Acharya Prashant explains that duality is the fundamental cause of the climate crisis. Duality is the feeling that one is incomplete and must exploit the world to find happiness. This restlessness leads to a crisis of consumption where humans plunder nature, animals, and resources to satisfy an inner agony. He clarifies that the common man is often unfairly burdened with guilt for climate change, whereas the richest 10% of the global population are responsible for 90% of carbon emissions. The crisis is driven by the first world and the ultra-rich, yet the common man is indirectly responsible by choosing the wrong role models and aspiring to their carbon-intensive lifestyles.