Let’s take climate crisis seriously

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023. Re: How climate crisis hit home in 2023, December 28 story. Indeed, scientists have been warning us for decades but few seem to take notice and virtually none are making the lifestyle changes needed. The most disturbing parts of this report are the out-of-sight marine impact plus the record-high ice melt in both hemispheres. Jamie Morton also confirms we are likely soon to overshoot the 1.5 degrees of warming target set down by the 2015 Paris Agreement, and then the target will be shifted to 2 degrees. True, because New Zealand/Aotearoa has had an exceptionally severe climate-damaging year, people are more climate conscious. That doesnt mean having a few more next-to-normal years would mean the climate crisis is over. It is up to each one of us to take this climate crisis more seriously and behave accordingly, by all going easier on our precious planet. Bob Hughes Public notification of the plan will take place next year.