Has capitalism left it too late to avoid hellish 1.75/2.25°C of global warming and rising?
Yes.
Can we adapt?
No.
Has the scientific community issued major consensus reports indicating political-economic systems changes are mandatory?
Yes.
Will journalists reveal this?
No.
1. The UN/IPCC and mass media journalists continue to mislead the public with the notion that the current economic system - or any system - can avoid 1.5/2°C (when adaptation starts to become/becomes impossible).
2. The two major scientific bodies, the IPCC and the IPBES, have issued major reports indicating current political-economic systems must be changed as they are causing biodiversity destruction, extinction, ecosystem collapse, and extreme climate change.
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3. Even the consensus science (which is challenged by Dr James Hansen and many other great scientists because it doesn't reflect the reality of catastrophic and accelerating climate change properly) reveals it may be too late to avoid 1.75°C and 2°C. nature.com/articles/s4324…
4. The IPCC implies adaptation is still possible at 1.5- 1.9°C, however major ecosystems and biomes are being bulldozed and heated to collapse at 1/1.5°C.
Change this Extinction Economy now while it's still too late to protect species and everyone.
7. 'Nature-based solutions – such as coral reefs, mangroves and marshes, all of which can help adaptation efforts – will likely reach hard limits of their own as the planet warms beyond 1.5C, the report says.' carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-th…
8. Adaptation at 1.75/2.25°C?
Given the catastrophic consequences of 1.25/1.75°C, non-climate factors, and the fact we must anticipate far worse at today's 427 ppm of atmospheric CO2 and rising fast, survival for many/the majority species is in doubt.
BREAKING: toxic forever chemicals are now being widely added to pesticides spreading them directly into the US's food and water supply 🧵
1. Increased PFAS use “disturbing”
"We should be eliminating PFAS from all products..particularly pesticides because you’re spraying them on crops..there’s not a more direct way to expose the population than that..We should not be going in this direction”dumptheguardian.com/environment/ar…
2. 'So, how can you avoid PFAS in your diet? Well, you can’t.
“It’s almost impossible to shop your way out of contamination,”
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Even if it may be impossible to avoid the chemicals altogether, there are some steps you can take to reduce your exposure..' dumptheguardian.com/us-news/articl…
BREAKING: scientists reveal global warming has been underestimated with Earth already having warmed by more than 1.5°C since the late 19th century confirming we're in the process of passing multiple climate tipping points as warming accelerates to a rate of 0.25-0.5°C/decade 🧵
1. Temperature datasets have underestimated global warming according to this reliable new study. In 2023 Earth had warmed by 1.548°C since the late 19th century.
2. 'The Earth may have left a safe climate state beyond 1°C global warming. A significant likelihood of passing multiple climate tipping points exists above ~1.5°C..
Tipping point likelihood increases further in the Paris range of 1.5 to <2°C warming.' science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
BREAKING: scientists now fully expect global warming levels severe enough to harm all sectors of civilization including food and water within a decade or two as the world's biggest all-time emitters the US and UK refuse to stop fossil fuel expansion 🧵
1. Scientists project 1.9- 2°C by the 2030s or 2040s.
In the 2010s, scientists agreed 2°C would mean harm/dislocations for civilization. In 2022, the IPCC's AR6 report showed extreme impacts at 2°C will be even worse than previously expected.
2. 'countries including the UK, the US.. are increasingly being thought of by some experts as the “other petrostates”
'Just five global north governments – the US, the UK, Australia, Canada and Norway – are responsible for a majority of planned expansion..dumptheguardian.com/environment/ar…
BREAKING: mass media stay silent as climate scientists all agree economic growth means Earth's species face the threat of dire 1.75- 2°C of global warming by the 2030s 🧵
1. Conservative estimates imply threat of >1.7°C by the 2030s.
James Hansen warns of 2°C.
'This high rate of warming is caused by a combination of greenhouse gas emissions being close to an all-time high and a reduction in the cooling impacts of aerosols'carbonbrief.org/guest-post-tra…
2. Conservative projections show 2°C as early as 2037. Species like humans reach limits of adaptation at this point. (Tropical ecosystems wrecked at 1.5°C.)
Change this Extinction Economy now to protect species and everyone now while it's still too late. carbonbrief.org/analysis-what-…
2. 'Planetary boundaries represent thresholds in major Earth system processes that are sensitive to human activity and control global-scale habitability and stability
critical oxygen thresholds are being approached at rates comparable to other.. processes'