Finished #MarkLynas's update of #6Degrees: #OurFinalWarning. Admittedly most of the news is not good. But the book ends with this rousing sentiment that I hope we can all take to heart.

"Pessimists sometimes gloomily ask me whether they should still have children, or whether the future is now so bad that they must remain childless and lonely. My response is unequivocal: of course you should have children! Bear children, love them, and then fight for their future with every fibre of your being. ...

"... I invite you to join me in this pledge: I will fight on, even as the waters rise and the deserts advance. I will never give up, never be passive or defeatist, even as the beauty of this living world of ours is eroded and degraded. I reject survivalism and other self-centred approaches, and will always share what I have with others who are in need, as I would expect them to share with me. I will never surrender to despair and will always fight to save what still remains. If necessary I will fight on for years and decades, with endless determination and unbounded love, until the heat stops rising and our children have a future."

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #WaterIsLife

https://books.google.com/books/about/Our_Final_Warning_Six_Degrees_of_Climate.html?id=VGezDwAAQBAJ