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reasonsforhope · 6 months

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"Two and a half years ago, when I was asked to help write the most authoritative report on climate change in the United States, I hesitated...

In the end, I said yes, but reluctantly. Frankly, I was sick of admonishing people about how bad things could get. Scientists have raised the alarm over and over again, and still the temperature rises. Extreme events like heat waves, floods and droughts are becoming more severe and frequent, exactly as we predicted they would. We were proved right. It didn’t seem to matter.

Our report, which was released on Tuesday, contains more dire warnings. There are plenty of new reasons for despair. Thanks to recent scientific advances, we can now link climate change to specific extreme weather disasters, and we have a better understanding of how the feedback loops in the climate system can make warming even worse. We can also now more confidently forecast catastrophic outcomes if global emissions continue on their current trajectory.

But to me, the most surprising new finding in the Fifth National Climate Assessment is this: There has been genuine progress, too.

I’m used to mind-boggling numbers, and there are many of them in this report. Human beings have put about 1.6 trillion tons of carbon in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution — more than the weight of every living thing on Earth combined. But as we wrote the report, I learned other, even more mind-boggling numbers. In the last decade, the cost of wind energy has declined by 70 percent and solar has declined 90 percent. Renewables now make up 80 percent of new electricity generation capacity. Our country’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling, even as our G.D.P. and population grow.

In the report, we were tasked with projecting future climate change. We showed what the United States would look like if the world warms by 2 degrees Celsius. It wasn’t a pretty picture: more heat waves, more uncomfortably hot nights, more downpours, more droughts. If greenhouse emissions continue to rise, we could reach that point in the next couple of decades. If they fall a little, maybe we can stave it off until the middle of the century. But our findings also offered a glimmer of hope: If emissions fall dramatically, as the report suggested they could, we may never reach 2 degrees Celsius at all.

For the first time in my career, I felt something strange: optimism.

And that simple realization was enough to convince me that releasing yet another climate report was worthwhile.

Something has changed in the United States, and not just the climate. State, local and tribal governments all around the country have begun to take action. Some politicians now actually campaign on climate change, instead of ignoring or lying about it. Congress passed federal climate legislation — something I’d long regarded as impossible — in 2022 as we turned in the first draft.

[Note: She's talking about the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Act, which despite the names were the two biggest climate packages passed in US history. And their passage in mid 2022 was a big turning point: that's when, for the first time in decades, a lot of scientists started looking at the numbers - esp the ones that would come from the IRA's funding - and said "Wait, holy shit, we have an actual chance."]

And while the report stresses the urgency of limiting warming to prevent terrible risks, it has a new message, too: We can do this. We now know how to make the dramatic emissions cuts we’d need to limit warming, and it’s very possible to do this in a way that’s sustainable, healthy and fair.

The conversation has moved on, and the role of scientists has changed. We’re not just warning of danger anymore. We’re showing the way to safety.

I was wrong about those previous reports: They did matter, after all. While climate scientists were warning the world of disaster, a small army of scientists, engineers, policymakers and others were getting to work. These first responders have helped move us toward our climate goals. Our warnings did their job.

To limit global warming, we need many more people to get on board... We need to reach those who haven’t yet been moved by our warnings. I’m not talking about the fossil fuel industry here; nor do I particularly care about winning over the small but noisy group of committed climate deniers. But I believe we can reach the many people whose eyes glaze over when they hear yet another dire warning or see another report like the one we just published.

The reason is that now, we have a better story to tell. The evidence is clear: Responding to climate change will not only create a better world for our children and grandchildren, but it will also make the world better for us right now.

Eliminating the sources of greenhouse gas emissions will make our air and water cleaner, our economy stronger and our quality of life better. It could save hundreds of thousands or even millions of lives across the country through air quality benefits alone. Using land more wisely can both limit climate change and protect biodiversity. Climate change most strongly affects communities that get a raw deal in our society: people with low incomes, people of color, children and the elderly. And climate action can be an opportunity to redress legacies of racism, neglect and injustice.

I could still tell you scary stories about a future ravaged by climate change, and they’d be true, at least on the trajectory we’re currently on. But it’s also true that we have a once-in-human-history chance not only to prevent the worst effects but also to make the world better right now. It would be a shame to squander this opportunity. So I don’t just want to talk about the problems anymore. I want to talk about the solutions. Consider this your last warning from me."

-via New York Times. Opinion essay by leading climate scientist Kate Marvel. November 18, 2023.

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hylianengineer · 20 days

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Hey, happy Earth Day! Who wants to talk about climate change?

Yeah, okay, fair, I kinda figured the answer to that would be "ugh do we have to?" What if I told you I have good news though? Good news with caveats, but still good news.

What if I told you that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, we've avoided a whole degree celsius of global warming by 2100, or maybe more?

Current projections are 2.7C, which is way better than the 3-5C (with a median of 3.7C) we were expecting in 2015. It's not where we want to be - 1.5C - but it is big, noticeable progress!

And it's not like we either hit 1.5C and avoid all the big scary consequences or fail to hit 1.5C and get all of them - every tenth of a degree of warming we avoid is going to prevent more severe problems like extreme weather, sea level rise, etc.

This means that climate change mitigation efforts are having a noticeable impact! This means a dramatically better, safer future - and if we keep pushing, we could lower the amount of global warming we end up with even further. This is huge progress, and we need to celebrate it, even though the fight isn't over.

It's working. Keep going.

#hylian rambles #climate change #climate crisis #environmental issues #global warming #hope #hope for the future #hope for the planet #earth day

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ecoamerica · 1 month

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Watch the 2024 American Climate Leadership Awards for High School Students now: https://youtu.be/5C-bb9PoRLc

The recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by student climate leaders! Join Aishah-Nyeta Brown & Jerome Foster II and be inspired by student climate leaders as we recognize the High School Student finalists. Watch now to find out which student received the $25,000 grand prize and top recognition!

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tarantula-hawk-wasp · 10 months

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Earth’s hottest day ever recorded by human instruments

Better way to phrase this is : top 3 hottest daily average-global-temperatures ever recorded by human instruments were this week.

#climate change #news #breaking news #destiel news #global warming #just saw this on the news and now I have to go back to writing my essay as of earth isn’t in crisis #phrased this kind of poorly bc I was basing it on what the news anchor said and then found the article on the channels website

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without-ado · 6 months

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A lesson on the greenhouse effect; Dr. Carl Sagan testified before Congress in 1985 on climate change l carlsagandotcom/full vid

#climate change #greenhouse effect #earth #climate crisis #environment #carl sagan #informative #science #planets #greenhouse gases #global warming

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novakiart · 7 months

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it's not exactly your prompt but that's only because wade & peter start hooking up Long before spider-man and deadpool do

🕷️ written by me & nevi

#spideypool #peter parker #wade wilson #deadpool #spider-man #peter parker's identity crisis is fun #insists he's two people. two separate lives. and then wade comes in like Actually. No.#you are the same To Me.#and unfortunately that takes a whole weight off peter's shoulders #he wants to live in that feeling #feels whole for the first time in a really long time #i mean. this is peter so he internalises a Lot Of Shit but besides that #long post #mine #earth-748 #mags answers #anon #again based on a scene from nevi and my's au

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cobbleztone · 3 months

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Im reading Crisis on Infinite Earths and

BRUCE BEING A GOOD DAD TO JASON!!

WHY DO WE NOT GET STUFF LIKE THUS OFTEN? THE ENTIRE REASON BRUCE ADOPTED HIS BOYS WAS SO THEY DIDN'T EITHER END UP LIKE HIM OR END UP IN A LIFE OF CRIME! WHY DO COMIC WRITTERS MAKE HIM DISTANT? LET BRUCE BE A DAD!

#jason todd #bruce wayne #bruce wayne being a dad #crisis on infinite earths #dc comics #batman #dc robin

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ecoamerica · 1 month

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Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared

The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

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justjensenanddean · 5 months

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batman | December 20, 2023

#jensen ackles #batman #justice league: crisis on infinite earths #*

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msanonships · 4 months

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Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One (2024) THE FLASH (2014-2023)

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lillazyboithings · 5 months

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As a little present from me 🫶

The siblings ever

#richie lipschitz #trevor lipschitz #daniel lipschitz #the lipschitz siblings #npmd #nmt2 #starkid nerdy prudes must die #nerdy prudes must die #i have informally decided they're siblings #richie is a bit jealous of daniel being the only one with super powers out of all 3 of them #i love them to the ends of the earth your honor #merry crisis everyone #hatchetverse #hatchetfield

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leebrontide · 1 year

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Best Practices for Communicating about the Climate Crisis

Communication Tips

Keep it local. Focusing on bringing local solutions. You can lean into community pride to help motivate community action. And while climate change may have global impacts, emphasizing local climate impacts and benefits of local policies will resonate with more people, and feel more approachable/doable.

Stay focused on solutions. While the consequences of climate change are dire, focusing too much on how bad things could get tends to make people feel overwhelmed, hopeless and cynical – which doesn’t help them get or stay involved. Try not to give more than 1 or 2 examples of local consequences of environmental issues, then dive into how this work provides solutions.

Include your audience. Instead of using “I” or “you”, talk about what “we” need to do to turn things around. This includes using “we” when you’re talking about the government, when appropriate - after all, the government is meant to be for and of our communities.

Lean into moral values. Most people agree that we have a moral responsibility to protect our environment’s health, stability and safety for future generations, so don’t be afraid to talk about that or other values that resonate with you about this work.

Focus on tangible gains. Things like “the economy” are important, but they don’t feel as immediate as combating rising costs, protecting their and their neighbors' health, and saving money. Paint them a picture of the prosperous, stable, livable city we can create.

Project a can-do attitude. A lot of people are feeling let down by leadership at all levels, and feeling hopeless and helpless about making change. So, it’s important that you show that you and others are out here willing to really do the work - and there’s room for them to join in. Also, be sure to talk about successes.

Don’t waste time on opponents. We can't get everybody on our side. However, there are enough people that are excited about the prospect of living in a safe, sustainable community, where everyone has clean air to breathe/water to drink and a family-sustaining job that we don't need to convert opponents.

Encourage investment. Rather than framing the changes we want in terms of the drudgery of having to adapt to a bad situation, try to build excitement in the possibilities we can invest in - together. Everyone likes to feel they’re getting in on an exciting, cutting edge investment. Relatedly, be wary of statements that make people feel like they’re going to lose, rather than gain, options. Remind people that our current systems are not only unhealthy, dirty, and dangerous - they’re also ineffective.

Create immediate avenues for action. Once you’ve built up some excitement about what we can do, give people an immediate step they can take to help. Give that positive energy somewhere to go and show them how good it can feel to get involved.

Focus on what you want people to do, not what you want them to stop doing. This helps people envision change, and makes them less nervous.

Communicate respect. Keep away from stereotypes and harmful words. And when you talk about other people, be careful not to put words in their mouths.

Remember, you're not just combating ignorance, you're combating hopelessness, helplessness, and burnout!

#climate crisis #climate change #green energy #activism #climate activism #Earth Day

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dcmultiverse · 16 days

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You still look like hell.

#dcedit #dcauedit #justice league crisis on infinite earths #john constantine #matt ryan #hellblazer #ch: john constantine #a: justice league crisis on infinite earths #animated #gif #mine #by jus

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theshkvyapotapok · 18 days

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For me, as a fan of the first seasons of The Flash, this date is something special.

It is now that I realize that the future has truly arrived. I remember the day I watched the pilot of the series and saw this date. Then I thought, damn, I have to wait another ten years, wow, that’s a long time...

And now we are here.

April 25, 2024.

The day the Flash disappeared in a flash of light while fighting Reverse Flash. Who would have thought, right?

We survived. Wow.

Thursday is Flash day. Thursday is review day for the first season.

Thursday is April 25, 2024.

Thursday is the day Flash missing vanishes in crisis.

Amazing feeling.

#THE FLASH #DC #grant gustin #the cwverse #the cw tv series #the cw #kid flash #crisis on infinite earths #reverse flash #tom cavanagh #green arrow #arrowverse #arrow

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without-ado · 2 years

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Surviving in 2022

l art: BomboTimmy l title: _figensezgin

#art #digital art #animation #2022 #covid 19 #economic crisis #life problems #family crisis #unemployment #conflict #war #there are too many problems #on earth

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mindblowingscience · 1 month

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Australia should prepare for “megadroughts” that last more than 20 years and will worsen due to human-induced global heating, new research has found. Megadroughts are exceptionally severe periods of below average rainfall that last decades. Climate modelling by the Australian National University, published in the journal of Hydrology and Earth System Sciences last week, found droughts spanning more than two decades have occurred in Australia over the past millennia and reoccur every 150 to 1,000 years, depending on the modelling used.

#Science #Enviroment #Earth Science #Climate Change #Climate Crisis #Drought #Australia

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columboscreens · 1 month

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#columbo #season 5 #identity crisis #come on just let him clear up that ten dollars. let him go ten dollars mode #love the bit that columbo will let murderers spoil him absolutely rotten but the minute they give him cash when hes in a bind its sacrilege #as soon as he feels he owes you something he will go to the ends of the earth to return that ten dollars

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man-in-the-trenchcoat · 29 days

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In Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, it shows this world has the alternate versions of Wonder Woman and Batman together as a couple. It makes you question if this implies that the real Bruce and Diana are compatible.

On one hand, the immediate answer is no because this is the opposite dimension. They're together in the bad one, so they shouldn't be in the good one.

But on the other hand, you have to examine why these two work well as a couple.

Superwoman is a vindictive, domineering, and promiscuous brute who values Owlman's drive and passion. She immediately drops her ambitions at the prospect of something greater. Owlman is a complete nihilist who is souly driven by his mission to find purpose. They're down to have a little fun before it all goes down. Their craziness compliments each other.

Now examine Diana and Bruce. Wonder Woman is a selfless, supportive, strong-willed agent of peace and love who will stand for anything as long as she believes it's right.

As Owlman's opposite, Batman is the most caring person there is. He does what he does because he belives there is value in every life. His purpose is defined by his mission to preserve all of that. Bruce and Diana's VIRTUES compliment each other.

Therefore, I believe that WonderBat is a good ship on a fundamental level.

#wonderbat #wonder woman #batman #justice league #crime syndicate #crisis on two earths #superwoman #owlman #dc comics #crackship

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