Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), foresee at least 2.5C of global heating above preindustrial levels, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit will be met.
“I think we are headed for major societal disruption within the next five years,” said Gretta Pecl, at the University of Tasmania. “[Authorities] will be overwhelmed by extreme event after extreme event, food production will be disrupted. I could not feel greater despair over the future.”
"The world’s response to date is reprehensible – we live in an age of fools.”
Lisa Schipper, at University of Bonn in Germany, said: “My only source of hope is the fact that, as an educator, I can see the next generation being so smart and understanding the politics.”
I don’t want to be overly negative or pessimistic, but I really feel even if we had a global revolution right now and started doing our real best, we’re still very fucked. So it’s basically either we kill these monsters and watch the world die a little less hard, or we don’t and we watch it collapse at the speed of light.
no you’re absolutely right, we are super fucked. but the degree matters. every little bit of fucked we can avert is worth the effort