Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
Also storms, but that might depend on your location. We didn't have fires here, but some flooding. Not sure if a rising sea level will impact us here in Japan, but heat, storms and torrential rain is already bad enough. It's already bad enough, and we haven't really progressed that far yet.
And the worst part is, I'm not old enough to not see what's about to come in the 2030s.
And the worst part is, I'm not old enough to not see what's about to come in the 2030s
It’s not gonna be flying cars and prosperity, that we know already.
I think we all know it will be wild fires and hurricanes for everyone.
True. But we might still turn this around somehow.
Want a hit of my copium?
Do you have some form I can inject straight into the brain?
Coming right up!
We’ve been warned about these climate emergencies since 1960s / 70s. Yet here we are still.