Even with ambitious action to reduce planet-heating emissions, the world could pass the two key temperature thresholds of the Paris climate agreement in the coming decades, according to new research that relied on artificial intelligence.
I don’t want to come across as a pessimist, since I am an optimist and can witness a lot of positive things happening in the world when it comes to defeating climate change. Furthermore, I heard through NPR (National Public Radio) that the world will not see the most extreme effects of climate change based on what has/is happening in efforts.
However, and to play the ‘devil’s advocate’, this could just be wishful thinking or fudging of the numbers/efforts.
Simply put, there are 2 ways in which to reverse the effects of climate change.
#1: Stop burning fossil fuels.
#2: Extract carbon from Earth’s atmosphere.
That’s it.
If the world isn’t actively doing these, then we should be teaching our children how to adapt to this new environment.
geoengineering has always struck me as uniquely cynical and bleak, in no small part because it seems to be an admission that its advocates legitimately think it is a more straightforward or viable project than “trying to get governments to emit less carbon”
I don’t want to come across as a pessimist, since I am an optimist and can witness a lot of positive things happening in the world when it comes to defeating climate change. Furthermore, I heard through NPR (National Public Radio) that the world will not see the most extreme effects of climate change based on what has/is happening in efforts.
However, and to play the ‘devil’s advocate’, this could just be wishful thinking or fudging of the numbers/efforts.
Simply put, there are 2 ways in which to reverse the effects of climate change.
#1: Stop burning fossil fuels.
#2: Extract carbon from Earth’s atmosphere.
That’s it.
If the world isn’t actively doing these, then we should be teaching our children how to adapt to this new environment.
There’s also geoengineering, but that’s likely to have nasty side effects. Might still be better than nothing, though.
geoengineering has always struck me as uniquely cynical and bleak, in no small part because it seems to be an admission that its advocates legitimately think it is a more straightforward or viable project than “trying to get governments to emit less carbon”