The Uncertain Solicitor on ... the Law Society's role
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We are moving swiftly towards a world – here in the UK (it already exists elsewhere) - of regular power outages affecting our ability to work, travel, communicate and maintain liveable indoor temperatures; food shortages; lack of clean water; floods and fires making people and businesses homeless; properties and businesses being too expensive, or too risky, to insure. The associated pressures on our social infrastructure (the health and care sectors, policing and the courts) may break already creaking systems. A financial system built on nothing more substantial than inconceivable levels of debt may shatter like a pane of glass. This is not science fiction. This is a widely held prognosis. It is based on the scientific evidence around climate heating and mass extinction on the one hand and on the other, humanity’s refusal to engage seriously with the changes necessary to mitigate those events or to adapt to their consequences. Increasingly, if you do not accept this is the near future we are creating, it is because you are not paying attention.
The Uncertain Solicitor on ... the Law Society's role
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The Uncertain Solicitor on ... the Law Society's role
We are moving swiftly towards a world – here in the UK (it already exists elsewhere) - of regular power outages affecting our ability to work, travel, communicate and maintain liveable indoor temperatures; food shortages; lack of clean water; floods and fires making people and businesses homeless; properties and businesses being too expensive, or too risky, to insure. The associated pressures on our social infrastructure (the health and care sectors, policing and the courts) may break already creaking systems. A financial system built on nothing more substantial than inconceivable levels of debt may shatter like a pane of glass. This is not science fiction. This is a widely held prognosis. It is based on the scientific evidence around climate heating and mass extinction on the one hand and on the other, humanity’s refusal to engage seriously with the changes necessary to mitigate those events or to adapt to their consequences. Increasingly, if you do not accept this is the near future we are creating, it is because you are not paying attention.