvîdñ mîcroclîṃts fr difṛnt cḿṇtiz v plants on difṛnt aspects v ɖ slǒps.

An ifīmṛl pond cmz n gz wɖ ɖ sīznz. W hv’nt bn pyrist abt netivz. W’v plantd 940 spīśīz, mni fṛm ɖ Mediṭreńn n suɖn heṃsfir wɖ loñ flǎrñsīznz ɖt ǎr insects luv. Ɖe r plants ɖt luv pur, drî sôlz – ɖt w’nt nīd frṭlîzr or wōṭrñ.

Ǎr gardnz, nǎ, mst hlp s in ɖ batl agnst ɖ clîṃtcrîsis. Ɖ planit z on fîr. Wōtr z caṭstroficli scers. Ɖ sprinclrz, mowrz, līfblowrz, hî-carbn gizmoz, pītcompost n cemicl in-pts pśt on s bî gardnsntrz – ɖ biłn-pǎnd horṭculćṛl inḍstri ɖt Tićmarś hz bn dfndñ t ɖ Hǎs v Lordz – z az bad fr ɖ planit az industrịl farmñ.

It’s olwz gwñ t b trici, ćaḷnjñ ɖ istabliśt cnvnśnz n isʈetics v smʈñ az prsnl az garḍnñ, ispeṣ́li f it’s yr pṛfeśn. Bt ɖ rwîldñ’proć cn b rfreśñli liḅretñ. It cn rliv a gardnr v ɖ brdn v pfx́n n yt stl pṛdys a spes ɖt z ecñli bytifl. W wd luv Dón n Tićmarś t cm n si ǎrz: let it spīc fr itslf.

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Iẓbela Tri runz Nép Casl istet wɖ conṣveśnist Ćarli Buṛl. Ɖe r ɖ co-oʈrz v Ɖ Bc v Wîldñ: A Practicl Gîd t Rwîldñ Big n Smōl

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: What frightens me about the climate crisis is we don’t know how bad things really are

‘What is the use of a net zero policy if it relies in part on planting trees that may crackle in wildfire?’ Firefighters tackle wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes, 25 July 2023. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian
‘Ẃt z ɖ ys v a net ziro poḷsi f it rlîz in part on plantñ triz ɖt me cracl in wîldfîr?’ Fîrfîtrz tacl wîldfîrz on ɖ Grīc îḷnd v Roudz, 25 Jlî 2023. Foṭgraf: Greym Roḅtsn/Ɖ Gardịn

Az ɖ barāź v bad nyz fṛm plesz lîc Grīs cntinyz, ol w cn b srtn v z ɖr r mni s’prîzz layñ ahd

Transcription of a Guardian article of 25 July 2023

Ẃt frîtnz m abt ɖ clîṃt crîsis z w d’nt nǒ hǎ bad ʈñz riyli r

Roger Harrabin
Rojr Haṛbin

Wnzde, 19 Jlî 2023

Ovr ɖ past fy decedz, clîṃtsayntists hv md hyj strîdz in unḍstandñ ɖ fyćr clîṃt. Bt aftr rīsnt wīcs v xtrim hīt n devstetñ fludz it’s clir ɖt, olɖo clîṃtmodlz hv pṛvîdd gd inḟmeśn abt oṿol rîzñ tmpṛćrz, ɖe c’nt b śr ẃt levl v dstrux́n ć noć on ɖ ʈmomitr wl brñ.

Clîṃtmoḍlñ z xtrimli complex, bt its funḍmntlz rlî on besic fizics – X tunz v imiśnz wl brñ Y incris in tmpṛćr, wɖ sm errbarz. Sūṗcmpytrz hv bn ebl t factr in śifts in land ys ɖt wl ćenj ɖ reflectiṿti v ɖ Rʈ’z srfis. Impruvd tmpṛćŗecordz hlpt veṛfî ɖer fîndñz.

Bt lêtli, līdñ rsrćrz hv md a penfl cnfeśn: īvn ɖer most sfisṭcetd modlz c’nt yt fōrsi xacli hǎ Rʈ sistmz wl rspond t ɖoz hayr tmpṛćrz.

Ɖ influenśl Inṭguvnmntl Panl on Clîṃt Ćenj (IPCĆ) sz crancñ p globl tmpṛćr bî haf a dgri wl brñ “mć mor xtrim weɖr, n it cn b mor ofn, mor intns, or xtndd in jreśn” – bt xacli hǎ mć mor, it c’nt prisîsli se.

So, fr instns, w’v olrdi hd a globl tmpṛćŗîz v abt 1.2°S: ɖt’s in lîn wɖ IPCĆ pṛjx́nz. Yt ɖ panl cd’nt worn s abt ɖ apōlñ hītdom ɖt’s bn sirñ Norʈ America. I c’nt fînd hītdomz mnśnd in ɖ bîbl v clîṃtćenj, ɖ IPCĆ rport. Ɖs piriodic rport inevitbli lagz bhnd ny sayns n – undr preśr fṛm sm guvnmnts n inḍstriz, az wel az a dzîr nt t scermungr – its pṛnǎnsmnts tnd t b cnsrṿtiv.

Ɖ modlz olso cd’nt worn s akṛtli abt ɖ imrjns v ɖ hīt trapt dīp in ɖ ośn, ẃć sǒcs p 90% v ɖ wrld’z xes wormʈ. In ɖ 35 yirz I cuvrd ɖ invîrnmnt fr ɖ BBC, I rcōl spekleśn ɖt ɖ wormʈ cd ste dīp fr decedz, phps snć̣riz – nt ɖt sm v it wd sudnli brst p t ɖ srfis of ɖ cǒst v norɖn Britn.

Mejr unsrṭntiz rmen, tù, ovr renfōl. Gd inḟmeśn abt ɖ fyćr v monsūnren wd b a god-snd fr farmrz hu rlî upn it – nt jst in India bt in suɖn Ćîna. Unforćṇtli, gd inḟmeśn on prisiṗteśn z pruvñ a bit trici t fînd.

Ɖ macromodlz olso feld t pṛjct ɖ ifct v cuṛnt eḷvetd tmpṛćrz on îs at bʈ polz. Ɖ formr IPCĆ ćīf, Pṛf. Bob Wotsn, tld m: “I am vri cnsrnd. Nn v ɖ obzrvd ćenjz so far (wɖ a 1.2°S tmpṛćŗîz) r s’prîzñ. Bt ɖe r mor svir ɖn w pridictd 20 yirz ago, n mor svir ɖn ɖ pridix́nz v fîv yirz ago. W probbli unḍesṭmetd ɖ consiqnsz.”

Ɖs z a masiv admiśn. H add: “Sayntists r onli nǎ startñ t unḍstand ɖ rspons v larj îsśīts in Grīnland n Antartica – n it z vri dstrbñ.”

Pṛf. Jen Fransis, d’rectr v ɖ Britiś Antartic Srve, tld m a fy munʈs ago ɖ lêtist sayns on îs-mlt wz “trūli scẹri”.

‘The US has considered itself less vulnerable. But tell that to people in Phoenix trapped under that heat dome.’ Photograph: Matt York/AP
‘Ɖ YS hz cnsidrd itslf les vulnṛbl. Bt tel ɖt t ppl in Fīnix trapt undr ɖt hītdom.’ Foṭgraf: Mát Yorc/AP

Wotsn sd at cuṛnt rets ɖ wrld wd olmst srtnli xid ɖ agrìd maximm tmpṛćŗîz v 1.5-2°S. W wd b luci t gt awe wɖ 2.5°S, h sd. Mor lîcli, w’r hedñ twdz 3°S.

Ɖt numbr poztivli frîtnz mni clîṃtsayntists. Bt, az India starts stocpîlñ rîs wɖ a tmpṛćŗîz v 1.2°S, ẃt ysfl advîs cn sayntists ofr fr a 3°S wrld? Jst hǎ bad wl ʈñz b bî ɖen?

Śd hoḷde-mcrz avôd bayñ homz in Grīs? Ćîna z vulnṛbl t xtrīmz – hǎ śd its icoṇmi adapt? Ɖ YS hz cnsidrd itslf les vulnṛbl. Bt tel ɖt t Ny Yorcrz ćocñ on wîldfîr smoc, or ppl in Fīnix trapt undr ɖt hītdom.

Ẃl imīɉt harm t ppl grabz ɖ hedlînz, ẃt’s īvn mor dstructiv cd b ɖ impact v hīt n hymiḍti on fūdpṛdux́n fr an xpandñ popyleśn. A globl śift twdz a plant-best dayt cd hāv ɖ land n wōtr yzd fr agriculćr – n hāv ɖ carbn imiśnz – bt poḷtiśnz fir anġrñ votrz bî rec̣mndñ a daytri śift.

Fesñ ol ɖs glūm mīnz w nīd imaɉnirz az wel az clîṃtoḷjists. Wotsn sd siṿlîześn wl stl xist in ɖ fyćr, bt wɖ mć wrs livñcndiśnz. Bt ẃt sort v a dgredd siṿlîześn mt ɖt b? Bî ɖen w me īvn hv trigrd sm naćṛl tipñpônts ɖt cd rzult in a masiv rlis v trapt mīʈen in ɖ tundra – let’s hop nt.

Ẃt w d nǒ z ɖt so far, ɖ ifcts v hītñ ɖ clîṃt r snr n wrs ɖn mni sayntists pṛjctd (in public at līst). Ɖs hz poḷsi impḷceśnz. Ɖ wrld hz agrìd t cut imiśnz t net ziro bî 2050, bt ɖ YN secṛtrijenṛl, António Guterres, sz rić cuntriz śd b emñ t sqīz ɖ tîmtebl t 2040. Bt ẃt z ɖ ys v a net-ziro poḷsi f it rlîz in part on plantñ triz ɖt me śrivl in fyćr drǎt or cracl in wîldfîr?

T mc matrz wrs, clîṃthītñ z wn ʈñ on a list v hyj invîrnmntl probḷmz – includñ p’lūśn v ɖ er n wōtr, dstrux́n v wîldlîf haḅtats, oṿfiśñ, insectpopyleśn dclînz, los v brdz, plastic p’lūśn, nîtrets, sôļos n mor.

Wotsn sz w d’nt nǒ hǎ ɖz fnomina wl inṭact wɖ ć uɖr, bt h rjz poḷtiśnz t ŕ on ɖ sîd v cōśn, az ɖ stecs r so vri hî. Evri 0.1°S wormñ matrz, sayntists se: 1.5°S z betr ɖn 1.6°S. Ɖt in trn z les bad ɖn 1.7°S.

Az ɖ barāź v bad nyz cntinyz, ol w cn b srtn v z ɖt ɖr r mni clîṃt-s’prîzz layñ ahd v s. Guvnmnts, cumṗniz n indivijlz nīd t rjntli sqīz dǎn imiśnz t insylet ǎrslvz az far az poṣbl fṛm ẃt w me fes.

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Rojr Haṛbin z an eṇji n invîrnmnt aṇlist n a formr BBC corispondnt

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Observer view on how the climate crisis should not be used as a political football

Protesters opposed to the expansion of London's ultra-low emission zone demonstrate outside BBC Broadcasting House on 22 July in London. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images
Pṛtstrz opozd t ɖ xpanśn v Lundn’z ultra-lo imiśnz̦on demnstret ǎtsd BBC Brōdcastñhǎs on 22 Jlî in Lundn. Foṭgraf: Cris J Ratclif/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on hǎ ɖ clîṃtcrîsis śd nt b yzd az a p’liticl ftbōl

Transcription of an Observer editorial of 22 July 2023

Ɖ Uxbrij bîilex́n hz riopnd arğmnts abt hǎ far t pś a grīn ajnda, bt globl hītñ cōlz fr a nonparṭzan aproć

Saṭde, 22 Jlî 2023

Nʈñ fīlz az gd az winñ. It’s bn a loñ tîm sins Lebr injoid a vicṭri az ʈumpñ az ɖ wn it scord ɖs wīc in Slbi n Ênsti, a wns solidli Cnsrṿtiv pać v rṛl Yorx́r, n Cir Starmr dzrvz t sêvr ɖ momnt. In litl ovr ʈri yirz, h hz trnsformd a dfitd n dsperñ parti intu a guvnmnt in wêtñ. Ɖr hv bn sm dīpli penfl compṛmîzz alñ ɖ we, bt fîṇli h cn argy ɖt ɖe r startñ t pe of.

Ed Dêvi z īqli intîtld t b glīfl abt rīcapćrñ Suṃtn n Frūm fr ɖ Lib Démz, cnfrmñ ɖt hiz parti z wel n trūli bac fṛm ɖ wilḍnis. Ɖ scel v tacticl votñ in bʈ contests sjsts ɖt an ayn rzolv z formñ amñ antīTori votrz t d ẃtvr it tecs. Ẃr ɖe cn run az insrjnts agnst an unpopylr guvnmnt, pṛgresivz r rîdñ hî. Bt ẃt hapnd in Uxbrij n Sǎʈ Rîslip sjsts limits t ɖt aproć.

Aftr Boris Jonsn slúnc awe in dsgres, mni asymd hiz old sīt wz Lebr’z fr ɖ tecñ. Instd, ɖ Toriz scrept bac in bî trnñ ẃt cd hv bn a reḟrendm on ɖer hanḍlñ v ɖ icoṇmi intu a reḟrendm on anɖr incumbnt: Lundn’z mẹr, Sdīc Cān, n hiz dsiźn t xtnd ɖ capitl’z ultṛlo imiśnzon t ǎtlaying buraz fṛm Ōġst, forsñ ǒnrz v oldr n mor p’lūtñ viyclz t pe a £12.50 dêli ćarj or bai ny carz. Lebr strugld t land its mesij abt ɖ puṇśñ cost v livñ wɖ votrz hu blemd ɖer mẹr fr hlpñ t pś it p.

Starmr’z sjsćn ɖt Cān śd “rflect” on ɖ unpopylaṛti v Úliz, isnṣ́li a public rbyc, rvilz dīp fṛstreśn wɖn ɖ śadocabiṇt at misñ ǎt bî onli a fy hundṛd vots. Bt sm tec a dīpr lésn fṛm ɖs ultiṃtli vri loc̣lîzd scrmiś. Ɖ Uxbrij rzult hz riopnd smolḍrñ arğmnts insd bʈ mn partiz ovr hǎ far t pś grīn poḷsiz in ɖ midl v a cost-v-livñ crîsis.

Ɖ ces fr cutñ carbn imiśnz hz nvr bn mor blîndñli obvịs in ɖs sumr v frīc hītwevz arnd ɖ glob. In ɖ YS stet v Aṛzona, hospitlz r trītñ peśnts suḟrñ svir brnz fṛm contact wɖ becñ pevmnts. Foristfîrz r raṿjñ Grīs, n Antartic sīîs levlz hv fōḷn t record loz fr Jlî. W r teṛfayñli clos t ɖ tipñpônt v ẃć sayntists hv so loñ wornd, n ɖ fṛstreśn z ɖt w nǒ fl wel ẃt t d abt it. Ɖr z no oltrṇtiv t trnziṣ́nñ az fast az hymnli poṣbl fṛm fosilfylz t rnywblz, gas sntṛl hītñ t hītpumps n solr panlz, n petṛl or dīzl carz t ilectric wnz. (Ẃl Úliz n uɖr clīn-er zonz arnd ɖ cuntri r stricli spīcñ public-hlʈ poḷsiz, dzînd t rdys dedli er-p’lūśn rɖr ɖn carbn, ɖe d nuj moṭrists t rīʈnc ɖer rlayns on carz.) Bt sm hǎsholdz simpli c’nt aford ɖ stīp upfront costs v rplesñ carz n bôlrz, hvr mć ɖe wont t. Poḷtiśnz hu ignor ɖt hard riaḷti wl fes a baclaś.

Ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi crîz ǎt fr a nonparṭzan aproć, wɖ p’liticl partiz pŭlñ tgɖr in ɖ naśnl inṭrest az ɖe hv ovr Ycren. Instd, grīn poḷsi riscs biyñ weṗnîzd fr p’liticl gen. Olrdi, rîtwñ vôsz r rjñ Riśi Sūnac t trīt Uxbrij az ɖ modl fr a Cnsrṿtiv fîtbac: scrap ɖ pland ban on seilz v ny petṛl n dīzl carz fṛm 2030, rīstart ɖ wor on wouc, brand Lebr “ɖ p’liticl wñ v Jst Stop Ôl” – az ɖ Cabiṇt ministr fr net ziro, Grant Śaps, pts it. It’s les a straṭji fr winñ ɖn fr liṃtñ Tori losz, ẃl mcñ ɖ job v an incumñ Lebr guvnmnt infiṇtli hardr.

Fr ɖ risc v cicñ ɖ clîṃtcan dǎn ɖ rod, az s’xesiv Cnsrṿtiv admiṇstreśnz hv dn, z ɖt inṭvnśn mst b mor drastic t hv ɖ nesṣri ifct. Ćenjz ɖt cd hv bn īzd in jntli ovr ɖ past 13 yirz me nǎ nīd t hapn mor abrupli. Bt f enʈñ, Uxbrij me mc Starmr īvn wẹrịr v sm v hiz śado clîṃtćenj secṛtri Ed Miḷband’z mor radicl instñts.

Tnśnz btwn grīn ultraz n ɖer mor cōśs śadocabiṇt colīgz r hard t rzolv bcz bʈ sîdz hv a pônt. Ɖ Miḷbandîts r rît ɖt ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi canot b dúct, n ɖt bacslîdñ cd opn p ɖ parti’z left flanc t ɖ Grīnz (hu incrist ɖer votśer in ol ʈri bîilx́nz, ptnṣ́li at Lebr’z xpns in Uxbrij). Bt ɖ pragṃtists r rît ɖt midl Ñgḷnd z īẓli spūct bî ʈrets t ɖer wolits or lîfstîlz. In Uxbrij, ɖ Toriz portreid Úliz az a big-siti s’lūśn lofṭli impozd on a vri difṛnt wrld; fîn fr Tesla drîvrz or yuñ ŕḅnîts nir a Tyb stop, bt les so fr sbrbn faṃliz on ɖ scūlrun n ɖ hard-prest wrcñclasz. It wz’nt jst abt ɖ cost, bt ɖ sns ɖt Siti Hōl dd’nt unḍstand.

Rīdñ tù mć intu eni bîilex́n z olwz denjṛs, n ɖ lésn hir fr Lebr z abṣlutli nt t rtrit on net ziro. Bt it z t gt ɖ īc̣nomics rît – ẃć mīnz mor fînanśl hlp fr hǎsholdz rplesñ carz or bôlrz – n, crūṣ́li, ɖ ton. Sañtiṃni z dedli, ẃn ppl r riyli struġlñ.

Riśi Sūnac śd rflect on ɖ leġsi h wonts t līv bhnd, mć az T’rīza Me dd ẃn ś yzd hr fînl wīcs in ofis t inśrîn net-ziro targits in lw. Ǎr frajîl planit mst nt b trītd lîc a p’liticl ftbōl.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Dropping green pledges would be ‘political suicide’, Sunak and Starmer warned

There is a broad political consensus in the UK in favour of achieving net zero carbon emissions, which could now be under threat. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
Ɖr z a brōd p’liticl cnsnss in ɖ YC in fevr v aćivñ net-ziro carbn imiśnz, ẃć cd nǎ b undr ʈret. Foṭgraf: Fabrizio Bensch/Rôtrz

Dropñ grīn plejz wd b ‘p’liticl suisîd’, Sūnac n Starmr wornd

Transcription of a Guardian article of 22 July 2023

Sayns n biznis līdrz se lrć awe fṛm clîṃt’jnda aftr bîilx́nz wd b dīpli unpopylr wɖ votrz n damij YC’z repyteśn

Mîcl Savij, Tobi Hlm n Robin MCi, Saṭde, 22 Jlî 2023

Britn’z līdrz hv bn wornd agnst a “p’liticli sụsîdl” lrć awe fṛm ɖer grīn plejz az cnsrnz gro ɖt bʈ mejr partiz me dlūt ɖer planz t combat ɖ clîṃtcrîsis in ɖ wec v a śoc bîilex́n rzult.

Sīńr figrz fṛm biznis, ɖ sạntific cḿṇti n acrs ɖ p’liticl dvîd wornd ɖt eni wōṭrñ dǎn v clîṃtpoḷsiz wd b dīpli unpopylr wɖ votrz, set bac ɖ inṭnaśnl fît t rīć net ziro n damij Britn’z grīn repyteśn.

Ɖr r firz ɖt bʈ Riśi Sūnac n Cir Starmr wl lūsn ɖer s’port fr sć poḷsiz aftr ɖ Cnsrṿtivz’ s’prîz win in ɖ Uxbrij n Sǎʈ Rîslip bîilex́n on Ʈrzde. Ɖ Toriz naroli wún ɖ sīt, bî jst 495 vots, wɖ a campen ɖt capiṭlîzd on opziśn t planz bî Lundn’z Lebr mẹr Sdīc Cān t xtnd ɖ ultra-lo imiśnz̦on (Úliz).

Sūnac z olrdi biyñ rjd bî ɖ rît v ɖ parti n sm v hiz ǒn cabiṇt t rīʈnc hiz cmitmnt t grīn poḷsiz in ɖ lît v ɖ Uxbrij rzult. Mnẃl, a sīńr Lebr MP wornd ɖt Starmr risct “alawñ ɖ Toriz t edit ɖ nxt Lebr maṇfesto” ovr clîṃtćenj. Ɖ Lebr līdr hd sd ɖ Uxbrij rzult śoud ɖ parti mst nt adopt poḷsiz ɖt cd b fīćrd on Tori ilex́nlīflits.

Rishi Sunak with the newly elected Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell in Uxbridge, west London, following the party’s success in the by-election. Photograph: Carl Court/PA
Riśi Sūnac wɖ ɖ nyli ilectd Cnsrṿtiv MP Stīv Tucwél in Uxbrij, wst Lundn, folowñ ɖ parti’z s’xes in ɖ bîilex́n. Foṭgraf: Carl Cort/PA

Ɖr z a cnsrtd eḟt ɖs wīcend t enśur ɖt ɖ p’liticl yṇti ovr Britn’z net-ziro emz rmenz in ples. Aloc Śarma, a formr Tori cabiṇtministr n prezidnt v Cop26, sd it wz vîtl ɖt ol partiz mntend ɖ p’liticl cnsnss on psywñ net ziro.

“W hv bilt p a brōd p’liticl cnsnss in ɖ YC on psyt v net-ziro poḷsiz ẃć r gd fr ɖ icoṇmi, jobz, xports n ɖ invîrnmnt. Bizṇsz s’port ɖs ajnda bcz ɖe cn si ɖ ic̣nomic beṇfits, h tld ɖ Obzrvr. “N ɖ indipndnt Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti hz notd ɖt unmiṭgetd clîṃtćenj wd ultiṃtli hv caṭstrofic ic̣nomic n fiscl consiqnsz fr ɖ YC.

“Cnsrnz abt ɖ invîrnmnt n clîṃtćenj olso cnsistntli ranc amñ ɖ top iśuz v importns fr votrz. Gvn ɖ ic̣nomic, invîrnmntl n ilectṛl ces fr clîṃt ax́n, it wd b slf-dfitñ fr eni p’liticl parti t sīc t brec ɖ p’liticl cnsnss on ɖs vîtl ajnda,” Śarma wornd.

Zac Goldsmiʈ, ɖ formr ministr hu qit ɖ guvnmnt ovr ẃt h dscrîbd az Sūnac’s lac v inṭrest in ɖ invîrnmnt, sd ɖt eni parti rīʈncñ its cmitmnt t ɖ clîṃt wd b puniśt. “Bîilex́n rzults cn b intrpṛtd in cǎntlis wez, n it z ɖ nećr v poḷtiśnz n p’liticl comntetrz t wéj ɖer ǒn preɉdisz intu ɖ ǎtcumz,” h tld ɖ Obzrvr. “Bt t yz ɖz rīsnt rzults t advc̣t abandnmnt v ɖ YC’z prīvịs invîrnmntl līdrśp z sinicl n idiotic.

A wind farm off Teesside: renewable energy is popular among the public. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
A wind farm of Tīzsîd: rnywbl eṇji z popylr amñ ɖ public. Foṭgraf: Iyn Forsîʈ/Geti Iṃjz

“It wd olso b p’liticli sụsîdl, gvn ɖ vri dīp n wîd s’port fr ax́n on ɖ invîrnmnt ɖt xists rît acrs ɖ ilectṛt. N it z imoṛl, gvn ɖt bʈ guvnmnt n opziśn acnolij ɖ graṿti v ɖ crîsis w fes.

“So it’s hard t b’liv ɖr riyli r ppl at ɖ top v îɖr v ɖ mn partiz cōlñ fr abandnmnt v grīn poḷsiz, bt f ɖr r, I cn onli hop ɖe r hamrd bî ɖ ilectṛt ẃn ɖ tîm cmz,” sd Goldsmiʈ, hu hd bn ministr fr ɖ inṭnaśnl invîrnmnt n clîṃt bfr h stept dǎn fṛm ɖ Foṛn Ofis.

Pṛfesr Nicḷs Strn, hu léd a seminl 2006 rvy on ɖ īc̣nomics v clîṃtćenj, olso iśùd a pli fr līdrśp on ɖ clîṃt. “Er-p’lūśn cilz tnz v ʈǎzndz in ɖ YC ć yir – far mor ɖn deʈs in rodtrafic axidnts – n miłnz arnd ɖ wrld,” h sd.

“Inax́n z nt a sen opśn fr s, ǎr ćildṛn n granćildṛn. Secnd, ɖ costs v invstmnts in ɖ trnziśn awe fṛm fosilfylz r sgnificntli incrist bî poḷsirisc dy t poḷtiśnz ćopñ n ćenjñ ɖer vyz n ax́nz.

“Ʈrd, ɖ invstmntcosts v ɖ trnziśn nīd t b dstribytd ferli. N forʈ, ɖ YC’z repyteśn in ɖ wrld dpndz on its līdrśp on ɖz iśuz. Ǎr standñ hz olrdi bn damijd bî ɖ los v foc̣s sins w hostd ɖ Ynîtd Neśnz clîṃtćenj sumit in Glazgo in 2021.”

Ɖ lêtist Opińm poul fr ɖ Obzrvr hîlîts ɖ periḷs stet ɖ Toriz r in az MPz hedd t ɖer cnstitẏnsiz fr Wsminstr’z sumŗīses. Lebr hz a 17-pônt līd. Ɖ parti rtenz a 42% śer v ɖ vot, wɖ ɖ Toriz on jst 25%.

Nicholas Stern, professor of economics at the London School of Economics and chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters
Nicḷs Strn, pṛfesr v īc̣nomics at ɖ Lundn Scūl v Īc̣nomics n ćer v ɖ Granʈm Rsrć Insttyt on Clîṃtćenj n ɖ Invîrnmnt, at Cop26 in Glazgo in 2021. Foṭgraf: Yves Herman/Rôtrz

Sūnac’s tīm r despṛtli srćñ fr wez t rvrs ɖ parti’z fortynz. Az wel az cōlz t bac awe fṛm grīn meźrz, ɖ prîm̦inistr z olso sd t b lcñ at a campen ɖt wd vǎ t “pṛtct” votrz fṛm Lebr poḷsiz. Sūnac’s guvnmnt olrdi apirz t hv wōtrd dǎn n dleid an end t ɖ ifctiv ban on mor onśor windfarmz pt in ples bî Devid Camṛn.

Neʈn Benit, hed v stṛtījic cḿṇceśnz at RnywblYC, ɖ rnywbl-eṇji tred’sośieśn, sd ɖt nǎ wz prisîsli ɖ roñ tîm t b “wōṭrñ dǎn ambiśn” n fr fōls arğmnts t b dveḷpñ abt ɖ costs v grīnñ ɖ icoṇmi. “I am cnsrnd abt a fōls naṛtiv imrjñ ɖt grīn poḷsiz r unpopylr n costli, az ɖt’s srtnli nt ɖ ces fr rnywblz n mni uɖr clīn tecnoḷjiz,” h sd.

“Ny windfarmz r drîvñ dǎn eṇjibilz, n poulz cnsistntli śo ɖt, f enʈñ, ppl wont s t rol ǎt mor rnywblz ɖn w cuṛntli r, includñ ny onśor wind.”

Greg Jacsn, ćīf xektiv v Ocṭṗs Eṇji, ɖ rnywbl-eṇji grūp, sd ɖr wz nǎ a risc ɖt ɖ YC wd lūz ǎt t uɖr cuntriz in ɖ rês fr invstmnt: “Harṇsñ ɖ oṗtyṇtiz v net ziro t dlivr tanɉbl fînanśl beṇfits z xtrimli popylr. Ǎr custmrz luv gtñ ćīp eṇji ẃn it’s windi, or biyñ peid t yz les ẃn it’s nt. Britn hz hd a līd in ćīp, clīn eṇji, bt lîc so mni inḍstriz v ɖ past, w risc uɖr cuntriz gtñ ɖ beṇfit v ǎr iṇveśn – costli fr clîṃt, cost v livñ n naśnl s’kṛti.”

Starmr rezd cnsrnz wɖn ɖ parti bî xtndñ hiz criṭsizm v ɖ Úliz. “W r dwñ smʈñ vri roñ f poḷsiz pt fwd bî ɖ Lebr parti end p on ć n evri Tori līflit,” h tld Lebr’z naśnl poḷsifoṛm in Notñm. It marcs an esc̣leśn v hiz confṛnteśn wɖ Cān ovr ɖ Úliz. In a ćenj in ton, a sors clos t Cān sd on Frîde h wz “liṣnñ t Lundnrz n olwz lcñ at wez h cn adres ɖer cnsrnz”.

Formr śadoćanslr Jon McDonl tld ɖ Obzrvr: “V cors ptnśl poḷsi bnaṇscinz hv t b avôdd, bt f w r nt cerfl, ifctivli ɖs mīnz alawñ ɖ Toriz t edit ɖ nxt Lebr maṇfesto on ɖ gretist iśu fesñ s, ɖ clîṃtcrîsis.”

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Our leaders failed us on the climate emergency

A fireman runs away from blazes as he tries to control a wildfire in New Peramos, near Athens. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
A fîrmn runz awe fṛm blezz az h trîz t cntrol a wîldfîr in Ny Peramos, nir Aʈnz. Foṭgraf: AFP/Geti Iṃjz

Letrz: Ǎr līdrz feld s on ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi

Transcription of some Guardian letters of 20 July 2023

Dîana Fransis, Án Teilr n Dr Bari Dêl on ẃ hymaṇti z stl felñ t act az ɖ planit brnz

Ʈrzde, 20 Jlî 2023

I wz glad t rīd Joṇʈn Frīdḷnd’z ʈōts on ẃ invîrnmntlists r felñ t gt ɖ mesij v ɖ planitri crîsis acrs (Az hītrecordz brec, ɖ clîṃt muvmnt hz ɖ rît ansrz – bt ɖ wrdz r ol roñ, 14 Jlî). Hvr, I d’nt agri ɖt hir in ɖ YC ɖ mn obsṭclz r ignṛns n disḅlif. Dspt ɖ lac v sfiśnt mīdịcuṿrij, I ʈnc ɖt a larj pṛporśn v ɖ adult popyleśn z awer v ẃt z haṗnñ n añśs abt ɖ fyćr (ɖo nt nesseṛli folowñ ʈru on sfiśnt lîfstîl ćenjz). Ɖe r priokpaid wɖ ɖ dmandz v evride lîf n nt cnvinst or inspîrd t jôn c’lectiv ax́n.

Ɖ mn campenñ orġnîześnz in ẃć I am involvd hv so far feld t gt acrs ɖ mesij ɖt w r ol, az hymaṇti, in ɖ sem pricerịs sićueśn n mst ynît in dmandñ ɖt ǎr guvnmnts act wɖ pṛporśṇt rjnsi. W mst spīc az wn n act in wez ɖt r invîtñ t uɖrz t act wɖ s or alñsd s.
W nīd t cnvins poḷtiśnz ɖt w r in a globl imrjnsi n ɖt ɖe canot cari on az f ɖt wr nt so. Ǎr cuṛnt isnṣ́li tū-parti, advserịl sistm mst b trnsformd, so ɖt adresñ ɖ clîṃt n īc̣lojicl crîsis bcmz a crosparti ajnda; n inṭnaśnl poḷsiz v contest fr dominns mst gv we t sirịs n rjnt eḟts fr cooṗreśn t mīt ɖ svîvl nīdz v hymaṇti, n v ɖ Rʈ az w nǒ it.

Dîana Fransis
Baʈ

      

Ɖ planit z indd brnñ, az w hír n rīd abt in teṛfayñ dītel evri de. N sm ppl r actñ. Jst Stop Ôl r on ɖ strīts v Lundn n hv bn evri de fr 13 wīcs. Bùd, śǎtd at, manhandld of ɖ rod n arestd. Ɖs z ẃt hapnz t ɖoz hu trî t sǎnd ɖ alarm. Ɖs z ẃt hapnz t ɖoz hu dmand ɖt ɖ guvnmnt imīɉtli hōlt ol ny ôl, gas n col projects. W canot jst “hop ɖt w stl hv tîm t avrt ɖ wrst”. W r in a clîṃt imrjnsi. W hv t mc ɖoz hu tec ɖ big dsiźnz, ɖoz hu run ɖ cuntri – ǎr guvnmnt – act nǎ n act rsponsbli. Ɖ fyćrz v yuñ ppl ol ovr ɖ wrld r unḅliṿbli blīc. Ǎr guvnmnt z felñ in its dyti t pṛtct its sitiznz. W d’nt nīd “admen”. W nīd līdrśp at ɖs tîm v unpresdntd crîsis.

Án Teilr
Oxḟd

      

I tec xpśn t ɖ sjsćn in Joṇʈn Frīdḷnd’z articl ɖt ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi z in sm part ɖ fōlt v clîṃtsayntists fr nt yzñ strongr lanḡj. I rmembr ɖ riax́n ẃn strongr lanḡj wz yzd. P wnt ɖ crî v “scermunġrñ”. W wr tld t modṛt ǎr lanḡj or w’d nt b lisnd t.

Clîṃtsayntists hv bhevd wɖ integṛti, nolij, dtrṃneśn, psistns n slf-sacṛfîs. Ɖe md śr ɖt ol guvnmnts wr wel aqentd wɖ ɖ facts. In dwñ so, ɖe hopt ɖe wd b dīlñ wɖ raṣ́nl, rsponsbl, reẓlut ppl. Hu els wd y g t? Bt ɖe wr roñ; guvnmnts wr sn śoun t b purli edycetd – mor sweid bî b’lif ɖn bî evidns – n olso sūpîn.

Clîṃtsayntists, nt prfict v cors, r nvɖles ɖ onli ppl t imrj wɖ eni credit at ol fṛm ɖ clîṃt-ctastṛfi.

Dr Bari Dêl
Ćarni Basit, Oxfdśr

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Keir Starmer setting out Labour policies on clean energy at Nova Innovation in Edinburgh, 19 June 2023. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA
Cir Starmr setñ ǎt Lebr poḷsiz on clīn eṇji at Nova Iṇveśn in Ednbra, 19 Jūn 2023. Foṭgraf: Jen Barlo/PA

Wɖ ɖ clîṃt in peṛl, winñ slǒli z ɖ sem az luzñ. Hǎ cn Starmr setl fr ɖt?

Transcription of a Guardian article of 19 July 2023

Tecnocratic tnc̣rñ n cōśs maṇjirịlizm c’nt bgin t adres ɖ crîsis. W nīd viźn – n nǎ

Caroline Lucas
Caṛlîn Lūc̣s

Wnzde, 19 Jlî 2023

Sm wd argy ɖt ɖ spīć bî Toni Bler at Lebr’z 1994 particonfṛns in Blacpūl wz ira-dfînñ. “It z tîm t brec ǎt v ɖ past n brec ʈru wɖ a clir, radicl n modn viźn fr Britn,” h sd.

Wn me dis’gri wɖ ɖt viźn – bt h cmitd t it yirz bfr hiz ilex́n, n dlivrd mć v it in ɖ yirz aftr. Hyj invstmnt in public srṿsz; a minimm wej; a Frīdm v Inḟmeśn Act; dīṿluśn fr Scotḷnd n Wêlz, n cmitmnt t pīs in Norɖn Îrḷnd.

Nwn z lîcli t mstec m fr a Blerît – n I w’nt gloṛfî ɖ record v a man hu tc s t an ilīgl n imoṛl wor on a fōls pṛspcṭs. Bt h ofrz a telñ cmparisn wɖ ɖ cuṛnt flip-flopñ, plej-brecñ, utrli underñ Lebr līdr, Cir Starmr.

A lot hz ćenjd in ɖ past ʈri yirz, let alon ɖ past 30. Brexit, Covid, Ycren n Liz Trus’z omniśambolic minībujit hv ćenjd ǎr neśn’z ic̣nomic cors. Bt wn ćenj frīqntli omitd fṛm ɖt list z ɖ clîṃt. Ɖ Rʈ hz hītd p mor in ɖ past 30 yirz ɖn it dd in ɖ prīvịs 110 – n ɖt wl onli axeḷret frɖr ovr ɖ nxt 30. On clîṃt, az ɖ YS campenr Bil MCibn feṃsli obzrvd, winñ slǒli z ɖ sem az luzñ.

Inixplicbli, Starmr sīmz intnt on luzñ. In 2021, Lebr leid ǎt an ambiśs clîṃt-invstmnt plan v £28bn a yir untl 2030. Ɖt cmitmnt hz nǎ bn pspond in fevr v a promis t “ramp p” twdz £28bn in ɖ secnd haf v its parḷmntri trm.

A zirocarbn icoṇmi fit fr ɖ fyćr w’nt cm abt bî ćans – nr bî sol rlayns on ɖ prîṿt sectr. Public invstmnt z isnśl, n rjnt. Upscelñ storijtecnoḷjiz, dveḷpñ wev eṇji n flotñ ofśorwind, rstorñ suij-fild rivrz n upscilñ miłnz v wrcrz t fil ɖ grīn jobz w nīd fr ɖs transfmeśn: ɖz r no mīn fìts. Bt ɖt’s no rīzn t dle invstmnt – it’s a rīzn t axeḷret it.

N aftr ɖ guvnmnt’s ny clîṃt-adapteśn program, rlist ɖs wīc, amǎntd t nʈñ mor ɖn rīsîcld plejz t d mor rsrć – rɖr ɖn t acć̣li dlivr ɖ adapteśnmeźrz w despṛtli nīd – ɖs invstmnt simpli cd’nt b mor rjnt.

Public invstmnt mst b bolstrd bî public ǒnrśp, tù – yt anɖr Lebr brocn promis. Starmr’z 2020 cmitmnt t “s’port comn ǒnrśp v rel, meil, eṇji n wōtr” hz bn obliṭretd t ɖ xtnt ɖt onli rel cd si a ptnśl rtrn t public handz – hardli a bold muv cnsiḍrñ ɖ Toriz hv olrdi naśṇlîzd ćuncs v it. Īvn aftr ɖ scandl v Tmz Wōtr’z criṗlñ dét, Starmr w’nt cmit t runñ public srṿsz fr ɖ public gd, n pṛtctñ ǎr naćṛl invîrnmnt rɖr ɖn prîṿt profit.

A protest against the planned development of the Rosebank oil and gas field in Aberdeen, June 2023. Photograph: Andrew Perry/PA
A protest agnst ɖ pland dveḷpmnt v ɖ Rǒzbanc ôl n gas fīld in Aḅdīn, Jūn 2023. Foṭgraf: Andru Peri/PA

It wd b īzi inuf t criṭsîz Lebr’z slf-impozd fiscl stretjacit, n jst sjst ɖt it boroz mor t fund ɖz proṃsz – ẃć it srtnli śd. Nt līst bcz ɖt invstmnt wl nt onli pe fr itslf ovr tîm, bt pe litṛl diṿdndz – gloḅli, swićñ fṛm fosilfylz t clīn eṇji cd sev az mć az £10.2tn bî 2050.

Bt ẃt’s so infyrietñ z ɖt it rfyzz t cnsidr a hol host v uɖr opśnz t fund ǎr ic̣nomic transfmeśn. A wlʈtax – v 1% on ɖ rićist 1% – cd, acordñ t Yṇvrṣti v Grenij estiṃts, brñ in az mć az £70bn. Instd, ɖ Treẓ́ri cuṛntli s’ports ɖ fosilfyl inḍstri ʈru taxbrecs n subṣdiz t ɖ tyn v £10bn a yir – a figr ɖt eni clîṃt-frendli Lebr guvnmnt śd śrli slaś.Cnvrsli, ɖ cost v felñ t d so śd foc̣s atnśn. Devid Camṛn’z dsiźn a deced ago t “cut ɖ grīn crap”, ẃć endd p adñ £150 ańli t evri hǎshold’z eṇjibil, śd b sird on ɖ mîndz v clîṃt diɖ̇rrz.

Bt it wd b śortsîtd t sjst Lebr’z cuṛnt absns v viźn z pyrli dǎn t īc̣nomics. Its cmitmnt t iśu no ny ôl n gas lîsnsz z indd welcm – bt ɖ reṿleśn ɖt a Lebr guvnmnt wd nt rvoc ɖ Rǒzbanc ôlfīld lîsns (f apruvd bî ɖ Toriz az xpctd in ɖ cmñ dez) z a tasit indorsmnt v ɖs clîṃtcrîm.

Ɖs z’nt jst eni ôlfīld, bt ɖ larjist undiveḷpt fīld in ɖ Norʈ Sī, set t pṛdys 200m tunz v CO2, toṭlñ mor ɖn ɖ cmbînd ańl CO2 imiśnz v ɖ 28 lǒist-incm cuntriz. Frst ôl z nt xpctd untl btwn 2026 n 2028, n invstrz r stl asesñ ẃɖr t pres ahd – so ẃ z Lebr nt mcñ it cristl-clir t ɖm ɖt ɖe śd nt? Bî stubnli rfyzñ t rvoc, Starmr hz ifctivli gvn ɖs project ɖ grīn lît himslf.

Fṛm aboḷśñ tyiśnfiz, t adoptñ rentcntrolz, t oḟrñ fri scūlmīlz fr prîṃri ćildṛn, Starmr hz bn hamstruñ bî hiz ǒn arbitrri fiscl rūlz, fir v rîtwñ-pres baclaś, n a trîbl dtrṃneśn t tec cntrol fṛm rîvl partifax́nz. Ɖ clir, radicl n modn viźn fr Britn z nẃr t b sìn.

Mnẃl, ppl r śiftñ fṛm desṗreśn t – az ɖ Gardịn’z Jon Haris pt it rīsntli – “a wîdspred sns v feṭlistic hoplisnis”. Ɖ cndiśnz r nǎ rîp fr ɖ xtrim rît t cntiny apes wɖ eḟts t sīz ɖ naṛtiv n cntrol ɖ p’liticl ajnda.

So tecnocratic tnc̣rñ n oṿcōśs maṇjirịlizm w’nt dlivr rjntli nīdd ćenj, or ɖ hop ɖt cmz fṛm insṗreśnl līdrśp. Bt a radicli trnsforṃtiv viźn wl. Ɖt mīnz dićñ fosilfylz fr gd t dlivr abundnt, aforḍbl eṇji; crietñ miłnz v scild n stebl grīn jobz, peyñ a fer n dīsnt wej; a zirocarbn icoṇmi ɖt rīdistribyts wlʈ t ɖoz on ɖ lǒist incmz; n invstñ in public – nt prîṿt – srṿsz t pṛtct ǎr hlʈ, pǎr ćīp n clīn trnsport, rstor ǎr naćṛl invîrnmnt n inrić ǎr livz. Ɖ momnt t set ǎt ɖt viźn n dlivr it z nǎ.

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Caṛlîn Lūc̣s z ɖ Grīn MP fr Braitn Pviłn

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Europe’s heatwaves: warnings from Hades

A man puts his head in the water to cool off at the fountain in Piazza del Popolo in Rome. Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images
A man pts hiz hed in ɖ wōtr t cūl of at ɖ fǎntn in Piatsa del Popolo in Rom. Foṭgraf: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Geti Iṃjz

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

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Cop27: this is no time for apathy or complacency

Cop27 participants walk past a climate mural in the conference’s Youth and Children Pavilion in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty
Cop27 ptisipnts wōc past a clîṃtḿṛl in ɖ confṛns’z Yʈ n Ćildṛn Pviłn in Śarm el-Śeic, Ījipt. Foṭgraf: Mhamed Abed/AFP/Geti

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Cop27: ɖs z no tîm fr aṗʈi or cmplesnsi

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 15 Nov. 2022)

Ɖs edtorịl cōlñ fr ax́n fṛm wrldlīdrz on ɖ clîṃtcrîsis z publiśt tde bî mor ɖn 30 mīdịorġnîześnz in mor ɖn 20 cuntriz

Tyzde 15 Nvmbr 2022

Clîṃtćenj z a globl probḷm ɖt rqîrz cooṗreśn btwn ol neśnz. Ɖt’s ẃ tde mor ɖn 30 nyzpeprz n mīdịorġnîześnz in mor ɖn 20 cuntriz hv tecn a comn vy abt ẃt nīdz t b dn. Tîm z runñ ǎt. Rɖr ɖn gtñ ǎt v fosilfylz n intu clīn eṇji, mni wlʈi neśnz r riinvstñ in ôl n gas, felñ t cut imiśnz fast inuf n haglñ ovr ɖ ed ɖe r priperd t snd t pur cuntriz. Ol ɖs ẃl ɖ planit hrtlz twdz ɖ pônt v no rtrn – ẃr clîṃtceos bcmz irivrsbl.

Sins ɖ Cop26 YN clîṃtsumit in Glazgo 12 munʈs ago, cuntriz hv onli promist t d wn-fiftiiʈ v ẃt z nīdd t ste on trac t cīp tmpṛćrz wɖn 1.5S v priindustrịl levlz. No continnt hz avôdd xtrim-weɖr dzastrz ɖs yir – fṛm fludz in Pacistan t hītwevz in Yṛp, n fṛm foristfîrz in Ostreła t huṛcenz in ɖ YS. Gvn ɖt ɖz cem abt fṛm eḷvetd tmpṛćrz v abt 1.1S, ɖ wrld cn xpct far wrs t cm.

Az mni neśnz sīc t rdys ɖer rlayns on Ruśa, ɖ wrld z xpirịnsñ a “goldruś” fr ny fosilfyl projects. Ɖz r cast az tmprri s’plîmeźrz, bt ɖe risc locñ ɖ planit intu irivrsbl damij. Ol ɖs unḍlînz ɖt hymaṇti hz t end its adix́n t fosilfylz. F rnywbl eṇji wz ɖ norm ɖr wd b no clîṃt imrjnsi.

Ɖ wrld’z purist ppl wl ber ɖ brunt v ɖ dstrux́n rīct bî drǎt, mltñ îsśīts n cropfełrz. T śīld ɖz grūps fṛm ɖ los v lîf n lîvlihdz wl rqîr muni. Dveḷpñ cuntriz, sz wn influenśl rport, nīd $2tn ańli t cut ɖer grīnhǎs-gas imiśnz n cǒp wɖ clîṃtbrecdǎn.

Rić cuntriz acǎnt fr jst wn in et ppl in ɖ wrld tde bt r rsponsbl fr haf v grīnhǎs gasz. Ɖz neśnz hv a clir moṛl rsponsbiḷti t hlp. Dveḷpñ neśnz śd b gvn inuf caś t adres ɖ denjṛs cndiśnz ɖe dd litl t criet – ispeṣ́li az a globl rseśn lūmz.

Rić neśnz śd dlivr on ɖ promis v prīvịsli cmitd fundz – sć az ɖ $100bn a yir fṛm 2020 – t signl ɖer sirịsnis. Az a bér minimm, a windfōl tax on ɖ cmbînd profits v ɖ larjist ôl n gas cumṗniz – esṭmetd at olmst $100bn in ɖ frst ʈri munʈs v ɖ yir – nīdz t b inactd. Ɖ Ynîtd Neśnz wz rît t cōl fr ɖ caś t b yzd t s’port ɖ most vulnṛbl. Bt sć a levi wd onli b ɖ start. Pur neśnz olso cari déts ɖt mc it imposbl t rcuvr aftr clîṃt-rletd dzastrz or pṛtct ɖmslvz fṛm fyćr wnz. Creditrz śd b jenṛs in raitñ of lounz fr ɖoz on ɖ fruntlîn v ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi.

Ɖz meźrz nīd nt wêt fr coorḍnetd inṭnaśnl ax́n. Cuntriz cd implimnt ɖm on rījnl or naśnl levlz. A neśn’z kḿḷtiv imiśnz mst b ɖ besis v its rsponsbiḷti t act. Ẃl prîṿt fînans cn hlp, ɖ oṇs z on big historicl imitrz t stump p ɖ muni.

Solvñ ɖ crîsis z ɖ mūnśot v ǎr tîmz. Gtñ t ɖ mūn s’xidd wɖn a deced bcz hyj rzorsz wr dvotd t it. A similr cmitmnt z nīdd nǎ. Bt an ic̣nomic crîsis hz rdyst rić cuntriz’ aṗtît fr spendñ, n ɖ planit riscs biyñ trapt in fosilfyl dpndns bî a rirgard ax́n v big biznis. Yt jrñ ɖ pandemic, sntṛl bancs acrs ɖ wrld lūbṛcetd stets’ xpndićr bî bayñ p ɖer ǒn guvnmnts’ bondz. Ɖ triłnz v dolrz nīdd t dīl wɖ ɖ īc̣lojicl imrjnsi dmand sć radicl ʈncñ rtrnz.

Ɖs z no tîm fr aṗʈi or cmplesnsi; ɖ rjnsi v ɖ momnt z upn s. Ɖ YN Fremwrc Cnvnśn on Clîṃtćenj mst b abt ɖ pǎr v arğmnt nt ɖ arğmnt v pǎr. Ci t mntenñ ɖ cnsnss in Ījipt z nt t let dspyts ovr tred n wor in Ycren bloc globl clîṃt dploṃsi. Ɖ YN proses me nt b prfict. Bt it hz pṛvîdd neśnz wɖ a targit t sev ɖ planit, ẃć mst b psyd at Cop27 t stev of an xistnśl risc t hymaṇti.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Lula’s comeback: good for Brazil and the world

Supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, celebrate his victory. Photograph: Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock
S’portrz v Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Belo Horizonte, Bṛzil, seḷbret hiz vicṭri. Foṭgraf: Sopa Iṃjz/Rex/Śuṭstoc

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Lula’z cm-bac: gd fr Bṛzil n ɖ wrld

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 31 October 2022)

Ɖ wns-n-fyćr left-wñ prezidnt v Bṛzil hz a ćans t rdim ɖ promis v dmocṛsi in hiz dvîdd cuntri

Munde 31 Octobr 2022

Ɖ  rmarcbl rtrn v ɖ left-wñ poḷtiśn Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fr a ʈrd trm az Bṛzil’z prezidnt z nt jst gd fr hiz cuntri. Hiz vicṭri ovr ɖ incumbnt rîtwñ xtrimist, Jair Bolsonaro, z olso gd fr ɖ wrld. Sins Mr Bolsonaro tc ofis in 2019, foristfîrz n dīfoṛsteśn sōrd in ɖ Aṃzn, wɖ ɖ fedṛl guvnmnt trnñ a blînd î t ilīgl logñ, mînñ, catlgrezñ n landgrabñ. Bṛzil’z renforist wnt fṛm a carbn snc t a carbnsors. F alaud t cntiny, ɖ damij t ɖ wrld’z luñz wd hv bn irivrsbl – wɖ dzastṛs ifcts on globl weɖrsistmz n fūd s’kṛti.

Lula, az h z yṇvrṣli noun, plejd t rvrs hiz prīdisesr’z poḷsiz ɖt hv wrsnd ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi. Ɖ wrld wl briɖ mor īẓli az a rzult. Bt Mr Bolsonaro onli naroli lost ɖ ilex́n. H hz, at ɖ tîm v raitñ, stl rfyzd t cnsid hiz dfit. Mr Bolsonaro, hu prezd dictetrśp n torćr, me nvr axpt ɖ ppl’z wil. Bt ɖoz hu hv s’portd him – fṛm ivanɉlists t p’liticl alîz – hv rec̣gnîzd ɖt ɖ gem z p. Hiz rluctns t g qaytli me b bcz h firz endñ p bhnd barz. Preẓdnśl iḿṇti n an oblîjñ atrnijenṛl hv hlpt śltr Mr Bolsonaro n hiz poḷtiśnsunz fṛm invstgeśnz intu loñstandñ sspiśnz v imbezlmnt n c’rupśn. Fr Mr Bolsonaro, ɖt śīld dis’pirz in Jańri.

Mr Bolsonaro wz nicnemd ɖ “Trump v ɖ tropics” – n h yzd a similr ple bc. Lîc ɖ formr YS prezidnt, Mr Bolsonaro poḷrîzd hiz dvîdd cuntri bî deṇgretñ wimin, ge ppl n mnoṛtiz. H armd hiz s’portrz bî fludñ ɖ cuntri wɖ gunz. A pandemic ɖt cild olmst 700,000 ppl hlpt pś poṿtinumbrz t ɖ hîist on record n sw him snc in ɖ poulz. Hiz ansr wz t flud ɖ infosfir wɖ fec nyz, dǒl ǎt welférpemnts n snd fedṛl hîwe p’līs t bloc rodz in pro-Lula eriaz on votñde. Bt inuf Bṛziłnz rtrnd t Lula, huz last stint in pǎr dlivrd ic̣nomic groʈ n a rdux́n v iniqoḷti.

Jeld undr ɖ prīvịs rîtwñ Temer guvnmnt fr alejd c’rupśn, Lula wz rlist n hiz cnvix́nz qośt last yir, alawñ him t run agn. Hvr, Bṛzil z a vri difṛnt cuntri fṛm ɖ wn h last prizîdd ovr. Ẃn h left ofis in 2010, Lula’z apruvl retñz wr straṭsferic. Nǎ a sîẓbl mnoṛti ʈnc ɖer wns-n-fyćr prezidnt z c’rupt. Bṛzil in 2010 wz ɖ wrld’z 7ʈ larjist icoṇmi – it hz nǎ slipt t 13ʈ. Ɖ cuntri z marct bî rîzñ déts n dīṗnñ dvîdz. Bṛzil’z modist ic̣nomic rcuṿri z unlîcli t last az ɖ wrld fesz a rseśn ɖt it w’nt iscep.

Lula’z vicṭri canot iclips ɖ fact h fesz a Congres doṃnetd bî slf-sīcñ cnsrṿtiv poḷtiśnz v ɖ Centrão (“big sntr”) – hu hv bn alaid wɖ Mr Bolsonaro. Ɖ ny prezidnt wl nīd t strîc dīlz t gt lejsleśn pást. Big strucćṛl rformz ɖt nīd ćenjz t ɖ consttyśn wl probbli b of ɖ tebl. Ʈancs t hiz invîrnmntl poḷsiz n hiz dfns v dmocṛsi, Lula cn cǎnt on ɖ s’port v ɖ wrld’z līdñ pǎrz. Prezidnt Jo Bîdn hz ofrd t criet a $20bn fund fr ɖ Aṃzn wns Bṛzil starts śowñ rzults in pṛtctñ its renforists. Undr Mr Bolsonaro, Bṛzil lost its we – n its mînd. Lula’z vicṭri śoz ɖ cuntri cn rtrn t ɖ paʈ v saṇti.

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In Ñspel: The Observer view on Rishi Sunak’s shameful decision not to attend Cop27

Rishi Sunak as chancellor at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow in November 2021. The prime minister has announced he will not attend this year’s vital Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheik. Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP
Riśi Sŭnac az ćanslr at ɖ Cop26 clîṃtsumit in Glazgo in Nvmbr 2021. Ɖ prîm̦inistr hz anǎnst h wl nt atnd ɖs yir’z vîtl Cop27 in Śarm el-Śec. Foṭgraf: Alberto Pezzali/AP

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on Riśi Sŭnac’z śemfl dsiźn nt t atnd Cop27

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Observer on 30 October 2022)

Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z dsiźn t śun ɖ clîṃțōcs z a dsgres. Britn startd ɖs crîsis; it śd b hlpñ end it

Súnde 30 Octobr 2022

It wd b hard t xaɉret ɖ importns v ɖ Cop27 clîṃtsumit ɖt z set t opn in sevn dez in Śarm el-Śec, in Ījipt. Sōrñ carbn imiśnz, set lūs bî hymaṇti’z unristrend rj t brn fosilfylz, hv bròt ɖ planit periḷsli clos t aćivñ a 1.5C-dgri rîz in globl tmpṛćrz. Az a rzult, xtrim stormz, drǎts n fludz r olrdi ocŕñ mor rapidli n wɖ gretr intnṣti ɖn clîṃt xprts hd antiṣpetd. Wrs, w r vri nir t triġrñ a wev v secnḍri c’laṃtiz: ɖ c’laps v ɖ Grīnḷnd n Wst Antartic îsśīts; ɖ dstrux́n v ol ɖ planit’s tropicl coṛlrīfs; n ɖ ʈw̃ v Caṇda n Ruśa’z prṃfrostsistmz, an ivnt ɖt wd rlis vast storz v mīʈen, a gas mni tîmz mor potnt n denjṛs ɖn carbn dîoxîd.

It z a dīpli dstrbñ viźn. F sć trendz r nt hōltd vri sn, n imiśnz cut bac n ivnć̣li hōltd, ɖ wrld wl xpirịns, in a fy decedz, a mītịṛlojicl ctastṛfi. Wîldlîf spīśīz wl b iradcetd in ɖer ʈǎzndz, drǎts wl spred ovr continnts, n famin wl cil miłnz v ppl. W wl hv crietd a planit ɖt hz bn stript v its haḅtats n bạlojicl rićz, a scorćt n dplitd wrld ɖt w wl pas on t ǎr ćildṛn n fyćr jeṇreśnz. Onli rjnt ax́n t cut carbn imiśnz, ɖ prîm drîvr v ǎr clîṃt woz, wl stop ɖs haṗnñ.

Ɖ Cop27 mītñ ɖrfr ofrz a slim hop ɖt w cn avrt ɖ wrst impacts, wɖ mni neśnz anǎnsñ ambiśs planz t atnd n adres ɖ crîsis. Acordñ t Cop27’z orġnîzrz, arnd 90 wrldlīdrz wl tec part, includñ YS prezidnt Jo Bîdn. Ɖr wl b wn glẹrñ omiśn, hvr. Britiś prîm̦inistr Riśi Sŭnac hz dsîdd t trn hiz bac on ɖ mītñ dspt ɖ fact ɖt it repriznts wn v ǎr last ćansz t avrt globl ctastṛfi. Hiz clem ɖt h canot g t ɖ sumit bcz h z tù bizi wɖ hiz ōtm fînanștetmnt rvilz an inepttyd n śort-sîtidnis ɖt bodz il fr ɖ guvnns v ɖs cuntri.

Ɖ fact ɖt ɖ neśn’z invîrnmntsecṛtri, T’rez Cófi, hz olso dsmist Cop27 az “jst a gaɖ̇rñ v ppl in Ījipt” unḍscorz ɖ blincrd incompitns ɖt lîz at ɖ hart v ɖ cuṛnt admiṇstreśn. It śd olso b notd ɖt Aloc Śarma, hu hd bn Cop prezidnt sins last yir’z sumit in Glazgo, wz tld bî Sŭnac last wīc ɖt h wd no longr atnd cabiṇtmītñz, lîc Greym Stywt, ɖ clîṃtministr. Ɖz rmarcs n sîdlînñz sjst ɖt ǎr cuṛnt līdrz r so obsest wɖ ɖer ǒn p’liticl svîvl ɖt ɖe canot aprīśiet a crîsis ɖt gz bynd ɖer liṃtd viźn. Ɖ fact ɖt Boris Jonsn planz t atnd Cop27 wl onli ad t ɖ dscumḟt n imbaṛsmnt Sŭnac śd nǎ b xpirịnsñ.

W śd b clir. Ɖ YC canot sîdlîn ɖ unfoldñ clîṃt ctastṛfi on ɖ grǎndz w hv mor importnt ʈñz t d. Britn bgan ɖs hol grim stori. W crietd ɖ Industrịl Reṿluśn n wr ɖrfr ɖ frst t brn col – n lêtr on, ôl n gas – in vast amǎnts t pǎr ǎr we t globl doṃneśn in ɖ 19ʈ snć̣ri. Ɖ frst sgnificnt adiśnz v man-md grīnhǎs gasz t ɖ atṃsfir eṃnetd fṛm ɖs cuntri. Fr its līdr t śun ɖs rsponsbiḷti z an imbaṛsmnt n a dsgres.

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