If we are to save our future here on earth, enormous efforts are required, but it is possible, claims Johan Rockström, professor of environmental science and director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research. Rockström and his colleagues have a concrete proposal for how to turn the tide in a new book. So far, efforts to slow global warming are slow and grim reports show that 2022 was the fifth warmest year on record, globally, also marred by extreme climate events.
A giant leap
– It takes a giant leap, but it is still entirely possible to implement, says Rockström, but collective action is required and above all the rich must give up a large part of their income to create an equal relationship in order to save humanity and in the long run as well the world.
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