Capitalism 2027
1. corals: 90% dead
2. unsurvivable heat
3. water scarcity hell
4. Antarctica collapses
5. global food insecurity
6. a million species extinct
7. tropics becoming uninhabitable
8. high risk of climate feedback doom
Only a postgrowth economy can avoid this now.🧵
1. corals: 90% dead
2. unsurvivable heat
3. water scarcity hell
4. Antarctica collapses
5. global food insecurity
6. a million species extinct
7. tropics becoming uninhabitable
8. high risk of climate feedback doom
Only a postgrowth economy can avoid this now.🧵
🧵1 . Scientists agree: economic growth will make the extinction crisis of habitat destruction, toxic pollution and abrupt climate change difficult for humanity to survive decently, or perhaps even at all
* 1.5°C horrors by 2025-2030
The answer? Degrowth:cnbc.com/2021/02/19/deg…
* 1.5°C horrors by 2025-2030
The answer? Degrowth:cnbc.com/2021/02/19/deg…
🧵2. Mass media are virtually completely silent on what is essential for survival: rich countries rapidly and fairly degrowing their economies to aim for survival.
* new scientific consensus:
1.6°C-2.4°C hell by 2050 if we don't progress away from growth.yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/08/key-ta…
* new scientific consensus:
1.6°C-2.4°C hell by 2050 if we don't progress away from growth.yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/08/key-ta…
🧵3. Measures needed to tackle the overwhelming power of consumption & the economic growth paradigm:
'solution approaches range from reformist to radical ideas including degrowth'
Corporate media exist to support corporate power not to highlight degrowth.nature.com/articles/s4146…
'solution approaches range from reformist to radical ideas including degrowth'
Corporate media exist to support corporate power not to highlight degrowth.nature.com/articles/s4146…
🧵4. We are already beyond the 350-400 ppm CO2 danger zone where feedbacks could kick into high gear and run away from us.
At this rate, by 2025 we'll be exceeding 430 ppm, and by 2035 450 ppm (meaning 2°C-4°C warming, depending on your assumptions).
At this rate, by 2025 we'll be exceeding 430 ppm, and by 2035 450 ppm (meaning 2°C-4°C warming, depending on your assumptions).
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1373558190894366723?s=20
🧵5. If 1.5°C is breached, "infrastructure like cool-air shelters are absolutely necessary for human survival"
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weather.com/news/climate/n…
70-90% of corals gone at 1.5°C
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ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/sum…
1.5C 2026-2032
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carbonbrief.org/analysis-when-…
1.5C by 2025
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gizmodo.com/were-speeding-…
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weather.com/news/climate/n…
70-90% of corals gone at 1.5°C
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ipcc.ch/2018/10/08/sum…
1.5C 2026-2032
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carbonbrief.org/analysis-when-…
1.5C by 2025
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gizmodo.com/were-speeding-…
🧵6. 'By 2025, 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity..
With the existing climate change scenario, almost half the world's population will be living in areas of high water stress by 2030'
From 2014
un.org/waterforlifede…
With the existing climate change scenario, almost half the world's population will be living in areas of high water stress by 2030'
From 2014
un.org/waterforlifede…
🧵7. In 1978 a paper warned that within 50 years, if fossil fuel burning continued as usual, the rapid deglaciation of West Antarctica could occur leading to 5m of sea level rise
Many scientists think collapse is inevitable. The question: when/how quickly?theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
Many scientists think collapse is inevitable. The question: when/how quickly?theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
🧵8.From 2012: 'within the next 10 years large parts of Asia can expect increased risk of more severe droughts which will impact regional and possibly even global food security
The threat..brought on by climate change could be felt in the next 10-15 years'leeds.ac.uk/news/article/3…
The threat..brought on by climate change could be felt in the next 10-15 years'leeds.ac.uk/news/article/3…
🧵9. 'The best estimates are that the Earth is losing species at many times the background rate .. and that 30% to 50% will be functionally extinct by 2050.'
Pro-growth liberal capitalist media like Guardian stay quiet on this 99.99% of the time.
theguardian.com/books/2014/feb…
Pro-growth liberal capitalist media like Guardian stay quiet on this 99.99% of the time.
theguardian.com/books/2014/feb…
🧵10. Climate Change Could Make It Too Hot and Humid to Live in the Tropics from 1.5°C
The damage to people, plants and animals is unthinkable.
We can create a just post-capitalist world but we must start now.
weather.com/news/climate/n…
The damage to people, plants and animals is unthinkable.
We can create a just post-capitalist world but we must start now.
weather.com/news/climate/n…
🧵11. What scientists actually expect with continued economic growth is 1.7°C-1.9°C by the 2040s and 2°C-4°C by the 2090s.
That's 20%-90% of species extinct (assuming mass extinction is confirmed between 2C and 4C).
Media omissions & distortions = doom.
That's 20%-90% of species extinct (assuming mass extinction is confirmed between 2C and 4C).
Media omissions & distortions = doom.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1456230014031106055?s=20
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