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Promise the Earth: Why real climate action means restraint

A new book by a Cambridge engineer and an Oxford theologian argues that our faith in technology to solve the climate crisis is distracting us from the uncomfortable truth: that saving the planet is neither a task for future technologies nor for world leaders alone. It is something all of us—especial...

Promise the Earth: Why real climate action means restraint
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A new book by a Cambridge engineer and an Oxford theologian argues that our faith in technology to solve the climate crisis is distracting us from the uncomfortable truth: that saving the planet is neither a task for future technologies nor for world leaders alone. It is something all of us—especially those with comfortable lives—can and must do now.

Originally published at Phys.org

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