{"id":7309,"date":"2022-10-08T08:40:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T06:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/08\/greta-thunberg-on-the-climate-delusion-weve-been-greenwashed-out-of-our-senses-its-time-to-stand-our-ground\/"},"modified":"2022-10-08T08:40:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T06:40:12","slug":"greta-thunberg-on-the-climate-delusion-weve-been-greenwashed-out-of-our-senses-its-time-to-stand-our-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/08\/greta-thunberg-on-the-climate-delusion-weve-been-greenwashed-out-of-our-senses-its-time-to-stand-our-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta Thunberg on the climate delusion: \u2018We\u2019ve been greenwashed out of our senses. It\u2019s time to stand our ground\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governments may say they\u2019re doing all they can to halt the climate crisis. Don\u2019t fall for it \u2013 then we might still have time to turn things around<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2018Stop setting things on fire\u2019: nine great ideas to save the planet<\/a><\/p>\n

Maybe it is the name that is the problem. Climate change. It doesn\u2019t sound that bad. The word \u201cchange\u201d resonates quite pleasantly in our restless world. No matter how fortunate we are, there is always room for the appealing possibility of improvement. Then there is the \u201cclimate\u201d part. Again, it does not sound so bad. If you live in many of the high-emitting nations of the global north, the idea of a \u201cchanging climate\u201d could well be interpreted as the very opposite of scary and dangerous. A changing world. A warming planet. What\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n

Perhaps that is partly why so many people still think of climate change as a slow, linear and even rather harmless process. But the climate is not just changing. It is destabilising. It is breaking down. The delicately balanced natural patterns and cycles that are a vital part of the systems that sustain life on Earth are being disrupted, and the consequences could be catastrophic. Because there are negative tipping points, points of no return. And we do not know exactly when we might cross them. What we do know, however, is that they are getting awfully close, even the really big ones. Transformation often starts slowly, but then it begins to accelerate.<\/p>\n

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\nGovernments may say they\u2019re doing all they can to halt the climate crisis. Don\u2019t fall for it \u2013 then we might still have time to turn things around
\n\u2022 \u2018Stop setting things on fire\u2019: nine great ideas to save the planet
\nMaybe it is the name that is the problem. Climate change. It doesn\u2019t sound that bad. The word \u201cchange\u201d resonates quite pleasantly in our restless world. No matter how fortunate we are, there is always room for the appealing possibility of improvement. Then there is the \u201cclimate\u201d part. Again, it does not sound so bad. If you live in many of the high-emitting nations of the global north, the idea of a \u201cchanging climate\u201d could well be interpreted as the very opposite of scary and dangerous. A changing world. A warming planet. What\u2019s not to like?
\nPerhaps that is partly why so many people still think of climate change as a slow, linear and even rather harmless process. But the climate is not just changing. It is destabilising. It is breaking down. The delicately balanced natural patterns and cycles that are a vital part of the systems that sustain life on Earth are being disrupted, and the consequences could be catastrophic. Because there are negative tipping points, points of no return. And we do not know exactly when we might cross them. What we do know, however, is that they are getting awfully close, even the really big ones. Transformation often starts slowly, but then it begins to accelerate. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governments may say they\u2019re doing all they can to halt the climate crisis. Don\u2019t fall for it \u2013 then we might still have time to turn things around \u2022 \u2018Stop setting things on fire\u2019: nine great ideas to save the planet Maybe it is the name that is the problem. Climate change. It doesn\u2019t sound …<\/p>\n

Greta Thunberg on the climate delusion: \u2018We\u2019ve been greenwashed out of our senses. It\u2019s time to stand our ground\u2019<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7309"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}