Irish Examiner View: Humanity losing the race for survival

Climate disaster awaits as we approach certain 'tipping points'.

Second and third level students/pupils march on the streets in a climate Protest on St Patrick's Street in Cork City last March. Picture: Larry Cummins

There is an old saying about how an antelope can maximise its chances for survival on the African plains of the Serengeti. 

To stay alive, it is not necessary for the antelope to run faster than the lion. It merely has to be speedier than the antelope next to it.