A call to selfless and steadfast service

"If the teachings brought by Bahá’u’lláh are what will enable humanity to advance to the
highest levels of unity, then one must search the soul for the right response. The multitudes who recognized the Báb were summoned to heroism, and their magnificent response is recorded by history. Let every one who is awake to the condition of the world, and to the persistent evils that warp the lives of its inhabitants, heed Bahá’u’lláh’s call to selfless and steadfast service — heroism for the present age. What else will rescue the world but the efforts of countless souls who each make the welfare of humanity their principal, their dominating concern?"

From a message by the Universal House of Justice, October 2019

Who were the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh?

Baha'i Bicentenary 2019

On October 29 the world-wide Baha'i community celebrates the birth of the Bab in 1819. Activities will taking place in many, many communities around the planet including many in Guyana. See the international site here for more.

For more about local activities call 226-5952 or see the web site.

Guyana warms up

A great post on the Facebook page of the Office of Climate Change gives a link to a service available through the Hydromet Service (Maproom) showing the upward trend of local maximum temperatures for July to September - see first chart. A change of variable also shows an upward trend in rainfall - see second chart.

The post says:

"Maximum Temperatures continue to rise annually. The trend shows for July to September, the maximum temperature for Demerara Mahaica, Region 4, has been continuously rising since 1985."

Apart from taking urgent action to cut our carbon emissions we should be taking action to mitigate against the changes e.g. advising all those building homes and offices.

Also relevant here is the post I made about increasing storms.

Guyana rainy season prolonged

Just to note that the rainy seasons has been unusually long. The ITCZ (Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone) did not move north away from Guyana until about a week ago. We are now having hot dry weather more usual for this time of year.

Next 18 months crucial for action on climate change

A BBC report points this out noting that a key meeting takes place in late 2020 - COP26. Action is needed before then. Time is running out.

"The climate math is brutally clear: While the world can't be healed within the next few years, it may be fatally wounded by negligence until 2020," said Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, founder and now director emeritus of the Potsdam Climate Institute.
The sense that the end of next year is the last chance saloon for climate change is becoming clearer all the time.

"I am firmly of the view that the next 18 months will decide our ability to keep climate change to survivable levels and to restore nature to the equilibrium we need for our survival," said Prince Charles, speaking at a reception for Commonwealth foreign ministers recently.

"One of the understated headlines in last year's IPCC report was that global emissions of carbon dioxide must peak by 2020 to keep the planet below 1.5C.
Current plans are nowhere near strong enough to keep temperatures below the so-called safe limit. Right now, we are heading towards 3C of heating by 2100 not 1.5."

It is too late to stop climate change - it's happening already - but we must act to reduce its ferocity.