COP26 will be full of largely empty promises and targets. Two things need to happen before politicians and public will take the issue sufficiently seriously to sacrifice existing behaviours:
1. Emissions and resource consumption are directly related to population. Action on unsustainable population growth is critical to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and depletion of scarce resources.
2. Very obvious climate impacts in major economies - eg: London, New York, Beijing and Bangladesh below water through seea level rise - would "shock" the system.
The future looks grim for our grandchildren - they will pay the price for our profligacy.
Question - should the UK continue with the costs of greenhouse gas reductions if the global outlook is so poor.
Doing nothing will consign the UK to suffering with the rest of the world. Embracing zero carbon means that we may mitigate some of the risks and consequences but comes at a cost. Who pays is a secondary question!
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