October 2024
We live in very uncertain times. The average global warming is set to rise by four degrees this century, with all the consequences for life on Earth, including human civilisation, if we do nothing about it. Science is ambivalent. On the one hand earth scientists provide unassailable evidence of awaiting catastrophe before the end of the century, while, on the other, geo-engineers, proud of what Western, modern science has achieved so far, still imagine - hubristically, many believe - we can engineer ourselves out of any planetary emergency the Earth throws up.