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ELITE VOL.1, Issue 55, May 2023
ELITE
VOL.1, Issue 55, May 2023

The Boiling era.

Mostafa Mahmoud Labib - 4th year - Political Science

The severe impacts of climate change are
As the calendar flips to another year,
in line with repeated expectations and
the planet finds itself ensnared in the
warnings by scientists, the UN Secretary-
grip of nature's vengeance, a
General said, adding that the only
tumultuous reprisal for years of
surprise is the speed of change. Guterres
human-inflicted wounds upon the
again called for swift action in the face of
Earth. From the scorching fires that
“tragic” consequences, signaling again to
have engulfed landscapes in Algeria, to
the fossil fuel sector. The air is breathable
the blazes that have consumed vast
and the heat is unbearable, he added.
expanses across Canada and the
And that the level of fossil fuel profits
United States of America, the relentless
associated with climate degradation is
fury of nature is an alarming wake-up
unacceptable.
call that demands immediate attention.
The urgent need to address climate
change in our current year has never been
If we can’t withstand today’s
more apparent. The need for immediate
temperature, we won’t be able to
and bold climate action is critical if we
withstand the temperature tomorrow,
are to limit global temperature rise to
which prompted UN Secretary-
1.5°C and avoid the most catastrophic
General Antonio Guterres in public
effects of climate change. While some
that the global boiling era has begun.
progress has been made, such as

expanding renewable energy and positive
steps in certain sectors such as shipping,
these efforts remain insufficient.

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