I don’t know where we are going.
Famine, war, collapse of civilisation, rise of warlords, loss of knowledge. Everywhere. Within our lifetimes.
Just look at the first of those and the rest follow. Think about how likely it is that our civilisation will be able to grow crops in the quantity it has up until recently, even five years from now, given the increased frequency and severity of extreme climate events.
the money will go to nature-based climate solutions, clean energy and electrification of transport, as well as projects that improve agricultural practices and protect biodiversity
Terrible report, doesn’t even say the cause of death.
Who on Earth thought there was any adaptation?
the world can’t stop climate change without addressing issues of inequality
LOL we fucked then.
until fossil fuels are replaced
LOL they still think if we just switch from petrol to electric cars, everything will go back to the way it was.
could
One in the hand is worth two in the bush.
The Independent will be revealing its Climate 100 List in September and hosting an event in New York … The list is a roll call of those … who are committed to the fight against the climate crisis.
LOL they still don’t get it. Fighting climate change is meaningless. We’re not going back to the way things were. What we need to be fighting is the effects of mass starvation, mass migration, the breakdown of civilisation, loss of knowledge and the shock of transitioning to a low-technology world.
I think you’ve confused what “male gaze” refers to:
This isn’t a supercut, this is some guy talking over a supercut. Pfft.
you’re attributing those views to “the citizenry”
I haven’t attributed anything to the citizenry. I wrote two distinct paragraphs, only one of which contained the word “citizenry”.
at the scale of the current riots and violence
You never mentioned scale. You’ve introduced a new concept. You’re shifting the goal posts.
What other comparison is there? suggest a different comparison
Why is making a comparison important?
“Why 5 years”
I wasn’t asking why 5 years, I was asking why you’re saying the violence has ramped up compared to any time period at all? Why are you comparing to a time period?
If you want to enter into a discussion then use your brain and answer the extremely simple question asked of you.
I’m not trolling.
pick a date
Why?
I don’t follow. What is it you find confusing?
Unfortunately, due to the way time works, nobody can give you data from the future.
Yes.
I don’t know what you mean by that.
Again, I’m not sure what you mean. What is what you’re talking about?
Firstly, the accelerated pace of global warming compared to predictions; we’ve already exceeded 1.5C globally for a short duration and things are getting worse not better, fast. It looks like we’re going to go well beyond 2C and we’re going to get there very quickly. The greatest fears of climate scientists 10 years ago now look like optimistic pipe dreams.
Secondly, the inaction from society as a whole. The time to have acted in order avoid the issue was 60 years ago. We’re now well into the situation where people are dying and billions, even trillions of dollars of damage is being done by extreme weather and yet there are people in governments who are still literally in denial about the scale of the problem or even whether the problem exists at all. And most critically, the populace is not holding those people to account. Governments are still issuing new oil and gas drilling licenses. Airports are still adding runways. Our civilisation continues to increase CO2 emissions which is the wrong direction if you want to save humanity.
As a civilisation or perhaps species, it seems that we do not have the capacity to deal with this problem. The reality of the situation seems to be beyond the grasp of most people. We don’t, as a society, have the means of identifying and fixing the psychological shortfalls that inhibit most people from acknowledging the scale of the problem. It’s like the problem is so big and its consequences so dire that people cannot bear to look at it with their eyes open. They would rather keep their eyes closed, even if doing so reduces the likelihood of them and their children surviving. Humanity is like a rabbit, frozen in the headlights of climate change.
I have a suspicion that many governments have already concluded behind closed doors that they cannot prevent global calamity and so are just trying to put off the inevitable downfall of their respective societies and live in comfort for as long as they can.