Natural World Destruction and Climate Change After Hours

[Fraser]

It looks like we're in a spot of bother.

In a world where all that seems to matter is consumption and growth, we seem to be wearing blinkers when it comes to the shape our planet is in.

I think things are going to get increasingly worse in the coming years and it will start to properly hit home. It seems denying climate change and pollution has been replaced by doomism by many, as in we're Fd anyway so why bother.

People don't seem to want to entertain even minor inconveniences to make things better, so are we royally screwed? It seems to me we're fastly going towards inevitable resource shortages and wars, soon, not in 50 years.

It's a source of anxiety for many, have we any reason to be hopeful?

 

[Cherub]

'A code red for humanity': Landmark climate report says global warming limit to be hit within 20 years

The IPCC assessment finds the 1.5C warming target will be breached without "immediate, rapid and large scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions".

news.sky.com

So 1.5c definite in next 20 years. We must act right now. 14,000 scientific studies were analysed but people will still tell us it's not real.

I wonder if we'll take any action now? I don't think we will.

 

[Mouth]

We haven't done anything in the last 20/30years when we knew this was coming. I can't see us deciding to make any changes now.

China, America and Russia are too much at odds with one another.

 

[Legion]

The problem I see with all this doomsday news in the last week about climate change etc, is that the actions needed to fix it aren't compatible with the modern way of living.

Every news item following the one about the earth struggling is about our annual growth and the economy. And it's hailed as great news when we are expanding by 9% this year etc. But for us to fight climate change, we can't be cheering such figures, as it essentially means we are making things worse.

Western economies would need to be shrinking to fight climate change, not expanding. Well, that's IMHO, as a non-expert.

 

[Gemma]

The problem I see with all this doomsday news in the last week about climate change etc, is that the actions needed to fix it aren't compatible with the modern way of living.

Every news item following the one about the earth struggling is about our annual growth and the economy. And it's hailed as great news when we are expanding by 9% this year etc. But for us to fight climate change, we can't be cheering such figures, as it essentially means we are making things worse.

Western economies would need to be shrinking to fight climate change, not expanding. Well, that's IMHO, as a non-expert.

Totally agree 100%.