A fight for life

The subtext of the first in a series of pieces in 'The Guardian'.

In this, there is reference to the "tipping points" that scientists have identified. As they tumble, so do our chances of living as we have been accustomed to.

Dr Genevieve Guenther, an American climate communications specialist, is the founding director of End Climate Silence, which studies the representation of global heating in the media and public discourse. Last year, she published The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It, which was described by Bill McKibben as “a gift to the world”. In the run-up to the Global Tipping Points conference in July, Guenther talks to the Guardian about the need to discuss catastrophic risks when communicating about the climate crisis.

Wednesday sees a piece on the end of coral reefs... warming oceans are bleaching them out of existence in the coming years...