Whilst the science has been clear for decades, a rational and appropriate response from our governments has been lacking.
New research has now demonstrated how powerful established economic powers have weaponized policy inaction and garnered undue inside support to lock an unjust system into its destructive ways.
Outsourcing social costs to continue extracting every last dollar, these economic powers have generated an entire industry of obfuscation, lobbying, delay tactics and counter-scientific spin.
This has held back much-needed action since the 1990s, costing lives and valuable time that cannot be recycled.
Scientists and all people need to stand up against this radical evil and call it out, in solidarity with the Global South and victims of this unjust system.
Our reponse to the IPCC AR6: Scientific establishments are starting to say what climate activists have been saying for decades: we are beyond the precipice, our only hope is a political revolution.
Climate tipping points are already breached, our weather violently disturbed, our food supplies at risk, our water endangered, our homes threatened, and our prospects for survival under siege.
Terrifyingly - this is the conservative view, the inescapable reality wrapped in a soft and agreeable tone. The truth is we have been murdered in our sleep, our futures stripped and sold like assets, gambling chips in the games of billionaires.