

Richard Roberts
Net zero by 2050 is a fantasy, unless we get serious about degrowth
The biggest barrier to effective climate action today isn’t denialism, or even apathy, but our propensity to believe convenient fantasies. No fantasy is more convenient to those who have thrived under fossil capitalism than the belief that we can achieve net zero by 2050 without having to give anything up.

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