It’s not too late

E can do it! Yes, we really do it. If we act now, we will be able to avoid the manifestly catastrophic effects of climate change. That is the central optimistic message of the otherwise frightening report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—the assembly of the world’s best scientists brought together by the United Nations. There are two caveats. Firstly, this. This is truly the last-chance saloon. Otherwise, the fires that, this year, have ravaged Greece, Sardinia, Morocco and the US, together with the floods that did so much damage in Germany and the Low Countries, will become an increasingly frequent occurrence.