We humans are killing the physical environment on which human survival depends.
Yet the physical environment is not the only victim; humans are especially susceptible to extreme heat events:
Key barriers to adaptation are limited resources, lack of private sector and citizen involvement, insufficient mobilization of finance , low climate literacy,Mitigation, on the other hand, refers to efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change, such as building sea walls to respond to sea level rise. Many of these efforts are basically stop-gap measures that suggest that our political leaders are responding to the problem when they really are not.
And, I argue, that means we must unify with forces around the globe; no one people can make the required changes by themselves. The report gives us five plausible scenarios: if we are willing to accept an increase of 1.4 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 median temperature; 1.8 degrees; 2.7 degrees; 3.6 degrees and 4.4 degrees. They give these options with the understanding thatWhy the emphasis on 1.5 degrees? It is the limit at which many scientists believe humans can survive without causing the physical environment to be destroyed.
Tied into that, although with a related albeit different dynamic, is capitalism. As seems obvious to me, the economic system’s immediate demand for increased production is killing us through the emission of greenhouse gases.
A few words before continuing: this “Synthesis Report of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report: Summary for Policy Makers” is an effort to synthesize findings from a number of groups of scientists working together, each which focuses on a particular area , and to present them to policymakers, many who have PhDs, often in the physical sciences and related fields.
This gives us a more stable period of comparison: median temperature across a 50-year period, instead of just the usual single years of 1750 or 1880 . Thus, we can be more confident of reported increases/decreases in the future. And will people in these areas sit there passively as the water rises and drown, or will they migrate inland to higher ground? And where will they go, and will there be jobs and food and housing for them in their new locations…?“approximately 3.3 to 3.6 billion people live in contexts that are highly vulnerable to climate change.
Key barriers to adaptation are limited resources, lack of private sector and citizen involvement, insufficient mobilization of finance , low climate literacy,Mitigation, on the other hand, refers to efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change, such as building sea walls to respond to sea level rise. Many of these efforts are basically stop-gap measures that suggest that our political leaders are responding to the problem when they really are not.
And, I argue, that means we must unify with forces around the globe; no one people can make the required changes by themselves. The report gives us five plausible scenarios: if we are willing to accept an increase of 1.4 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 median temperature; 1.8 degrees; 2.7 degrees; 3.6 degrees and 4.4 degrees. They give these options with the understanding thatWhy the emphasis on 1.5 degrees? It is the limit at which many scientists believe humans can survive without causing the physical environment to be destroyed.
Tied into that, although with a related albeit different dynamic, is capitalism. As seems obvious to me, the economic system’s immediate demand for increased production is killing us through the emission of greenhouse gases.
A few words before continuing: this “Synthesis Report of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report: Summary for Policy Makers” is an effort to synthesize findings from a number of groups of scientists working together, each which focuses on a particular area , and to present them to policymakers, many who have PhDs, often in the physical sciences and related fields.
This gives us a more stable period of comparison: median temperature across a 50-year period, instead of just the usual single years of 1750 or 1880 . Thus, we can be more confident of reported increases/decreases in the future. And will people in these areas sit there passively as the water rises and drown, or will they migrate inland to higher ground? And where will they go, and will there be jobs and food and housing for them in their new locations…?“approximately 3.3 to 3.6 billion people live in contexts that are highly vulnerable to climate change.
Key barriers to adaptation are limited resources, lack of private sector and citizen involvement, insufficient mobilization of finance , low climate literacy,Mitigation, on the other hand, refers to efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change, such as building sea walls to respond to sea level rise. Many of these efforts are basically stop-gap measures that suggest that our political leaders are responding to the problem when they really are not.
And, I argue, that means we must unify with forces around the globe; no one people can make the required changes by themselves. The report gives us five plausible scenarios: if we are willing to accept an increase of 1.4 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 median temperature; 1.8 degrees; 2.7 degrees; 3.6 degrees and 4.4 degrees. They give these options with the understanding thatWhy the emphasis on 1.5 degrees? It is the limit at which many scientists believe humans can survive without causing the physical environment to be destroyed.
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