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“Signs of a poorly understood but treatable house fire requires action, not inaction.”

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Graciela Chichilnisky is an influential scholar in the fields of economics and environmental science. Born in 1944, she is renowned for her research on sustainable development and climate change policy. more

“Political parties often take advantage of denial and fear in a moment of change. This is a well understood phenomenon that often leads to scapegoat-ism: blaming outsiders, such as immigrants, or racial and religious minorities. The phenomenon is behind Brexit and the violence in the political cycles in the US and EU.”

Wells Moments Political Religious Party Behinds Violence Understood Advantage Blame Denial Minorities Immigrants Cycles Phenomenon Outsiders Political Parties Isms Scapegoat

Author:Graciela Chichilnisky

“After denial comes anger and finally, acceptance.”

Acceptance Denial

Author:Graciela Chichilnisky

“The "can do" logic, by its own nature, does not accept limits. And an empire does not have a graceful way to evolve out of this role. History demonstrates this time and again.”

Way Doe Can Do Accepting Roles Limits Logic Evolve Empires

Author:Graciela Chichilnisky

“Trying to conserve a privileged global position makes change traumatic for the US.”

Trying Position Privileged

Author:Graciela Chichilnisky

“I love talking about clothes with women; it's like a code because women dress for women.”

Talking Clothes Dresses Code

Author:Mindy Kaling

“The first reaction to trauma is denial, then comes anger and finally, acceptance. I think the US is still between denial and anger, and I hope we will reach acceptance because almost perversely, right now, only the US has the technology that is needed for global economic change.”

Thinking Firsts Stills Technology Economic Acceptance Needed Right Now Trauma Reactions Denial Economic Change

Author:Graciela Chichilnisky

“We have used the majority of our carbon budget and we are already at dangerous levels of CO2 concentrations, about 400 parts per million. The levels were 250 before industrialization. So the problem is what we have done already and, therefore, what must be undone.”

Done Problem Used Levels Millions Dangerous Majority Budgets Concentration Carbon Undone Co2 Industrialization

Author:Graciela Chichilnisky

“Technology is a many-headed monster and perhaps it would be better to regress to a safer past and avoid technological change; it is tempting to think like that.”

Thinking Would Be Past Technology Monsters Technological Tempting Technological Change

Author:Graciela Chichilnisky

“Even if we planted a tree on every square yard available in the planet by the end of the century we would only capture at most 10 percent of the CO2 we need to reduce. This does not mean that we should not plant trees; we should, for biodiversity's sake, and for our long-term future together with the other species.”

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