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Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.

As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades: Graph of temperature as observed with significant warming, and simulated without added greenhouse gases and other anthropogentic changes, which shows no significant warming

How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world: IPCC AR6 Figure 2 - Thee bar charts: first chart: how much each gas has warmed the world.  About 1C of total warming.  Second chart:  about 1.5C of total warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases, offset by 0.4C of cooling from aerosols and negligible influence from changes to solar output, volcanoes, and internal variability.  Third chart: about 1.25C of warming from CO2, 0.5C from methane, and a bunch more in small quantities from other gases.  About 0.5C of cooling with large error bars from SO2.

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[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 3 points 58 minutes ago

At this point I’m convinced the only way to defeat Trump and his band of Nazis is to shoot them all in their fucking faces.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Literally the majority of the video is just random left-bashing lmao

And then proposing "super-capitalism" as a solution what an absolute clown

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 hours ago

I'm 50:50 there will be another election. And I'm 50:50 on it being rigged if there is one.

Even if we have one, and it's not rigged, the Dems are proposing absolute jack shit for the people. So I don't see how they could even win a fair election.

We need a new party or a serious nation wide event if we want to put an end to projec 2025

[–] almost1337@lemm.ee 69 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

Well, the Democrats won't be the ones to do it.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Is this verified? If so, congratulations, Democratic party leadership. Once again, you're planning on doing the exact opposite of what you should be doing. Their leftist voter turnout is going to plummet again while they try court Republicans—who often vote by party rather than policy.

The party should "embrace-patriotism, community, and traditional American imagery

Playing into nostalgia and nationalism. A strategy taken straight from the other party's playbook.

Democrats should "ban far-left candidate questionnaires and refuse to participate in forums that create ideological purity tests" and "move away from the dominances small-dollars donors whose preferences may not align with the broader electorate"

Condemning progressiveness, leaving their policies either to do nothing or slide the country even more into conservatism.

Abandoning their actual "small-dollars" donors (constituents) whose preferences may not align with ~~the broader electorate~~ the corporate donors.

They should "push back against far-left staffers and groups that exert a disproportionate influence on policy-and messaging"

Going to screw progressive politicians yet again, leaving only moderates and conservatives.

Candidates should "get out of elite circles and into real communities (e.g., tailgates, gun shows, local restaurants, churches)"

Actively and deliberately court voters from conservative hotspots.

The party needs to "own the failures of Democratic governance in large cities and commit to improving local government."

Either this means the goal is deregulation, or that they don't plan on addressing issues outside of rural areas. Maybe both.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 46 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Holy shit, that second bullet point. The hundreds of thousands of people donating small sums of money are somehow less representative of the electorate than the two hundred people donating over a million dollars each, because reasons (just not mathematically sound ones)

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

The second bullet point is itself a paradox. By definition hundreds of small donations would represent the electorate better than individual large donors.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 18 points 4 hours ago

It's the 4th bullet point that gets me. "We should spend more time going to right-wing-dominated spaces (and also restaurants)". Because only right-wing communities are "real". Anything lefties do is elitist.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago

“Meet me in the middle,” says the leopard.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 7 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

People really need to show up to the primaries from now on. Tired of this shit.

[–] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

Do they still have super delegates?

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This is how you continue to lose. The first bullet point is correct. The rest is fail.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The first dot point is incorrect. They should not embrace that right wing nonsense.

[–] Shirasho@lemmings.world 9 points 4 hours ago

Correct. Patriotism should be the result, not the means.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 18 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Could already have had two terms of Bernie (or Gore too), but humans, eh.

[–] stopdropandprole@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

certain, specific humans, have a great deal more culpability than others.

less useful blaming billions when a couple dozen people engineered the choices for the rest of us, especially on climate.

the biggest problem opposition groups have nowadays is targeting the wrong people to oppose. I know who my enemies are and it's not so self defeatingly simplistic as humans = bad.

[–] h4x0r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

leftism

In a sane world Bernie would be considered a centrist.

[–] stopdropandprole@lemmy.world 15 points 3 hours ago

Bernie was the compromise. now it's Luigi time.

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't he at least center left?

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 51 minutes ago

Not on an American scale either. This bullshit about the "far left" is targeted right at him.

[–] Nemean_lion@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Actually there is one way. And I think you know what it is.

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 39 points 6 hours ago

If the democratic machine would let him. He'd do a bang up job. But the DNC will mobilize all they have to stop him. Damn the cost. Just as they've done in the past.

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 6 hours ago
[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 7 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

That's what the voters have been trying to tell the DNC since 2016.

But the DNC's ears are plugged with corporate cash.

Really? Then why aren't there more progressives at every level of the Democrat party?

Maybe they should try telling Democrats at the voting booth.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Ears? It's more like every orifice being plugged with corporate cash.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

is trough leftism like a trough urinal?

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

No, it's where you share your oats, brother

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

New flavour of leftism just dropped. I personally am more of a piss leftist.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago

i think i'm a pissing outside sometimes leftist

[–] PapaSkwat@lemy.lol 6 points 5 hours ago

Call me crazy, but I want an answer before 2028.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 2 points 5 hours ago

Oh hell yeah! I totally support you guys trying that! I'm sure it'll work out perfectly for us!

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