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submitted 15 hours ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/climate@slrpnk.net

There's a huge difference between 'too late to prevent meaningful impacts' and 'too late to keep things from being much much worse'

We're very much in the former situation right now.

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[-] DougHolland@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

It's not "too late to act," but it's obvious that no meaningful action will be taken.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 hours ago

We've already taken meaningful action; we are on track for 3°C by 2100 instead of 4°C. Thats a big deal

[-] whiwake@lemmy.cafe 2 points 12 hours ago

It’s not that it’s too late to act, it’s that in order to act we need to remove roadblocks that are practically immovable.

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2025
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