The Climate Crisis Is Here, Nothing Else Matters Anymore- New IPCC Report

[appalachiablue]

- This is happening NOW.

Daily Kos, Aug. 9, 2021.

Well the IPCC just released it’s Sixth Assessment Report and the outlook is grim, to say the least. A civilization-collapsing temperature rise of 1.5C (2.4F) is now pretty much baked in and humanity’s utter lack of action and devotion to Big Oil has almost certainly doomed us to extinction within our lifetimes. Climate scientists, who were once dedicated to avoiding hyperbolic statements so as not to “induce panic” have thrown caution to the wind and are now using words like “Code Red”, “inevitable”, and “irreversible” replacing words like “unprecedented” or “potential” or “likely”.

We are, of course, seeing the direct results of a 0.8C (1.4F) temperature increase on the planet, with entire towns being wiped out due to massive fires raging across the US West due to fire seasons that last all year and records being shattered across the board. We’re seeing massive and unprecedented heat domes over the Pacific North West, a region more accustomed to cool summer temperatures and wet winters.

We’re seeing massive flooding all over the planet, with thousand year towns being wiped out in Europe and all over China as well as the US Midwest. We’re seeing massive amounts of ice melting with the Arctic being predicted to be experiencing ice-free summers in the not too distant future. We’re seeing the Gulf Stream weakening and in danger of collapsing. We’re seeing ALL the effects of climate change happening across the board. We’re seeing hydro power stations being shut down due to lack of water. Effects that were predicted by climate scientists literally DECADES ago.

And this is only the beginning. The planet is literally burning up and we’ve only seen a global temperature increase of ZERO POINT EIGHT DEGREES CELSIUS. The tipping point has been reached and the positive feedback loops have begun. We are already experiencing major climate disasters that are costing us BILLIONS of dollars and it’s only going to get worse. This is a GLOBAL EMERGENCY, folks. This is an ALL HANDS ON DECK situation. Nothing else matters anymore. Not the Olympics, not the price of tea in China, not the newest aircraft carrier or fighter jet, nothing. If we don’t undertake a MASSIVE GLOBAL EFFORT to eliminate CO2 outputs then it’s literally all over for humanity. The 6th Assessment Report is clear. We’ve doddered and dithered and delayed and procrastinated and gazed at our navels for FAR TOO LONG.. We need to fix this problem NOW. Not 10 or 20 years from now...

Oh yeah, another UNPRECEDENTED heat wave is about to hit the Pacific North West...

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[Binkie The Clown]

1. It bears repeating: NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. nt

[appalachiablue]

2. Yup, I'm pleased by this blast essay today

after the new IPCC report. We knew this was coming, now what about real action. Or, we just have to 'learn to live with it' as the right has been saying lately.

[RussBLib]

7. I hold out little hope for action

Humanity has sat on its hands for warning after warning, but our anti-science, anti-intellectual, pro-fossil fuel streaks have blunted every attempt. In this era of celebrated stupidity, humanity will simply watch as sea levels rise and refugees become numerous.

Sorry, but the doom and gloom is getting to me.

[appalachiablue]

8. The doom is warranted, and the pending horror

is hard to comprehend but coming.

[BeckyDem]

3. MSM is generally awful and I will spare people my rant about their coverage. BUT, every day

they cover the stories of these awful events. Just think about that, even they can't run from this mess.

We need a response that meets the times, which are dire, End the damn filibuster and let's take action.

[Chainfire]

4. And we still continue to make decisions based on short-term profits.

[BigmanPigman]

5. I read on DU that even if we cleaned up

the planet right now and changed our ways the Earth would still be continuing to warm for a few hundred years. That makes sense to me. I don't have the link.

[pansypoo53219]

6. pray for a big krakatoa type volcano blast. i felt the switch from normal weather in 84'.

years ago i got a children's book about human history. it mentions global warming could be a thing 1950ish in the book. its a cool book.