Recently on LinkedIn, Juliet Rogers, Public Health Professional, wrote an eloquent post that resonated with me; so much so that I’d like to quote it here along with her excellent graphic:

“Our obsession with engineered innovation is blinding us to the most powerful climate infrastructure already in existence. The global rush to fund mechanical carbon capture facilities exposes a profound flaw in the way we analyse systemic crises. We spend billions attempting to manufacture new technology while actively degrading the open ocean, a perfectly balanced biological engine that already absorbs a quarter of all human emissions for free.

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“True structural design recognises that we cannot outperform millions of years of ecological refinement. The ocean regulates global temperatures, generates the majority of our oxygen, and sustains billions of people without requiring factory construction or constant financial subsidies. The ultimate climate strategy does not require a complex new invention. The most effective step forward is simply choosing to stop polluting the primary system that keeps out world breathing.”

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