'Others are concerned that the authors' faith in humanity to grasp the serious nature of the problem is misplaced.
"Given the evidence of human history, this would seem a naive hope," said Prof Chris Rapley, from University College London.
"At a time of the widespread rise of right-wing populism, with its associated rejection of the messages of those perceived as 'cosmopolitan elites' and specific denial of climate change as an issue, the likelihood that the combination of factors necessary to allow humanity to navigate the planet to an acceptable 'intermediate state' must surely be close to zero."'
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