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So not an existential threat to humanity, then.
This person was picked for the job because their job is to encourage effective means of fighting climate change, and encouraging hopelessness is not effective.
We are likely to see 1.5C. The world will go on, because it has to. Being prepared to deal with 1.5C means not assuming 1.5C is the end of the world.
Stop.
I hate to break it to you, but things don't just work the way you want them to simply because you need them to. Reality is in no way obligated to meet your needs or conform to your sensibilities
I'm glad you're fortunate enough not to live in a place where climate change does threaten your very existence...your family... Home... Livelihood
I guess it's just tough luck for people whose homes are falling into the sea or the tens of thousands who are dying from record heat across Europe
If that's what you took away from my post, it's an even better thing you're a junior scientist and not running the IPCC.
I'm sorry, do many people dying not constitute an existential threat to all of humanity? Like, are you seriously arguing the semantics?
All I'm saying is that a gentle hand at the wheel hasn't worked. It isn't working currently. What we have now is a moderate response to an existential threat. We should have done a lot more a lot sooner. I guess 2 becomes the new 1.5...then 3 becomes the new 2... And if we lose a billion or so peeps, that's ok. Just the cost of ensuring we're not all wringing our hands bc the head of the IPC said not to.. Whew!
And thanks for taking a dog at my credentials. I'll have you know my h index is looking mighty fine 😘
No, some people dying is not an existential threat to humanity. "Existential" means that the threat will make humanity extinct.
These are not meaningless semantics. This is core to the message of the article.
You may in fact be some form of scientist, but you are completely incapable of a realistic discussion of mitigation of and solutions to climate change.
You may find this article illuminating, if reading is your thing: Even if humanity does reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to stave off the worst effects of climate change—and learn to adapt to some warming that is already inevitable—Setiya says that climate change remains an existential threat to a host of human cultures, traditions, and languages
You might want to avoid the preceding paragraph though, as it states "There is a genuine possibility that within the coming century, we will hit temperatures that are deeply incompatible with the continued existence of human life." Such rampant fear mongering will make you too scawed and make peepee
I am a literal climate lobbyist, so you don't need to worry about either my knowledge or my inaction due to fear.
What are you doing about this problem? If the answer is "doomposting on Lemmy," thanks for proving everything I'm saying correct.
I work with national and international governments to develop and deploy effective, data-driven, nature-based solutions to mitigate climate impacts and conserve and/or restore natural systems
We're on the same side.. Let's fight together!
People always died during heatwaves and now, according to data, they are dying less because of air conditioning being standard in homes, etc.
[Without climate change we wouldn't see this at all or it would be so rare that it would basically be not happening] (https://www.npr.org/2023/07/25/1189837347/u-s-european-heat-waves-virtually-impossible-without-climate-change-new-study-fi)