One of the persistent arguments against stringent GHG mitigation was "but it takes our freedom away".
This is, of course, true.
At the same time, not dealing with our collective carbon waste fast enough, takes our freedom (step by step) away, too.
Nature does not ask. It just #ClimateAction#Freedom#Sustainability#Nospecificcountrycodesarepresentinthetweet.
To clarify: my point is not that standards or verification do not matter. Quite the opposite. Science works because verification is distributed across a community over time — through reproduction, criticism, use, and extensions — not because scientists never make minor mistakes. #Science#Verification#Community#Nospecificcountrycodescanbeidentifiedinthetweetprovided.