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Forget ‘doomers:’ Warming can be stopped, top climate scientist says (news.harvard.edu)

submitted 7 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/12956314

"I push back on doomism because I don’t think it’s justified by the science, and I think it potentially leads us down a path of inaction,” said Mann during a talk last Thursday at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

“And there are bad actors today who are fanning the flames of climate doomism because they understand that it takes those who are most likely to be on the front lines, advocating for change, and pushes them to the sidelines, which is where polluters and petrostates want them.”

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[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 37 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We're all on this bus that's going 150mph towards the edge of a cliff. I know it can be stopped, but the people driving are talking about 'slowing to 120mph by 2050' (but breaking at this pace we will be like 135mph by then) and these armed thugs are protecting them so no other can get up and take the wheel. Call me a doomer all you want but we're fucked.

[–] card797@champserver.net 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Accepting this notion I feel like the best thing to do is to harden and make more resilient our ability to survive the extreme weather and tenperatures coming. If we can survive on Mars or whatever we can survive on a warmer Earth.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We as a species will survive global warming, assuming the societal collapse doesn't lead to nuclear armageddon.

We as average people typically will not.

[–] card797@champserver.net 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Many people will not reproduce and perish. Certainly.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

Many people who do reproduce will likely see their children die, which is why many will not reproduce

[–] Zworf@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Which on its own will help to mitigate the problem. This is why it's not an extinction event.

It's just that it's not really a very good "solution" because of all the misery it causes.