Relax. I've seen a dozen such imminent crises announced over the last half century, and nothing has changed. There is nothing different about this one.
Famous last words. I don't think humanity ever faced a similar crisis. The effects of climate change won't become too dramatic before it's already too late to change anything about it. It's a tragedy of the commons problem where you only face catastrophe decades after you had any control over the matter.
Once the permafrost starts melting in earnest, or the Greenland ice shield is gone, there is literally nothing we can do to stop the climate spiralling out of control. Right now it looks like these tipping points will be reached much sooner than we anticipated.
There is nothing differentiating this one from all the others I’ve lived thru.
We’re at a natural cyclical high, and the century-hence dire predictions are objectively well within noise levels (1° and 1 foot).
Capitalism is moving us to lowered emissions because we prefer them when possible (my office is 100% solar). Emerging nations will get there too. Strange how the imperative of radical change is directed at US, not others producing far more emissions.
