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People aren't going to die within a decade. That is hyperbole. Our planet and the natural world are facing their biggest threat in millennia. Not hyperbole.
by beachy 3y ago
People aren't going to die within a decade.
That is hyperbole.
Our planet and the natural world are facing their biggest threat in millennia.
Not hyperbole.
- dwater 3y agoAll people are not likely to die within a decade, but many more will die as a result of climate change than would have if we could stop climate change now. That effect is already happening.
- maccard 3y agoPeople are dying right now due to it [0]. [0] https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/19/world/libya-floods-climate-change-impact/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/19/world/libya-floods-climat...
- Alupis 3y ago"Climate Change" has become the scapegoat for any disaster, be it fires, floods, etc. Governments love to pass the buck when it comes to blame... accepting no responsibility for incompetence.
- digging 3y agoYou're saying climate change isn't making disasters more frequent and more dangerous?
- Alupis 3y agoYou're saying government incompetence isn't making normal disasters more deadly?
- throwbadubadu 3y ago> Climate Change" has become the scapegoat for any disaster... accepting no responsibility for incompetence. No, now you are mixing two different topics together for your agenda.
- Alupis 3y agoNo I am not. Floods have happened since the beginning of time. Blaming poor preparations, poor responses and high casualty rates on mysterious forces outside our control is exactly what governments are doing (including in the linked article). Climate Change did not cause that flood, nor did Climate Change kill those people. The government of Libya did - anything else is a misdirection. We see this everywhere. Wildfires, hurricanes, floods, etc. These things have always happened - yet our responses and preparations are lacking - therefore "what could we possibly do? climate change!" is usually the answer. Never do we accept responsibility for our actions, such as decades of mismanagement, reduced budgets, indecisive leadership, and worse. The root cause of these floods was actually identified - decades of mismanaging their dam infrastructure. But, somehow, when the rotting dams finally gave way it's suddenly Climate Change at fault - not the incompetent Libyan government.
- throwbadubadu 3y agoYes, and no. Responsibility and preparation (as well as avoidance measures) are lacking, yes, but also our self created climate change is responsible for increased frequency and strength of occurrences... doesn't help if these happened also before, and lacking similar if not more responsibility. Mixing two things. > Climate Change did not cause that flood, nor did Climate Change kill those people. It is all a probability game so you can't never say certainly, but it is very probable that flood wouldn't have happened, at least not that strong, without that much more energy, moisture etc in the atmosphere, so you are very likely wrong.