A group of young people, wearing knitted jumpers, all putting their hands into the centre of their circle. Photo: By Hannah Busing on Unsplash.
Adding a voice: Jan Arriens on the need for cooperation
‘The imperative for change will become overwhelming.’
In his thought-provoking article of 10 October (‘Is peace possible?’), John Lampen looks at the implications for peacemakers of the breakdown of the international order. Is there, he asks, any chance of restoring the rule of law? He notes the current disregard for truth, and the critical need for cooperation. We may indeed feel impotent and hopeless in the face of the enormous task of turning around adversarial thinking and putting cooperation in its place, but we have to do that if the climate emergency is to be faced. Serious observers now see 3°C warming as a likely scenario; on present trends, humanity might only survive in small pockets.
