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‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics (www.ipolitics.ca)
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The overall message here I think is: action is still necessary, but the reality is that we're too caught up in politics and economics and we missed our chance at mitigation. Now we need to look to how to cope with what's coming.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (23 children)

I understand why he's despairing and frustrated after so many years of effort, but I hope his framing doesn't quell people's efforts. It's definitely too late to stop climate change from happening, but we can still effect how bad it gets, so please don't give up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

We should stoke anger. Hope made us blind and we sleepwalked into warming.

It's too late for justice. Now only revenge remains

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