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The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend travel from southern Africa, and the equity and commodity markets on both sides of the Atlantic suffered their most significant drop in more than a year. [...]

Ending the extraction of fossil fuels from the Earth while achieving material sufficiency, equity and justice would move us a long way toward the more livable future that the people who gathered outside COP26 — along with billions of others around the world — are demanding and are standing ready to create. [...]

“This is what the state, this is what the fossil fuel industry will do to protect this big, outdated, ancient asset — instead of protecting us, the people, and taking action against the climate crisis.” Without missing a beat, Shapiro-Weiss boldly stated, “This is why we’re doing this.” [...]

We cannot continue consuming cheap goods imported from countries and then criticize them for burning fossil fuels.  It’s time to wake up and recognize that living on renewable energy will require a totally different lifestyle from the one we’ve been living. [...]

We call on all scientists to sign this paper, and act in a united effort to avoid a catastrophic collapse of civilisation. [...]