Climate News: End of year Transition Towns dinner conversation: 'Climate change, we just don't get it!'

Transition Town's end-of-year dinner reminds us that most people can't grasp or even attempt to understand the implications and ramifications of climate change. "The struggle against climate change is foundering. Enter Trump."; "A strange new climate era is beginning to take hold"; "Post US Election Blues: Where Do We Take Our Activism from Here?"; "‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change"; "Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods"; "Six things we learned about the Australian government’s response to the climate crisis"; "Photos show record-breaking South Korea snowfall"; "Walter Jehne on urban agriculture and the climate emergency"; "Albanese kills off deal with Greens to pass ‘nature positive’ legislation after intervention by WA premier"; "Rising Tide protesters arrested in Canberra for blocking road to Parliament House"; "Labor’s term began with promise on the environment. It ends with things worse than ever"; "Australia’s electricity market is getting a big makeover – and these 3 changes will make it future-proof"; "‘A dose of nature’: each time you visit a national park, you save the health budget almost $100"; "Europe’s Cruise Ships Produce Toxic Sulphur Emissions Equivalent to 1 Billion Cars, Study Finds"; "Record renewables go into the grid in 2024, generating 45% of electricity in 2025"; "‘Silent majority’ of Australian farmers found to support renewable energy transition"; "NSW gives planning approval for giant 2 GWh battery at site of state’s likely last coal generator": "COP29 verdict: Climate summits must turn over a new leaf"; "COP29: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Baku"; "Congo landslide kills at least nine people, most of them children"; "Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2024"; "Forest Areas in China Are Recovering Since the 21st Century"; "Multipolar Climate Diplomacy"; "Do EVs hold their value? Here's how electric cars fare on the second-hand market"; "Cutting-edge new charger the size of a suitcase could help curb emissions from trucks in Europe"; "Will China step up if Trump takes a step back on climate change?"; "A tax on new plastic would slash waste – if built into the global treaty on plastics"; "When climate change upends sacred rituals, the faithful adapt"; "Could China’s CO2 emissions peak by 2025? Experts optimistic about the superpower’s green transition"; "‘Put Your Head Down, Help Each Other Out’: Inside Asheville’s Helene Response"; "As American Farms Face More Drought, Storms and Flooding, a New Agriculture Secretary Will Have to Reckon With Climate Change"; "How big fossil-fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad"; "Climate denial a unifying theme of Trump’s cabinet picks, experts say"; "How to Help Those Still Devastated by Hurricane Helene"; "Gaslighting: How North Carolina’s immense natural gas buildout contributes to climate change"; "Cashing Out: The secretive system disrupting climate action and forcing big payouts to fossil fuel companies"; "How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries"; "Ground Truthed" - George Monbiot; "<a href="https://theconversation.com/cop29-five-critical-issues-still-left-hanging-after-an-underwhelming-un-climate-summit-in-azerbaijan-244350?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Imagine%20161&amp;utm_content=Imagine%20161+CID_0d195923d0018146ad6ceb1642a79f49&amp;utm_source=c