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Y'know, it's not binary, the divide is not climate change/no climate change. So maybe it is too late to stop everything completely, but it is really really not
by kaybe 7y ago
Y'know, it's not binary, the divide is not climate change/no climate change. So maybe it is too late to stop everything completely, but it is really really not too late to stop it from becoming far far worse.
Look at this plot:
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/figure-2.3-1024x768.jpg https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/figu...
You can see where we are and what else is possible if we keep going. (Let's hope we don't trigger feedback effects which are not included in the plot though.)
Here are possible paths forward to stay below 1.5°C:
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2019/02/SPM3b-724x1024.png https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/sites/2/2019/02/SPM3...
And yes, they are hella optimistic, but they are (physically) possible. Let's at least give our best and fight!
(Details and plot captions in the full IPCC report: https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/ https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/)