COP28: Rubber-Stamping the Collapse of Civilization
<p>A few weeks ago, a majestic waterway that flows and meanders through the jungle before feeding the most majestic of all rivers, the Amazon, was rapidly drying up. As the Rio Negro — itself one of the most voluminous rivers in the world — diminished during a particularly dry spell, something extraordinary emerged on its newly revealed riverbanks. With the water receding to record levels, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/24/brazil-amazon-climate-change-rock-carvings-petroglyphs" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">rock carvings of human faces</a> that were made perhaps 2,000 years ago appeared.</p>
<p>These faces were the work of the inhabitants of a long-lost pre-Columbian Indigenous village. They represent the culture of a society that remains largely mysterious to us and one which has long been lost to the sands of time. The time-travelling faces should remind us that nothing can last forever, that societies rise and fall and that, ultimately, we are all only passing through. Here today, gone tomorrow.</p>
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