A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning - eviltoast
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    Meanwhile, history shows that periods of instability and crisis can provide fertile ground for rapid, positive change. This is the other side to derailment risk.

    The conditions for doom loops also provide opportunities to accelerate virtuous circles. For example, out of the crises of the interwar period and the devastation of the second world war came legal protections for human rights, universal welfare systems and decolonisation. More recently, the first Trump administration spurred new waves of climate activism.

    Great positive message.

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      “When the world is actively murdering us, maybe we’ll finally see some positive change for a few select oppressed groups.”

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          You just kinda linked to the IPCC website. Care to expand on what you’re hoping I get from that

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              lol okay

              So tell me: is this the one scientific paper about the effects of climate change that somehow found the rise in global temperature as we continue to release co2 and methane into the air doesn’t increase the drought conditions, extreme heat, more powerful and deadly storms, loss of crops? Because you being so smart having read this study, it must be something new, right? Not exactly what scientists have been saying for decades? This one study on this subject must be completely groundbreaking and not relaying the information that has been found in all the other studies, correct? I mean, obviously it is, because it’s found that extreme weather events, sea level rise, and a dying planet bringing acidified oceans and untenable land and drought (and the concurrent famine) aren’t the results of our actions…right?

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                7 days ago

                Are you refering to IPCC AR6 as “one scientific paper”?

                … and getting upvotes?

                I mean. Peak stupidity.

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                  Jeezus. You’re really trying to argue semantics instead of defending your position? You know “AR6” stands for “sixth assessment report,” right? They accumulated a bunch of papers, and made…a report on the findings.

                  But since you’re clearly so much smarter than everyone and read so much more than us, why don’t you enlighten us all on these brand new findings that you know everything about? Did they or did they not find that human emissions are causing increasingly dangerous conditions? So please, pass your infinite wisdom to us peons. Grace us with your genius! Because you seem to be implying that they didn’t—more than that, you’re straight up claiming that they didn’t. Are you sure you read it?

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                    IPCC AR6 is the scientific consensus regarding climate science, and no, it does not support your doomism.

                    You’ve never read it.

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      That rapid change can be caused by or result in massive upheaval and damage.

      Just like it mentions WW2. It’d be great if that didn’t have to happen, though.