The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
Probably not. We’re still in a place where it’s probably possible to end up with a civilization-supporting planet. But it requires phasing out fossil fuels. And starting now. And the oil executives who bribed Trump don’t like that.
I respect your optimism, I truly hope you’re right. I don’t think we’re locked in for human extinction just yet, but we have a lot of work to do as a society to avoid that.
we passed the point where you would not be able to tell the difference something like 30 years ago
we passed the point where we likely locked in 1.5°C of warming quite recently. That’s roughly where you walk into a minefield of risking major ecosystems with each additional bit of warming, and the stretch goal that small island nations wanted because it might have left them habitable.
Importantly neither point is one where we expect civilization to suddenly end.
Probably not. We’re still in a place where it’s probably possible to end up with a civilization-supporting planet. But it requires phasing out fossil fuels. And starting now. And the oil executives who bribed Trump don’t like that.
I respect your optimism, I truly hope you’re right. I don’t think we’re locked in for human extinction just yet, but we have a lot of work to do as a society to avoid that.
Haven’t we blown past two different “this is the end” limits previously set? And we just keep making new ones?
I dunno, it really sounds like we’re fucked.
We are past two important points:
Importantly neither point is one where we expect civilization to suddenly end.
We also haven’t stopped emitting C02, not even close. Have emissions even peaked yet? Realistically, we’re fucked
What we do in the present and future is a human decision. How bad it gets is up to us still, not something locked in by physics