Our leaders are ignoring global warming to the point of criminal negligence. It’s unforgivable

Humanity survived the cold war because no one pushed the button.

On climate change, the button has been pushed again and again

• Tim Winton
• The Guardian

I’ve been asking myself a question – and even posing it makes me queasy.

Is it too late – are we beyond saving?

As a culture and a polity, when it comes to climate change, have we arrived at a point where we are now expected – even trained – to abandon hope and submit to the inevitable?

OK, I guess that’s two questions.

In good faith I can still say that the answer to the first is no.

But I’d be a…

• Our leaders are…