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Two facts about climate I wish were much better known: In most countries apart from US beliefs about climate are not strongly associated to politics: https://twitter.com/NGruen1/status/1023018199984435200 … We're near peak emissions: https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/674738150367993856 … (Graph has ticked up slightly, still near flat.)
BTW, if your first response to the polarization in the US is "damn fool Republicans" then you're part of the reason for the polarization. A more interesting response than beating on the outgroup is to try to understand deeply _why_ this is true in the US, and how it could change
And, yes, I'm aware many will respond "Oh, it's Fox News" or some variation on "Republicans are anti-science fools". But that's a shallow response, just another way of beating on the outgroup without really understanding.
Incidentally, I've tweeted both these things before. I was somewhat puzzled as to why they got very low engagement, since they're more important (& certain) than many climate tweets that spread rapidly.
One possible theory: many (not all) people who claim to care about climate are more interested in using it as an issue to beat their political opponents with. These facts don't fit that purpose well, even though they're important to understand if you genuinely care about climate
I think it's a bit optimistic to cite a 2015 graph to claim we're "near peak emissions", given that 2018 saw record carbon dioxide emissions:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/05/brutal-news-global-carbon-emissions-jump-to-all-time-high-in-2018 …
That's why I added the comment about the recent uptick. Nonetheless, understanding why that graph has the shape it does (with recent data - the same group wrote a nice recent followup) is important, and vastly underreported.
Last year Global Carbon Budget had to report a rise again: https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/18/infographics.htm … But ... for a couple of countries they have been declining:https://twitter.com/Peters_Glen/status/1104327215511101445 …
Yes, I know. In fact, I'm almost certain I've tweeted this before.
On #2, this is like a morbidly obese person stabilizing the incremental weight gain they are adding each year. I guess it’s good relative to acceleration but it’s nothing at all to celebrate.
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