The Atlantic Ocean is cooling at an exponential rate, and nobody is sure why,” according to weather report yesterday. It goes on to say that, “it’s been more than a year of record-high global sea temperatures, including being close to the collapse of the AMOC. Despite those troubles, though, the Atlantic is now experiencing something quite baffling-temperatures are cooling, and scientists are scrambling to figure out what’s going on.”
News media reported on July 27, 2024, that “Iranian banks and most government institutes will be closed on Sunday and people were asked to avoid leaving home as the country faces a scorching heatwave… in order to protect people’s health and conserve energy… Public sector working hours were already halved on Saturday, the first day of the week in Iran… Scientists have linked climate change to more prolonged, stronger and more frequent extreme weather, including heatwaves.”
On May 9, 2024, the pope “proclaims the upcoming Jubilee Year 2025, consigning the Bull of Indiction – “Spes non confundit. Hope does not disappoint” – to the Archpriests of the Papal Basilicas and representatives of the world’s bishops.” It further stated that “Recalling that 2025 is the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council, Pope Francis urged expressions of synodality, and renewed efforts to further Christian unity. He appealed especially for progress to be made toward a common celebration of Easter, noting that in 2025, providentially, all Christians will celebrate the Paschal mystery on the same date. Pope Francis insisted that Christian hope, rooted in Christ’s death and resurrection for each human person, points to our final destiny, eternal happiness with God in heaven. We are saved by God’s mercy, seen especially in the gift of indulgences: While Confession washes away our sins, indulgences – including the Jubilee Indulgence – remove the effects of sins forgiven in the Sacrament. In the Bull of Indiction, the Pope notes that the specific conditions for receiving the indulgence will be published soon.”
On March 29, 2024, NDTV reported that, “President Irfaan Ali was speaking in an interview to BBC journalist Stephen Sackur, who had questioned the President on Guyana’s carbon emission rates as it planned to extract oil and gas along its coast… In a viral interview clip, Guyanese President can be seen interrupting the question of the journalist, and cross questioning him on whether he had the “right to lecture him on climate change” and if he was in the “pockets of those who destroy the environment through the industrial revolution and are now lecturing us… this is a hypocrisy that exists in the world. The world, in the last 50 years has lost 65 percent of all its biodiversity. We have kept our biodiversity. Are you valuing it. Are you ready to pay for it? When is developed world is going to pay for it or are you in their pockets?” the Guyanese President said.”
“We have the lowest rate of deforestation in the world… Guyana will still be net zero”
President Irfaan Ali says Guyana won’t take lectures on climate change as it exploits its huge offshore oil and gas reserves
“In The Washington Post recently, advice columnist Michael Coren argued that one way to fight climate change is to take a weekly day of rest. He called his idea a “green Sabbath. Clergy are now arguing that this practice, whether in a secular or religious context, can help redirect the world’s societies away from catastrophic climate change.”
On January 24, 2024, a news headline reads “Apocalypse now[ish]: ‘Doomsday Clock’ flags existential threats of nuclear war, climate disasters and AI.” It goes on to say that “The end is nigh. So says a science-oriented advocacy group that Tuesday pointed to its famous ‘Doomsday Clock’ that shows 90 seconds till midnight and the Earth nearing apocalypse… The group said the clock could be turned back if leaders and nations headed its earnest prognostication to work together, and specifically noted powerful countries that have the capacity to do so, including the previously mentioned major world powers.”
According to news headline on January 17, 2024, “The Secretary-General of the WHO has indicated that a new “Disease X” pandemic will certainly occur. During a WEF event entitled “Preparing For Disease X,” (See below snippet) Who head Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus said it is a “matter of when, not “if” for a new unknown disease to emerge… Although COVID came immediately, we were preparing for COVID-like diseases. you may even call COVID the first ‘Disease X’. The description of the event on the WEF website states that “Disease X” could lead to “20 times more fatalities than the coronavirus pandemic.”