The Climate Is Changing Faster Than Culture Can Cope | NOEMA

Nathan Gardels argues that climate change is outpacing any cultural transformation capable of addressing it, so technology must help fill the gap while its own direction is reset. He contrasts this with the earlier deep ecology view, associated with Rudolf Bahro, that only a cultural revolution could save the biosphere. Vaclav Smil is cited as doubting humanity will act on what it already knows, and as saying that no single fix can cut the emissions problem. The article concludes that technology must be paired with reduced upstream overconsumption rather than relied on alone.