Time is running out if we are to prevent a very grim future as the world grapples with the urgency of environmental limits, the deeply unjust economic system and the ready reliance on military force. A new book that I’ve co-authored hopes to shed light on how precisely the climate, economy and military are connected. It reveals that despite the daunting picture, there’s hope if we act now.
COP29 comes this year as climate scientists have pointed to a very dangerous near future as climate breakdown accelerates. The UN’s annual climate summit begins in Baku, Azerbaijan in two weeks but the aim of holding the increase in average global temperatures to below 1.5C is looking alarmingly distant.
This week also saw the start of the 16th session of the UN’s biodiversity conference in Cali, Colombia. Concerned with the overall state of global biodiversity it will be reporting on alarming evidence that the global ecosystem is already in serious trouble, with an increasing risk of irreversible damage to the environment in many parts of the world.
