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We inhabit a world where a distorted perception persists regarding the relationship between the value and expense of initiatives aimed at addressing climate change. Without proactive measures, regardless of their associated costs, we face the ominous spectre of global warming and the existential threats it poses. The benefits and advantages of taking action to mitigate the impacts of global warming far exceed the current costs of such actions. Our hope is that 2023 will be remembered as a pivotal moment of shared realization among humanity.

Today’s prominent headlines in mainstream media regularly feature dramatic wildfires, droughts, floods, severe heatwaves, rapid glacial melting, shifting ocean currents, a profound decline in wildlife, and widespread human suffering in various parts of the world. This “dystopian future,” marked by an unrelenting series of climate and ecosystem crises, is unfolding, affecting individuals within the familiarity of their own surroundings in both developed and developing nations. The stakes have reached an unprecedented level, as an escalating apprehension of perilous climate risks rapidly reshapes our way of life, impacting both the affluent and the less privileged. Disruption, uncertainty, resource scarcity, human suffering, and frustration are becoming the prevailing norm.

So, what can be done?

Churchill once said that “the pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity and the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty,” while Nietzsche said, “there are no such things as facts, only interpretations”. Both are right when it comes to climate action, but someone with pointy ears in a galaxy far, far away also said: “Do or do not; there is no try.”