Commentary: They Told Us - But Nobody Wanted to Hear It...

"Exaggeration," they said. "Scaremongering," some cried. "The weather has always changed," others insisted - preferably from their air-conditioned living rooms while the asphalt outside was melting. Climate researchers spent decades calculating, measuring, publishing and warning. Not with a crystal ball, but with science. Their message was uncomfortable, but unmistakable: heatwaves will become more frequent. Droughts longer. Wildfires more destructive. That is precisely what we are experiencing today. The only surprising thing is how many people still pretend to be surprised. One could almost laugh if the situation were not so ...