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What about reducing trade and travel between the hemispheres? Sort of a de-globalization approach?
by jiveturkey42 3y ago
What about reducing trade and travel between the hemispheres? Sort of a de-globalization approach?
- thelastparadise 3y agoThis goes directly against the prevailing policy frameworks of western governments, as well as the current media zeitgeist, which the majority of the population has bought into. So, I don't think anything like deglobalizaton is possible unless populist leaders have a comeback.
- jiveturkey42 3y agoWestern leaders then are in a state of contradiction "Climate change is an existential threat, yet we must continue the frictionless global movement of goods and people"
- NopeSlide 3y agothe warming is already locked in, we will break it by 2030 even if the entirety of humanity died tomorrow.
- pier25 3y agoIndeed. Probably even 2ºC is already locked-in if we consider feedbacks and climate lag.