Acharya Prashant explains that the climate crisis is fundamentally a spiritual crisis. He acknowledges that while the issue is now widely discussed, the actions taken are often superficial and ineffective because they do not address the root cause. He urges a deeper inquiry into why climate change is happening, asserting that its basis lies in the very constitution of man himself. The speaker posits that man is a being of continuous dissatisfaction and incompleteness. This inner restlessness drives a relentless quest for external satisfaction through consumption. He identifies three categories of consumption: consuming other humans, which leads to unsustainable population growth; consuming man-made objects, which results in massive carbon emissions from manufacturing and energy use; and consuming the natural world, causing biodiversity loss and deforestation. All these destructive behaviors, he argues, stem from the same flawed belief that happiness can be attained through external things. Acharya Prashant highlights the paradox of developed nations, where lower fertility rates are accompanied by enormous carbon footprints, as the pursuit of happiness is channeled into material consumption. The core problem, he explains, is the flawed idea of duality—the separation of the self from the world. As long as man perceives himself as an incomplete entity needing to consume the world to feel whole, he is compelled to destroy it. Therefore, climate change is not merely man-made; it is a compulsion inherent in man's current constitution. Man, as he is, *is* climate change. The ultimate solution lies in correcting this fundamental, flawed idea of the self.