In a searing essay, Pratap Bhanu Mehta tears apart the soft comfort of “green optimism” — warning that the biggest danger today isn’t climate denial, but elite complacency. While Trump-style denialism may openly mock science, billionaires like Bill Gates turn it into a polite illusion — that technology alone will save us. This narrative hides the political truth: governments and corporations continue business-as-usual, profiting from fossil economies while the planet burns.
Mehta’s column forces India — and the world — to confront its moral laziness. The climate crisis is not a future threat; it’s a present catastrophe created by human greed and sustained by policy complicity. Climate realism means facing power, not comforting ourselves with billionaire “solutions.”
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https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/pratap-bhanu-mehta-writes-on-climate-change-if-trumps-denialism-is-dangerous-bill-gatess-complacency-is-more-so-10338856/#
