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Evelyne Luethy's avatar

Thank you for sharing the beauty of your island while also focusing people's attention back to climate change. That beauty is what's at stake. This past year has brought a lot of changes for everybody, but I could always rely on spending time in nature to recharge my batteries.

Last night I went for a bike ride and I rode across the river Aare for the first time in weeks. There had been some flooding along the river, but thanks to our government deciding to give space back to the river and creating areas that are meant to flood if there is too much water, we were lucky. Those were such important lessons learned after the flooding of 1999 (I believe that was the year). I feel extremely lucky that we get to elect our leaders and that I live in a country that has the resources to protect and support its citizens if/when disaster strikes.

Thinking about the crisis in Bangladesh not making headline news and those people having nowhere to go - I can't even imagine what that must feel like. I think it was you who mentioned it in a previous newsletter that displacement of people and the security issues attached to that will soon become one of the world's biggest problems associated with climate change.

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Philippa Rowland's avatar

Thank you for sharing the beauty of your island home and taking a thoughtful journey through the myriad concurrent climate realities unfolding around us. Admiring and working to preserve the remarkable resilience of nature helps encourage us. I joined a discussion on climate change challenges to the cultural identity and sovereignty of Pacific atoll nations. Like the Bangladeshis, some will soon need to leave.. I hear the wildflowers of Western Australia are spectacular, following record-breaking rain, & the Great Barrier Reef is off the endangered list - for this year.. This world is worth protecting - for the sake of all!

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