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it is generally agreed that doing everything we can now will only give us a 50/50 chance of avoiding catastrophic climate change. seeing as we will not do every
by ptah 7y ago
it is generally agreed that doing everything we can now will only give us a 50/50 chance of avoiding catastrophic climate change. seeing as we will not do everything we can, it is reasonable to think that it is too late https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/carbon-cuts-only-give-5050-chance-of-saving-planet-1640154.html https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/car...
- hannob 7y ago"Catastrophic climate change" is not a binary thing where you either have it or you don't. We'll almost certainly have catastrophic climate change. It will still make a huge difference if we try to limit it as much as possible or if we just go on without caring.
- ptah 7y agoit is in fact binary. there is a tipping point, a point of no return, where what we do will not make a difference as the momentum is too big. EDIT: at this point there is still a chance but the odds are not in our favour. EDIT: 10 years ago we had a 50/50 chance as that article quotes UK Met Office
- basch 7y agoits a spectrum of "not bad, bad, really bad, really really bad" Its not just "itll happen" without a degree of how bad.
- ptah 7y agoi'm not talking about how bad it will be, i am talking about how much of a difference changes made by us will make. there is a point where even if we stopped all carbon emissions it will not stop climate change
- basch 7y agoit's not a "will it flood or not" it's "how many miles from the coast will we lose to the ocean" Is the water going to come 2 miles in or 30? Both are catastrophic, but to different degrees.