itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebSite"> Fighting climate change means avoiding doomism as well as denial

Fighting climate change means avoiding doomism as well as denial


ATHENS, GREECE - JULY 23: A woman use umbrella to protect themselves from the sun as they visit the Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill, during a hot weather in Athens, Greece on July 23, 2023. Visits to certain tourist sites, including the Acropolis, home to the Parthenon temple, in Athens, temporarily closed due to a fierce heatwave. (Photo by Costas Baltas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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LIKE many features of recent life, our response to local weather change appears to be more and more polarised. On one facet, we’ve individuals saying that rising temperatures imply the world as we all know it’s simply many years from ending and there’s nothing we will do to forestall that. On the opposite, we’ve those that declare the very notion of human-made local weather change is a world conspiracy.

Neither of those excessive positions holds as much as scrutiny. Local weather change attributable to people isn’t a conspiracy idea, however it’s equally true that international disaster isn’t a foregone conclusion.

What is for certain …