The IPCC report earlier this year confirmed what many of us already know - the climate crisis is here, and will only get exponentially worse if we don't change as a species and make drastic alterations to every aspect of our lives within the next few years. A Washington Post article discussed the impacts of the report and helps us join the dots on what is needed to make it through the next few decades.
From the article:
"The world is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold within the next 10 years, pushing the planet past the point of catastrophic warming — unless nations drastically transform their economies and immediately transition away from fossil fuels, according to one of the most definitive reports ever published about climate change."
"With few nations on track to fulfill their climate commitments and with the developing world already suffering disproportionately from climate disasters, rich countries have a responsibility to act faster than their low-income counterparts."
"Decades of delay have denied the world any hope of an easy and gradual transition to a more sustainable economy. Now, only “deep, rapid and … immediate” efforts across all aspects of society — combined with still-unproven technologies to pull carbon from the atmosphere — will be able to stave off catastrophe."
Given that what is required to prevent climate catastrophe is about as likely to occur as pigs flying, you may feel the need to learn more about the impending collapse from the perspective of weathering the storm on the way down, as opposed to fighting the inevitable with solar panels and organic pesticides. A great resource for those in this mindspace is Michael Dowd's Post Doom. The resources page on his site will nourish your mind.
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