As the planet warms, governments parade hollow climate promises, masking inaction behind grand rhetoric. At its core, the crisis isn’t a policy failure — it’s a product of capitalism’s insatiable demand for growth on a finite planet. Climate pledges serve geopolitics, not survival. The EU’s Green Deal? A performance — easily sidelined when economic interests are threatened. Capitalism created climate change and cannot solve it. True change demands rejecting the very system driving environmental collapse. As crises mount, a radical alternative emerges: degrowth. It’s not just about emissions — it’s about dismantling the structures fueling our destruction before it’s too late.

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