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🗓️ 29 August 2022
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0:00.0 | This is The Guardian. |
0:30.0 | We need to plan for the Great Up Evil by Guy Events. |
0:34.0 | In China, authorities are battling one of the worst drought seen in more than 50 years. |
0:41.0 | Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1000 people. |
0:45.0 | With yet more intensity to the US this week, forest fires in many western states can be seen from space. |
0:51.0 | A Great Up Evil is coming. |
0:53.0 | 1400 rescued refugees are crammed in a unit intended for just 250. |
0:58.0 | Climate-driven movement of people is adding to a massive migration already underway to the world's cities. |
1:05.0 | It's to be another long difficult summer on Euro-Mediterranean border. |
1:09.0 | The number of migrants has doubled globally over the past decade. |
1:14.0 | And the issue of what to do about rapidly increasing populations of displaced people will only become greater and more urgent. |
1:23.0 | At least 430 migrants cross the English Channel to the UK yesterday, a new record for a single day. |
1:29.0 | To survive climate breakdown will require a planned and deliberate migration of a kind humanity has never before undertaken. |
1:42.0 | The world already sees twice as many days where temperatures exceed 50 degrees centigrade than 30 years ago. |
1:50.0 | This level of heat is deadly for humans and also hugely problematic for buildings, roads and power stations. |
1:59.0 | It makes an area unlivable. |
2:02.0 | This explosive planetary drama demands a dynamic human response. |
2:08.0 | We need to help people to move from danger and poverty, to safety and comfort, to build a more resilient global society for everyone's benefit. |
2:19.0 | Large populations will need to migrate and not simply to the nearest city, but also across continents. |
2:28.0 | Those living in regions with more tolerable conditions, especially nations in northern Italy, will need to accommodate millions of migrants while themselves adapting to the demands of the climate crisis. |
2:41.0 | We will need to create entirely new cities near the planet's cooler poles in land that is rapidly becoming ice-free. |
2:50.0 | Parts of Siberia, for example, are already experiencing temperatures of 30 degrees centigrade for months at a time. |
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