Something We Lack, Something We Need
Being honest about climate change is something that has eluded our species, our culture, our economies and our behavior for a long time.
I was once perhaps a bit too grandiose in framing the context merely by looking at the science.
To approach an issue which is essential and imminent to reach an ideal target in some non-binding international treaty on the future of the human race, we should look closer by.
People should first come to terms with what the actual situation is, orient their behaviour by finding meaning and then approach the enormous tasks ahead as part of the deliberate systemic action.
It is obvious that social realities, politics, economics, technologies and entire cultures of consumption have not adjusted, are not adjusting and will not adjust unless honest, ambitious leadership emerges.
Climate change begets system transformation. Society has not taken any meaningful, deep action on total greenhouse gas cuts, even though decision-makers have known the urgency of the problem for decades.
Finding Meaning
It is hard to make sense of what is going on right now. None of us wanted to live in a predicament like this, most of us did not ask for it, and we did not deserve it.
