No one can hide from the climate crisis, not even billionaires


A dried up agricultural field in eastern Iraq photographed on June 24, 2021. Climate change could force up to 216 million people to leave their homes by 2050, the World Bank has warned. When the system breaks down that much, hiding in bunkers won’t help you survive. — AFP

If the climate crisis and growing uncertainty about storms, droughts and insane firestorms are going to affect you and your family, well, you could pledge to pressure governments to do more to curb carbon dioxide emissions and put your weight behind international groups calling for an “ecocide” law that could be prosecuted in international courts like genocide is ... or if you’re rich enough, you could just bail on the entire problem.

That seems to be the reaction from some of the richest people on the planet. A recent article in Britain’s Guardian newspaper said that Silicon Valley billionaires in the United States are buying up land in New Zealand and building bunkers to weather any storm, be it the climate crisis, another pandemic or maybe just having to deal with all us regular people and our regular problems.

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