<story><title>France experiencing worst drought on record</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62456540</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>monkeynotes</author><text>Meanwhile the west&amp;#x27;s governments are prioritizing short-term inflation curbing rather than addressing climate change in their campaigns. We are all screwed.</text></item><item><author>truculent</author><text>When thinking and planning for the future, it is important not to think of this summer as one of the hottest within recorded history, but as one of the coolest for the next 100 years.&lt;p&gt;Consequently, an appropriate response to this summer should far exceed what is required to cope with the droughts and heatwaves that we have just seen.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>peyton</author><text>Not sure my government can do much about coal plant construction in Africa. Would rather they focus on things in control like inflation, to be honest.</text></comment>
<story><title>France experiencing worst drought on record</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62456540</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>monkeynotes</author><text>Meanwhile the west&amp;#x27;s governments are prioritizing short-term inflation curbing rather than addressing climate change in their campaigns. We are all screwed.</text></item><item><author>truculent</author><text>When thinking and planning for the future, it is important not to think of this summer as one of the hottest within recorded history, but as one of the coolest for the next 100 years.&lt;p&gt;Consequently, an appropriate response to this summer should far exceed what is required to cope with the droughts and heatwaves that we have just seen.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>themitigating</author><text>The Democrats just passed a major climate change bill
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