Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    You’re right

    I’m very much in the left camp and I do fear its too late. I fear that in the next 5 decades, millions if not billions will die and that we might actually face a societal collapse

    Governments don’t give a shit about climate, they’re too dumb

    Companies don’t give a shit about climate because their owners direct the actions and they only care about money

    So how exactly should I be positive and have a “let’s go fix this!” attitude?

    I’m tired, really really tired

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      8 minutes ago

      So how exactly should I be positive and have a “let’s go fix this!” attitude?

      Fix what ? The civilization hell bent on destroying the biosphere and collapsing civilization ?

      Climate change is the answer, just try not to not be at the front of the queue, try not to make it worse with your actions and how you vote and enjoy life as best you can. That’s about all a sane person can do.

      https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/06/14/opinion/science-civilization-collapse-environment-limits

      Rees bluntly states, “the human enterprise is effectively subsuming the ecosphere” and “wide-spread societal collapse cannot be averted — collapse is not a problem to be solved, but rather the final stage of a cycle to be endured.”

    • MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world
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      4 days ago

      Don’t give up…that’s the point of the NYT article. It’s manipulation.

      Every step each of us in the “west” takes to help has an outsized positive effect.