When You Accuse Climate Activists of Hypocrisy, You Miss The Point Entirely

Vocal social media users attack climate change protesters

Survival of the planet requires radical systemic change. When we place blame on the masses, we allow the climate’s biggest enemies to quietly continue business as usual.

Our planet is burning. We are teetering on the edge of irreversible climate change that could trigger the sixth mass extinction, killing millions. Scientists don’t know when the tipping point will occur, or whether it has already, but once it does, we will have caused irreparable damage to the Earth.

I’m sure you’re all too painfully aware of the devastation and destruction that is ripping through nature. Greenhouse gas emissions are at record high, and there is more Co2 in the atmosphere than there has ever been. Thousands are dying in European capital cities because of polluted air. The oceans are rising so rapidly that at this rate we will lose cities to the sea. Los Angeles, Bangkok, Miami, Barcelona will experience annual flooding. Indonesia is even moving its capital city because Jakarta is sinking. If our planet warms by just 2 degrees, we risk losing five percent of animal and plant species, and an ensuring domino effect could collapse ecosystems. The warming climate is helping disease-ridden mosquitoes to spread. The climate crisis could create up to 1.5 billion more migrants by 2050, and yet we are increasingly…