Michael Benfield, one of the founders of what would become the Green Party of England and Wales has opined that “it’s too late” to save the environment.
Speaking at an event to mark the party’s 50th anniversary, Benfield said the “battle for the world’s environmental survival” has been lost, adding that he had become “somewhat of a doomsayer” about efforts to protect the environment.
“I think we have succeeded in helping to educate… but we have failed in dealing with the battle for environmental survival.
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“I’ll say to you now that it’s too late. The battle for the world’s environmental survival is, at this moment, lost,” he said.
Benfield noted that the scale of the solutions which he believed were necessary would be simply too unpalatable for any political party to propose.
The focus now, according to him, would have to be on mitigation.
“It doesn’t mean to say that we can’t perhaps do other things to put things right, but it’s a very dire situation that we have,” he said.
Story was adapted from BBC
