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The UN Issued a Dire Climate Change Warning. It's Worse Than They Hoped
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this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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My friends this ship has sailed as far back as the 1970s- 50 years later and we're still dicking around with who to blame and pretending like we're going to make some drastic change at the last second. Lol at this point the best we can do is care for one another and accept the end (when it finally ~~affects~~ crushes your part of the world) with as much grace as you can muster
Meaningful changes in energy systems are starting to happen. It's too late for zero change, but we're likely to avoid some of the worst case scenarios.