Despite years of exposure to the climate science, I don’t believe we are headed for total societal collapse | Rebecca Huntley

People can seem immune to the news of catastrophic climate breakdown, but that's a very human response. There is hope

Last Friday the Guardian published a story under the headline World close to irreversible' climate breakdown". This was not a quote from Greta Thunberg or Extinction Rebellion, but the central message from three United Nations agencies.

They found there was no credible pathway to 1.5C in place" and current pledges for action, even if honoured, would result in global heating of around 2.5C - in other words, a catastrophic climate breakdown, with devastating consequences for societies around the globe.