London – Humans’ collective inability to stem planet-heating emissions — which continue to rise despite pledges to slash them — is largely the result of failures to communicate the risks effectively, government officials and activists said this week.
Even as scientific warnings grow clearer and more urgent, and climate-linked hazards such as more deadly wildfires and destructive storms and droughts affect more people, too few see the rising threats as urgent, they warned.
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