"Failure to cut carbon emissions means ‘rapid transformation of societies’ is only option to limit impacts"
The UN implies that the only way we'll be able to stop global warming, is if we implement socialism immediatly.
The 1.5°C degree limit is important because once we cross it, a domino-effect of self-reinforcing mechanisms is activated, see:
- https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.abn7950
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1810141115
:shocked-pikachu:
I get it, we all "knew" it already on some level, but it's the first time that a major study simply says it out loud that there's no hope left. Previously, they all had the obligatory hopefull scenario at the end which was theoretically possible, but now there's not even that anymore. So I think that's significant.
ya you're right, i just wanted to post a funny emote
Every IPCC report in the last twenty years has underestimated both the degree to which the planet has warmed, and the degree at which that warming is accelerating. People who thought there was hope were delusional.
The IPCC reports since at least 2016 (when I started reading them) only had one "good path", and that always involved sudden and immediate decarbonization along with total international cooperation, neither of which were ever going to happen.
But yeah, it's grim.