Nets Panic Over Climate Change: ‘World Needs to Act Fast’!

On Monday night, all three evening newscasts hyperventilated over a report from the United Nations (U.N.) that allegedly claims the world will suffer grave environmental consequences if nothing is done about “climate change”. 

Instead of reporting on the breaking news that Hunter Biden’s former business partner was just convicted of defrauding an impoverished Native American tribe, the networks decided to needlessly frighten their viewers about the climate. 

ABC’s World News TonightDavid Muir (an anchor) reported that while he was seated in front of an “alarming report on climate change” screen, glumly said the window to address climate change was closing fast to prevent its devastating consequences. Muir became panicky when he realized that, according to U.N. estimates, “half the global population” was affected by climate change. [is]Living in the “danger zone” right now.” The segment ended with fearmongering. 

The report finding that even if warming is limited to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, which has been a global goal, still, up to fourteen percent of species will face a very high risk of extinction. And in some regions of the world, food and water will become increasingly scarce. 

During a segment on CBS’s Evening News, anchor Norah O’Donnell led off by telling the audience about the “important but grim U.N. report” that says “nearly half of the Earth’s population live in areas highly vulnerable to climate change. With coastlines, farms, and cities especially at risk.” O’Donnell urged that “scientists say there’s still hope that some of the worst can be prevented but the world needs to act fast.” 

Over on NBC Nightly News Lester Holt announced that the U.N. report says “time is running out to avoid the worst-case scenarios”, but then outsourced the climate fearmongering to correspondent Tom Costello:

The U.N.’s latest, most in-depth scientific report on climate change warns the dangers are immediate and growing more acute with millions of people worldwide potentially losing access to clean water, facing starvation and disease. So far, humanity has taken incremental, often superficial steps to mitigate climate change.

Continuing to needlessly frighten viewers Costello said that “global temperatures have already risen two degrees Fahrenheit in just over one hundred years. The U.N. report warns if temps rise by another 2.7 degrees, vast stretches of coral reef will die off. More species will go extinct. Rising sea levels will threaten cities. And fish, livestock, and crop yields will drop, threatening millions in vulnerable countries and sending food prices higher for everyone.”  

This climate hysteria from the three networks was made possible by WeatherTech on ABC, Ensure on CBS, and Liberty Mutual on NBC. Their information is linked.

To read the relevant transcript of each segment click expand: 

ABC’s World News Tonight
2/28/2022
6:48:46 p.m. Eastern 

DAVID MUIR: Also news tonight from the U.N.’s alarming new report on climate change. Scientists now warning it is worse than previously thought, that the window is, quote, rapidly closing to avoid its deadly consequences. In fact, they say nearly half the world’s population living in the so-called danger zone now. Even if global temperature rises to only 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, as has been agreed upon, the report shows that up to 14 per cent of species face imminent extinction. Food and water may become more scarce in certain regions. 

CBS Evening News
2/28/2022
6:49:48 p.m. Eastern

NORAH O’DONNELL: An important but grim U.N. report released today warns the world of the deadly consequences of global warming. The study says nearly half of the Earth’s population live in areas highly vulnerable to climate change. With coastlines, farms, and cities especially at risk, scientists say there’s still hope that some of the worst can be prevented but the world needs to act fast. 

NBC Nightly News
2/28/2022
7:23:11 p.m. Eastern 

LESTER HOLT: A dire new warning today from the U.N. and hundreds of scientists around the world on the dangers of climate change. They say time is running out to avoid the worst-case scenarios. Tom Costello explains.

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TOM COSTELLO: U.N.’s most comprehensive scientific report ever on climate change has warned that the risks are imminent and increasing acute. With millions worldwide facing hunger and starvation, and potentially losing clean water access, there is a risk of global disaster. Humanity has made incremental and often ineffective steps towards reducing climate change so far.

RACHEL BEZNER KERR (CORNELL UNIVERSITY GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSOR): Action must take place now in order to prevent the most severe impacts from being experienced.

COSTELLO: Global temperatures have already risen two degrees Fahrenheit in just over one hundred years. According to the U.N., coral reefs will disappear if temperatures rise another 2.7 degrees. Many more species could become extinct. Cities will be at risk from rising sea levels. And the yields of fish, livestock, crops, and crops will decrease, which could threaten millions of vulnerable nations and raise food prices for everyone. 

CAMILLE PARMESAN, UNITED NATIONS ClIMATE Panel Reseacher: While we do have a window for global warming control, it’s getting smaller.

COSTELLO: Researchers believe that humans could prevent the earth from heating up another 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit by this century. This would avoid the worst. However, the planet has already begun to heat up at an alarming rate. Lester.