Saoirse

Yeah, you know, it's been lovely, yeah, but it's also a little bit worrying for me.

I mean, you know, we know that the climate is changing and that it's caused by human activity and seeing record high temperatures, you know, at inappropriate times of the year, but also just in general, seeing record high temperatures is quite worrying for what it's going to mean for us for the future.

Totally.

Yeah.

I mean, one of the one of the concerns that we have as folks like myself working on climate is, you know, that this kind of weather is always reported in the media as using kind of what we call fun in the sun imagery.

So, you know, images of people on beaches and eating ice creams.

And of course, we love those things.

But, you know, it kind of doesn't really portray the reality of what this kind of extreme heat means for us, for our future.

Also, you know, the reality of extreme heat that is currently being experienced across the world in the global south caused by countries like ours missing.

their emissions targets.

So it's disingenuous to not show both sides.

No, it's not completely absent, but I think just, you know, that the way heat waves are usually reported and thought of, it kind of reinforces the idea that they are

You know, just a nice treat.

And of course, it is really nice to have good weather and see the sun.

And, you know, God knows it lifts everyone's mood to see it.

But at the same time, it's, you know, it's worrying, I guess, that we allow ourselves to not think too much about how worrying it is that we are experiencing this kind of heat because it's not normal.

And I think everybody does feel that to some degree.

But, you know, it's much more comfortable to not think about it too much.

And unfortunately, we do have to.

Oh, you know, I'm not sure.