If we keep abusing nature it will collapse, taking us with it. We need a new mindset

[Lee Cruz]

The Guardian   Opinion: Christiana Figueres

2 November 2022

At Cop meetings in Egypt and Canada, humanity faces two doors. Door one leads to untold misery. We have no choice but to take door two.

Floodwaters in Johi, Pakistan, in October 2022. Photograph: Getty Images

For the last 50 years, an ill-fated paradigm has shaped western thought and action: the “tragedy of the commons”. This is a situation in which everyone operates according to their own self-interest and ultimately depletes our shared resources. Ever since the term was first coined in 1968, we have been acting it out to its fullest with devastating consequences for our land, water and atmosphere...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/02/nature-climate-crisis-new-mindset