Acharya Prashant addresses a question regarding the connection between spirituality, degrowth, and climate change. He begins by defining duality as the feeling that there are two truths: oneself and the world, both of which are incomplete and dependent on each other. This sense of incompleteness leads to a desire to become complete by feasting on and exploiting the world, which is the root cause of the climate crisis. Climate change, he explains, is nothing but a crisis of consumption. Humans are so terribly incomplete, hurt, and restless that they want happiness at any cost. To get this happiness, they exploit everything around them—their own bodies, their relationships, animals, birds, trees, forests, rivers, and the atmosphere. This exploitation stems from a deep, crazy, and painful inner state. Because the happiness gained is fleeting, one has to do more and more of it to sustain even the semblance of being alright. Acharya Prashant clarifies that climate change is not caused by the basic existence of every individual, as nature provides a perfect balance with agents that emit carbon and agents that absorb it, like trees and oceans. The issue arises because humanity has crossed all limits of consumption. He points out that the richest 10% of the world's population cause 90% of carbon emissions, and the richest 1% are responsible for 30-40%. The per-capita emissions of an Indian are a small fraction of those of an American or a Briton. The problem is the skewed, vulgar consumption of a few. The common person's indirect culpability lies in admiring and following role models who are the biggest consumers. People aspire to consume as much as their role models, who are often influential but neither intellectual nor spiritual. The tragedy is that these unworthy people become role models precisely because they display a great ability to consume. This is rooted in a dualistic philosophy and a lack of proper life education. The very concept of a good life and happiness has become carbon-intensive. The solution, he suggests, is to make this an electoral issue, electing governments that will tax vulgar consumption and the ultra-rich. More fundamentally, one must choose their role models carefully, which is a matter of love and right education, to correct the flawed, consumption-driven purpose of life.