New York must divest from climate disaster | Opinion
Last month, aerial satellite images captured a horrifying sight: Large swathes of the Amazon Rainforest, one of earth’s most precious natural jewels, were ablaze.
Media attention has since moved on, but the fires in the Amazon continue to rage. These fires pose a direct threat to our climate, indigenous communities and a critical wildlife habitat.
Last month we experienced the hottest October on earth ever recorded. Just last week, more than 11,000 scientists declared a climate emergency in a paper published in the Bioscience Journal.