(CNN) Humanity needs to "grow up" and deal with the issue of climate change, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
Johnson, a last-minute addition to the speakers' list that day , slammed the world's inadequate response to the climate crisis and urged humanity to "listen to the warnings of the scientists," pointing to the Covid-19 pandemic as "an example of gloomy scientists being proved right."
"We still cling with parts of our minds to the infantile belief that the world was made for our gratification and pleasure," he said. "And we combine this narcissism with an assumption of our own immortality."
"We believe that someone else will clear up the mess, because that is what someone else has always done," he added. "We trash our habitats, again and again, with the inductive reasoning that we've gotten away with it so far, and therefore, we'll get away with it again.
"My friends, the adolescence of humanity is coming to an end and must come to an end."
Clarkey7163 on September 23rd, 2021 at 14:19 UTC »
If climate change can stop being a political issue in the eyes of the masses and be responded to as the humanitarian crisis it is, that’s good
I will applaud and give credit to any and all politicians who are taking steps to address this stuff.
GuyLookingForPorn on September 23rd, 2021 at 11:56 UTC »
So I can’t believe I’m saying this, but speaking as a environmentalist who keeps track of this stuff I genuinely do think Boris Johnson deserves a some credit here. I’ve honestly been so surprised at how much he has been pushing climate change policy both domestically and abroad.
To give a bunch of examples because I certainly know I wouldn’t fucking believe it, since he became Prime Minister he has
He brought the ban on petrol vehicles forward to 2035 He then brought it forward again to 2030 after a report showed 2035 was too late. brought the coal phaseout date forward to 2024 lifted the ban on onshore wind subsidies increased the target for offshore wind power to 40GW by 2030 diverted £900 million for funding into for nuclear fusion, electric vehicles, and space research announced plans to shift the UK from cars to public transport announced £5 billion in funding to expand bus and cyclist infrastructure / transport diverted £215 million into developing Small Modular Reactors introduced legislation that all new homes must include ev chargers further increased emissions targets in response to a report by the Climate Change Committee removed most of the subsidies for diesel launched the £1 billion 'Automotive Transformation Fund' to move the UK auto sector to zero emissions brought in taxes to reduce industrial and consumer waste3rdOrderEffects on September 23rd, 2021 at 11:56 UTC »
The full speech if anyone is interested - https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-at-the-un-general-assembly-22-september-2021
Video - https://youtu.be/wmsj9055Fnc
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