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What has your kopi-c and Coldplay concert got to do with global warming?
Climate change is often seen as distant or abstract, a topic for politicians and scientists. But it touches us in ways big and small every day and merits more attention.
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Fans braving the rain as they queued to enter the National Stadium for British band Coldplay’s concert on Jan 23, 2024.
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Most people like to talk about the weather. It’s often a good conversation starter – just mention how you were drenched at a Coldplay concert;
Mention climate change, however, and it is often a different reaction, often expressed in a sigh, a shrug or both, signalling a mix of “this is beyond me” resignation and lack of interest.
