So, we are “learning to live with COVID” — can we learn to live with climate change?

Phoenix Mills
Phoenix Mills was up all night moving valuables upstairs at her West Ballina home as the town prepares for flood waters to peak on Wednesday. Photograph: Natalie Grono/The Guardian
As we have been forcefully reminded over the past two years, human beings cannot control the world, and we cannot escape climate change. In its many manifestations, it is seeping into our homes, our lives, and our bodies. Our leaders have told us we need to “learn to live with COVID” — to recognise that, while we can take measures to manage our lives in this pandemic, the virus exceeds our control. But can we “learn to live with climate change”?

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