Extreme weather failing to encourage political climate action, says activist Luisa Neubauer

Fridays for Future organiser warns conspiracy theories are increasingly taking hold despite effects of global heating

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Other people's homes burning or flooding won't make a difference. When coffee supply is impacted people will start to care.
- Coffee and cocoa have been getting more expensive. And we also have replacement products for them being invented already.
- Lots of food has been getting more expensive. The response seems to be largely electing climate deniers.
- East German coffee crisis (1977-)
  Norwegian butter crisis (2011)

Because there's a huge and expensive campaign to desensitize, trivialize and make people think we can't do anything about it.