Thread by @SteB777

"The world is facing a new form of climate denial – not the dismissal of climate science, but a concerted attack on the idea that the economy can be reorganised to fight the crisis"

This is not new, it is the story of the last 33 years.

1/🧵theguardian.com/environment/20…

The reason emissions keep rising and no meaningful action has been taken to address the climate and ecological emergency, since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, is the absurd refusal to change the economic model.
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“There are now no non-radical futures. The choice is between immediate and profound social change or waiting a little longer for chaotic and violent social change. In 2023 the window for this choice is rapidly closing.” @KevinClimate

3/bellacaledonia.org.uk/2023/04/18/no-…

This is why it is absurd and irrational to believe the present economic model can be maintained.

The one think guaranteed to radically alter the economy and our societies i.e. civilization collapse, is trying to carry on with business as usual.
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We seem to have economist, politicians, oligarchs, corporate CEOs, who delusionally believe that the economy is more real that the laws of physics and ecology, just because they're scientifically ignorant.
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By scientifically ignorant, I don't necessarily mean they are totally ignorant of science, just the science and evidence pertaining to the climate and ecological crisis.
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Not one person who justifies carrying on with business as usual, and maintaining the current economic model, can support their position with solid scientific evidence. All ignore the big picture created by that scientific evidence.
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They cherry-pick, and selectively ignore evidence like biodiversity and ecological impacts, with their techno-fix fantasies, which are totally unrealistic. They deny it, to maintain, their wealth, power, and status. They're dangerously delusional.

8/theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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