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Where do you realistically expect the world to be in terms of meeting the 2050 climate goals? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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With evidence mounting on the failure to limit global warming to 1.5C, do you think global carbon emissions will be low enough by 2050 to at least avoid the most catastrophic climate change doomsday scenarios forecast by the turn of the century?

I am somewhat hopeful most developed countries will get there but I wonder if developing countries will have the ability and inclination to buy into it as well.

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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think we are heading headlong into worst case scenario territory.

And I think we're going to see a lot of terrible effects by 2050 if not earlier.

I feel that places like the Marshall Islands will be uninhabitable by 2050.

I feel we'll see wars break out in developed nations over water rights by 2100.

The world is on fire and those with the power to enact change are unable or unwilling to do so.

And with the rise of the far right all over the world it's only going to get worse.

The world will be unrecognizable in 2100 to the people alive today provided we live that long.

I still hold onto some hope that we may be able to pull off a turn around and actually save humanity. But the longer everything goes on the more that hope feels like a delusional fantasy.

Hug your loved ones, try to push for a better world, be kind to others, and enjoy the time we have. For tomorrow is not guaranteed, but the least you can do is allow love to enter your heart.

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do what I can to prevent the worst case scenario, but when anyone asks how I think this is going to go, I always answer "I objectively think we are all going to burn and die, but I'm not going down without a fight." That's all it is. I don't think we are going to save the world, but I want to go down swinging.

[–] pickelsurprise@lemmy.loungerat.io 1 points 1 year ago

I want to be able to say I'm going down swinging, but at this point I have no idea how we're supposed to do that aside from like... Blowing up pipelines or whatever. Having a year's world of recycling be undone by one minute of a coca cola plant operating normally doesn't exactly feel like swinging lol.