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

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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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Sunday June 16 2019, @03:01PM

    by Bot (3902) on Sunday June 16 2019, @03:01PM (#856246) Journal

    LOL collective responsibility again? first commies then nazis then gretophiles? But what are you blaming them for? For getting a nice car? and maybe you are typing this on your high end cellphone that you will scrap in one year.
    Pollution was a way to establish dependence. Environmentalism is a way to establish dependence.

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