Before attributing the causes principally to CO2 it should be noted that it constitutes just 0.04 per cent of all atmospheric gases, 96 per cent of which originate from entirely natural sources, thus further reducing any human influences on the climate to a very marginal role.
Even though CO2 emissions have risen sustantially their influence on the climate is relatively insignificant when set against the huge array of natural chaotic forces that have controlled short-term weather and long-term climate for millennia.
Climate alarmists, not satisfied with the the increasingly fearful interpretations of what used to be called global warming, have added the word ’emergency’ alongside catastrophic predictions of environmental destruction, mass extinctions and millions of climate refugees.
Human influences are indeed to blame for much of this, but not in the way that we are so often being led to believe.The ongoing drought and tragic famine in Sudan and Somalia provides a window into the wider world that provide some uncomfortable realities that are seldom discussed in the mainstream media.
Their populations have more than doubled over the past 50 years and are projected increase by as much again. Millions of hectares of vital forest cover are being lost because of the ever growing need for food, fuel and construction materials.
Instead of the continuing obsession with net zero and its ruinously costly socio-economic consequences, which will have no meaningful impact on the global climate or temperature, the redirecting of ongoing human and financial resources towards mitigation of these problems could yield truly positive outcomes.
Neil J Bryce, Kelso, Borders
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