It's not just outside on the land
that's getting more hot – so is the sea – and even hotter!

The science journal, “Advances in
Atmospheric Sciences” has concluded the past five consecutive
years were the top five warmest years in the ocean historically. This
provides even more clear evidence of the climate emergency.

More than 90% of the excess heat
generated by greenhouse gas emissions is stored in the oceans,

The Atlantic Ocean and Southern Ocean
near the Antarctic Circumpolar Current continued to show a larger
warming compared to most of the other basins. The southern oceans
have taken up most of the global warming heat since 1970, accounting
for as much as 43% of the increase in sea temperature over the last
fifty years, the science journal says.

There “are no reasonable alternatives
aside from anthropogenic emissions of heat-trapping gases” for the
increase in the ocean temperatures it concludes.

So why aren't the people we elect to
run our countries not heeding all this? If its a question of cost
just look at how much money every increasing and more powerful
storms e.g. typhoons, hurricanes, hit us costs? How much does all the
catastrophic wild fires in the Amazon, California and Australia cost?

I haven't yet mentioned the increasing
sea levels and all the low lying countries like us here that will
feel the brunt of the flooding that will soon occur.

We continue to build right up to our
seas and now we are considering constructing taller buildings,
including that “iconic” tower. Our politicians don't even discuss
global warming and the dangers it will bring here in the Cayman
Islands.

There is still time to act and the cost
of so doing can be related to “a stitch in time saves nine”.

The Report above makes the even more
alarming conclusion that “It is important to note that ocean
warming will continue even if the global mean surface air temperature
can be stabilized at or below 2°C”.

So we need to act now not leave it to
another generation to clean up our mess.

We have been warned time and time
again. All the talk in the world will not stop the catastrophes we
will be causing, have caused and still cause. The promises that are
made at all the Climate Change Conferences that are not kept but
sound good are a complete waste of time and money.

If the politicians we elect won't do
something then isn't it up to us? The public in general is at last
waking up.

It is us that can make our leaders
climb aboard.

When our premier commented that
anything we do here on this tiny island isn't going to make any
difference to stopping global warming he is wrong again. Putting all
the tiny islands together and you get a very big island, sir.

Global warming is now a hot topic and
just maybe “Hot, Hot, Hot” can be not just a calypso but a
rallying call? Why not? Let's dance and sing to another one - “Cool.
Cool. Cool”.