Ultimately whether we are swayed by activists or not the negative outcome will still be the same if little or nothing is done. That's concerning. It's very hard for people to look beyond the here and now. That's true in many areas, but the consequence in this one, could be devastating down the line.

Absolutely.. but even if they don't it's no reason to do nothing. More diplomatic pressure needs to be applied combined with a degree of assistance.

It will likely be Africa that suffers massively first though, if we keep on this path. That's both tremendously sad, and possibly also a reason why some are more than happy to take a wait and see or denial approach.

There have certainly been improvements over recent decades, and a combination of technology and the will to improve matters no doubt forms part of this. I'm not sure that I quite go with your analogy with the planet as a drug addict that's got used to its fix, but at the same time I suspect our advancements are slow enough that it's not like we're going cold turkey anyway . It may not be possible to even plant enough trees to counteract Co2 [Link] . That;s just one take though of course, I appreciate that.

Your idea of gradually getting countries on board with cleaner energy is a good one, and no doubt in some countries that will be a good model to go with. I can well understand the will to lay blame at certain countries that are slacking, but beyond that I think it's strange that we don't target corporations more, since they're the ones banking bank to the detriment of the planet. Coca cola sells 200,000 plastic bottles per minute. No doubt they're slowly making changes, but it's easy to see how we're trashing the planet to save a few bucks or enrich corporations when there are other approaches that could be followed.

China has actually made great progress in some areas, particularly electric vehicles, electric buses are becoming the new normal in Chinese cities. They pioneered some nifty battery changing processes for buses.

There is increasing pressure on the Chinese govt from the huge and growing middle class who don't want their kids to grow up with pollution etc.

To a certain extent China just see the hypocrisy and virtue signalling of the West on the whole issue.

Certainly China has a long way to go in having a sustainable economy that is not heavily dependent on coal fired electricity generation but it is in their interest so they are not dependent on imported coal

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

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I love this image. BoJo snoozing without a mask next to 95 year old Attenborough.

Good job our leadership is on the ball in these crucial times.

Completely. Regardless of ones political views, it staggers me that anyone can still be burying their head in the sand over climate change and the horrendous impact it is having.

Will me not getting on a plane every year make a difference? No. Will everyone doing that make a difference? Yes. Do goverenment's and big industry need to do a hell of a lot more too though? Yes again.

We're on the brink of disaster though and our children coudl have a miserable existence if nothing is done!