The most important thing to say is that we can still beat the crisis – but we are against the clock. Emissions are piling up in the atmosphere every day that goes by, so we’re in a race against time to act. This is a marathon, not a sprint.
There is no moment in time when we go from a world that’s fine to a world that’s a disaster. But every action, by every person, matters. Every bit of heating you prevent reduces human and planetary suffering, because that’s really what this will come down to.
The good news is we have the tools, the knowledge and the technology – it’s just a question of developing it quickly enough that we make it accessible and affordable to the mass market. For this, political will is key, and at Cop26 we need to see a
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