Thread by @SteB777

Again @GretaThunberg has got the core essence of the problem right.

The need for drastic cuts to emissions immediately, are because of the failure of our governments to make incremental cuts, when there was time available and they knew they had do this.

https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1457294636423290880

There are lots of people stupidly attacking Greta (although she is only the messenger) or demanding how can we manage with less energy. It's as if these problems are caused by environmentalists, or those pointing to the science.

The only people to blame for the need for drastic and immediate cuts in emissions now are our governments, vested interests that blocked past emissions cuts. They could have made slow and incremental cuts, if they had started over 25 years ago.

The fact is by the 1990s, the governments of the world knew they had to rapidly reduce their emissions.

"1992: Climate Change Convention, signed by 154 nations in Rio, agrees to prevent “dangerous” warming from greenhouse gases and sets initial target of reducing emissions from industrialised countries to 1990 levels by the year 2000."
newscientist.com/article/dn9912…

I'm sorry people have been misled by their governments, but the need for drastic cuts in emissions now, is because of the failure of these governments to do this incrementally, when they had time.

"Only rapid and drastic reductions in greenhouse gases in this decade can prevent such climate breakdown, with every fraction of a degree of further heating likely to compound the accelerating effects"
theguardian.com/science/2021/a…

It's common sense. If you fail to take incremental measures when you had the time and the warning, and leave it until the last minute to take action, this action needs to be far more radical and drastic, than if you took the action incrementally, when you had the time.

It is our governments that have left us in this predicament of needing immediate drastic and radical cuts. Environmentalists, scientists, Greta etc, are just telling you how it is. Shooting the messenger because you don't like the message, is just stupid and irrational.

@GretaThunberg @GeorgeMonbiot @KevinClimate @ClimateHuman

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