Stephan:   This is the latest twist in the climate change trend, one which recognizes nothing serious is going to be done about climate change until it is too late and that all subsequent responses involve rich countries working out local solutions while the world as a whole does... well, whatever it can afford which, in the case of much of the world, is nothing at all. This isn't going to work, of course, because it does not really address the mass migrations that are coming, the utter disruption of the food system, the increasing potential for pandemics as system break down. But when one is as stupid as we are culturally, one is stupid all the way through. The only 'solution' I can see that has a chance is working at the local level, for local responses that preserve the quality of life for individuals, families and communities locally.