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> There’s overwhelming evidence that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are causing climate change, that those emissions are supercharging deadly weathe
by slibhb 3y ago
> There’s overwhelming evidence that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are causing climate change, that those emissions are supercharging deadly weather disasters, and that transitioning to clean energy is the only way to tackle the problem at scale.
I would like to see evidence that climate change is "supercharging deadly weather disasters". I don't believe that evidence exists. Whether climate change has caused (or increased the severity of) "extreme weather events" is a question that has no simple answer.
Also, it absolutely is a concern that developing countries will suffer as fossil fuels become more expensive. It's also a concern that people will simply burn wood or dung if they can't get coal.
- pkphilip 3y agoWell said
- tootie 3y agoYou can read the IPCC executive summary: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/chapter/summary-for-policymakers/ https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/chapter/summary-for-polic... It calls it "likely" that climate change is inducing more cyclones and heavy precipitation but also "virtually certain" that it is causing a increase in frequency and intensity of heat waves. The specific editorial verbiage in The Verge is a bit reductive, but I'd say it's entirely fair.
- slibhb 3y agoNot quite. The report says it's "virtually certain" that heat waves have increased but only "highly likely" that this increase is caused by climate change. That aside, I don't believe we have the data or the statistical methods to make the claim that the article does. I would say that the link between climate change and weather events is "frightening plausible" and leave it at that.
- late2part 3y agobut the science is settled, didn't you see the letter by signed by actual real scientists? (/s)