By now you have probably seen images of the dust storms that covered Sydney. Although the storm itself is worthy of attention, I think what becomes more important is how this gives us a glimpse into the possible chaos and turmoil that could become far more regular in the near future.

Gerd Leipold, the current Executive Director of Greenpeace, has just come out on the BBC programme Hardtalk and admitted that they had ‘emotionalised’ issues surrounding the melting of the polar ice-caps in a report released on July 15th.