[MCN] Speaking of loaded sentences, ......

[Lance Olsen]

"CO2 emissions are on a trajectory towards disastrous tipping points and global material consumption is projected to more than double by 2060.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/sustainable-development-elephant-room-191009072428736.html <https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/sustainable-development-elephant-room-191009072428736.html>

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"The big challenge is still to deliver emissions reductions at the pace and scale needed, especially in a world where economies are driven by consumption.”

Sonja van Renssen.The inconvenient truth of failed climate policies. Nature Climate Change  MAY 2018

Published online: 27 April 2018 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0155-4 

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“What we are witnessing is a temper tantrum against the mere suggestion that there are limits to what we can consume.” 

Naomi Klein
https://theintercept.com/2019/09/15/trump-straws-plastic/ <https://theintercept.com/2019/09/15/trump-straws-plastic/>

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Dec 13, 2018 : Then-15 year old Greta Thunberg at 24th conference of climate delegates:"You are not mature enough to tell it like it is."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM380e0YUV8 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM380e0YUV8>

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"Environmental psychologist Susi Moser (2012) ... calls it ‘the bravest thing’ – getting real, accepting reality without illusions, and accepting that better tomorrows may not come.”
https://www.isthishowyoufeel.com/blog/how-do-people-cope-with-feelings-about-climate-change-so-that-they-stay-engaged-and-take-action <https://www.isthishowyoufeel.com/blog/how-do-people-cope-with-feelings-about-climate-change-so-that-they-stay-engaged-and-take-action>



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