A leading climate scientist has said he is “very pessimistic” about the world reducing emissions to limit the global average temperature to 2C above pre-industrial levels.
It is a cliché that children will save us. It’s not true, sadly. Children worry, too, and we worry with them, knowing that the coming years are their future more than ours.
As another Earth Day passes, it is appropriate to be worried. The Earth is heating up. But we seem unable to solve the climate crisis. Things appear hopeless. And some people are freaking out.
If you're reading this, there's a fair chance that you care about climate change. But do you believe we're able to do anything to reduce it? If you live in the U.K., the answer is: probably not.
