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It’s clumsy wording though. What is he (or rather the reporter) saying is ‘lost’? The battle for survival? And the survival of what, the planet itself or the human race as a species? The word used in the piece ‘mitigation’ is appropriate here; perhaps we have lost the battle to avoid permanent long lasting environmental damage, but that there are still plenty of opportunities to mitigate the impacts and learn different ways to coexist with the planet within those new realities?

I’d rather listen to scientists on the reality than to a politician who isn’t even a major figure the Green movement anymore. The ‘throw up your hands and accept it’ crowd really yank my chain. Maybe they have no intention of producing grandchildren who might inherit what is left, or something.
I think climate catastrophising is really harmful to changing behaviours. If you say we're done then what point is there in doing anything. I was very struck by the discussion above on solutions. Much easier to engage with.