Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
People keep having kids, but can't be fucking bothered to leave behind a world worth living in. It's hateful. Straight up.
I grew up thinking the US and USSR were going to blow up the world at any minute. Then I thought we'd be OK. Now, I'm back to thinking the world might blow up any minute, again. So yes, this could have a lasting effect on children.
If it's any consolation (it's not) it won't blow up, it'll just steadily get worse.
That has been my experience so far but things seem to be accelerating.
Well we just passed 1.5°, so buckle up for all the dominos to start falling
I live in a northern city and was out in just a T-shirt at night earlier this week. So yeah, something's wrong. Spent most of the summer sucking down wildfire smoke. I'm assuming next year will be worse.
We seem to be hitting seasonal norms soon but I'm not holding my breath. The forecasts here seem very unreliable more than a day or two out in terms of temp... for some reason.
Yeah we're 10 degrees above seasonal averages where I am.