The consensus is that climate change ranks along with nuclear warfare as the top two risks facing human civilization.
Graciela ChichilniskyWe need to support our future instead of undermining human survival. Let's do it.
Graciela ChichilniskyThe "can do" logic, by its own nature, does not accept limits. And an empire does not have a graceful way to evolve out of this role. History demonstrates this time and again.
Graciela ChichilniskyAs difficult as it is to eliminate the risk of nuclear warfare, it requires fewer changes to the global economy than does averting or reversing climate change.
Graciela ChichilniskyWe need a transformation of the world economy and of how we use and share the Earth's resources. We are running out of time. We are truly at the point of no return.
Graciela ChichilniskyThe first reaction to trauma is denial, then comes anger and finally, acceptance. I think the US is still between denial and anger, and I hope we will reach acceptance because almost perversely, right now, only the US has the technology that is needed for global economic change.
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