Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), foresee at least 2.5C of global heating above preindustrial levels, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit will be met.
“I think we are headed for major societal disruption within the next five years,” said Gretta Pecl, at the University of Tasmania. “[Authorities] will be overwhelmed by extreme event after extreme event, food production will be disrupted. I could not feel greater despair over the future.”
"The world’s response to date is reprehensible – we live in an age of fools.”
Lisa Schipper, at University of Bonn in Germany, said: “My only source of hope is the fact that, as an educator, I can see the next generation being so smart and understanding the politics.”
Taking a break from thinking about the ongoing genocide to think about how society will probably collapse within a few years
It is a lot. Each of these issues can easily consume your entire capacity for organizing a thousand times over.
Yeah, I’ve done some work in organising for climate related stuff in the past so I’ve been exposed to how bad it is before but reading experts confirming it never gets any easier
The second fifteen of the day to think about the ongoing pandemic amid all of this that has killed upwards of tens of millions and still climbing! Boy do I love having been born