It had to come someday. The latest research that shows climate change is going to generate such anger that it leads to violence, even war. We expected climate refugees. We expected wholesale damage by extreme weather events and displacement of thousands by rising sea waters. We have had many health warnings of what climate change means. We see human deaths increase with higher temperatures even now in the hot seasons. Biodiversity loss and species in decline. Expect the heat to rise and diseases as well. Not a good prognosis and with climate wars on the horizon, worse is to come. This is part of the good, the bad and the plain ugly this issue. But always some hopeful signs.  Like the Australian report that 50% in energy savings which can be achieved in commercial and residential buildings. The advances in sustainability actions – and reporting – by the likes of Capitaland in Singapore and internationally, and the opportunity for carbon farming in the desert using jatropha as a fuel and a sink. More waste-to-energy plants and news of the global car industry taking sustainability to heart. But is it all enough? As the ex EPA bosses in the US are saying: It is urgent. We must do more to mitigate and adapt to climate change. At home and aboard. Maybe it needs us to get onto “war footing”. Listen to Carbon War Room, WWF, Rocky Mountain Institute and Beyond Zero Emissions. It is not a “war of words” we are talking about. This is for real. – Ken Hickson