I totally agree with George Monbiot’s article, in which he says we went along with the lie that all the small changes asked for by green groups would combat this life-threatening problem of climate change (This heatwave has eviscerated the idea that small changes can tackle extreme weather, 18 July). Yet here we are with extreme heat, wildfires and António Guterres, the UN secretary general, saying that we face a “collective suicide”.
Monbiot is right in that green groups do not want to frighten people, so they ask for small acts. I was part of a major green campaign group’s plastics count recently, but where are the really big asks of its members? Plastics are not our biggest problem right now.
