The chance of exceeding the 1.5 degree benchmark of limiting global warming stands at 70%, the UN’s weather agency says.
The chance that average warming from 2025 to 2029 is to exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) benchmark stands at 70%, the United Nations (UN) said.
As a result, the Earth is expected to remain at historic levels of warming.
This comes after the planet experienced the two hottest years ever recorded in 2023 and 2024, according to a report published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the UN’s climate agency.
Obviously humane are not as self determined as we like to think. Maybe our paths are predetermined through our evolutionary development.
Decision making motivated by emotions. Quick success, own advantage or the closest pressing issue is always more important than sustainability and the common good. Bad emotions are suppressed and messengers of bad news are chased out of the village.
And then there are the ones who believe that all is lost and nothing can save us. Like me. Not helpful, I know.
OP’s username checks out!
We’re frying ourselves. And again I met a person today who doubted if it’s human made and not maybe just some natural cyclic thing. Some people just don’t want to see a truth when it’s bleak. Shiny happy people.
The 1.5C pledge is dead. Guess what else is. :(
Humans!
Winner! Well, not really. When you think about it …
We have the power to fight back! Contact politicians in your country and demand a faster transition to renewable energy. The economic harms caused by climate change are far greater than the cost of switching to renewable energy.
One possible idea I had is to take advantage of global anti-Trump sentiment and urge countries especially those hit hard by Trump’s tariffs to fight back by buying less fossil fuels especially less fossil fuels from the U.S. I’m not sure if people from other countries understand just how influential the U.S. fossil fuel industry is in electing Trump and Republicans. It’s similar to how people are (unfortunately too slowly it seems) moving away from buying Russian fossil fuels.
So when you boycott fossil fuels you’re stopping authoritarian regimes and saving the planet.
The world is run like a cooperation, more immidiate profits and no regards for who it may hurt in the long run, so they sell of the company. Protecting the planet for humans is not profitable at the moment until we start dying out and the rich own everything, then finally realizing there’s nothing to own after they enslave us. We gotta make more babies for them.
Great Show. Haven’t watched season 3 yet, so thanks for the reminder.
We know. It’s not like big oil or most (if any) governments are actually trying to hide it.
70% is still much lower than what I would have expected.
Let’s face it, I would be happy if we prevent WWIII. Global warming is an afterthought for most of us now.
