For years, I’ve been a die-hard evangelist for sustainable development – making TV shows, writing articles about water, and hoping future generations won’t have to Google, “What were trees?”

But now, here I am, in the land of the free and the world’s most ambitious carbon footprint, and I’ve had a rude awakening. Turns out, the devil isn’t just in the details – he’s tap-dancing all over them in flaming Prada boots. The details scream that we’ve been committing a spectacular mistake for years, even with all those SDGs. (And no, not STDs!)

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were heroically crafted to create “peace and prosperity for people and the planet.” Yet, somehow, governments have taken these 17 goals and turned them into something more useless than a paper straw in a hurricane. What’s been more “sustainable” than record-breaking temperatures?

The UN set the alarm........

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