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There isn't, actually. Even if we would find ourselves in a +4°C world tomorrow (iirc that's the worst-case scenario for 2100), we would still be trying to redu
by lucb1e 5y ago
There isn't, actually. Even if we would find ourselves in a +4°C world tomorrow (iirc that's the worst-case scenario for 2100), we would still be trying to reduce emissions because things don't get better. It appears to be cheaper to reduce emissions than to cope with the change it causes, partially because we have really large error bars on what changes it causes and the median already isn't pretty.
At the same time, of course, we're also preparing. Iceland has broken ground on big port, expecting the warmer climate to make the Northeast Passage to become navigable year-round and more ships to pass by there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnafjord_Port https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnafjord_Port
- aerostable_slug 5y agoSimilarly, there's a reason Russia is making a big Arctic push with their military, to the extent of fielding modified T-80 tanks that will function in the deep cold, special wide-tracked transporters (which existed, but weren't generally armed), etc.