<div dir="ltr"><div>see <a href="https://thenearlynow.com/the-real-politics-of-the-planetary-crisis-216229324deb">https://thenearlynow.com/the-real-politics-of-the-planetary-crisis-216229324deb</a></div><div><br></div><div>some quotes to give you a taste:</div><div><br></div><div><div id="gmail-comment_js_u3" class="gmail-UFIRow gmail-_48ph gmail-_48pi gmail-_4204 gmail-UFIComment gmail-_4oep gmail-UFIUnseenItem" style="background-color:rgb(246,247,249);margin:0px;padding:8px 12px 4px;word-wrap:break-word;border-left:0px;border-top:1px solid rgb(225,226,227);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:12px"><div class="gmail-_3b-9" style="font-family:inherit"><div style="font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-clearfix" style="zoom:1;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-UFIImageBlockContent gmail-_42ef" style="overflow:hidden;margin:0px;padding-left:8px;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-UFICommentContentBlock" style="padding-right:14px;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-UFICommentContent" style="font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-UFICommentActorAndBody" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">"We’re winning too slowly. If we can only achieve incremental progress when large-scale change is needed, we lose. If we set large-scale action in motion, but only after such a prolonged fight that it’s no longer possible to meet the curve ahead of us, we fail. Indeed, winning too slowly is the same thing as losing.</span><br><br><span style="font-family:inherit">This last point is really critical. What the steepening curves of climate action tell us, above all else, is that when we act matters as much — arguably, even, far more — than the specific set of actions we take. Speed is everything.</span><br><br><span style="font-family:inherit">Our best-paced efforts today will leave our children with a planet 3.5º C hotter; in effect, a different planet, a strange planet, a world where nothing is ever “normal” again."</span></span><span style="font-family:inherit"></span><div style="font-family:inherit"></div></div><div class="gmail-fsm gmail-fwn gmail-fcg gmail-UFICommentActions" style="color:rgb(144,148,156);clear:both;padding-top:2px;font-family:inherit"><span class="gmail-_6a gmail-_3-me" style="display:inline-block;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-_khz gmail-_4sz1" style="display:inline-block;width:auto;font-family:inherit"><a class="gmail-UFILikeLink gmail-UFIReactionLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/?ref=bookmarks#" tabindex="0" style="color:rgb(54,88,153);text-decoration-line:none;outline:none;word-wrap:normal;font-family:inherit">Like</a><span class="gmail-accessible_elem" tabindex="-1" style="height:1px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap;width:1px;font-family:inherit">Show more reactions</span></div></span><span style="font-family:inherit"> · </span><a class="gmail-UFIReplyLink gmail-_460i" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/?ref=bookmarks#" style="color:rgb(54,88,153);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit">Reply</a><span style="font-family:inherit"> · </span><span style="font-family:inherit"><a class="gmail-uiLinkSubtle" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/permalink/1703566126354226/?comment_id=1703566629687509&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D" style="color:rgb(144,148,156);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:inherit">6 mins</a></span></div><span class="gmail-_36rj" style="font-family:inherit"><a class="gmail-UFICommentCloseButton gmail-_1-be gmail-_xw0 gmail-_xw9 gmail-_5upp gmail-_42ft" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2p.open/?ref=bookmarks#" style="color:rgb(54,88,153);text-decoration-line:none;display:block;white-space:nowrap;height:12px;width:12px;background-color:transparent;border:0px none;overflow:hidden;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;background-image:url("/rsrc.php/v3/yY/r/yAFSsqTUYwN.png");background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:98px 418px;background-position:-82px -374px;opacity:1;outline:none;font-family:inherit;font-size:0px">Manage</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="gmail-comment_js_yx" class="gmail-UFIRow gmail-UFIComment gmail-_4oep gmail-UFIUnseenItem" style="background-color:rgb(246,247,249);margin:0px 12px;padding:4px 0px;word-wrap:break-word;border-left:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:12px"><div class="gmail-_3b-9" style="font-family:inherit"><div style="font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-clearfix" style="zoom:1;font-family:inherit"><div class="gmail-_ohe gmail-lfloat" style="float:left;font-family:inherit"><a rel="dialog" href="https://www.facebook.com/mbauwens?fref=gc&dti=145538675490320" class="gmail-img gmail-_8o gmail-_8s gmail-UFIImageBlockImage" tabindex="-1" style="color:rgb(54,88,153);text-decoration-line:none;display:block;margin:0px;border-radius:50%;overflow:hidden;font-family:inherit"><img alt="Michel Bauwens" class="gmail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ation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a>  - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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