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2050 is When Analysts Suspect Widespread Global Strife Will Begin

posted by martyb on Friday June 14 2019, @11:55PM   
from the the-end-is-near dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/597kpd/new-report-suggests-high-likelihood-of-human-civilization-coming-to-an-end-in-2050

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• Re:It always seems to be "30 years in the future" (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday June 15 2019, @04:17AM

  by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday June 15 2019, @04:17AM (#855896) Homepage

  Glad you pulled that out, because I was lying in wait for some dumb motherfucker to challenge me with muh inflation. Nobody here did. I guess these sonsabitches on Soylentnews do have some semblance of intelligence. There may be hope for us all yet.

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