Behavioral changes are necessary from "summary" of We Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer
It is a truth universally acknowledged that we have to change our behavior. This is not a radical idea. It is not a fringe belief. It is as mainstream as they come. Climate scientists are in unison about this. They agree on little else, but they agree on this: we need to change our behavior. The United Nations has said it. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said it. The World Health Organization has said it. The World Bank has said it. The International Monetary Fund has said it. The World Meteorological Organization has said it. The International Energy Agency has said it. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has said it. The United States Department of Defense has said it. The United States Department of Energy has said it. The United States Department of Transportation has said it. The United States Department of Agriculture has said it. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has said it. The United States Department of State has said it. The President of the United States has said it. The Secretary-General of the United Nations has said it. The Pope has said it. Every major scientific body in the world has said it. So have thousands of minor ones. So have the scientists who work for the major and m...
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