From the magazine Lionel Shriver

The case against a ‘climate emergency’

Lionel Shriver Lionel Shriver
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 11 January 2025
issue 11 January 2025

January is the ideal month for gaining a sense of perspective. I’m increasingly convinced that the ‘climate emergency’ is another social mania we’ll look back on with: ‘J-eez, what was that about?’ Why?

The paradigm displays the classic anthropocentrism of our era. As organised religion declines, we replace God with humanity.

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