Climate Crisis: We’re all in it together
Bob Brown
The year 2024 will be the most consequential one in the history of the United States. This I believe because the existence of our system of constitutional democracy is being challenged by forces who want to give more authoritarian power to a single leader than has ever happened before. Those opposing the challenge to democracy must always use democratic means in their opposition.
Whether democracy survives this year, an even greater challenge threatens the life-nurturing necessities of the coming decade. Last year was the hottest in recoded history. The polar ice caps are melting, and glaciers from India to Montana are evaporating before our eyes creating an unrelenting rise in sea levels. That is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
To date 20% of the Amazon rain forest has already been destroyed, as well as an estimated 40% of all planetary forests. These forests capture carbon dioxide, produce oxygen and regulate weather patterns, all of which are necessities to our continued existence.
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