When threats are right in front of us, whether it be a sabre toothed tiger or Covid, we are usually pretty good at taking action. But what about threats that we know are coming, but which are a little further away, like Climate Change? Why can it seem so hard to get the same type of unified action to deal?

Is it the fault of politicians? Or of the three year electoral cycle, that incentivises short term over long term thinking? Or is it that our brains find it difficult to get beyond the immediate physical world that we can see and control?  Most importantly, what can we do about it?

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