It's like boxing a glacier. Enjoy that metaphor, by the way, because your grandchildren will have no idea what a glacier is.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Fighting against climate change is like fighting an immovable force. Future generations may not even know what glaciers are.
- In plain terms
- Stopping climate change is very hard and future kids might not know ice.
- What can you take from it?
- Climate action is urgent.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What will the world look like in 50 years?
- How urgent is climate action?
Another view
The metaphor is hyperbolic.
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