THIS may very well make me a lonely chorus of one, but it needs to be said.

The world's present efforts toward climate change adaptation and mitigation, and all the nebulous, morally comforting buzzwords that we've invented to describe those efforts — 'climate justice,' 'just transition,' 'circular economy,' 'green' this and 'sustainable' that — are a complete farce, the ultimate expression of our hubris and self-indulgence. We will indeed 'save the planet' if we continue on our present path, but we will do so by destroying ourselves and removing the infection we have become.