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Hyperbole like this is not helpful. The planet will be fine in 19 months and everyone will just crank the "boy who cried wolf" factor up a couple of notches. Al

Hyperbole like this is not helpful. The planet will be fine in 19 months and everyone will just crank the "boy who cried wolf" factor up a couple of notches. Also, this is a statement by Prince Charles of all people, might as well have Taylor Swift chime in while we're at it. This who discussion needs to be reframed. "The planet" is not ending. Humanity is not ending. We will survive. The ability to do so will rely on innovation as it always has. The media stoking the fires of fear with pure clickbait isn't helping the situation at all.

mavhc 7y ago
It's ok, only millions will die, not billions? Then mass migration as crops and water supplies fail, leading to xenophobia, racism, riots. Already started.
- quibbler 7y ago
  As opposed to the normal stable state of the planet?
SiempreViernes 7y ago
Do you mean you honestly don’t understand the message about decrease in survavability that the headline is trying to convey?
NeedMoreTea 7y ago
Way to totally misframe the piece. Hardly an off the cuff cry of wolf. He was commenting on the events and summits coming over the next 18 months. To quote the article: "But today, observers recognise that the decisive, political steps to enable the cuts in carbon to take place will have to happen before the end of next year." There are two significant summits - New York in September, and London toward the end of 2020. If substantive and binding global agreement isn't achieved, then we're on for another half decade of pissing about. It's not like 1.5, 2 or 3 degrees is an end point, just which line of the graph we follow through the rest of the century and beyond.
hirundo 7y ago
> Also, this is a statement by Prince Charles of all people, might as well have Taylor Swift chime in while we're at it. That's not fair. As the Prince of Whales it's his duty to protect the environment of marine mammals.

mavhc 7y ago

It's ok, only millions will die, not billions? Then mass migration as crops and water supplies fail, leading to xenophobia, racism, riots. Already started.

quibbler 7y ago
As opposed to the normal stable state of the planet?

SiempreViernes 7y ago

Do you mean you honestly don’t understand the message about decrease in survavability that the headline is trying to convey?

NeedMoreTea 7y ago

Way to totally misframe the piece. Hardly an off the cuff cry of wolf. He was commenting on the events and summits coming over the next 18 months. To quote the article: "But today, observers recognise that the decisive, political steps to enable the cuts in carbon to take place will have to happen before the end of next year." There are two significant summits - New York in September, and London toward the end of 2020. If substantive and binding global agreement isn't achieved, then we're on for another half decade of pissing about. It's not like 1.5, 2 or 3 degrees is an end point, just which line of the graph we follow through the rest of the century and beyond.

hirundo 7y ago

> Also, this is a statement by Prince Charles of all people, might as well have Taylor Swift chime in while we're at it. That's not fair. As the Prince of Whales it's his duty to protect the environment of marine mammals.