'Scientists estimate that we have around 12 years to properly tackle climate change.'
, a randomly-selected group of people responsible for listening to experts, debating crucial issues and drafting policy recommendations. But just how realistic are these demands?
“The honest answer is that we won’t know until we try, but it certainly won’t be possible if we don’t start trying now,” explains Andrew Simms, a coordinator of extreme, but it’s been done before. “Systems can’t change overnight, but the radical and rapid changing of infrastructure, behaviour and consumption has happened in response to past crises,” he continues, citing World War II and the 2007-2008 recession as key examples of past overhauls. “At the very least, we need to switch out energy-intensive private transport and meat-based food systems” for “clean, electric mass transit systems [and] more plant-based diets.
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