Michael Penney and Mike Swinn respond to Gaby Hinsliff’s article about voters’ apparent disinterest in the threats facing our species and planet
Gaby Hinsliff is right to draw attention to the lack of urgency about the perils facing us from climate change (If swing voters were terrified of the climate crisis, ministers would take it seriously, 19 May). One way to attract the attention of the public and politicians is for those campaigning about this issue to remind those who are grandparents that they could well be the last generation to have grandchildren.
It seems likely that our grandchildren, as well as having to face up to the cost of healthcare, housing and the threat of AI and other new technologies, will also have to think seriously about starting families when faced with a world which is burning up and getting hotter day by day. High temperatures, floods, shortages of food and so on are hardly encouragement to bring more people into the world.
