The IPCC concludes that this is still possible, but only if we act decisively and immediately...
to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions (particularly carbon dioxide) substantially.
Unfortunately, there are few signs that this is happening.
The more obvious that the climate crisis becomes in people’s daily lives, the clearer it will be that we are running out of time.
The issue increasingly will drive international politics, forcing a realignment away from traditional geopolitics and toward a new dispensation of joint planetary responsibility. After all, no state – no matter how powerful – can solve this problem alone. The task requires the solidarity and cooperation of all humankind.
Unfortunately, the history of our species shows that genuinely inclusive global cooperation is not one of our strong suits.
Joschka Fischer Project Syndicate 20 August 2021
Joschka Fischer; “systemic” rivalries and great-power politics have no place in an age of climate change
https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2021/06/joschka-fischer-systemic-rivalries-and.html
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