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.
On ABC's World News Tonight, anchor David Muir -- while sitting in front of a screen that says "alarming climate change report" -- glumly reported the window to solve climate change is "rapidly closing to avoid its deadly consequences." Muir panicked that according to the U.N., "half the world's population [is] living in the so-called danger zone now." He then ended the brief segment with this 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. EasternDAVID 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. 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.
CBS Evening News
2/28/2022
6:49:48 p.m. EasternNORAH 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. EasternLESTER 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: 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.
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. 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.
CAMILLE PARMESAN (UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE PANEL RESEARCHER): We do have a window of opportunity to get global warming under control, but that window is getting quite small.
COSTELLO: Scientists say if humans can keep the planet from warming another 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit this century, the worst can be avoided. But the planet is already on track to exceed that with devastating consequences. Lester.
