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Hopes for COP27 – from a reformed climate doomer
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Climate change deserves consistent attention from all of us around the world, and overcoming climate doom and inaction is the first step in the process, says the author.
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Malavika Menon
I remember the exact moment I unhappily embraced climate “doomism”, the term describing the idea that humankind is past the point of saving ourselves from global warming.
As the world continued to reel from the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that July had been the hottest month since records began 142 years ago.
