On 10 August, the British academic and Green Party member of the European Parliament, Catherine Rowett, tweeted something about climate change which stuck like a knife in my gut. The developed countries have whipped through election cycles with only the barest mention of climate change (Australia is an exception, but the “more responsible" side lost badly). She added, “the most powerful way that the average person can combat climate change is to become informed. Goes—whose work focuses directly on climate change in the Indian Ocean—was even less sanguine. Climate change is only one factor (if a big one).

Source: Mint December 29, 2019 14:03 UTC