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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:"Widespread" Re:"Widespread" (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 15 2019, @01:16PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 15 2019, @01:16PM (#855969)

  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.

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• Re:"Widespread" (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday June 15 2019, @01:18PM

  by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday June 15 2019, @01:18PM (#855970) Journal

  If a tree falls on an island and nobody reports it, it's not violent?

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