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‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics (www.ipolitics.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by altasshet@lemmy.ca to c/climate@slrpnk.net

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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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[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yes we can. We always have been able to. The problem is the willingness is not there yet. It will get worse before it gets better.

As for being able to, there are so many solutions. Watch this video by Gwynn Dyer it's great.

https://youtu.be/RK5l_0bm6ko

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