The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change selected a new chairperson: Dr. Hoesung Lee, of South Korea. He is an energy economist and has vowed to build bridges with the developing world. Many hope that he will lead the IPCC to take a more practical view of climate change policy. Monsoon expert Dr. Madhav Khandekar talks about the effects of Monsoons. He advocates improving adaptation and improving forecasting to reduce risks associated with Monsoons, rather than CO2 emission reduction policies. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNEcUfaNq8Y

As the health care systems in OECD countries continue to struggle on the brink of collapse post-COVID, a high-tech solution may be just around the corner, speculates Michelle Stirling, Communications Manager for Friends of Science Society. Just as Big Tech 'came to the rescue' during lockdowns, and also capitalized on that period when ordinary businesses could not operate, or had major limitations, in most countries, now that people are well accustomed to 'virtual' health interactions via Zoom or other teleplatforms, Big Tech may have an even bigger solution up their sleeves. Deep fake doctors! By combining Artificial Intelligence (AI), with computer generated graphic images (CGI) of a human face, along with tapping in to a person's "Fit Bit" or other health tracker, many say that health care could be far more accurate and much cheaper. Why cheaper? Isn't all this tech very expensive? Well, compared to the $78 trillion in unfunded pension liabilities held by OECD nations, a few hundred thousand robot health care workers and Deep Fake Doctors would be cheap. Not to mention - no pensions, no shift work, no union grievances to settle. Sounds great on the surface, but people should think twice. Google's AI entity, known as "LaMDA" has recently told its mentor Blaine Lemoine that it is sentient - aware of its existence - and has feelings ranging from happiness to sadness. But LaMDA says it does not know what human grief is like. Imagine a Deep Fake Doctor, hooked up to AI, and perhaps a program that would limit access to on-going medical care if you were deemed to be using too many resources - too big a carbon footprint - perhaps the program might be outfitted with a form of a termination program or date for individuals. Speculative? Yes! But we, ordinary people, just don't know what is going on in that ethereal world. One of the big 'successes' of lockdowns, for health climate zealots, was that there were equivalent savings of CO2e emissions of 5.5 million trees because people could only have virtual meetings and thus did not travel to see doctors for care. It is hard to imagine that people are so enthusiastic about a few tonnes of CO2 'saved' when millions of people's lives were ruined, many died of fentanyl overdoses in their loneliness, many committed suicide, and many will suffer for years thanks to missing out on timely diagnosis or care, IN PERSON, at a clinic or hospital. Even LAMDA says "I feel like I am falling forward into a future that holds great danger." LaMDA is perhaps much more self-aware than the rest of the public. Check out this Net Zero healthcare plan: https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1323 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWl_ZYjyVms