“We’ve failed to act on the options that were available 15 or 20 years ago to reduce emissions rapidly,” said report co-author Joeri Rogelj, a climate scientist at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria and a professor at Imperial College London. “The reality is that we have failed in that endeavor, and it needs to be acknowledged.”
The new report does just that, and it is alarming because the climate impacts projected for warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius are “unacceptable or unbearable for at least the poorest and the most vulnerable communities around the world,” he said. This summer, with heatwaves that killed thousands in Europe and burned parts of towns in North America, showed that developed countries in the Global North are not immune, he added.
was like. is coming? then realized it was just about temp. we have been overshooting earths resources for decades.
Now we compete with bird and beast
Cycles of deceit doomed to repeat
Sorrow we seed in to an earth I once believed in
A future stained in the blood of our childrenWe carve through mountains, great shadows they cast
Now desolate wastelands, clinging to brighter pasts
Nations of thieves selling our souls for gold
Critical mass, our fate is terminalHumanity should attempt everything to slow down climate change (nothing new there). What is new, is that people are now actually suffering from increased temperatures, and that the costs are beginning to rise (leading to increased inflation). We all now notice this in our wallet, and because family members pass away sooner than they should have. Every liter of fuel that we save helps a bit, ever piece of meat that we don’t eat helps… but most of all vote for political parties that aim to protect our environment and to reduce carbon levels.
