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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world.  About 1C of total warming.  Second chart:  about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability.  Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases.  About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 4 points 46 minutes ago (1 children)

...I vote we decide on a climate landmark to establish the initiation of the global end of the world party. Anything that's currently illegal due to longer term consequences goes into 'fuck it!' territory. Drugs of all kinds completely legalized; conditions that contraindicate using those drugs like pregnancy are ignored. Social standards around things like sex are dissolved (other than consent - that stays). Just nonstop hedonism, feasting, drinking, fucking, etc while supplies last.

Then when supplies run out, we all hit the big red button at the same time. Nukes. All of them. Detonated in as close a synchronization as we can get them, and our failure of species goes out in as painless as possible of an instant flash.

.....I mean, it's that or slow-burn to death anyway, we got nothing to lose.

[–] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 2 points 15 minutes ago

Just try organizing a militia and you will find how oppressed we already are

The only thing that works now is indiscriminate attacks on the wealthy, it's the only thing they won't see coming

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 34 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Nations must start to manage water as a global common good,

it's been nice knowing you all

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 8 points 1 hour ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again, my retirement plan is dying in the potable water riots

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 13 points 2 hours ago

Nestle: We've lobbied governments around the world to ~~let us own all the fresh water~~ protect the fresh water from nefarious actors.

:(

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 36 points 5 hours ago

Climate change terrifies me to be honest. We have seen how under prepared we were as species for covid, this will be so much worse. While we could be doing something about it we still have people who dont believe it or are doubling down on fossil fuels and taking private jets.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 hours ago

For those of us who are alive to read this ... enjoy the liveable environment we have now (never worry about the planet because it will outlast us).

I feel so bad for the those who are not yet born and will grow up to inherit the shit we've allowed to happen.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 hours ago