Whenever I look at the media, I am amazed by the scant attention that climate change gets. By comparison with other topics of concern to my fellow humans, it is of minor importance. Right now, it is the Oscars that are in everyone’s focus. Greece and Ukraine get some attention, and so does the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but the bulk of the news is about entertainment and sports. Climate change pops up every now and then only to sink into oblivion once again. Which started me thinking about James Lovelock’s comment that climate change may be an issue as severe as war, thus requiring meaningful action by modern democracies (“Humans are Too Stupid to Prevent Climate Change,” November 16, 2014). As he put it, even the best democracies agree that when a major war approaches, democracy must be put on hold for a while. The same holds for entertainment and sports, it goes without saying. Given the human inertia, though, this will happen only when the proverbial shit hits the fan. By then, it will be war in anything but name. The trouble is that it will last centuries.