Where was I? Oh yes the IPCC report.
The IPCC are saying that we could get more extreme weather events due to global warming. BFD say most people. Unfortunately it IS a big deal. For the IPCC to say that lots of governments with no interest in climate change have had to agree to it being said. Given that, in diplomatic terms, an agreement on the weather outside the building they are meeting in can be problematic that is quite a big deal. Unfortunately it is written in diplomatese though so can be interpreted any way anyone wants.
So here is my go.
We have successfully reached the point where we are in imminent danger of producing an unlivable planet and thus wiping out our own species.
Clear enough?
Some background reading for you.
There is a book by Fred Pearce called "The Last Generation" or if you are in North America "With Speed and Violence". Read it. Think about it. Then tell me we can carry on with business as usual.
Another for you. " the end of the Long Summer" by Diane Dumanovski.
I'll give you a precis. The climate in the past has changed significantly in 1-3 years. It can go from ice age to what we have now in 20-30 years or possibly quicker.
A guy called Arrenhuis PROVED, none of this denier pseudoscience crap here, PROVED if you increase greenhouse gases the world will warm.
Greenhouse gases are up to 395 ppm now. That's 60% higher than before the industrial revolution. That MUST scientifically have an effect. The only problem ( and only actual argument in climate science) is we don't know how bad it will be.
It is CERTAIN that some of the low lying island states will disappear. No if, no but, no maybe. They are GONE.
It is CERTAIN that our climate, where we live, wherever that may be, WILL change.
It is CERTAIN that the climate is ALREADY CHANGING. If you doubt this just ask someone in Texas.
It is CERTAIN that if we carry on the way we have been we DO NOT KNOW what legacy we leave our children and grandchildren.
It is CERTAIN that politics as usual does not even grasp that there is a problem. This CANNOT be solved by a couple of longlife light bulbs and a reusable plastic bag.
Unfortunately when we need real leaders with real ideas we end up with technocrats who apply in triplicate for permission to blow their own nose. We also, unfortunately, have a tightly controlled press who report to owners who LOVE the jetset lifestyle and who's motto should genuinely be " Apre-moi la deluge"
Let me give you a couple of links. If you got this far you may use them!
http://irregularclimate.planet3.org/
http://www.ecoshock.info/
I think that's about enough for my rant for the day.
I'll talk food shortages next time.
If you don't like what I say, tell me. Always game to convert!
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