“This is what one of the world’s most renowned scientists, Sir David King, head of the global Climate Crisis Advisory Group, says: ‘On our current path, civilisation as we know it will disappear. If we only meet current commitments – net zero by 2050 – perhaps some form of humanity will survive.’ This is what’s at stake – total annihilation of life on Earth,” says Edvin Erixzon, spokesperson for Återställ Våtmarker.
We are too few. But imagine if we had been one hundred, or a thousand, people today. Then we could have reached all the way into the cabin. After the safety demonstration, we could have borrowed the microphone to read out this warning to you. We are deep into the greatest catastrophe in human history. Human and non-human life is already being lost on an unprecedented scale. We can stop this and we can still create a good future. But we can only do it if many of us try together. This is what Frida and William wrote in the letter they were on their way to deliver to the plane’s passengers.
Peter Kalmus, a prominent NASA scientist, writes: “If you are still mad at climate activists, I’m not sure what to tell you. The climate crisis is on track to push one-third of humanity out of its most livable environment.” When the words of scientists are completely ignored by those in power, ordinary people must sound the alarm louder than ever,” says Lior Tell Stefansson, spokesperson for Återställ Våtmarker.
