alt Hacker NewsAgree. It's been my position for a while that we've de facto decided to do nothing to prevent warming and we'll just live with the consequences.
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FLeXMurphy • today at 4:56 PM
Strong agree on this. I don't think I could do nothing any harder than I already am. Could you? Could any of us?
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tito • today at 6:18 PM
I've decided that I'm going to reverse climate change and everyone is welcome to come with me to figure it out.
The CMIP7 scenarios were just released. AR7 is not yet completed but it's the input for it.
The "worst" RCP8.5 / SSP5-8.5-style futures (coal-dominated, ~4.4–4.9 °C) are no longer treated as plausible given policy already in place, renewable cost declines, and observed emissions.
The policy changes have changed the projections.
Warming will continue, yes. The consequences will have to be dealt with. In some regions this will be problematic. It's still political and economical factors that determines the outcome.
It's worth noting that there is a fair amount of eschatology or even apocalypticism going on. It's built into the human mind somehow.