Is it my imagination, or does this thread get the most attention the more it veers off topic?
Maybe that's understandable as it's about a depressing topic that we cannot influence very much. We can make some good, but drop-in-the-ocean choices. Then we can can't do much except stand back and watch - unless you want to go all-in with Batlord's ecoterrorist group
Sorry if my source is always the CNN website, but here's today's alarming headline:-
Earth is warming faster than previously thought, scientists say, and the window is closing to avoid catastrophic outcomes https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/09/w...pcc/index.html
Quote:
"Bottom line is that we have zero years left to avoid dangerous climate change, because it's here," Michael E. Mann, a lead author of the IPCC's 2001 report, told CNN.
Unlike previous assessments, Monday's report concludes it is "unequivocal" that humans have caused the climate crisis and confirms that "widespread and rapid changes" have already occurred, some of them irreversibly.
In a statement, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the report "a code red for humanity," and noted the 1.5-degree threshold is "perilously close."
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In case you are wondering about the 1.5 degree figure, it's "a critical threshold that world leaders agreed warming should remain below to avoid worsening impacts."
Checking the article now to see if the UN Secretary-General endorses ecoterrorism...