The Politics of the Giant Human Asteroid

Prologue: unfolding climate catastrophe

I watched the discussion about the “unfolding environmental disaster” (climate chaos) at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2025. Al Gore opened the debate with a brief summary of the unfolding global calamity of unchecked burning of fossil fuels. He said:

“The world releases 175 million tons of greenhouse gases daily into the atmosphere. The accumulated amount now traps as much extra heat as would be released by 750,000...