1. Trees face extinction. 2. Ecosystems are unstable. 3. Crops are vulnerable. 4. Pollinators risk extermination. 5. Water supplies are shrinking. 6. Soils are dying. 7. Primates may not survive. 8. Forever Chemicals are in our blood.
Is global warming of +2C now unavoidable and likely to occur by 2029-2038 without emergency system change causing the demise of forests, putting world agriculture at high risk, and triggering 1.75-2.25m of sea level rise within decades leaving the world's major cities underwater?
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"we need to reduce emissions as quickly as possible - if we do that, we will still break 2C, but it will be hundreds of years in the future."
Using a 1850 baseline (or 1750 baseline, my rough estimate) we might expect 2C between 2034 (2029) and 2052 (2047) in the highest emissions scenario, with a median year of 2043 (2038).
Now we know scientists are projecting severe climate disruption and ecosystem collapse by around 2038 which will make it hard for every human to live we can start making some informed decisions together regarding how to create rapid emergency worldwide system change for survival.
At 2C “you are having impacts on most people, impacts on the market, that make it hard for everyone to live"
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African, Southeast Asian, and South American Rainforests are now approaching, at, or beyond the point of collapse, and will suffer from a totally new climate of unprecedented heat from 2025, 2027, and 2028 onwards with staggering consequences for all life on Earth.
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Corporations and governments are driving the destruction of Earth's tropical forests.
South American Rainforests will suffer from a totally new climate of unprecedented heat from 2028 onwards with staggering consequences for all life on Earth.
This 2013 study projects years of 'climate departure' on our current high emissions path:
La Paz Bolivia & Paramaribo Suriname 2028
Georgetown Guyana 2029
Bogotá Colombia 2033
Quito Ecuador & Caracas Venezuela 2034
Lima Peru 2038
Brasilia Brazil 2047 nature.com/articles/natur…
'Tropical forests are guardians against runaway climate change, but their ability to remove CO2 from the atmosphere is wearing down.' The Amazon, which accounts for +50% of the world’s rainforest cover, 'is on the verge of turning into a carbon source.'news.mongabay.com/2021/01/amazon…
Are there any real plans for an immediate and drastic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by shifting to a decarbonised energy production, sustainable use of land & ocean, and climate-friendly urban & regional planning?
The UN says we are heading for a horrific 3.2°C hell on Earth by 2100, even with full implementation of the Paris climate agreement, but it is against 'the sensible, “science-backed” approach' of de-growth: a 'controlled curb on rich people’s consumption'. vox.com/22291568/clima…
Southeast Asia's Rainforests will suffer from a totally new climate of unprecedented heat from 2027 onwards with staggering consequences for all life on Earth.
This study projects years of 'climate departure' (today's high emissions path).
Southeast Asia:
Manokwari, Indonesia 2020
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 2027
Singapore 2028
Jakarta, Indonesia & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2029
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 2033