Not only are carbon dioxide levels rising each year, they are accelerating. Carbon dioxide is climbing at twice the pace it was 50 years ago. Even the increases are increasing.
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In little more than a century of frenzied fossil fuel burning, we humans have altered our planet’s atmosphere at a rate dozens of times faster than natural climate change. We are fast approaching the extremes of what we know ecosystem can handle.
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Without a bold shift in our actions, in 30 years CO2 will return back to levels last reached just after the extinction of the dinosaurs, more than 50 million years ago. At that point, it might be too late to prevent permanent, dangerous feedback loops from kicking in.
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This is the biggest problem humanity has ever faced, and we’ve barely even begun to address it effectively. On our current pace, the best independent analyses show that we are on course for enough warming to extinguish entire ecosystems and destabilize human civilization.
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Even though most countries have acknowledged the danger, the ability for us to intentionally limit humanity’s emissions still escapes us. After 23 years of United Nations summits on climate change, the time has come for radical thinking and radical action.
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Our failed approach to climate change is mostly a failure of imagination. It’s easier to imagine outlandish technologies, like carbon capture, geoengineering, or fusion power than self-control.
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We are not fated to this path. We can do better. Yes, there are some truly colossal headwinds, but we still control our future. We are in this together. Forgetting that fact is the only thing that will doom us all. Let’s do this.
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Ce Tweet est indisponible.
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that's not at all how this works
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Does that grab go any further back?
Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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Le chargement semble prendre du temps.
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