Greenland losing the equivalent of nearly 40,000 London buses’ worth of ice every hour.

It's not a new timetable from Transport for London - it's the astonishing amount of ice greenland is losing.

While 30 by 30 remains an aspirational goal worldwide, the Greenland Ice Cap has set its own agenda with 30 by 60, seeing 30 million tonnes of ice disappear every hour.

All the while, Arctic Ice are committed to shipping what's left of it to the UAE's cocktail bars.

In the time it's taken us to make this post, 15 million tonnes of ice (1,153,846 buses, or 3,000,000 elephants if you prefer an animal equivalent) has gone, bringing us closer to the collapse of ocean currents and a future of ever more extreme weather, sea level rise and drought.

Will the numbers make people think? Or will they simply become part of the endless background noise of doom that communities worldwide are learning to tune out, overwhelmed by the sheer scale of what we collectively are up against?

The statistics say it all - but attainable, practical action still feels out of reach for many. Yesterday's article in The Guardian is essential and alarming, yet provides no guidance on the answer. We need to change the narrative, empower people to act and break the paralysis of 'I get it, but what am I supposed to do about it?'.

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