The IPCC report bases itself on the physical laws of the climate system to tell us that we are on the brink of the abyss, on the verge of irreversibly tipping over into an unimaginable cataclysm; on the other hand, it objectifies and trivializes the political-technological headlong rush by which capitalism is once again trying to postpone the irreconcilable antagonism between its logic of unlimited profit accumulation and the limits of the planet.
Thank you very much! Very interesting links, some stuff to read.
EDIT: True, but indirectly it’s still important that it is human made, because it makes clear what we have to do.
Yeah, the evidence that climate change is primarily human driven is incontrovertible at this point. That said, this may actually change going forward as we hit tipping points where natural processes could eclipse what we’re doing. For example, thanks to the warming climate permafrost is starting to melt up north releasing gigatons of methane which is some thing like 80x more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. This kind of stuff could create a runaway effect that we wouldn’t even be in a position to do anything about.