As usual, developed economies are performing poorly, notwithstanding their grandstanding regarding environmentalism and tutoring of the world’s poorest on how to build democracies. Climatic aberrations are treated unequally when it comes to news cycles — hardly any news channel or newspaper invests in reporters, stringers or other serious resources for reporting on the poorest sections and those most vulnerable to the shocks of extreme weather events. Answers lie in community resilience: the next big thing in the world may not be one big thing but a series of smaller things. While this is a State-supported mission, its operational significance lies in the wisdom of common women. We can’t hark back to the barter age; no one’s arguing that.

Source: The Telegraph December 15, 2023 12:13 UTC