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A clash of civilisations would mean the collapse of civilisation
KEITH LAMB argues the US-led Cold War against China is standing in the way of global co-operation on climate change, when it is China that is uniquely able to plan long term for the environment compared to the politically and economically volatile West
While the US drums up bogus human rights claims in an attempt to bring down China’s system, it is this very system that is gearing up for the long-term planning that is needed for safeguarding our collective environmental human rights

AFTER Donald Trump took office, a new cold war started heating up between China and the US. Regrettably, President Biden doesn’t seem predisposed to cooling tensions anytime soon.

However, beyond man-made cold wars, which if they turn hot, threaten the collapse of civilisation with nuclear weapons, there is another war taking place where the US and China are — or at least should be — the closest of allies.

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), human activity has warmed the earth by 1.1°C since 1850-1900. The IPCC’s new report now believes we need rapid large-scale action to prevent the earth from warming by 1.5-2°C within the next 20 years. This amount of warming is believed to be a tipping point that, if reached, could lead to climate change spiralling beyond repair.

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