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False claims that heatwave is bogus spread online
(www.bbc.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
This one is so easy to verify it’s a joke. Any fool can go outside and see how hot it is.
The problem is that it's not equally hot everywhere and people's baselines change, so you can get a surprising number of people to go along with this
"It's fine here" or "I've adapted to the heat here" is very common to see.