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There is that classic western maxim that evil triumphs when ‘good men do nothing’, but I no longer think this is true.

Evil triumphs when ‘good men’s’ efforts fail.

Climate change represents an inherent risk to humanity, but some climate change mitigation strategies represent a risk to short-term profit incentives.

We are starting to see economic agitation globally as institutions everywhere begin to question the logic of our systems.

This and other factors has led us to a multi-polar world, which is itself creating new problems that inhibit global synchronisation on this issue.

It is a planetary scale problem. It needs a planetary scale solution.



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