Mr M. Patchett’s letter (Trillions Being Wasted On Climate Emergency (News Views, December 28) says “there is no climate crisis”. Really? My daily newspaper reports that “global temperatures have broken new records in recent months, making this year the hottest on record”. A month ago, at the Cop28 international conference of climatologists, Simon Still, the UN’s top climate official said that world leaders must “start cutting carbon emissions, as rapidly rising temperatures this year have put everyone on the frontline of disaster. No country can think itself immune from catastrophe.” As Mr Pa…