Just saw this report from a few days ago and in all honesty it doesn’t look good. I hope I am misinterpreting it.
Unless insanely drastic measures are taken in the next 8 years we’ll overshoot the 2°C warming, never mind the 1.5°C.
“But with COP27 looming, only a couple of dozen have done so and the new pledges would shave just 1% off emissions in 2030. Global emissions must fall by almost 50% by that date to keep the 1.5C target alive.”
The linked graph in the article is staggering showing how little our existing pledges are going to put a dent in that number. Our current policies will put us anywhere from 2.6-2.8°C of warming.
The way I think about it is that it’s no longer a matter of it but when. But I think a lot of people think that’s the end of it. It’s not. It is likely we’ll survive as a species. Our objective has been confused. We don’t fight against climate change because we just never want it to change. We fight against it for survivability. Our job now is to make it as survivable as possible. We still need to promote progressive construction change policy. Where feasible. We need to delay these milestones to allow for technology to progress and for development in many areas of the world. Our primary goal should be to end imperialism. This may seem impossible, but look back at history and almost all revolutions were against impossible seeming odds. And it’s horrifying to be thrown into such circumstances, but it also means our actions mean more than ever before. We cannot give up hope for the liberation of all people, even through climate change. All hope is not lost until all of us are.