Every failure of collective action, including climate change, is caused by the free-rider problem.

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• A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away. AFAdam Frank22 Dec 2024climate change
• All five mass extinctions were ultimately climate change — the climate shifting faster than life could adapt to it. DHDave Hone4 Sept 2025climate change
• Building only clean energy without reducing fossil energy will not effectively combat climate change. BMBill McKibben13 Oct 2026climate change
• Carbon capture technology is worth continuing to research, even though it is not yet a solution to climate change. BMBill McKibben7 Sept 2026climate change
• Carbon emissions should be priced and government subsidies for oil, coal and gas companies should be ended. LDLeonardo DiCaprio23 Sept 2014climate change

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