The world is burning. Who can convince the comfortable classes of the radical sacrifices needed? | Justine Toh

Simone Weil's life illustrates the capacity to give up the things we feel we're owed - such as a carbon-intensive consumer-driven lifestyle

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. The saying takes on new meaning after the hottest July ever, devastating wildfires in Greece and Canada, and the declaration by the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, that we've left behind global warming" for global boiling".

But this time our Neros - AKA governments - aren't the only ones shirking their responsibilities. What are the rest of us doing while the world burns?