This summer, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its latest report, and the most startling thing about it is how unsurprising its contents were. Preventing the worst, the report says, is still possible, but only if humanity shifts to a carbon-neutral economy as soon as possible. „This report,“ says United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, „must deal the death blow to coal and fossil fuels before they destroy our planet.“