Apocalyptic Environmental Fantasies

In a contrived act of theatricality, Greta Thunberg delivered a fervent speech about climate change at the United Nations (UN) on Monday 23 September 2019. Although her address was both lauded and condemned for its intensity, Thunberg’s dire warnings about our future can trace their lineage to an immense back catalogue of alarmist environmental fantasy.


This veritable avalanche of media takes the form of articles, books, videos, academic studies, pamphlets, and soaring oratory that has predicted any number of cataclysms [1]. These works, in turn, are implicitly reminiscent of the Western Apocalyptic tradition.

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