Banish compartmentalised thinking

IT SOMETIMES seems that the collective human brain is split into two compartments that don't communicate.

The potential and actual consequences of global warming are topics of daily news reports and the claims of climate-change deniers are discredited.

The vast majority of the world's governments have stated their concern about the threats resulting from climate change and have instituted actions of some kind or degree of effectiveness to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and mitigate the impact of climate change.

The world faces a water crisis, partly but not solely due to climate change. From California to nor…