Hopes for COP27 – from a reformed climate doomer

Climate change deserves consistent attention from all of us around the world, and overcoming climate doom and inaction is the first step in the process, says the author. PHOTO: AFP
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I remember the exact moment I unhappily embraced climate “doomism”, the term describing the idea that humankind is past the point of saving ourselves from global warming.

As the world continued to reel from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that July had been the hottest month since records began 142 years ago.

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