No, not here in Canada. In Australia. (Although folks in Toronto might be excused for thinking 8 is a tad warm for a winter day.)
It has been so hot in Australia that the Bureau of Meteorology added new colours and mew maximums to their predictions.
54 degrees Celsius is HOT! So Australians are waking up to the alarming possibilities inherent in climate change, right? Well, not the acting opposition leader.
"Australia's climate, it's changing, it's changeable. We have hot times, we have cold times...
'The reality is that it's utterly simplistic to suggest that we have these fires because of climate change.'' acting Opposition Leader Warren Truss says.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/climate-change-link-to-heat-fires-utterly-simplistic-says-warren-truss/story-fndo317g-1226550415035
Never mind the facts! Or the government's Climate Commission!
No deaths have been reported from the bushfires, which have flared during extreme summer temperatures, but the unprecedented heatwave has prompted the government’s Climate Commission to issue a new report on the weather event.
It says that climate change has contributed to making the extreme heat conditions — in which record-breaking temperatures in parts of the country have topped 45ºC — and bushfires worse.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2013/01/13/2003552448
Meanwhile, some questions from Global Risks 2013: Eighth Edition. http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2013/
1. How will we reconcile climate change mitigation and adaptation with the desire for prosperity given current demographic trends?
2. How can like-minded municipalities, companies and communites drive forward a new set of climate-smart approaches that avoid cognitive biases?
What are the answers?
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