The Earth is in a death spiral. It will take radical action to save us | George Monbiot

Climate breakdown could be rapid and unpredictable. We can no longer tinker around the edges and hope minor changes will avert collapseIt was a moment of the kind that changes lives. At a press conference held by climate activists Extinction Rebellion last week, two of us journalists pressed the organisers on whether their aims were realistic. They have called, for example, for UK carbon emissions to be reduced to net zero by 2025. Wouldn't it be better, we asked, to pursue some intermediate aims?A young woman called Lizia Woolf stepped forward. She hadn't spoken before, but the passion, grief and fury of her response was utterly compelling. "What is it that you are asking me as a 20-year-old to face and to accept about my future and my life? ... This is an emergency. We are facing extinction. When you ask questions like that, what is it you want me to feel?" We had no answer. Continue reading...