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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 15 2019, @11:44PM
Eh? I wasn't aware that agnostics were such tender, fragile pantywaists. Learn something new every day, I guess.