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 Phoenix666 on Saturday June 15 2019, @02:46PM
I've always harbored a fantasy of living in Kamchatka [thinkingnomads.com]. Rendering it a bit more clement would be fine by me.
Siberia [wordpress.com]'s no slouch either. It would not be such a bad thing if we all went to live there.
Washington DC delenda est.