Macroscope | Cop28: how to fight climate change when we don’t even have a commander?
- Global warming cannot be met by anything other than a coordinated global response, but logic stands little chance against politics and nationalism, as seen at Cop28
- We are entering an existential battle against climate change with no clear idea of how much it’s going to cost, who’s going to pay and who’s in charge
As things are, we pay taxes and then assume we’ve done our bit in battling global warming but much of the money we invest (or which is invested on our behalf) in stock markets will also need to be diverted to the fight.
This is one of the two inconvenient truths that need to be factored into the debate about climate change for it to become serious. The other is that nations need to sacrifice some sovereignty to achieve a climate rescue.
How can a universal challenge such as global warming possibly be met by anything other than a coordinated global response? The logical answer is that it can’t, but logic stands little chance against politics and nationalism.
It would be comical, were it not potentially tragic, that we are entering an existential battle – that’s not too strong a term – against climate change with no clear idea of how much it’s going to cost, who’s going to pay and who’s in charge.