The recent fires that have ravaged North America's west coast, Europe, the Amazon, and the Arctic Circle should have been enough, together with all of the other mounting evidence, to bring politicians to their senses, writes Paul Hockenos for CNNOpinion
Paul Hockenos is the author of"Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, the Wall and the Birth of the New Berlin." The opinions in this article are those of the author. View more opinion on CNN.
Apocalyptic scenes are playing out across Australia as bushfires have burned millions of acres and ravaged more than 1,000 homes in New South Wales alone. Paul HockenosThe bright orange haze may look like something out of a dystopic science fiction film -- or even Dante's Inferno -- but this is Australia's current reality. A total of 20 people have died, and the photographs of human suffering are foreboding: native Australians have poured out of smoke-shrouded towns as the flames creep nearer, while people along the coast have taken refuge on beaches.
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