Greta Thunberg, who was recently arrested again for protesting (see https://www.denverpost.com/2023/10/18/greta-thunberg-charged-with-public-order-offense-in-uk-after-arrest-outside-oil-industry-conference/), this time in London, has something to say about continuing with Business As Usual...
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We are being told to focus on the possibilities and opportunities, on the ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ (whatever that means), on positive stories. We want solutions-based reporting, and hope.

But hope for whom? The relatively few of us who might initially be able to adapt to a rapidly warming world? Or for the overwhelming majority who will not be so fortunate?

What does hope even mean in this context? Is it the notion that we can maintain a system that is already doomed? That we can go on living our lives more or less the same way we do today — in a system which most people do not benefit from? That we can ‘solve’ this crisis with the same methods and mindset that got us into it in the first place?
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That's from page 155 in “The Climate Book” -- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709837/the-climate-book-by-greta-thunberg/

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