There is a part of the human psyche that wants to dwell forever in childhood, in a place of happy endings, comforted by the thought that as The Big Bad Wolf in ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ met a sorry end, we can expect our own tribulations to end well.
When earlier this year I was living in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, I did not need to read any scientific reports to realise that we are burning the world.
Despite being in faraway South Sudan at the time of writing, Laurence Speight's insights resonate with environmental issues much closer to home.
If any of us went to see our doctor for a health check and the results revealed that all was not well, we would immediately address the problem, which might include eating less processed food, committing to a regime of daily exercise, getting sufficient sleep, and if we drink alcohol, reducing the amount we consume.
