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I'm probably a man of a certain age. Too old to worry about pumping these days. The sea grass and other innovations are fantastic but my fear is they will be used to show we can continue to destroy and invent our way out of it. My view is the world needs to slow down dramatically and innovate to reduce climate change. That will never happen when all politicians seem to want is growth and when very little is discussed beyond a single political cycle. Money and lobbying drives political decision making and that influence has now started to dictate what the electorate vote for too. Climate change will continue to be kicked into the long sea grass and the direction of travel will continue until the point that green technology can generate more wealth for those that pull the levers. At that point it will probably be too late. Unfortunately, all the traits and qualities that most people would consider make good humans don't get you into positions that take decisions. All the traits that we hate are abundant in those that decide our fate and none of them look beyond what effect climate change will have on them and what profit is to be made in the meantime.
I think there is a huge issue trying to take people on this journey. With the catastrophising narrative the danger is that it will be seen as no point (with references to China, India and the US) doing much more damage than us. But the no growth solution is likely to be very unpopular. In Europe I think that is likely to lead to right wing populist governments. It won't be done in China because the whole edifice is built on growth and economic reward. The CCP has delivered growth and extreme reward for some Chinise. If that collapses what then? I'm my view lots of little initiatives are more likely to get traction.