Compared to the threat of climate change, Brexit is a distraction | Letters

Readers respond to David Attenborough's warning of the collapse of civilisation at the UN's climate change conferenceFor an organisation that ran the inspiring "Keep it in the ground" campaign, it was a shame you didn't make David Attenborough's warning about the collapse of civilisation (Report, 4 December) the lead story on your front page. To have no mention anywhere of the 12 years we (at best) have to make any difference is a shocking omission. Climate change is the greatest issue the world is facing and readers can't have the message highlighted enough.Can I also ask that you don't print any letters suggesting that all we need to do is turn our thermostat down and consume more responsibly? As Naomi Klein illustrates in This Changes Everything, the idea that climate change can be solved by personal responsibility alone is a fallacy (and one of the reasons why we are in this mess). Continue reading...