Scientsts: global warming of 3.2C is
* hard to survive
* hard to prevent
* likely by 2090
* possible by 2070
* plausible by 2050
* just one of many existential threats that mean a rethink of economic growth is now essential for survival
Journalists:
Economists:
Politicians:
* hard to survive
* hard to prevent
* likely by 2090
* possible by 2070
* plausible by 2050
* just one of many existential threats that mean a rethink of economic growth is now essential for survival
Journalists:
Economists:
Politicians:
'for the majority of animals and plants, 3.2°C of warming would mean having most of their habitat wiped out entirely' qz.com/1280872/keepin…
The IPCC & IPBES say we need total economic transformation.
Even ecomodernist scientists who downplay feedbacks and only want policy changes admit 'the world is on course for around 3°C of warming...by the end of the century— still a catastrophic outcome'.nature.com/articles/d4158…
Even ecomodernist scientists who downplay feedbacks and only want policy changes admit 'the world is on course for around 3°C of warming...by the end of the century— still a catastrophic outcome'.nature.com/articles/d4158…
In reality 'the eventual warming for 407ppm CO2 will be about 3.5°C' (we're now close to *420ppm*).
- James Hansen 2018
We need to suck carbon from the atmosphere, but forests are losing their ability to do this, and industrial methods appear unfeasible.monthlyreview.org/2019/02/01/mr-…
- James Hansen 2018
We need to suck carbon from the atmosphere, but forests are losing their ability to do this, and industrial methods appear unfeasible.monthlyreview.org/2019/02/01/mr-…
Avoiding total calamity requires 'instantaneously halting the super-eruption of CO2 disgorged into the atmosphere', but also ending deforestation and the staggering amount of other non-climate habitat & species destruction from pollution, urbanization, etc
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
It is generally acknowledged that ~3C could happen by mid-century at the very earliest.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1269214363631734784?s=20
Media ignore that we have a staggering Ecological Emergency on our hands and face multiple existential threats.
It will never be too late to take action to create a more just world and try to limit the damage.
It will never be too late to take action to create a more just world and try to limit the damage.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1179481371787644930?s=20
The UN still calls for more of the economic growth that is behind the wrecking of ecosystems, but the IPBES is clear we need profound change away from destructive growth.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1300136679710363661?s=20
By the way, at 2°C “you are having impacts on most people, impacts on the market, that make it hard for everyone to live.”
~ Richard Alley, geoscientist at Pennsylvania State University and contributor to multiple IPCC reports. washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…
~ Richard Alley, geoscientist at Pennsylvania State University and contributor to multiple IPCC reports. washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…
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