India, Nov. 11 -- Navtej Sarna

On the landscape of our discontent, several craters pose immediate challenges: Conflicts without end, struggling multilateral institutions, trade handcuffed by tariffs, the looming AI takeover, and so on. It is easy, and often profitable, to turn one's face away from the challenge of climate change. Performative grandstanding - as we will no doubt see at COP 31 in Antalya, Turkey - or superficial greenwashing is considered sufficient. This deliberate downplaying or ignoring of the climate crisis now has a name: Climate hushing.

But monsters don't go away with a finger on their lips. While the world is looking elsewhere, the Earth's climate system is hurtling headlong into uncharted waters. Several vital ma...