We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
‘Summer was an immaterial treasure and joy that belonged to all of us.’ Photograph: Alan Lima/The GuardianView image in fullscreen‘Summer was an immaterial treasure and joy that belonged to all of us.’ Photograph: Alan Lima/The GuardianOpinionClimate crisisWe launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate war zoneRebecca SolnitSummer is not what it once was. Now many of us dread it.Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges.
- ▪‘Summer was an immaterial treasure and joy that belonged to all of us.’ Photograph: Alan Lima/The GuardianView image in fullscreen‘Summer was an immaterial treasure and joy that belonged to all of us.’ Photograph: Alan Lima/The GuardianOpin
- ▪Now we are in a climate war zoneRebecca SolnitSummer is not what it once was.
- ▪Now many of us dread it.Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges.
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‘Summer was an immaterial treasure and joy that belonged to all of us.’ Photograph: Alan Lima/The GuardianView image in fullscreen‘Summer was an immaterial treasure and joy that belonged to all of us.’ Photograph: Alan Lima/The GuardianOpinionClimate crisisWe launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate war zoneRebecca SolnitSummer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys Tue 4 Aug 2026 06.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 4 Aug 2026 06.02 EDTShareFar beyond the fires raging across Europe and North America, the smoke, dangerous to breathe, hangs in the air, dimming the view, changing the very color of sunlight into something grimly unsettling.An estimated 20,000 are said to have died in the extreme heat in Europe earlier this year, and heat is climate…
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