Damian Carrington is the Guardian’s Environment editor
There’s No ‘Deadline’ to Save the World. Everything We Do Now Has to Pass the Climate Test
You may have read that there are just eight, or 10, or 12 years to save the world from the climate crisis. There are not. It is already here, gaining strength every day as carbon emissions pour into the atmosphere. It is a slow-motion disaster. Action to avert the worst should have started last week, last year, last decade.
March 11, 2020