Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist

[earphone843@sh.itjust.works]

Agent Smith was right

[redwattlebird@lemmings.world]

No, but it's easy to predict given that the trends of the last several decades can show where we'd be in the next and the trend is: global temperatures are fluctuating more violently than the year before and occurrences of extreme weather are increasing. Additionally, nothing has been done during that time to reduce the impacts globally.

It's scary but, let's face it: we're a virus that's killing our host.

[kandoh@reddthat.com]

when i was a kid it was 6°C by 2100, but we have reduced this trajectory to 2.9–3.4°C

[v4ld1z@lemmy.zip]

Let's split the bill. I'll chime in 5

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yeah... I dunno about that. The 2C was in An Inconvenient Truth, unless my memory has completely failed me.

[foenkyfjutschah@programming.dev]

may be, but with the feedback loops fully contributing then, the 6°C goal will be delayed a few decades.

and by the way, the political was to stop it at 1.5°C by 2050. nobody ever assumed 6°C an acceptable outcome.

[truthfultemporarily@feddit.org]

Its very unlikely for these reasons:

• limited lifetime
• we have already seen volcanic eruptions which put a lot of SO2 into the stratosphere, and thet did not cause an ice age, so it's clearly fine if we don't put too much

Anyway, that's what research is for.

[preflight_tomato@lemm.ee]

Some good news:

• emission rates have plateaued; we are still destroying the planet, but no longer accelerating the rate at which we do it
• Solar panels (unsubsidized) are the cheapest method of electricity generation as of 2022
• there is a fundamentally limited amount of fossil fuels, so as long as we don’t turn to Venus 2.0 by 2100 we will deplete most coal and oil and it will be possible for our ancestors to repair the planet over the following centuries.

Yeah I know even this “good news” is bleak, but it’s worth celebrating. There is some hope.

[kandoh@reddthat.com]

2001: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/07/010720093052.htm

[kandoh@reddthat.com]

I'm just showing that we are lowering the projection curve due to our efforts. 2 degrees is too hot by far but progress is being made, we aren't just ignoring the situation.

[madame_gaymes@programming.dev]

Reminds me of a scene from The Newsroom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNYp6oc37ds

[madame_gaymes@programming.dev]

Please, just get it over with already

[finishingdutch@lemmy.world]

We had those for decades in the Netherlands. They were literally small supermarkets on wheels. They had a limited assortment on board, but you could order specialty items for delivery next week. They were reasonably popular in the 70’s and 80’s, rven in larger cities. Those days, there were fewer supermarkets and they tended to close at 5-6 pm. They also didn’t really do delivery like we have now.

They are still around in a limited way, but usually only for small villages that don’t really have a supermarket.

Here’s a modern example.