"Most jarringly, we will have to admit that we have left behind the [the idea] that, through collective action we could bring on an orderly transition to a sustainable society, using adaptation and solidarity to make whole the harms unleashed in the meantime.
That’s over.
We are now in a catastrophe of broken continuity that we cannot resolve (even if we limit its further severity) and that will not be made whole by any action within our power. There is no going back."
https://alexsteffen.substack.com/p/coming-back-to-when-we-are