Giddens paradox

is the act of doing nothing about global warming until it's too late since its dangers are not tangible in our day-to-day lives.

. . . since the dangers posed by global warming aren't tangible, immediate or visible in the course of the day-to-day life, many will sit on their hands and do nothing of concrete nature about them.Yet waiting until such disasters become visible and acute in the shape of catastrophes that are irrefutably the result of climate change before being stirred to serious action will be too late. (net)

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