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“Of en hoe een samenleving op de onmiddellijke dreiging van een catastrofe reageert, is afhankelijk van haar culturele waarden en hoe deze tot uiting komen in haar sociaal-economische structuur – denk maar aan de topzware structuur en politieke leiding van het Romeinse Rijk. We hebben op dit momet zelfs met een zeer pregnant voorbeeld daarvan te maken: voor het eerst in de geschiedenis zijn onze wetenschappelijke methoden geavanceerd genoeg om de dreiging van een wereldwijde, door de mens veroorzaakte klimaatverandering te voorspellen, maar ons onvermogen (of onze onwil) om deze kennis in te zetten om de klimaatverandering te bestrijden is grotendeels het gevolg van politieke besluitvorming, of het gebrek daaraan.”

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