Agreed. I’m getting tired of these pencil-pusher reports implying that “the economy” is going to keep chugging along at a reduced rate, as if we can just shuffle around our stock portfolios and weather the storm.
The “Planetary Solvency” report by IFoA is one of the first mainstream papers that’s taking a sober look at the climate crisis. If we hit 2°C by 2050, they’re seeing a significant likelihood of:
2 billion deaths
High number of climate tipping points triggered, partial tipping cascade.
Breakdown of some critical ecosystem services and Earth systems.
Major extinction events in multiple geographies.
Ocean circulation severely impacted.
Severe socio-political fragmentation in many regions, low lying regions lost.
Heat and water stress drive involuntary mass migration of billions.
Catastrophic mortality events from disease, malnutrition, thirst and conflict.
I don’t even want to think about 3°C and 4°C scenarios.
My favorite climate consensus roll-eyes is how all the graphs always stop at 2100. As if the heating will just stop at that point and we won’t be looking at 6 degrees of warming by 2150. And 8 by 2200.
CO2 stays in the atmosphere for at least 500 years. There’s no getting off this train.
Agreed. I’m getting tired of these pencil-pusher reports implying that “the economy” is going to keep chugging along at a reduced rate, as if we can just shuffle around our stock portfolios and weather the storm.
The “Planetary Solvency” report by IFoA is one of the first mainstream papers that’s taking a sober look at the climate crisis. If we hit 2°C by 2050, they’re seeing a significant likelihood of:
I don’t even want to think about 3°C and 4°C scenarios.
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My favorite climate consensus roll-eyes is how all the graphs always stop at 2100. As if the heating will just stop at that point and we won’t be looking at 6 degrees of warming by 2150. And 8 by 2200.
CO2 stays in the atmosphere for at least 500 years. There’s no getting off this train.