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"Maybe it is the name that is the problem. Climate change. It doesn’t sound
that bad. The word “change” resonates quite pleasantly in our restless world.
No matter how fortunate we are, there is always room for the appealing
possibility of improvement. Then there is the “climate” part. Again, it does
not sound so bad. If you live in many of the high-emitting nations of the
global north, the idea of a “changing climate” could well be interpreted as the
very opposite of scary and dangerous. A changing world. A warming planet.
What’s not to like?
Perhaps that is partly why so many people still think of climate change as a
slow, linear and even rather harmless process. But the climate is not just
changing. It is destabilising. It is breaking down. The delicately balanced
natural patterns and cycles that are a vital part of the systems that sustain
life on Earth are being disrupted, and the consequences could be catastrophic.
Because there are negative tipping points, points of no return. And we do not
know exactly when we might cross them. What we do know, however, is that they
are getting awfully close, even the really big ones. Transformation often
starts slowly, but then it begins to accelerate."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
