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Similarly, Greta Thunberg favours an imminent, catastrophic model of climate
change:
-> \[FIND QUOTE\]
+> Around the year 2030, 10 years 252 days and 10 hours away from now, we will be
+> in a position where we set off an irreversible chain reaction beyond human
+> control, that will most likely lead to the end of our civilization as we know
+> it. That is unless, in that time, permanent and unprecedented changes in all
+> aspects of society have taken place, including a reduction of CO~2~ emissions
+> by at least 50 per cent. [@no-one-is-too-small, p. 82]
Catastrophic models of ecological futures are so dominant, that it can be hard
to imagine any other kind of story. This is eloquently demonstrated by the