I grew up in Uganda and Kenya; I still have friends there, local people who are seeing the impacts of climate disruption already.

Alas, despite being fairly science-literate, most of my acquaintances see NO connection between their own gas-guzzling lifestyles and the global climate crisis. Instead they look for every possible excuse to do nothing.

The collective response is one massive shrug – either look the other way altogether, or point the finger somewhere else - it's all China's fault ("Why don't you go there and protest?"); it's the fault of the military; it's the fault of white colonialists; it's the fault of greedy corporations; it's the fault of industrial agriculture; it's the fault of governments; it’s caused by overpopulation; nothing I can do as an individual..... always ducking responsibility. It’s the tragedy of the commons writ large.