Our minds handle risk strangely – and that's partly why we delayed climate action so long
- Written by Jeff Rotman, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Consumer Psychology & Co-Director of the Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University
ShutterstockWe now have a very narrow window to significantly and rapidly slash greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most disastrous effects of climate change, with just an estimated six years left before we blow our carbon budget to stay below 1.5°C of warming.
We’ve known how gases like carbon dioxide trap heat for over 100 years and...
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