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.
Given the last 3 years, and how fast everything has been accelerating with global warming, I am afraid of what we will see next year or the year after.
Out of control in a good way or a bad way?
If we persist in delaying key measures that are needed, I think we are moving into a catastrophic situation, as the last two records in temperature demonstrates (...)
You were provably joking, but now Im curious about what a scenario where the climate being out of control can be a good thing. Not in a snarky way but in an speculative sci-fi way.
Maybe some kind of Gaia disasters-hitting-fossil-fuel-infrastructure-and-palaces situation?
Yes, I was joking, in a "this party is out of control" way... and we're drinking... capitalism?