On our current trajectory, the report warns, "planetary and human systems [are] reaching a 'point of no return' by mid-century, in which the prospect of a largely uninhabitable Earth leads to the breakdown of nations and the international order."
The only way to avoid the risks of this scenario is what the report describes as "akin in scale to the World War II emergency mobilization"—but this time focused on rapidly building out a zero-emissions industrial system to set in train the restoration of a safe climate.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Saturday June 15 2019, @03:32AM (4 children)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts [wikipedia.org]
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/879652/world-war-3-conflict-map-safe-travel [express.co.uk]
How does the current situation not qualify as "widespread" already?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday June 15 2019, @04:41AM (2 children)
https://www.npr.org/2016/07/16/486311030/despite-the-headlines-steven-pinker-says-the-world-is-becoming-less-violent [npr.org]
!!!
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 15 2019, @01:16PM (1 child)
The only thing Steven Pinker knows about the state of violence in the world today from his bubble is what he learns partying with Jeffrey Epstein.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday June 15 2019, @01:18PM
If a tree falls on an island and nobody reports it, it's not violent?
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Saturday June 15 2019, @06:20AM
Because there's not much of it going on. A war can kill one person or it can kill 70 million. Treating them as if they were all the same is foolish.