* Citizens are alarmed by the climate crisis, but most believe they are already doing more to preserve the planet than anyone else, including their government, and few are willing to make significant lifestyle changes, an international survey has found.*

The comparatively painless way for millions of people to change a harmful habit is to get together and do it at the level of society as a whole. To achieve the same results by individual sacrifices is a big pain.

Extreme pessimism about our future is as harmful as blind optimism.

The article errs in equating Roger Hallam's warning with fatalistic pessimism. Extinction Rebellion is the opposite of fatalism. His warning of what the future will be like if you don't try to change it is a call to action, and it has inspired thousands — or perhaps millions — into the struggle.

Governments' estimates of their greenhouse gas emissions omit 8 to 13 billions of tons per year. That is a substantial fraction of the total anthropic emissions.

*Tuvalu minister to address Cop26 knee deep in seawater to highlight climate crisis.*

*I have lived under corrupt regimes — the cynicism stalking Britain is all too familiar.*