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The Earth’s climatic, ecological, and human systems are converging towards an existential crisis for global civilization within the lifetimes of children now living. Precursors of that crisis are already evident and likely to be further amplified as human population peaks around the end of the twenty-first century. A year ago, the statement from the Regional Action on Climate Change (RACC) Symposium declared “2020 is the year when humanity is experiencing… converging impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, inadequate global health infrastructures, and stark inequalities”(Falk et al. 2020). That reality is even more evident now. Current policies are projected to produce a rise of 3 deg or more above pre-industrial levels in less than 80 years. Accompanying impacts are described in compelling detail in the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group 1 Report (Masson-Delmotte et …