This unofficial caucus of the soon-to-be-drowned isn’t displaying the sense of urgency needed, given that all of their constituents face climate catastrophe in the next century.
Climate change was once an abstract global issue, easy for locally elected politicians to ignore or question. But scientific forecasts are far more specific today. It’s not just the world or a country or a particular state facing unprecedented floods, droughts, or heat waves—climate change is happening right in our backyards.
