From Denis Watkins, Truro, Cornwall, UK
Graham Lawton refers to the latest catastrophe we face – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – and the dire environmental and humanitarian consequences (26 March, p 28). There is another insidious and pervasive impact of crises, global warming chief among them. It is the emotional toll, the erosion of long-term expectations that were once taken for granted.
The assumptions that we could undertake years of study to achieve a qualification, confidently commit to decades of paying a mortgage to buy a house and raise a child in a stable environment have been severely shaken. A different mindset is developing and it is one beset by pessimism. Worst of all, there doesn’t seem to be the leadership to provide a solution.
