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Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe
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Volume 2 of the Fourth US National Climate Assessment was released this afternoon. Here’s why it’s so important (thread) - nca2018.globalchange.gov
When it comes to climate change, the most dangerous myth the largest number of people have bought into isn’t that the science is up for debate. It’s that it doesn’t matter to ME. See: (source @YaleClimateComm)
(If you are wondering who lives in those few orange counties, well - this figure from @PRRIpoll explains)
NCA4 tackles this myth head-on, showing how climate change is already affecting each one of us, whether we live in Texas or Minnesota or Hawai’i or Florida.
Those who are already vulnerable are those who will suffer the most.
Cutting carbon emissions (e.g. through global actions such as the Paris Agreement) will substantially reduce these risks to people in the US and around the world. Yes, this is a federal US report and that’s what it says:
The good news is that we’re actually moving in the right direction: but the bad news is, it’s not nearly fast enough.
This report is clear:
It’s real
It’s us
It’s here
It’s bad
It’s getting worse
But our choices can and do make a difference.
So: act now.
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