Day 1,227: Herculean

But failing to do so prolongs the mistakes made in Paris, where the world’s governments adopted a Herculean goal without any plausible plan for reaching it.

The world is missing its lofty climate targets. Time for some realism

Artwork of the day
Hercules Fighting with the Nemean Lion
Francisco de Zurbaran
Date: 1634
Style: Baroque
Genre: mythological painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Dimensions: 151 x 166 cm

Word of the day
Herculean: needing great strength and determination:

Quote of the day
“It will prove, I fear, too Herculean a task for us.”
― Agatha Christie, The Labours of Hercules