To tilt the scales in favour of a faster energy transition, significant efforts to decarbonise the economy are required. This means flipping the political and economic systems that are failing to deliver deep decarbonisation and replacing them with ones built on compassion and justice. Through a cascade of regime transitions in the energy sector, mass mobilisation, and support politics, these reforms are achievable.

Humans assume they are superior to nature. There is no better place to see this arrogance than in the affluent societies of the Minority World. The COVID-19 pandemic ignored arbitrarily defined geographical borders and the fantasy of fake prosperity was shattered as the coronavirus raged. Never again will we resort to this myth created on the backs of people in the Majority World and propped up by environmental plunder. The arrogance of control and superiority have to cease.

We assault the living world from every angle, and all at the same time. As we remember this onslaught, we grieve. Reminiscing is a powerful act. In grieving, we consider the state of our natural environment and take the necessary actions to rectify our abuse of the living planet.