There are three options in tackling climate change. Only one will work | Mayer Hillman

As the IPCC report shows, we have to cut out fossil fuels completely, or we will pass on a dying planet to our childrenThe world faces a near-impossible decision - one that is already determining the character and quality of the lives of the generations succeeding us.It is clear from the latest IPCC climate report that the first and only effective course, albeit a deeply unpopular one, would be to stop using any fossil fuels. The second is to voluntarily minimise their use as much as climate scientists have calculated would deliver some prospect of success. Finally, we can carry on as we are by aiming to meet the growth in demand for activities dependent on fossil fuels, allowing market forces to mitigate the problems that such a course of action generates - and leave it to the next generation to set in train realistic solutions that the present one has been unable to find. Continue reading...