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Why 2030? CO2 persists in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. This doesn't end in 2030. The goal is not to generate hysteria; but to avoid it. Hitting one or
by cbility 7mo ago
Why 2030? CO2 persists in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. This doesn't end in 2030.
The goal is not to generate hysteria; but to avoid it. Hitting one or more tipping points [1] is orders of magnitude more destructive than prioritising phasing out fossil fuels, and impossible to undo.
But I do understand that some people have reasons not to care about impacts that have an outsized effect on future generations, so to your request: a recent example of a list of impact predictions is the UK Government joint intelligence committee's national security assessment [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_points_in_the_climate_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_points_in_the_climate_...
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nature-security-assessment-on-global-biodiversity-loss-ecosystem-collapse-and-national-security https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nature-security-a...