See what three degrees of global warming looks like

[@bigpaul4450]

I hate myself for saying this but the problem with this video is that people in the west are now used to seeing people in developing countries suffer. Impacts on western life would probably have more of a punch.

[@liamtaylor4955]

Those latter are occurring, though. Current estimates put the number of climate catastrophe refugees within the US, meaning US citizens who've been displaced, at just over a million people.

[@MrTaxiRob]

@@liamtaylor4955 blizzard of '78 has yet to be beat. That's the real problem: weather events in living memory may dwarf current ones locally. Climate is about trends, not weather. It's hard to convince people who have a memory of something worse that climate change is real. Xenia tornadoes in the 60s, the blizzard I mentioned earlier, to Hurricane Katrina. The recent hurricanes to hit Louisiana didn't breach the levies, so there's a false sense of security for the residents there.

[@MsJubjubbird]

Some people don't get it. Like we have had a really long cold winter and it now rains in summer. So the response from our upper middle class society is "what global warming? It's cold!"

[@weareparamore1597]

For the west climate change started in Germany's flood with 200 deaths for me its typhoon haiyan with 10,000+ deaths

[@davidpaterson2309]

We will begin to take real notice when the people of the developing countries who are displaced by the impacts (agricultural, political, social) of climate change decide that their only alternative is to start walking north. It’ll make the so-called “refugee crisis” in W Europe and on the US border look like a minor excursion.

[@alexha-g5r]

World leaders should try to have their climate summit at the slums of climate refugees in Bangladesh, that should bring home the reality.

[@fungussa]

👏👏👏

[@user-dw3bn7ik8h]

Don’t be silly.

[@jibjub2121]

exactly, that's where they really have skin in the game.

[@milesinnz]

and where is the debate about... Bangladesh, population 1960 = 48 million, now, 164 million. ???

[@samreh6156]

@@milesinnz You are pivoting. They did not create global warming; we did.

[@michaelbrin6469]

If human behavior is predictable, then a 3 degree world is inevitable...

[@maruzik]

I'd rather rephrase it: if population growth keeps predictably and uncontrollably exploding, then a 3+ degree world will be unavoidable...

[@maruzik]

Easter Island may serve as a metaphor to probe this case...

[@Zelp789]

@@maruzik 3 degrees is already baked in due to thermal lag of co2

[@philipmaxwell669]

Once it becomes bleedingly obvious we are in trouble then we will act………..much too late

[@Zelp789]

@@philipmaxwell669 Should have listened to those lib scientists...

[@rafiqintraffic9532]

I'm 26 years old now. Just 10 years ago I hardly saw our (Bangladesh's) temperature cross 30°C. It is 2024 now and our temperature is crossing 40°C regularly.

[@joynulabedin338]

Finally a Bangladeshi who knows actual consequences of climate change if we don't take any actions by 2050. By the way do live in Dhaka? This summer feels like the hottest I've ever seen so far.

[@mingsky]

​@@joynulabedin338what do you mean 2050? Sir/maam its 2030. Not 2050.

[@joynulabedin338]

@@mingsky I'm referring to net zero emissions; the deadline year for the treaty is 2050. Sadly not every country agreed on that treaty. Also many people in Bangladesh ( especially older generations ) are completely oblivious about climate change not only that but also more than half of my country (Bangladesh) will be underwater by 2050

[@mingsky]

@@joynulabedin338 oh thanks for the clarification.

[@joynulabedin338]

@@mingsky No problem 😊

[@UMBERRRTO1]

A point none of these informative mini-documentaries miss out on mentioning: Average Global Temperatures during Ice Ages were merely 3-6 Degrees Celsius lower than they are today. A relatively small difference in global heat energy levels has a HUGE impact on the planet.

[@LDNballer]

They don't mention it because is doesn't really add to the conversation. That point is made when talking about a 3 degree increase.

[@zion3335]

i can tell you about the documentary showing climate refugees in Bangladesh, since, i am from that part of the world and problem with Bangladesh is overpopulation and not enough land...cyclones AKA hurricanes are a seasonal phenomenon there and are essential for the monsoon to happen...cyclones have been periodically happening since forever...so flooding and high rainfall is a common occurrence. what is happening is these people are migrating to the mangrove forests in Bangladesh delta and cutting and clearing the trees. the mangrove forests AKA the "Sundarbans", are the largest mangrove forest on earth and the entire region of Bangladesh has subtropical climate having 90% above humidity, winter season lasts 1 month max....the region is the Indo-Gangetic delta also the largest delta on earth....the mangrove forests are the lifeblood of the region, now people are migrating there and cutting down the forest for agricultural land, fisheries etc....Now there is nothing to stop the full force of the seasonal hurricanes and it reaches inland....this is more to do with overpopulation and deforestation than carbon emissions of someone sitting in the US.....

[@roro-mm7cc]

It's not relevant as the cooling periods took place over hundreds of thousands of years so life had time to adapt - it's actually the rate of change of temperature which is more worrying. In the cretaceous period, global temperatures peaked at 15 degrees higher than today and there were temperate forests that stretched right to the poles. however, this increase took place over millions of years.

[@zion3335]

@@ambeshpratik8032 you have no knowledge about any weather phenomena...here you wrongly state hurricanes and rainfall happen due to evaporation from glaciers!!! what?...do you have any idea how the monsoon system works...monsoons originate on the indian ocean and move inland...its happening for millions of years..heavy rains and floods happened in india even in historical periods...pls get facts correct...its nothing to do with nepal opening floodgates!!,, the ganga river crosses into Bangladesh through india and its the farraka barrage which controls waters...the brahamaputra enters bangladesh through indian state of assam...where is nepal in this...the ganges carries the entire water of the indian monsoon in north india..plus its a scientific fact about sunderbans...and the role of mangrove forests in preventing hurricanes (its called by different names in different regions)...its the same phenemenon....you are completely wrong!!...hurricanes, cyclones,typhoons whatever you call them..they are all formed over the sea....i live in the regions and its an annual event....if you dont believe check the indian national meteorological organization's data...

[@zion3335]

@@ambeshpratik8032 hurricanes and cyclones are the same thing!!...pls study a little bit about this part of the world before attempting to comment....also i hope you also know how the IPCC had to retract their statement on Indian glaciers melting in 30 years....which was debunked by an indian scientist...i myself have lived through cyclone amphan....so i have more knowledge about the climate of region than you....So i just want to be clear.......i believe in anthropogenic climate change...but being from that region...its hard for me to blindly accept whatever convoluted logic is put forward in international media and to disregard what is happening right before my eyes....

[@alexd4566]

When I was young, I would experience snow almost every year. Our garden would be a white winter wonderland on Christmas Eve. I would play in the snow with my father for hours. This was 30 years ago. Now it has been 5 years since we’ve last seen snow in the winter. The snow has been replaced by rain. Every year I keep hoping for that white wonder to return so that my children will get to experience that pleasure. This is just a mild change in comparison to the disastrous other consequences of climate change, but it still has a noticeable impact on people’s well-being.

[@anthonymorris5084]

Anecdotally I experienced the same thing. However, over the last 5 to 10 years it has reverted back. But maybe that's just my experience. Regardless, our emotional attachment to a "white Christmas" is no reason to deprive the globe of inexpensive, reliable energy and the economic growth that has kept you and I safe, and in fact even safer as time marched forward.

[@americathebeautifulforever9746]

Where I live we get almost the same amount of snow.

[@ricardosanchez3452]

Sorry homie that is call weather manipulating

[@nuupster]

Dont cry. Climate has changed always

[@ricardosanchez3452]

@@nuupster doesn't mean they don't control it

[@cfoxYOU]

It might help to actually hold COP conferences in the global south in the summer so the delegates could actually feel the heat. Instead of Glasgow in November, how about Amman Jordan in July?

[@nothingspecial2018]

Also only 1 hr of Ac per day

[@Encephalitisify]

That’s an excellent idea. No AC either.

[@echelonrank3927]

ever been shot by a COP?

[@willwalthamforest8706]

Cop 25 was due to be held in South America, but move to Madrid at least minute due to political breakdown

[@wildeymazz6354]

Or how about Siberia in January, where you freeze to death in 5 seconds? I'll take the warming fool

[@solarwind907]

Just FYI, this video is a couple years old. The climate scientists that I listen to say the models are much too conservative. They say this because they have the most recent data, not because they are psychic, or like to hear themselves talk. Anyway, it’s looking quite possible that we will have 3°C a few years before 2050. “Marine cloud brightening” is one mitigation method that could decrease the amount of heat being absorbed by the earths oceans. It’s proven technology, and it could make a big difference. Massive installation of solar and wind power Worldwide is another way to lessen the greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere. Another important issue is we need to elect leaders who understand climate science, and not elect those who are science illiterate. Donald Trump has promised the fossil fuel industry His administration will eliminate environmental safeguards and outlaw wind turbines on day one, if he’s elected. Thank you,

[@Helpless9002]

This comment should be way higher.

[@sleepingstone8336]

Heeeeyyy guess what…..Trump got elected.

[@darkprince56]

My mom is 73 and grew up in Mexico. She says she remembers how cold it was when she started going with family members (from childhood to teens) to the cemetery on November 2, Day of the Dead. She's also noticed how hot it's gotten the longer she's lived.

[@senseofthecommonman]

But even the people who invented all this say the temperature has only increased by 1 degree.

[@HealingLifeKwikly]

@@senseofthecommonman "But even the people who invented all this" No one "invented this": A mountain of scientific research demonstrates that human activity has caused roughly all recent global warming. "say the temperature has only increased by 1 degree." Depending on the starting point you use, it's anywhere from 1.1 degrees C to 1.3 degrees C, but that is about 2 degrees F, and the effects have been uneven. Thus, some places have seen little change while other places are averaging 6-7 degrees F warmer.

[@kieranrhodes7086]

Wow indisputable evidence of co2 induced climate change. NOT!!!!!

[@HealingLifeKwikly]

@@kieranrhodes7086 Yes, in fact the evidence is overwhelming that our emissions caused all recent net global warming (over the period from 1880-2020). The 6th IPCC Report, prepared by hundreds of the world's top scientists, reviewed by thousands of other top scientists, and approved by all the nations of the world says the evidence is unequivocal that humans caused all recent global warming. Thus, in terms of the science, that debate actually IS settled. And unfortunately, rapid global warming and ocean acidification from our emissions are already degrading the health of Earth's ecosystems and pushing ecosystems closer to collapse. Some local ecosystem collapse has already been caused. Take care.

[@LK-pc4sq]

@@senseofthecommonman That is GLOBAL average measured by 1200 weather sites. Arctic is warming faster then anywhere else on earth and now massive fires occure in the summer in siberia. It also sees 100F heat waves.

[@xiaochenwu9980]

People never feel painful until they sufferd themselves. It strikes me that people buy more and more products than ever before and then disgard them easily never feeling sorry for the planet. What a pity.

[@samreh6156]

That is the problem of the commons.

[@alexmaxwell4210]

The thing is when people do care about others, they get called virtue signallers

[@jonatand2045]

Consumption is also is also what creates the industry that develops the technology to solve the problem. Less wealth is not an option.

[@undertow2142]

People are always gonna people. It's the system and structure of how business and human affairs go down that has to change.

[@Matstarx25]

That's not true, it's called empathy. To put yourself in other peoples places. Unless your a psychopath, you have this abilitiy as a human, it's just a question of exposure.

[@TheSunAgain756]

My grandpa told us that it used to snow in winters regularly in Uttarakhand at an altitude of about 800 meters a few decades ago. My father told me the same for some villages at 1400 meters some years ago. And now we don't see snow even at 1800 meters every year. Our village is at 1900 meters. We're worried for our apple, apricot gardens that wouldn't yield as much in near future.

[@manonearthyeep9940]

Here in Delhi things are getting even worse 😄.

[@peterjones4180]

How old is your grandpa ?, best you look at the last 120 years of temperature data (homogenized), remember 30 years is a single segment of climate how many segments has your grandpa lived through ?

[@garyi8284]

60 years ago I lived in San Jose CA. There were acres and acres of apricot, prunes, and cherry tree orchards. Now there are acres and acres of buildings, houses, and people.

[@peterjones4180]

@@garyi8284 Yes thats the urban heat island effect and it distorts the general land surface temperature data.

[@garyi8284]

@@peterjones4180 There were days when the temperature was over 100 degrees even with all the orchards.

[@fredahwiwu5219]

As a Kenyan i really feel because drought will be increasing in my country yet the situation is already bad

[@bransonliimo9601]

And now we have the polar opposite :/

[@kirigowachira]

@@bransonliimo9601 the floods are raking havoc countrywide, things we never saw previously...the cost of inaction is catchng up with us

[@N.Sniper]

Actually the planet is greening. A warmer climate would mean more evaporation and warmer climate causes more CO2, which increases plant growth. The Sahara is already greening. It was green 10.000 years ago when the climate was a lot hotter.

[@mudshovel289]

@@N.Sniperhow can plant life grow when humans keep cutting or burning down forests for more land? The CO2 is not the only factor. All of the large tropical rainforests have shrunk in the last 50 years.

[@VirginiaDellal]

​@@mudshovel289in Spain they are cutting down olive trees in Jaen to put up solar panels. Watch "Climate The Movie". Caring for the environment has little in common with certain industries..

[@cygxnuyc873]

When I was 8, climate change issues was already discussed. Now, I am 28, the same issue is still being discussed.

[@Diana1000Smiles]

The Same, or 20 years worse? London was on fire, yesterday, July 20, 2022.

[@magnusbruce4051]

Same (I mean, I'm 30 rather than 28, but that's not exactly that much of a difference) What frustrates me is a huge argument being used against actually doing something is "it's really difficult" or "it's really expensive" as though waiting around while you do nothing is going to make it easier or less expensive. The best time to act was in the past, the second best time is right now. And to be clear, I don't mean you or I as individuals, but governments who have the power to force industries to change. Sadly, when they could make a dollar today, industrialists would have no hamburger on Tuesday, to corrupt an old saying.

[@enbonj5842]

@@magnusbruce4051 it's because no country wants to lose their competitive edge and we still have ignorant world leaders more worried about other non existential threat. Our tribalism and selfishness will spell the end of most of our lines

[@coryce258]

The time to act was 30 years ago. They knew about this 70 years ago.

[@TheAustralian1x]

Just much much worse, and you will hear more for many years, whats your point

[@Boatswain_Tam]

Is it just the cynical me or does people also think that a 3 degree world is inevitable? I've been watching this stuff since Copenhagen in 09 and after 12 years, almost nothing has been done other than empty pledges.

[@jonatand2045]

Not inevitable if geoengineering is done.

[@JasonSchaeferGF]

But geoengineering is super risky and comes with tons of unknowns. Not a guaranteed solution by any means

[@jonatand2045]

@@JasonSchaeferGF That is why it should be tested first.

[@Boatswain_Tam]

@@jonatand2045 We can't even get countries to abide to their own pledges, how do you suppose government band together to try something that risky?

[@jonatand2045]

@@Boatswain_Tam That is why it must be researched at a smaller scale first and gradually ramped up if it is safe. It is the fact that it is the cheapest solution that can do the convincing.

[@0649Hayes]

I haven't had a summer in 5 years. The fires here in Oregon have burned cities to the ground in just hours last year. We can not go outside in those months of summer for the smoke, and still homes are taken. I'm not happy at all anymore. And this is NOW!

[@primalbeans]

That's because Oregon doesn't manage its forests. Not because of the Temperature...

[@db2363]

Move from that horrible place to the east & you’ll have great summers. Liberals have destroyed your state

[@KJ_2020]

Burned cities to the ground?

[@bonysminiatures3123]

Not seen any cities burnt to the ground lol part of a small town at the most alarmist?

[@primalbeans]

@@bonysminiatures3123 several small towns and rural communities were burnt to the ground last summer. Thousands were displaced. However it wasn't due to climate change, its due to poor land management.

[@marcodipietro8835]

I live in Luxembourg and climate change is really noticeable here. A few years ago, during the night temperatures would drop to about -10 degrees Celsius, but now they barely drop to -5 degrees Celsius during the night. Also, snowfall would be very frequent and the snow could last for days, but now it is much rarer and even when it does snow quite a lot, the snow melts after a few hours.

[@tobbs5003]

Euro-homos can't handle hot weather

[@joshuajames1720]

Anecdotal and means nothing.

[@obscuremusictabs5927]

@@joshuajames1720it is anecdotal but you do understand that climate change is real, right?

[@joshuajames1720]

@@obscuremusictabs5927 climate has always been changing and always will. has the climate warmed significantly because of human activity, no.

[@obscuremusictabs5927]

@@joshuajames1720 we are able to calculate our human made CO2 output and human caused methane output. We are able to read past atmospheric CO2 levels from ice cores. We know what happens when the number goes up. We are causing the number to go up. These are facts. Not opinions. You are scared which is why you are in denial.

[@astrocat4066]

Here in the Philippines, we're supposed to have a summer season but no, it's all raining and typhoons, floods, landslides. Climate Change has really been affecting our world. It might've already become irreversible and the impact of humanity to it no longer matters.

[@hahahaha-jt2ze]

Yes

[@Rasifi2]

its make me so sad to think that it really happening right now and many Fiipino's die in that horrible tragedy.

[@unlovinn]

@@Rasifi2 :(( I hope e everything is gonna be okay greetings from Lithuania 🇱🇹

[@ii_strangerxxthings]

Philippines ay isang magandang bansa. Nakakahiya kung gaano katiwali at kasakiman ang ating mga gobyerno at kumpanya, wala silang pakialam sa pagliligtas sa kalikasan dahil pera lang ang gusto nila

[@jahman7918]

If you are not a scientist, you have no business to CONCLUDE or IMPLY that it might already be irreversible. This will not affect the situation positively and might only cause hoplessness and negative outlook to this. First of all, what we should do is educate ourselves more on what impacts climate change and how we could help on the individual/personal level.

[@suedenim6590]

When they can just "pledge" instead of "do" we have no chance

[@Dark__Thoughts]

Hold them accountable to their pledges.

[@suedenim6590]

@@Dark__Thoughts the only acceptable time is *immediately* friend. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, failing that *immediately*

[@codered4422]

@@Dark__Thoughts "democracy" is designed for the governments to sneak away after 4-5 years of blablabla unaccountable for anything

[@ssuwandi3240]

You mean held China accountable for pollution by manufacturing all CRAPS that YOU bought? Oopps Lefties will feel butthurt their statements are always as shallow as the days of LGBTQ+

[@suedenim6590]

@@GabrielWJensen I'm a virologist not an oil baron so I AM doing what I can where I can by personally only consuming renewable energy and speaking out like this wherever possible

[@cointreasurehuntclips126]

Lots of people in the west bang the drum about stopping global warming (it's trendy). Yet when asked to make the sacrifices to their lifestyles, that will stop global warming, the issue is 'conveniently' brushed under the carpet.

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

Yes, because they are greedy spoiled hypocrites that don't even have the confidence to walk down the street without staring at their phone screen.

[@peterjones4180]

It will obviously surprise YOU to learn that the most accurate land surface temperature measuring system in the U.S set up in 2005 shows NO overall warming since 2005 ! Couple that with the pause from 1998 to 2005 and thats a long time with NO overall warming ! I suggest you re think your opinion.

[@senseofthecommonman]

@@peterjones4180 you are correct,

[@senseofthecommonman]

Interesting that you blame the west, name a single country that doesn’t have a carbon based economy. And I bet your whole life is based on the same, making you as big a hypocrite. Typical green left winger.

[@T1tusCr0w]

We want to change the world, but not if it inconveniences us. They did a study, a big one. And apparently this is the overwhelming thoughts of most of the population.

[@CătălinaMaria1896]

I am from Romania and I have noticed many changes 😢 It started to stop snowing in the winter and the summers became much warmer. I'm turning 20 this month and I remember winters and summers being normal when I was a kid. I can't imagine how bad it will be in a few years. I wish so badly I could do something. It devastates me that most people are ignorant. It also annoys me and makes me lose hope in humanity. Our future is destroyed. We should stop having children so they don't have the same fate.

[@RobertMJohnson]

we got 60' of snow last year in Tahoe, honey

[@apigz]

@@RobertMJohnsonthey're... not from Tahoe? 😭

[@876xboss_albanerx64]

@@RobertMJohnson peak intelligence dude /s

[@michah321]

I didn't have kids for that reason, among others. But when you're alive more than 40 years, the weather doesn't seem alarming because we've seen a lot more of it.

[@RobertMJohnson]

@@876xboss_albanerx64profound.

[@milaunipatel1762]

I am 23 and live in Ahmedabad, India. The highest temperatures we are facing this summer is 41-46 Celsius. When I was 12 we used to play outside in the afternoon during summer vacations. Kids would get sick if they did that today.

[@martinsolomon5500]

In the thirties temperatures were like that in parts of America. Then in the fifties the country was covered with snow and ice. In the seventies the temperature rose again and there was no snow. In the early 90s there was lots of snow and cold summers. In the early 2000’s very hot summers and no snow. In 2012-2015 the whole country was covered in snow. In the past five years there hasn’t been snow. It’s called weather it changes.

[@tyleralbridge4477]

Sorry milauni, I try to convince fellow Americans climate change is real. They just don't want to listen to me.

[@ashishkalam9337]

@@martinsolomon5500 Go ahead and check that average and check how drastically changes each year. Global warming isn't just warmer temperatures, it's all extreme temperatures.

[@Cosmologa]

@@tyleralbridge4477 Considering that United State citizens are the ones with the higher carbon footprint in the world, it's a convenient lie they believe. Nobody would give up so easily on their privileges.

[@tyleralbridge4477]

@@Cosmologa The right wing propaganda machine has been very effective. I don't associate with almost anyone I used to know. Certain people's just don't deserve basic human rights to them and that doesnt jive with me.

[@PSYCLOWN185]

It’s really sad that we have people paying the price so heavily in countries that minimally contribute to this problem. And of course it’s also a problem that the last countries to feel the effects and realize how bad this is are the ones that have the most power to do something about it.

[@psycotria]

How bad is it, REALLY? Find some old science books from before 1980 and compare the data with what is now claimed. History is being rewritten, ala "1984".

[@junedewar5190]

The heating up of the earth is by the works of men. Soon the meek will inherit the earth. I agree and feel the same it is the least deserving who are suffering the most. But I know the day of salvation is now. Without a doubt.

[@regileblindsea]

@@psycotria That's not history being rewritten... That's science advancing. Look at any scientific data in any subject from before 1980. You're sure to see different and new claims today in pretty much any science. That's how research works, you discover new things that you didn't know before. It's in no way whatsoever comparable to the burning and modification of historical texts and newspapers that's described in '1984'. George Orwell would be insulted to have his writing compared to your denialism.

[@keysersoze6156]

@@regileblindsea well said.

[@Jaylio]

Look at Europe with its worst drought yet. The idea only 3rd world countries r affected is racist propaganda made up by western produce so their ppl take it less seriously

[@mkspind3l]

it says something when even the economist is aiming messaging at climate change and the economist is at its heart a platform that cares about making money

[@Hypersonik]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! This whole thing IS about making money!! Look at the predictions going decades back - we should already be underwater, everyone should be dead and the earth should be on fire. Funny how it never happened. 3ºC is nothing more than a possibility. If hot areas get too hot, then cold areas become viable. Look at Canada/Russia. Imagine 3ºC warmer for them - it'd be amazing.

[@toyatoi7]

Pretty soon we will all have to pay a climate change tax. Someone has to fund this fiasco and it appears the big companies are saying not me

[@rodtukker1904]

There is more easy money in this sector. Activists earn more than engineers.

[@FreedomAndDemocracy]

@@Hypersonik Of course you know more than all the scientists.😂

[@stinger15au]

@@Hypersonik ill take missed the entire point for $500 alex. Geez some people are tone deaf.

[@wjm1319]

Video is 2 years old....and there has STILL been no significant governmental action.

[@FriendlyTalker1011]

There is in Canada

[@adrianswriting]

Yes, and we had a global temperature rise of 1.68 degrees Centigrade in Feb 2024. Three degrees isn't possibly going to happen in 2100, it's going to actually happen by 2040.

[@HumanFirst001]

That's the best part ❤

[@NoName-cx3gk]

​@@adrianswritinggreat news I hope we will have 3 degrees

[@friedrichjunzt]

Its clear by now that we are heading for 3 degrees.

[@David_Goza]

Every single word of this was about impacts on human infrastructure, human life. What about the rest of life? It is humans' cavalier attitude toward all the rest of life that got us into this mess in the first place.

[@turbochicken80]

So true. This is what I thought, too.

[@jacob_massengale]

how it affects humans is what human's care most about. the focus on humans is to get people moving

[@peterjones4180]

They will be fine !, this rather artificial global warming panic is designed to collapse the western economies, not have an effect of other species.

[@turbochicken80]

@@peterjones4180 did you forget to take your medications

[@David_Goza]

@@peterjones4180 Keep drinking that delicious Kool-Aid. It's much easier than learning stuff.

[@shinigamieyes7779]

Seeing the world leaders flipping coins wishing for a solution in Scotland... I guess I know what our future will look like 🤡

[@guysumpthin2974]

See: maunder minimum , solar gain , grand solar maximum

[@dadikkedude]

They don't control your future, we all do

[@robertfox6940]

No you don't. It's not what you've been told. FACT.💡🎓

[@senseofthecommonman]

Our future will look the same as now, just less money in your pocket, thanks to people like you.

[@Iquey]

Yup I'm planning for a 5° world woohoo

[@fungussa]

An error with the documentary is that it spends too much time covering remote communities. It should've been made more relevant to the people who'd typically watch the video. As the delayers and science deniers often view climate change as something that happens only in distant countries and that impacts to their own regions will only be long into the future. With populations in India and Bangladesh having the highest levels of acceptance, of the reality of the climate crisis, of all countries in the world.

[@ryanward10]

India & Banglasdesh are also growing their carbon production at the fastest levels. Everyone wants to 'save the world' until they need to turn off their air conditioner.

[@atticustay1]

Agreed. People in Western countries need to realise that it’s going to effect us too. Crop failures in other countries means food shortages in western countries because we import a lot of our food

[@martinmuller3244]

I think it is more a problem of impact. We are witnessing the greatest change in human history. We are lifting billions of people out of poverty into the middle class. It is hard to invest large amounts of money into a scheme that benefits places like Bengladesh and mddle America at the turn of the century, when the investment is to benefit people that will have the standard of living of the Netherlands. This process of upliftment will in only a few years generate the economic activity of twenty or so Americas. This is clearly not sustainable, but at the same time also clearly unstoppable.

[@bladerunner005]

The problem is that it's talking about the end of this century and by that time many people who are watching this video will be dead.

[@ravitejagangineni9070]

@@ryanward10 No, our air conditioning is not the problem, the last 200 years of western emissions are. The stock of CO2 we can emit is a gobal common and the western world has used most of it and is still using it. we have 250 million people who need basic amenities like 3 square meals a day and a decent living, we need the remaining stock of emissions to pull atleast some of them out of poverty.

[@sandipagrawaltalks]

Climate change is a pressing global issue that requires immediate action. Each of us can contribute by reducing energy consumption, supporting renewable energy, minimizing waste, and advocating for sustainable practices. By making small changes in our daily lives and raising awareness, we can collectively work towards a healthier planet. Let's act now to protect our future.

[@amritasahu1096]

And go plant based because animals farming is one of the leading causes of global warming

[@vietnamd0820]

What sustainable practices do you advocate for?

[@fauzirahman3285]

I grew up in Singapore and I remember the temperature ranging from 24-32 with high humidity but these days the highs of 35-36 is getting pretty normal. The nights are stifling, and to get rid of the hid many run airconditioning, which makes it worse.

[@peterjones4180]

I suggest YOU consult your temperature data.

[@biosphere1053]

the answer to climate change is a vegan diet. (prove me wrong. please)

[@Tomas-xt2gq]

@@biosphere1053 unless youre eating fossil fuel and drinking oil it aint

[@syntacc8462]

@@biosphere1053 no its a local diet based on the forests ecosystem

[@peterjones4180]

@@biosphere1053 I suggest we eat vegans instead. This will lower the population raise the average IQ and reduce irrational emotional responses to the natural world. In what way will eating only vegetation stop climate changing as it has been constantly changing for as long as the planet has had an atmosphere thats several billions of years. Populations of animals have been herbivores omnivores and carnivores also for hundreds of millions of years, whats different about now ? I suspect you are confusing climate (which is TOTALLY within normal long term variability) with average global temperature which is warming as we are in a warming cycle. In what manner do you propose that the killing and consumption of more plant tissues will effect global temperature ?

[@MR-intel]

You say: "What would their world look like?" I hear: "What will their world look like?" I don't believe that humanity is smart enough and ready to unite to prevent the coming disaster. Don't forget that the world is run by politicians and corporations, most of which don't understand and/or don't care what science says. I am too old to experience the coming armed conflicts and the likely collapse of human civilisation. I just minimise my ecological footprint - no car, no plane travel, meat max. once per week... I am getting healthier in the process too.

[@konstantincvetanovic5357]

Thanks for doing that. You wont see the consequences but care enough for us younger folks to cut emmisions

[@margaretlavender9647]

That’s taking it far to far: meat once a week only. Ridiculous.

[@mwilson7842]

@@margaretlavender9647 Not really. Meat is not the only source of protein.

[@akanetsukino9939]

I want to reduce my carbon footprint by commiting suicid3

[@raybod1775]

I gave up eating beef and feel better. Red meat is probably unhealthy for older adults.

[@kashphlinktu]

The fact that this is a warm year is not what worries me. The warmer ocean, droughts and heat waves we are experiencing today are not what I’m worried about. What I’m worried about is that this right now is the coolest year we’re going to experience for the next 300 years.

[@RogerLewis-ey2tt]

Well, THAT ruins my day! But really, appreciate your comparison. It is shocking.

[@Nick-lm9hg]

In a few years this so called global warming will be forgotten and there will be another disaster around the corner

[@anncata7368]

Because it will continuously get hotter!!

[@Summer-tv7rz]

TROLL!

[@Nick-lm9hg]

@@Summer-tv7rz I wonder which trend you will follow next

[@0612설수빈]

This informative video made me realize the seriousness of global warming.

[@TheExperimentalHomestead]

Welcome to the fight. I am so glad to have you here

[@mikesteffes9999]

Nah. It’ll get serious when climate ‘science’ produces a deterministic mathematical expression that can be proven. Up to now, it’s all been conjecture, probability, and cherry-picked statistics.

[@jimmyliu_youtube]

The world’s richest people with the most power can easily adapt to climate change by building or migrating to safer places, leaving the poorest suffer. Unfortunately, those with power are our policy makers.

[@danielli4828]

You are idiot. Those people who sell the danger of global warming are those who will actually profit hugely from it. The middle class will end up paying for all those bills such as sky rocketing fuel cost, carbon tax

[@Kiyoone]

And politics are almost always to favor them... never the commoner... Laws are made for convenience of the rich that arent royal but equaly rich and powerful. That is

[@weareparamore1597]

Least affected and contributed the most are leaders, most affected and contributed the least(emissions) can't even go and speak their experience in these meetings

[@danielli4828]

@ThoughtCrime not true. John Kelly and his friends making the global carbon markets were some examples

[@danielli4828]

For cold countries, warmer is better

[@abdirahmanmahdi9458]

"The best way to adapt to a 3°C world is to avoid it"

[@Dwg256]

753

[@sooraj1104]

Surprisingly earth chooses to move to Ice age.

[@cliveroberts8760]

lol great quote. very dramatic.

[@juliehay]

yeah I laughed at that oxymoron

[@FactualCounterpoints]

Why? 3 degrees warmer wasn’t a problem for the Vikings in Greenland 1000 years ago. They grew Barley in farms that are now still covered by ice. And Venice & Holland didn’t submerge due to the Greenland ice melting. Roman warm period allowed them to have vineyards in Yorkshire. It’s media driven hysteria. Cut emissions to zero and the CLIMATE will still change.

[@DomBurgess]

What this film doesn't show is the huge damage to and loss of ecosystems.

[@peterjones4180]

Really , how about YOU list the huge damage and loss of ecosystems from the small amount of warming we have had eh ! List them one by one. But you can forget about the Great Barrier Reef , its doing fine, booming in fact.

[@LK-pc4sq]

@@peterjones4180 nope dont believe it. half of it is dead. show us real data!!!

[@wiezyczkowata]

it's sad that there is so many people who deny it's happening because it doesn't happen to them personally,

[@VK4VO]

So where are these people its happening to????

[@wiezyczkowata]

@@VK4VO Florida? India? Brasil? Australia? California? do you even read news?

[@DANCEGARAGEPUNK]

@@VK4VO What ? LOL : )

[@dan-bz7dz]

What's really sad is that people like you fall for this idiocy, and at the same time people like you applaud us going to war with a nuclear power like Russia.

[@SigFigNewton]

@@VK4VOArizona. North Carolina. California. Florida.

[@jamesfrankel7827]

I grew up on chicago. Lived in this area for over 60 years. In the past 15 years I've noticed that that it now rains in January and February. People in chicagonland now complain when we have a colder, snowery winter, like back in 2018 with a polar vortex. I point out that people became 'comfortable' with mild winters and that the normal winter was both far colder and wetter. With the rain in January I joked that it was either just weather or global warming. With each passing year I pointed out that it was most likly global warming.

[@allopez33]

I'm from Chicago. It doesn't really snow much at all anymore. 40 years old.

[@WolfHeathen]

Climate has been a thing on this planet for hundreds of millions of years. You can't point to X amount of years within your lifetime and draw any concrete conclusions whatsoever, especially when you're confusing it with weather.

[@davidbrown-xk8zl]

What? So what's your point?None of that made sense.

[@bethyngalw]

@@davidbrown-xk8zl perhaps I can translate for you. He is saying that when he was young, in Chicago all winter it would snow. It was rarely ever warm enough for rain in winter. Instead the whole area was blanketed with snow for months. But now it is the other way around. It is so warm that rain is normal in winter and people complain when it snows, because snow is now less common. They are not old enough to understand how much the regional climate has already changed since he was young. This is local evidence of Global Climate Change.

[@ruthslone2992]

I remember, living in downstate Illinois, how bitterly cold were the months of January and February! Our pipes frequently froze and it was not advisable to be outside (waiting for my school bus), because I got frostbite every year. That 2018 Polar vortex was actually a flashback to me! Our winters are now closer to what is common in Portugal, wet and dreary with little snow.

[@jet1708]

When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, You Will Realize That You Cannot Eat Money.

[@MarkAtTrees]

But you can mine the spice. Just be sure to liftoff before the sandworm arrives.

[@cjcj7387]

yes, so live in the pod, meat the bugs, own nothing, and be happy! come on man, just do it! for the planet! don't be a BIGOT

[@eyeopener1993]

By that time the most rich and intelligent will have left planet earth.

[@gods-best-friend-gbf]

Humans will go extinct long before last of any life disappears.

[@Band_Aid_Man_]

wow. did you invent that incredible saying?

[@Dweller415]

The issue is that those preaching from their pedestals are some of the absolute worst climate offenders with their excesses of consumption.

[@peterjones4180]

Really, well as climate is TOTALLY within normal long term variation, just what effect can they be having ?, same goes for weather.

[@jeffreypeterson2]

the issue isnt so much individuals as it is corporations

[@veronicaroach3667]

The problem is our economic well being depends on the super-consumption style we live in, which is killing the world itself. And of course the sheer numbers of humans alive today ! I think the world will remove us eventually & get on with supporting the creatures that live in natural ways & can adapt. There have been other eras on this planet before, so we should not be surprised if there is a totally different one developing - caused by our own stupidity !

[@danrynazewski4151]

I lived in Oregon as a kid and use to love bugs as I got older I started to see less and less.. Plus bugs changed ants use to be red now they are black.. I use to hunt bugs in puddles along roads filled with bugs..once salt started getting used all those bugs are gone.. My house in summer was covered in may flys.. Now it's just stinky little Beatles..my cat use to eat grass hopper till he puked I saw three grass hopper last year! we are definitely changing!

[@DailyDoseofSpace.]

From Sydney, recently over the past few years I have been noticing that we have a few dry and hot summers followed by wet and humid summers. In 2019/2020 summer we had bushfires and droughts which were very devastating to farmers and people in the West Sydney suburbs were being engulfed by the flames. In 2021 we had floods that affected many people including my Aunt who had to evacuate and lasted for a week. So for the people thinking climate change only affects 3rd world country, take my word for it, 1st world countries get affected also.

[@jjoohhhnn]

America is going to be hit hard, too. Anything that's semi-arid will fully desertify, that's like 1/5 of the US.

[@robertwilson2007]

I am not saying humans have not caused some eviromental problems. Our population went from 1 billion in 1800 to almost 8 billion now. Of course that will change alot of things. But we as humans are incapable of controlling our population and people who invent things from looking ahead to see what the long term affects will be. If they even care, it's all about money and greed. We all only think about today right now! The human race is only capable of seeing a few years ahead if that. Plus we keep sending food and building in places where that human population should not be or the population should not be that high. A guy told me once we are the most intelligent being on this planet. I said he was wrong. WE ARE THE MOST CLEVER. We are not that intelligent. We can't even manage our population, food and water resouces properly. We just figure ways around (Mother Nature) a problem that concerns us right now, not thinking pros and cons for the distant future. Thats because we haven't evolved enough out of prehistoic past. If you read about human behavior we are still using our basic animal instincts to survive on a dailhy basis that we have been using for the last 1 billion years or so. We haven't changed that much since then. We just have learned to make and use tools without a proper teacher.!! As the world's heat rate rises a little faster then it would natually be. The planet will still be on course to heat up past our living capacity in a few hundred thousand years. We just happen to be living in a relative calm intemission between the ups and downs of natural climate. We and the other life forms on Earth will either adapt or die !! Like life has been doing since the dawn of time.

[@jjoohhhnn]

@@robertwilson2007 We were living in a calm intermission. Right now, we're seeing warming at a rate that hasn't been matched for 251.5 million years, an event colloquially known as the "the Great Dying".

[@robertwilson2007]

​@@jjoohhhnn There is not enough human intervention to stop any of this from slowing down. Accept the fact that we and all the other life forms on Earth will either adapt or die !! Like life has been doing since the dawn of time. Just enjoy your life because its is short and you won't remember any of this when you are dead and gone. Like every other life form that has came before us and has gone extinct. Extiction is inevitable. No being gets out of life alive. Eventually our planet will be comsumed by our Sun. We once again will be STAR DUST.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

@@robertwilson2007 You are pretty wrong about what we humans are and what not. We can manage our population (it will peak out at 11B and that's manageable) and we are capable of seeing ahead more than a few years, otherwise no one would talk about global warming. All of what you have said about global warming is non-scientific imagery BTW. It's not rising a little faster, it shoots through thr roof. Sounds like psychological denial what you do.

[@turbochicken80]

There's so much this video didn't address: the effects on ecosystems and biodiversity or the increased dangers of diseases, for example.

[@martinbrodie8507]

The consequences of global warning are multifactorial. Amplification feedback loops are already kicking in and will be out of human control. Atmospheric CO2 has a half-life of centuries. When Thwaites Glacier goes in the next decade or two the proverbial s**t will have hit the fan.

[@ferdtheterd3897]

Canada gets 45° almost every year and goes to -30° almost every year. Don't worry you will survive

[@HealingLifeKwikly]

@@ferdtheterd3897 Why are you posting this all over the Internet? You don't seem to understand the science of what is going on or the lethal threat it poses to the web of life.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

They couldn't, there are too many, I don't try to cover every tipping point at once, either. For this, methane gas being released after millions of years will geometrically change these scenarios for even worse and more frequent ones. It's happening right now.

[@dalepoulette]

Over population. War. Corruption.

[@carykoji]

The sad part is, we, as people may have an impact on climate change, but it’s the biggest companies and industries that are polluting our planet. Not the people itself.

[@brycenurding8133]

The company that sells the products people buy, I see.

[@bogeybichon7000]

CHINA is responsible for 26% of worldwide carbon emissions

[@Ian_Carolan]

Carbon emissions per capita: China 7.38 USA 15.52 Canada 18.58 This means developed countries need to do more right now to reduce CO2 emissions. China for sure is a problem but has become a problem due to developed countries outsourcing their manufacturing in order to buy cheap products and the per capita rates show this. The free lunch for the developed countries is over and it's time they put their hands in their pockets to finance developing countries in the change away from fossil fuels.

[@MementoMori_2070]

@@Ian_Carolan thus the United Nations deal. To reach net zero by 2030 .reducing world wide co2 emissions

[@northernalberta399]

@@Ian_Carolan per capita doesn't mean anything when it comes to pollution so don't frame it that way. Doesn't help the argument

[@thevanman4498]

The exponential function is occuring, no more linear change.

[@bleuje]

quadratic

[@tonykum2005]

Greed is an incurable disease when democracy is in the mix. Privileged people gets blinded and numb to suffering. Greatness is not what you possess, its how you can share.

[@prathimakaranth]

WORD.

[@tonykum2005]

@@prathimakaranth What does that mean??

[@sanjidhossin591]

I thik it's over population

[@tonykum2005]

@@sanjidhossin591 Is that your answer to greed? Maybe you should explain that a little bit more, please.

[@dax9431]

Not democracy that's the problem; Capitalism is!

[@hannin-wa3857]

I live in Philippines and I noticed that our temperature is changing a lot. In 2020, it is my first time experiencing a 50 degrees celsius and it is super hard to do anything because it is very hot.

[@joshisraelvillahermosa2680]

Cap

[@johanneabelsen1644]

Get an All-American Sun Oven. It's great, rund on solar power!

[@joshisraelvillahermosa2680]

@Daniel Pepple the highest philippines had experience was 37c XD

[@joshisraelvillahermosa2680]

@Daniel Pepple nope, but Im from there : D

[@joshisraelvillahermosa2680]

@Daniel Pepple I was there 1 year ago fammm, if it was 50c we would have forest fires no cap 💀

[@michaelm4550]

I know that it might seem mean or selfish but it's simply fact. People don't care about slums in Dhaka or minor countries like fiji. While its sad that this happens, northern Germany/Poland and half of Italy sinking underwater will make quicker change than if the entire coastline of indonesia goes underwater. It's the way things are.

[@Emsyaz]

Lets hope severe natural disasters hit countries like North America and western Europe Amen

[@wildsideofthings7733]

@@Emsyaz that depends on which North American country. If it hits somewhere like Belize or The Bahamas not many would care. But a major or geographically important country the US or Panama will make the world panic. Deniers will probably still find ways to turn it into a conspiracy theory however.

[@amalebowskye]

@@wildsideofthings7733 am sorry, but why is Panama important? I dont know. Just asking to learn.

[@wildsideofthings7733]

@@amalebowskye the Panama Canal. It transports a large portion of the worlds goods and since the US contractually made it (or atleast finished after the French gave up) they make a large profit from it. It cuts costs and with the Suez Canal is the most important on Earth.

[@amalebowskye]

@@wildsideofthings7733 oh thank you. That makes a lot of sense, coz I was confused how is the country Panama that important.

[@mountainmummanz8418]

New Zealand here...we have been getting wetter and warmer winters, the lack of snow pack has been more evident year on year, our glaciers are retreating faster and faster. Frosts used to be commonplace, even into spring and even a decade ago, now I can just about count on my hands the number of frosts we have each winter. Our summers are hotter and drier, spring is borderline non-existent. This year, I've been having to mow my lawn weekly since the beginning of September, when the ground should not be warm enough to sustain such growth well into October. We get more extreme weather events and cyclones travel further south from the tropics, in part due to weaker jetstreams as a result of warming, and they stay wetter and stronger due to warmer oceans surrounding us. The Tasman sea has been breaking record warm levels year on year in recent times. The fact that I've been able to witness these changes in my lifetime, and they only seem to be accelerating in the last 5-10 years to the point that it is as noticeable as it is, is absolutely terrifying. And the number of people who STILL think it's a hoax, even here in NZ, who voted in a Govt in our latest election who intend on doing nothing more than paying mere lipservice to climate and environmental issues just disgusts me.

[@jennifersmith4864]

So sorry yer "terrified". So, why do you think the climate is attacking New Zealand. of all places? & what do you expect your government to do about it?

[@maroonmaroonmaroon2985]

@@jennifersmith4864byawluhjee

[@stanfrymann8454]

Seems you don't get it. Global climate change is "attacking" everywhere. A carbon tax would be an effective government action. @@jennifersmith4864

[@DANCEGARAGEPUNK]

@@jennifersmith4864 Like the animals we eat we breathe out CO2, & plants take it in. World Population & meat consumption hasTripled in 50 years ! We plant 5 billion trees a year & cut down 15 billion, many more than 1000 years old ! These sites financed with Dark State Corporate $$$$$$$S profit from climate damage ! What problem ? ? ? LOL : )

[@ellegrrace]

Came to this after watching “Don’t Look Up.” We must take action on Global Warming. You only have to see how much people’s ignorance to the facts and data proved overtime in the film, it correlates to world leaders, highlights the civilisation. The temperature in December is currently 13 degrees in what is meant to be Winter. It is rising and it is serious. I am 21 and I don’t want this to impact mine and others futures. It’s utter selfishness

[@markbrowning4334]

Ok. Lets pretend you're right for a second. What shall we all collectively do? I can appreciate your passion and concern for our futures, but what would you like society to do? What would you like the result to be? And how do we get there? Also, who is being selfish, and why do you think people are being selfish? What have you read or seen that is being presented to you as hard facts that you believe people have the control to change anything? These are all sincere questions to you based on your concerned comment.

[@rndmcreater]

@@markbrowning4334 Read Hickel's article on de development. I'm assuming you're from the west. The TL;DR is that you should slow down the rate of consumption so businesses would be forced to produce less, giving other countries and the planet some breathing room. This also allows other countries to properly develop so they can switch from currently cheap, but environmentally destructive energy sources into bio-friendly alternatives without overloading the planets biocapacity.

[@markbrowning4334]

@@rndmcreater That all sounds great in theory.....it really does. However, go tell any big business to slow down and see where that gets you. Go tell China or Russia to start following the same EPA guidlines that everyone else tends to hold to and see where that gets you. What your suggesting works perfectly on paper. Unfortunately, the world is horribly imperfect.

[@DanielHernandezlongevidad]

Same here Elizabeth. That movie moved me. I hope we all can help together. There's still time.

[@echelonrank3927]

dont worry about it, global warming is insignificant and not caused by humans, its caused by greedy people trying to sell you products like solar panels and electric cars. your future is looking better if you ignore the fake facts and news. just remember its all centered around making you buy greenwashed products which in the end does increase pollution but does not alter your climate, be it tropical or temperate or even arctic. the earth doesnt have a climate. it has many climates. its something big media will never say because climate change is a GLOBAL SCAM.

[@darkprince56]

The story in Fiji especially made me sad. That's why it angers me to hear out if touch people Ben Shapiro say that "people will just move, like they have always done throughout human civilization." He needs to keep in mind that there are people that have nowhere else to go and few have the resources to move or are wealthy like him, and that he's the exception not the rule.

[@Moretzification]

ALso, no-one really leaves willingly their own home and native land unless forced to by desperation. It's heartbreaking, but obviously the people that make the type of comments you mentioned have no idea bcs have never experienced that

[@fosterffoster5092]

People like Shapiro are just looking for a justification for their selfishness.

[@darkprince56]

@@Moretzification true

[@darkprince56]

@@fosterffoster5092 😭

[@Kompe2]

Shaprio makes it sound like it's a bunch of people moving to town because their lawn has sea water on it -while we are in for a MASSIVE population migration of potientially hundreds of millions and more the further into the future we look, and migration/ refuges is just 1 side effect of global warming (and increasing sea levels is just 1 reason for migrating)

[@nccamsc]

There is a movie called Soylent Green released in 1973, 50 years ago, about the world affected by global warming. Half a century later we have conferences where big business talk big, then go home and keep doing the same things as before.

[@ivanf6938]

Soylent Green was mainly about overpopulation. The environmentalists elephant in the room. The base cause of "anthropogenic" climate change is actually in the name. But ask them how to tackle climate change and it's all about money, oil, coal, politics and demonizing capitalism, but never about population. Strange that. The title of the movie is about a biscuit to feed the starving masses secretly made from the bodies of people who submitted to voluntary euthansia. There are scientific predictions the world is about to reach a population peak of 10 billion about 2070. 3 billion more than there is now. Almost 50% more. After that it will decline. That will have far more effect on the climate than anything currently being done to limit greenhouse emissions.

[@legacyreaper1834]

Dear The Economist: This might be too simplistic but I think it would be more relatable, to Americans at least, if Celsius is translated to Fahrenheit. 3 “degrees” is often seen as a difference from 75 to 78 F. Now if one says 5-6 Fahrenheit, which is a change from 82 to 87-88, thats more relatable and be seen as a substantial change. Might not help, but it doesn’t hurt to do that on future videos and it takes minimal effort.

[@cwojomusic556]

The one time use of plastic should be mentioned more.

[@marshalmaddening9011]

single use plastics are a disgrace!

[@12lippylucy]

You don't need to be a scientist to understand how different the weather has changed from my experience of growing up, from a child to mature adult. That's pretty impressive bit of polluting which humans have manage to turn out in the space of about 300 to 200 years.

[@petitio_principii]

I'd say you do have to be a scientist or at least relatively up-to-date w/ science on the area. From gut feeling some people would say it's actually getting colder and whatnot, partly because regionally there may be even increase in colder temperatures due to "fragmentation" of polar vortexes. Not to mention cycles like el niño and la niña, which may influence wrong gut-feeling conclusions in somewhat shorter term as well. Of course, some people would exaggerate in the other direction, and some that it fluctuates wildly from time to time, but the long-term trend is really noticeable only when studying it, the actual temperature record. Sorry if I sound pedantic, I just like to be always wary of even minimal exaggerations because some of the denier types will often have some highly specific knowledge about certain places being colder and whatnot, or that temporary plateau/hiatus (1998-2013, per wikipedia) that happened for a little while, for nearly a decade if I recall.

[@mikeheath6516]

Ah yes I remember those hazy summers of my child hood, but I doubt I remember them accurately. There is little enough science being applied to CC, now it is being driven by the romantic view of childhood memory.

[@severusdeath]

Agree. Not sure what I believe when it comes to This stuff-but I know the temps are hotter sooner and longer. Winters for me use to be full of snow. Now, we don’t get really any snow for many years now.

[@popra432]

Only one question: do you think that is due to humans activity or is mostly due to tiny change in the power emited from the sun în this tiny period of time in cosmic terms??!!!

[@12lippylucy]

@@popra432 Well im no scientist but taking a realistic view, look how many millions of tons of resources we take from the planet every year & then release it into the atmosphere. What about the plastic's we make that end up polluting our rivers & seas. Change in power by the sun ? What do you mean by power, do you mean radiation ?

[@messyer]

Im a teenage Brazilian and I’ve noticed major changes in weather in São Paulo. I remember that when I was a kid, temperatures averaged from 18 to 30C throughout the year. These days we get temperatures ranging between 26 and 35, with some days going well into the high thirties, sometimes even forties. Our rain season has also changed quite a bit. We used to consistently get a lot of rain in the summer and spring, with winter being the driest season, this is not true anymore.

[@peterjones4180]

Really what was the weather like there in 1936 ?, what was it like there in 1945 ?, or 1965. I suggest you examine your weather records for the last 150 years then tell me something unusual is going on.

[@echelonrank3927]

​@@peterjones4180 with his rate of thermal growth the average temperature would have to be as low as -55C in 1936. 🏔

[@limboclock4743]

In New Jersey in the summer we get 40 degrees C very commonly now

[@ferdtheterd3897]

Canada gets 45° almost every year and goes to -30° almost every year. Don't worry you will survive

[@pnntmp457]

Kids don't check temperatures, so try something else :)

[@notrueflagshere198]

We're going beyond 3 degrees, I think. And this video paints it as though we've got 75 years or so in the US. Most people will take this as a green light to keep on burning those sweet fossil fuels.

[@arsalanshah5699]

All I have understood from this documentary is when we tried to distance ourselves from nature, we started to suffer more and more. Human is made to adapt according to the environment. We made factories and mills and industry for our comfort but this unnatural way has inflicted more damage to us rather than benefit. I think media should change people's mentality to go for nature's way instead of unnatural way. We have suffered much in the hands of industrialists

[@johnmilligan6605]

Absolute nonscence SOME people have suffered many have benefited immensly

[@markbrowning4334]

Are you, personally, ready to give up your luxeries in favor of a more in tune with nature lifestyle? Would you be willing to give up your car, your central a/c, or your smartphone to live in the wilderness? I'm not trying to be facetious here. I'm genuinely asking how far you would go. Where's the acceptable line of compromise? I've even considered dumbing things down a bit once I retire, but I probably won't. I just don't know that you're going to get that many people to regress their lifestyles, and I don't really think they have an obligation to. We're people. We advance things. That's just what we do.

[@thetavibes9021]

@@markbrowning4334 Back to the basic might be necessary for an actual future to be born into. If society is life, and nature is vacation. Merely swap the roles over time. Solved.

[@markbrowning4334]

@@thetavibes9021 Can you make that switch right now and live out your years in happiness? If you, personally, can then you would be an exception. Most people likely don't want or can't give everything up for a basic lifestyle. Humans don't usually progess backwards in that way. Its fun to fantasize or play the role of a survivalist or minimalist for a little bit, but most people will want their internet, netflix series, and junk food after a very short while.

[@thetavibes9021]

@@markbrowning4334 You already asked this... It will be inevitable... Time to make an exception a reality. Materialism is a means to end. People are troubled because we've severed our connection to nature and spirituality. Look how much we've innovated, and no one is happy. Not very wise.

[@riazchamkani6337]

In north west of pakistan climate change has become an acceptable phenomenon. I still remember that people got their agriculture need from their own filed but now due to rain shortage, they have quit agriculture. Once there was annually snow on our mountain but now it's only remain for five months

[@keichu3830]

Masa Allah👍

[@jacobtv2180]

Everyone needs to look up how they can be more sustainable to fix this problem

[@buddjewelry9324]

😳😢

[@xchen3079]

If I am Russian, why should I care?

[@Baba-fy1jc]

In 40 years is 100 ppm more Co 2 in to the Air. This Break us the Neck in to the Future or the Nature. I belive in this time goes all here Down .

[@shrutipratap3401]

Today in social science class my teacher discussed abt climate change and so I decided to watch some videos based on it and this was the first one that came up. I found all the info very intriguing up until they stated "too much water could be a problem too", this is what made me think of my country 'Fiji' which is basically one of the largest islands in the Pacific but compared to all the other developed countries, it is not much. Anyway, I thought "bro, have these guys heard abt Fiji? We're literally surrounded by water and sometimes it even comes inland " , next thing I know...Fiji pops up as the first example of "too much water can be a problem" and my heart stops for a few seconds. This is when I realized how serious this issue abt climate change is and that we all must take action immediately to prevent it from destroying our lives and our beautiful planet any further. As a teenager, I promise I will do anything possible to try and help.

[@uncle978]

We are scared Hawaii will go underwater too. My uncle says our city will be under water in 30 years.

[@yoo-12]

@@uncle978 bro it’s 30 years in that time you can go to some other place

[@avelilpy6331]

dont believe all their lies, fuji is safe.

[@stevenhull5025]

Fiji?? Where is that?

[@avelilpy6331]

@@stevenhull5025 fuji

[@Elrond_Hubbard_1]

To paint the metaphor, we are passengers in a car that is hurtling towards a cliff in the dark and we don't know how far the drop is because we can't see the bottom. And where we're at now, we're only a few moments away from the front wheels of the car going over the edge. It might be a civilisational collapse that literally sends humanity back to the stone age. The saddest part is, we can't claim ignorance as a species. We've seen climate change coming for more than half a century now, and were warned repeatedly by scientists. I don't even blame oil companies, the blame lies with the giant mass of average, everyday people who continue to argue and obfuscate over doing anything. I grew up thinking the future would be like Star Trek. You have no idea how disappointed I am with how it actually turned out.

[@jimpaine6331]

An important factor not covered in this film is that a 3C world is very likely to trigger a number of potentially very large, self-reinforcing feedbacks - in other words unstoppable once triggered. For example, the melting of circumpolar permafrost (releasing methane) , conversion of the Amazon Basin to a dry savannah ecosystem, the collapse of the Antarctic ice shelves and ocean acidification is by no means an exhaustive list. And yet, despite this, governments still seem to be trapped in a dithering, lethargic state of procrastination.

[@paulscottfilms]

Garbage The economist is a political propaganda mag as everyone knows >> So now for some reality >>There was a climate crisis that destroyed civilisations, and that was about 3000 years ago. It is an irrefutable fact that as CO2 levels increase then plant growth does also. CO2 at 1000ppm [ three times present levels] is possibly optimum for forests, agriculture, and deserts.. Commercial green houses use this fact for high yield and profitability If we could increase levels of CO2 to optimum levels of about 1000ppm the forests would flourish; the deserts would become productive; and the imminent destruction of agriculture now sought would make New Zealand even a greater major exporter of food ; plentiful for the world,. And of course human societies go well during the warm periods. Older people flock to warmer areas at retirement. The climate threat is a globalist scam to redistribute wealth upwards yet again. CO2 levels rise after warm earth periods not before as we are conditioned to think by the fraudulent climate control freaks. In any event human civilizations have always been more successful in warmer periods. Conversing with a luddite climate activist is like discussing physics with a frog.

[@sarahdoppler9940]

The positive feedback loops seem to me to be the most important part of the dialogue. Well stated and spoken. This freight train is speeding over the cliff.

[@paulscottfilms]

@@sarahdoppler9940 ok I guess it will be a sad ending for you. The rest of us with common sense won't even notice

[@sarahdoppler9940]

@@paulscottfilms I'm sorry that you're in a place in your heart where you can't even practice Nettiquette on Thanksgiving. Love and light to you.

[@r.a.6459]

Not to mention deadly viruses, unknown to science, released from their multi-million-year-old residences called permafrost, and enter the atmosphere to potentially infect humans and mutate to become so deadly.

[@kenhunt5153]

I live in the 2nd driest State in the US. The Governor asked residents to let their lawns go brown. The vast majority did not. The homes here keep getting bigger. More packages on the porch means more stuff. I have a neighbor who once he starts his diesel truck just let's it idle - he never turns the engine off. We want tech, billionaires or the gov't to save us. No personal responsibility.

[@crestalee2496]

I hate it when people let their vehicles idle for no reason, but I think when it is a diesel engine it is better to let it idle rather than turn it off or turn it on constantly. Although I may be wrong on that.

[@sandal_thong8631]

Tax pollution (greenhouse gas emissions) to stop it; the power to tax is the power to destroy. Heard this week one fuel company was for carbon taxes because they knew it would never pass, but they could use it in their publicity. If we had $5/gallon gas it might be time to retire leaf blowers and stop a lot of lawn-mowing. Idling and unnecessary trips might stop. The problem is too big for just some individuals reducing their energy consumption, just like the number of vegetarians hasn't significantly reduced average meat and fish consumption.

[@kirstinstrand6292]

My continuing gripe. No one takes responsibility for themselves! Well, most do not. I agree.

[@howardian8829]

which state is this?

[@olympia5758]

@@howardian8829 Most likely somewhere in the Western US (Arizona, Nevada, California, those are very dry states)

[@ddoperations2768]

The truth is we deserve it. Humans need a Deep Deep Humbling.

[@sashagala]

Yeah but those that will experience the humbling are not necessarily those that caused it.

[@micknotfromleitrim]

Typical, we live with a German shepherd who says exactly the same auld guff!

[@bz3086]

D&D, You say this in a 747 plane somewhere in Afghanistan?

[@Len124]

Unfortunately, those among us who deserve it are also the most likely to have the resources to endure what's coming, while those who have contributed the least to climate change will be the ones "humbled." To simply accept what's coming as our just desserts is actually allowing the poorest and most vulnerable to pay the price for the industrialization and wasteful lifestyles of the more fortunate, and so, far from receiving our allotted punishment, we'd be committing an even greater crime against that already-downtrodden group.

[@inyomoufizaWabbit]

You first

[@bazoo513]

If _The Econimist,_ a magazine with almost libertarian outlook on economics, makes statement like these, one should _really_ worry...

[@lasso248]

UK citizen here. We’re currently going through what is the hottest heatwave we’ve ever had and temperatures in my city are currently at 38 degrees c moving up to 40 which will be the hottest temperature ever recorded and this has been going on for years each year getting hotter and hotter. While most people in my country are enjoying the weather as it is a rarity I have for a while been panicking as I know that this is not natural weather for my country and it’s scary

[@baneofbanes]

It’s only going to get worse

[@Diana1000Smiles]

Oh, and, here we are knowing heat can cause Wildfires in big cities, hmm? How much of London burned?

[@baneofbanes]

@@Diana1000Smiles cities aren’t forests.

[@nzt1423]

If It gets to rough just move. 3rd wc ppl would if they could.

[@trien30]

38°C? That's almost 100°F on a real temperature scale telling you it's really hot.

[@adimufc21]

I live in an arid part of Western India which has always known to be hot and dry. But for the last couple of years the temperatures have started to climb in the regions of 45-50 degrees Celsius. Rain is even more sparse and farmers here are taking debts they can't repay to dig borewells deeper than 1000ft in hope of finding water for irrigation with no luck. I have already seen many migrating to other areas or working low paying unsecured jobs. It's really bad.

[@truthisfree7297]

I can't imagine trying to live in temps 50C +, how can anything be expected to survive such extremes. As a horticulturists, I am keenly aware that most plants begin to decline when temps edge above 32C. If we continue losing plant cover, we'd lose our ultimate terraformers.

[@nenmaster5218]

@@truthisfree7297 Never has it been so important so share Knowledge. Allow me to recommend you some Climate-Change-Coverage!!

[@리드-w7k]

45~50????

[@aek12]

We don't need people anyway on earth. India anyway have to reduce population. Climate Change can help your country. Dont breed likr rabbits.

[@j.barren3738]

I live in Canada. Are winters are getting colder 😢

[@wild_stone_231]

What they say is absolutely true. Lemme give my example..i live in West Bengal, India, parts of which are very low-lying. When i was born, our home never used to get flooded even in heavy rain... A few years ago, it started getting flooded with about an hour of rain... And this year our home was flooded on about 30 days with just about 20 mins of heavy rainfall

[@stanfrymann8454]

Sorry to hear it!

[@barta9342]

Watermanagement ? could explain your story .

[@wild_stone_231]

@@barta9342 maybe... It could also be due to urbanisation in the wrong places

[@barta9342]

@@wild_stone_231 It could be that the temperature is measured in urban regio's . 75 % of the planet is covered with H2 O .A greenhouse gas too .

[@peterjones4180]

I suggest YOU look at the long term weather records covering the last 150 years, climate is measured in 30 year segments how many have YOU lived through ?

[@ShadowGearFive]

It is sad to realize that the more vulnerable people on the planet already suffer while they have a way and way less of a footprint on this problem and cannot have a huge impact on on changing this problem. Meanwhile the people in the wealthiest countries don’t notice much and continue to live in and consume in the same level they are used to. While if they would even change a little bit of their behavior that would already make a huge impact and even more than the people who are more vulnerable to this problem. But sadly most of the people in 1st world countries see it as a fairytale and choose money and comfort over perspective and progression of an advanced society that can offer anyones basic needs. We have been poisoned by money and greed. And the sad thing is that some people are even proud of that. Wich disgusts me. One day people will realize that you cannot eat money, but then its already too late

[@adriancalisto3409]

Im from Montreal Canada and I remember as a kid we used to get super cold winter that goes up to -37 celcius and is usually around -28 celcius. Now winters can barely reach -34 celcius and the temperature is now around -24 celcius. Summer temperatures didn't really change, but the felt temperature tends to get higher each year due to the higher humidity and summer rains are getting heavier and less and less frequent. We used to have a decent spring (a bit over 2 month) and now spring barely last a month at the expense of winter lasting for a longer period of time. Someday spring would just become a myth of the past with winter temperatures lasting 5-6 month, summer lasting around 3 month and autumn lasting a bit less then 3 month.

[@adriancalisto3409]

@Valerie Daryl hope all is well, should be fine if you wear sunscreen and stay hydrated. Thankfully we don't have the summer as worse as many parts of tbe world although the humidity is just unbearable sometimes. And is just going o get more and more humid.

[@gauloiseguy]

@@grimjawx1650 You're not the only one. I'm from Europe, 48 years old and quite observant. Been really noticing the change since the heatwave of 2003 and it seems to increase since 2016. It's going way to fast to attribute to natural fluctuations, like scientists confirm. And it seems to get more extreme than the most negative models from the early 2000's. Heatwaves with peaks over 40 degrees on northern Europe. Drying streams in the summer, disastrous floods in fall, winter or spring. More and more intense storms. The weather feels of which my rational mind translates to 'The climate is changing' and fast.

[@aek12]

It is what it is. Adapt. Survival of the fittest.

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

And someday the "Climate Crisis " will be a myth or hoax depending on your political perception...

[@Slacker65AMG]

So from your anecdotal local evidence we're heading towards another ice-age?

[@AlexCab_49]

I think they should show how it could affect the first world specifically the US because many Americans don't care especially if the weather seems normal. But here's how. New Orleans could be underwater, the mega drought could make the desert Southwest unlivable or Atleast become the new rust belt. The South will face dangerous heat and wet bulb temperatures, agriculture could be decimated by the mega droughts of the west and the places that aren't as affected will become very expensive that it could could many social problems.

[@MrAlio101]

If it does happen it's nothing less than the US deserve! Highest historical co2 emitter. Numerous studies on how co2 warms the atmosphere came out in the 70s and 80s. Big oil/corporate America covered up the facts and lobbied the government. A lot of men and top shareholders became very wealthy, but at what cost. All they cared about was money. Now the chicken's are coming home to roost. If only some of those funking scumbag denialists were still alive to feel the effects!

[@davidscott9572]

And the solution to every problem is give the government more power or that is what they want

[@twilightmoonrise4536]

Agree, and I don't think showing these poor areas are suffering from climate change can make people take action after they close this video. If they don't realize this knife will cut in their own skin someday they will just keep wasting and polluting.

[@michaelbrown8441]

all were supposed to be underwater 40 years ago lol it is all a scam

[@harveydontell777]

Maybe this is why refugees from all over the world are flooding into the West?? The land/countries they've left behind, are now prime real estate for the super rich.. And.. Tell the super rich corporations to STOP stealing trees from the Amazon on a massive daily scale?? They've been doing this since the mid 60s which must mean there are very few trees left?? Makes me wonder if there's any truth left in anything other than Corporate Greed?

[@cfoxYOU]

Having looked at temperatures around the world for several months during the Spring of 2022, it looks like New Delhi, India would be a highly appropriate venue for COP conferences. The daily high temperatures have been well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit for months, and the air pollution is extreme. India is also one of the most human-populated countries in the world and as such represents the horribly degraded conditions under which more people are struggling to survive.

[@bikinisforever4163]

Doesn't India rank in the top three for emissions? Those who blame the West are ignorant. China contributes more emissions than anyone. The three most populated nations contribute the most emissions, should tell you everything about the real problem, overpopulation.

[@amanpandey4905]

@@bikinisforever4163 yup we do emit the 3rd largest emissions accounts for 7.06% of total emissions behind 12.5% by US and 26.4% by china and eu emissions stands just after india at 7.03% so comparing india population to that of eu and US we do the least emissions and also our road minister and current government has already said that we will turn most of the vehicles to electric vehicles with in next 5 years which will also reduce our import bills also so i guess it's high time for the West and china to take important initiative towards the emissions as they seem they don't care india has raised the issue of global warming several times in the UN but the West is totally ignorant of it because it never affected them but i hope now the droughts europe faced gets so worst that atleast the West will look into it to solve the problem as this rich country never cares as money can solve all the problems

[@bikinisforever4163]

@@amanpandey4905 India is expected to grow in population in the future. That alone should be a major concern. More people=More emissions! One reason India is 3rd globally. And electric cars are very expensive. The richer in India might be able to afford them. The other 99.5%, no! Wait until they drop substantially in price.

[@amanpandey4905]

@@bikinisforever4163 yup all you said is correct but the fact is that EV are only expensive Because we import lithium from other countries which gives us at 400% rate than original cost and as india earlier had lithium in its blacklist and we don't mine lithium in India but now government has uplifted the ban on lithium extraction and also African countries who failed to repay 12.3 billion USD loan to India had put up an offer to indian government stating that India now can have access to their lithium reserves and can mine it from African countries and in return they will not pay the rest of the loan due to suffering African economy changes the EV game for India and you will see India go electric within next 5-10 years for sure and the point of population is that government is thinking from very long of 2 child policy but the problem is muslim community of India is reluctant towards 2 child policy but for sure we will bring 2 child policy very soon in India irrespective of a certain group religious interest for sure as we can't keep growing population like this just because of a particular group and also India has pledged towards zero carbon emission by 2070 the road is tough I know but with growing literacy rate and growing economy we will surely achieve it one day and the US is bigger problem than India because atleast our government never denied that climate change isn't real but US politicians like Trump can be buyed easily by big oil firms to deny the climate change

[@bikinisforever4163]

@@amanpandey4905 Who cares if any of our Presidents have denied climate change? Doesn't change a thing! The Democrats have been increasing America's population through immigration for decades. Each immigrant contributes more emissions in the US than they did back home. A million legal immigrants a year since 1965, the overall increase in emissions is immense. They believe climate change is real, but their actions prove they don't want to stop it.

[@shashankbhushan952]

00:03 Three degrees of global warming would be catastrophic. 02:41 Global warming has already transformed lives and poses significant future risks. 04:25 Cities magnify climate events and affect more people 06:15 Three degrees of global warming brings severe droughts and rising sea levels. 09:11 Rising sea levels and climate change are impacting coastal communities. 11:19 Global warming of 3 degrees will lead to deadly wet bulb temperatures 13:02 In a three-degree world, climate disasters could displace tens of millions of people annually. 14:40 Adaptation is important, but mitigation is crucial to avoid a three-degree world. Crafted by Merlin AI.

[@catsinwonderland7473]

I feel so bad for the poor kids just being born today. They have to grow up in a world like that.

[@stevenhull5025]

Lucky they were not born just before the second World War

[@lyrimetacurl0]

or worse, world war 1

[@ravenhayashi9080]

How is that even related??

[@scazab6408]

They brought this upon themselves, no point crying over this I can assure you

[@fairynuff167]

All because people ignored the warnings my generation tried to warn about if pollution was not sorted immediately. Especially the U.S. ?with all their industrial snd technological advances like TEFLON and fluoro carbonsthat destroy the earth and the atmosphere. Total mismanagement v world resources by greedy nations more interested in $ than life.

[@youngsixty7395]

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZbin by The Economist is truly a gift 👍 👍 👍

[@spoodad3850]

No, because the reporting does not mention what the developed countries are doing to the worlds. SWF, parts of California will be under water. The extreme weather on the west coast, draughts, fires, etc.

[@worldtitan927]

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 climate change clown.

[@peterjones4180]

Yes you get lied to for free instead of having to pay for it.

[@user-cv1jb9xv2p]

5:33 Indian farmers are at high risk The situation is very tense I pray and hope things change for better

[@LK-pc4sq]

hahah at high risk? the farmers been committing suicide for years due to no water

[@user-cv1jb9xv2p]

@@LK-pc4sq are you and idiot or duffer? 🤔

[@NayanaSamyukthaUddaraju]

It's not fair to the people who don't pollute this world. That's why we need to take our part and show them how it's done. How we can save our world.

[@johnsergei]

CO2 is not pollution. Do you know what would happen if C02 halved?

[@SFRWood]

Disappointing. The two big complaints are due to their focus on the direct impacts from the environment over the next eighty years. First, they miss the feedback loops that the gradually escalating interim crises will create. As rich countries are called upon for aid by their citizens, they'll be less likely to help poorer countries (witness the lack of COVID vaccines going to the poorest countries), or even cooperate with other wealthy countries (beyond lip service - already evident at climate summits). The economic disruption will accelerate as the climate crisis becomes more and more evident, reducing the likelihood that anything ever gets done. Second, by pointing to the 3°C increase at the end of the century, they make it easy for people to treat this like a horror story that will maybe happen to strangers. “That's a long time from now, surely someone will fix the problem well before then.” They should be pointing to the unprecedented flooding in Germany, the unprecedented heat wave in Australia, the melting of permafrost in Alaska and Siberia, the fires in the U.S. west - all happening now, and all harbingers of worse to come. People need to be scared about their own futures, not that of their grandchildren's.

[@Nick-B78]

Great points. Personally I’ve disliked slogans that tell us how we need to ‘save the planet’ for a long time because it doesn’t impart the sense of urgency that’s needed to people who are even slightly ambivalent about climate change. The planet had been around for a very long time before we got here and will still be around for millennia after we’ve wiped ourselves out one way or another. Once we’re gone the planet (like any living organism because that’s essentially what it is) will heal over time and be back to the perfect, lush planet it was before we started to exploit it

[@archiebald4717]

Check your facts. There are no unusual event mentioned here by you. Fires have reduced over the last century, deaths from natural distasters have reduced by 90% since 1900. The area we now call Germany had worse floods in the fifteenth century and the intervening years. The heat in Australia is not unprecedented. Try listening to some facts supported by historical documents quoted by Tony Heller or Patrick Moore. They will both also inform you of the scams and lies perpetrated by governments and UN agencies. Remember that both Gore and Obama gave us dire predictions of an unprecendented increase in sea levels, then both purchased multi million dollar beachside mansions. Sea levels are 200 metres above their lowest level and 40 metres below their highest level. They have been increasing by about 1mm per year for thousands of years. Great Britain became an island nation 10,000 years ago when an increase in water level washed away the chalk bed, creating the English Channel, almost 10,000 years before the industrial revolution and the burning of fossil fuels.

[@alancharlton7892]

The majority of the wildfires in the USA occur above faults which are showing signs of Volcanic activity, which is increasing due to the solar radiated heat from a number of stars including ours in the region of the galaxy we currently occupy. All planets in our system are experiencing similar rates of warming. While poisoning our atmosphere & oceans with pollutants created from fossil fuels, it is not CO2 which they emit. It is CO (Carbon Mon Oxide) from oil based fuels & as for Coal, also add in SO2 (Sulphur Di Oxide), but the worst is CH4 (Methane) mostly from animal meat livestock flatulence, rotting human garbage & our own flatulence. The cause of rising CO2 emissions is deforestation & populations of both humans & meat livestock exhaling CO2.

[@alancharlton7892]

We are in a part of the Galaxy visited every 12,000 years, when we experience a major ice age. At the opposite side of the Galaxy where we were 6,000 years ago we experienced a mini ice age. Prior to each ice age our planetary system warms up, melting polar & mountain ice, causing the oceans to become less saline. We also experience increases in Volcanic activity, which eventually results in the sun being blocked sufficiently to cause rapid cooling, thus an ice age. The ice ages affect the northern hemisphere far more than the the southern. In the case of major ice ages, the only region where life can survive for many generations is the equatorial zone, which is much colder but not the extreme conditions which make current Antarctic temperatures seem like a heatwave.

[@DMC585]

@@archiebald4717 it is so frustrating to see the climate crisis ignore all natural activity and put blame and solution on something that can be used to change economics. I don't know what the long term gain is but I'm sure we can do little to affect the long terms of cooling or warming. I agree we can reduce fossil fuel usage but I don't think its effects are enough to cause climate refugees unfortunate circumstances. Rather than spend so much money of the reversal of climate change ( which we cant) why don't we use that money to build sea walls, dams, forestation to prevent fire spread. Irrigation to inland farms. Spend money of adjusting our way of existance on a changing planet.

[@seawabbit5457]

Alaska is so much different it’s scaring me, the winter can last for like nine months here but lately the snow has been melting fast and summer is coming way faster. Also it’s been so rainy and windy during the summer sometimes, and ticks and fleas are starting to come here which were rare are now kinda everywhere. It’s sad to see my state change so fast these past years and how crazy the weather changes from sunny to rainy and windy. I think the hottest it’s been here lately was like 90 degrees last summer ☹️🔥⛰

[@robertwilliamson6121]

If the heat and bugs are that bad... why do most people who can afford it vacation and retire in the hot tropics.... not to the Arctic islands ?

[@trappart9209]

I am from Almaty, Kazakhstan. Weather conditions here are very similar to what you described in Alaska. It used to snow a lot, even in spring and autumn! In the last 10 years it's snowing less and less, there is barely any snow in winter! And there are much more rainy days in spring and summer. It is unusual for our region but it became a new normal. Climate change is real and it is affecting everyone in some way or another. We are not suffering here yet, but it is not the end

[@daekwonrose3160]

@@robertwilliamson6121 This is EXACTLY why what’s about to happen is possible. Humans are so dense man your question mark as utterly dumb

[@robertwilliamson6121]

@@daekwonrose3160 Are you saying you are totally incapable of answering my question? I'll try one more time. I'm sure you are capable of answering. I have faith in you. Here we go... Question: If the heat and bugs are that bad...why do most people who can afford it vacation and retire in the hot tropics... not to the Arctic Islands? Here's another question for you. Why does biodiversity increase as you approach the Equator... and lessen as you approach the Polar regions? I'll wait for your answers. They're very simple questions and should be very easy for you to answer. Please no avoiding, dodging, and denying. Thank you.

[@neptune9238]

Oh, dear person, you haven’t seen the worst of it, in Florida, it got 111 degrees farenhite, but add the humidity down here, and it feels like 121 degrees, and this was in SPRING.

[@vii-ka]

bruh when greedy people care more about being in control now than having anything left to control later

[@shritankant]

IF WE WILL NOT GIVE THIS CONCERN ,OUR ATTENTION THEN NATURE WILL DO EVERY THING WITHOUT OUR AGREEMENT

[@pushingpositivity518]

I live in upstate new york. We are known for having harsh winters. Our winters hear start in November and last till about March. Temperatures usually below 0 degrees in the months of January and Febuary which are our coldest months. We usually get massive snow storms. This year it was 50 degrees on January 1st and we had temperatures in the 50s,60s, and around 70 degrees in January and a couple in the 50s in Febuary. We barely get any snow anymore. We are seeing the affects of global warming already. I believe we are past the point of no return. I think within the next 10 years it wont even snow in my City anymore.

[@TheDennys21]

True, i think humanity will be extinct in a century or 2.

[@5446isnotmynumber]

Climate always changes its not human caused.

[@pushingpositivity518]

@@5446isnotmynumber how do you know?

[@TheDennys21]

@@5446isnotmynumber climate does always change but not this fast, humans sped up the process a lot.

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

Here in London, Ontario (we're about 25 miles north of Lake Erie) for most of October to April we get snow, rain, snow, rain, snow, rain, back an forth. The only months we get where there is snow without as much rain is January and February. Christmas day was 50 degrees with no snow. Even just 30 years ago we had way more snow than we do now

[@stevenjohns7017]

Whilst politicians accept nice "holidays" and "gifts" from companies who will loose out to greener industries, nothing will be done.

[@MrPLC999]

Human-caused global warming is the biggest lie ever told.

[@drawbacktrane]

@@MrPLC999 Yeah sure it's a natural process, but we are significantly contributing to its acceleration.

[@chubbygardener]

Nothing is going to be done. Rich people say to leaders what to do. Rich people don't care about environment or poor people's life. They'll always have a better place to go and they won't wanna see poor people going there. They'll ask leaders to let poor people suffer and die. Leaders will sell themselves for money and they'll do whatever rich people will want. Basically we are doomed.

[@jehiahmaduro6827]

@@chubbygardener There is an ancient text which says "Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, who cannot bring salvation. His breath of life goes out, he returns to the ground; On that very day his thoughts perish."

[@jehiahmaduro6827]

It then tells that our only true hope is bound in the creator of all things. We may be clever but his wisdom is to an unfathomable degree.

[@deborahscranton9279]

There is also the problem of decreasing oxygen in our air. Cutting down massive amounts of forest & poisoning the water creatures that also produce oxygen is reducing the amount of breathable air. Also the massive amounts of polar ice melt releasing large amounts of methane in to the atmosphere does not bode well for the survival of plants, animals & humans.

[@davidroscoe3815]

Remember plants breath carbon dioxide not oxygen.

[@mm-lr8wd]

@@davidroscoe3815 plants rely on things that do breathe oxygen

[@davidroscoe3815]

@@mm-lr8wd Indeed many plants do, and it is a concern 02 levels appear to be dropping.

[@Grintock]

Not an issue at all, this is misinformation. Plants are not immediately 'the lungs of the earth'. People somehow don't get this. The amount of trees by m3 is decreasing, yet we are fine for oxygen for millennia. You create oxygen with photosynthesis, sure, but then where does the waste product go? Into the wood. Trees are only relevant to oxygen production if you were to have massive increases in plant matter each year, and you could store dead trees (prevent them from rotting). We are effectively doing this with biomass burning combined with CCS. If you are concerned about oxygen, support the burning of trees in powerplants combined with underground carbon storage, or stuff like carbon-capture and use.

[@valjean2036]

@@davidroscoe3815 and plants let of oxygen in the atmosphere

[@divijsharma5610]

Population control will reduce carbon footprint significantly, though consumption will go down , bussinesses have to adapt. This is the primary solution for most of our problems.

[@emilywright3454]

I agree but the big cooperations want us to have more children I feel like I shouldn't have brought mine into the world when the future is so unstable

[@ragul3204]

​@@emilywright3454 It's not the big corporations. It's the government that wants you to have more children in order to prop up the economy.

[@Monkeybongoes]

A big question is how long is the lag between creating emissions and the consequences to the planet. The longer the lag, the more trouble we're in. I'd guess there's at least a 10 yr "waiting period", meaning all the greenhouse gasses (which increasingly are coming from the Earth itself, due to feedback loops and fires) from the last decade have NOT yet caused the impact they eventually will.

[@isaiqbal3138]

It’s 50 years I believe

[@samhill5102]

There is a great push to punish the west. Oil prices are climbing and the Global Warming supporters love it. War over oil is taking place in Ukraine. There will be plenty of suffering in the name of Global Warming and the poor will suffer and die the most. As the people demand more Global Warming laws, the governments of the world will jump to comply, and more people will die. Since we are predicting the future, mine is......millions of people will die from the Global Warming laws of governments, and none will die from actual Global Warming.

[@jasonstauffert5559]

yeah,a ten year lag is what I've seen.

[@Dennis_Reynolds]

It is somewhere between 10 and 20 years. Right now we are experiencing the results of emissions from between 2002-2012, give or take. The next 20 years will be very telling.

[@stephanyjablonofsky9749]

Im from the mountains of Rio de Janeiro. On the past 10 years i have seen a dramatic diference in the weather here. The amount of rain went up a lot in the summer (hence the flood a city close to me had in the beginning of the year) and the temperatures in the winter are really crazy now. Used to be around 8/10 degrees with some hotter and colder days, but nothing really crazy. But now, we have 15 degree weather and some random days with -3 and feeling of -10 (It might not be much for people from the north, but IM IN A TROPICAL PLACE and we are not ready for cold climate) and days of 30 degree weather in the middle of the winter.

[@h.f3544]

I presume you are in Petropolis , or in the region. So according to you the temperatures are getting colder and summers are humid- well, it is a mountain . There is nothing odd or exatraordinary in that. is the russo still there ? it is beautiful !

[@Mufcforever-sl2gf]

People in denial are part of the problem

[@i_got_worms7106]

You're in denial of basic reality.

[@sebastianwallin3726]

I think we have far larger problems than the people that are in denial. The real problem is the fact nobody wants to reduce their living standards. Ask anyone especially the people that support climate actions the most. Ask them why they bought apple iphones and why they are using it 24/7. Ask them where they bought their clothes. Ask them what they buy and ask them why they buy so much plastic when they know it won't be recycled. We all want our problems to go away but we won't do what it takes. An example of a problem we should have looked at was the population. Why did we allow for Africa and Middle east to become so overpopulated? And yes we allowed it. Most of them are only alive due to imports of western produced food. Just keep that in mind. If EU and USA stopped sending domestic food abroad the 3 world countries would be heavily reduced. How could we have stopped it? We could have disallowed the transfer of western food. We could have combined our economic support with prevention. We could have made the demand that if a country in Africa wanted to trade with European nations it had to implement pregnancy preventing policies just like the ones that have existed in Europe the last 100 years.

[@MrTimy06]

@@sebastianwallin3726 our planet is perfectly capable of sustaining 10 billions humans.

[@sebastianwallin3726]

@@MrTimy06 How do you know that? We are 8 billion right now and we can't sustain it. We got more than 1 billion people living in a desert where they can only live due to some water reserves that by a few years is gone? No we can't sustain 10 billion people.

[@Dwg256]

4663

[@martyn_g]

People in developed countries are only concerned with what happens within their bubble. When it does hit that bubble, it’ll be too late.

[@drivingphoenix3019]

I can't speak for other parts of the world but here in Phoenix we've had tremendous growth over the last twenty years. The city is spreading out into the desert. That means more paved roads, parking lots and buildings. This creates a heat dome or a heat island effect. Maybe it would be better for urban growth to go vertically instead of horizontally. The City of Phoenix started its Cool Pavement Program a couple of years ago. I'm hoping this program will mitigate the effects of our urban heat island.

[@earthstewardude]

Too late for cool pavements ! I was there 25 years ago and it was a cluster Phudge mess then! Phoenix is EFFED completely and those of you who stay are toast! Nobody will listen to people like me - they will keep having babies and expecting everything to work out just fine!

[@marlenecorderoschmidt6958]

I agree with what you, the problem in the US is the suburbs, the sprawling. They need to build more vertically and make the cities more dense to avoid more roads, traffic jams, and leave alone the natural areas that should be reforest and keep them as natural forest preserves.

[@franimal86]

Parking lots, roads and cars are definitely part of the problem! Yes, it would be better to increase the density of American cities, and to make the public transportation system more robust. America falls behind in this regard, but I know people are paying attention - young people in particular. Zoning codes are changing, public transportation is getting some new investments, but people still love their cars. I’m hoping the car-centric American ideal dies off, already.

[@marshalmaddening9011]

...and thank you for not breeding.

[@dvdragon]

Well, if the shareholders are happy its worth it right? /s

[@bradjohnson8750]

Yes it is. I'm very happy.

[@dvdragon]

@@bradjohnson8750 👍"You'll be the smartest/richest man on the cinder."

[@Multibjarne]

Shareholders?

[@Dwg256]

743

[@RussCR5187]

Just out of curiosity, is "/s" a markup tag for "End of sarcasm"? Thanks.

[@theweatherisaokay4964]

It is a butterfly effect, when the weather is too hot, water would dry up, plant would die, forest would disappear, land would be barren, food cant grow, people migrate to crowded places, increasing the heat even more, and the need of water would increase even more and repeat.

[@primalbeans]

Lol does the water just just float away as vapor into outer space? I bet you were a wiz in science class. Our planets climate is very moderate comparison to what it has been in the past. Generally when the climate has been hotter, plant life was more abundant, there was more "free" water.

[@peterjones4180]

Warming temperatures creates MORE rain, NOT droughts, more Co2 in the atmosphere enables plants to increase their growth and they need LESS water. So more Co2 and warming creates a very green planet ! plants prefer 1500 ppm Co2 anyway.

[@georgehagstrom1461]

The house, job, drive back and forth model is not sustainable, but women see houses as security and guys love women. An alternative lifestyle is living in a delivery van near an occupation, don't pay rent and don't drive except for getting groceries and going to another occupation if your present one ends.

[@The_Red_Pill__]

I saw a climate scientist yesterday who was do distraught; the fear on his face was palpable. He was pleading with the world-stating we have three years to turn things around. We need to get on sustainable energy, we low down population AND STOP eating animals-it’s the single thing everyone can do that has a huge impact! Besides, every earthlings has a right to live free and not suffer from human’s choices.

[@lizzy8353]

How would it help if everyone stopped eating animals? ( this is a genuine question)

[@Lalalovee_1989]

People are so selfish and entitled and they are trained from birth to obey and consume buy consume consume buy buy buy just like the disney movie WALL•E our earth is going to be just like that soon and nobody cares but us few people .

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

Yeah and thats going to be how they force us into giving up our democratic rights by manipulating the fear that we only have (x) years so we are implementing Klaus schwab's fascist Great Reset .....

[@linmal2242]

@@lizzy8353 I think he, theredpill, means cattle ranching, livestock farming for meat consumption as meat is very energy intensive.

[@lizzy8353]

@@linmal2242 ok thank you

[@anarky3934]

The Fiji portion of this documentary was especially sad.

[@Delosian]

What the Economist didn't talk about is a lot of this is a local man-made disaster. Clear-felling rainforests for farms is a great short term plan, but in the long term without returning nutrients to the land the farms turn to dust. When I was little, countries like Madagascar were tropic rainforest, now the southern half is a desert. overusing the land isn't a new issue, the Egyptian Empire collapsed due to environmental damage caused by a lack of crop rotation. So now they blame "climate change" because it absolves them of their own failings.

[@bonysminiatures3123]

@@Delosian so true

[@jasonstevenson110]

Global sea level rise isn't causing Fiji's grief.

[@Delosian]

@@jasonstevenson110 Correct! The pacific islands are sinking due to soil erosion, not due to sea levels rising.

[@ggmorgan7]

Unfortunately, air conditioning is not a viable means of adaptation because that itself is a massive contributor to climate change, it's a huge part of the problem.

[@kinggrimm2700]

Well mostly yes But that depends on where your power is coming from If you get it from eg. A coal plant Then yeah, it's a huge power hog more power = more coal But if you get it from wind farms or hydro plants, then the only thing it's contributing to is your electricity bill

[@Gukworks]

New nuclear is the future

[@StuartLloyd]

Exactly - only rich people can afford it and the liquids it uses are super nasty greenhouse gases when they leak.

[@Erin-rg3dw]

Definitely. It's a band-aid, not a solution. Creating cooler cities/homes/buildings through option like light-colored roofs, increasing vegetation, and reducing asphalt would be far more helpful without creating more emissions. Energy not needed for something like AC is energy saved for more important processes like food preservation and hospitals.

[@knyghtryder3599]

I hate AC , i find it disgusting

[@PraveenSrJ01]

The world 🌎 is warming up 🆙 really fast 💨 and faster than we all can imagine

[@talmaru3023]

I had never thought about the effects of a higher wet bulb temp on humans ability to evaporativly cool. I found this to be a quite informative analysis.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

Randy Newman was way wrong, 'short people' have all sorts of reasons to live, as they'll evap heat much better than big guys can

[@HealingLifeKwikly]

@@TheCommunicationCoach At 35 degrees wet bulb temperature, everyone dies within a matter of ~6 hours.

[@JoanKSX]

@@TheCommunicationCoach Oh seriously? I'm below 160 cm and could possible be classified as 'short people' but I got dyshidrotic eczema... things getting uglier if I caught something nasty like that!

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

@@JoanKSX Smaller creatures will do better, nothing about healthy skin was mentioned.

[@ixchelssong]

@@TheCommunicationCoach Also, it's known that very tall people don't live as long as their shorter counterparts.

[@BestFoodReviewFeatured]

People tend to only show concern when major events or personal circumstances affect them. As humans, we often prioritize our own interests and fail to extend the same level of care and concern to others. This raises the question: why is it so hard to care for others? Perhaps it's because there's no monetary reward for doing so. However, if we want to make the world a better place, we need to start caring more. Though it may be challenging, it's important to start taking action now. After all, if we don't start now, when will we?

[@onlyone2948]

There are always people quite willing to take advantage of people who care for others.

[@TalpaTulpa]

@@onlyone2948there’s no money in this

[@Alex-kr7zr]

Empathy on a level that is greater than a group, maybe a nation, probably hasn't been very important in terms of evolution so far. That said, there are a lot of people who actually do care for others. However, globalization makes it very hard to care for everyone and so some people stop caring about others at all as a protective mechanism for themselves. The size of this problem also makes it very hard to grasp for the average Joe. It's easy to understand what it means when your local village gets flooded, and you can personally help in this case. A drought that affects a whole continent, that you are not even living on, is much harder to grasp and even harder to do something about as an individual.

[@sameer27121983]

😮

[@sameer27121983]

I am 8 and even I noticed clmle change

[@ash-lynn7856]

Growing up in a north town in Canada. You never saw +30 c. And it was snowy for almost every month but June, July, August and half of September. The snow would be mountain heigh and you would get frost bite warnings for just 5 minutes outside. -30c was common, now your lucky if you see -23c. And +30 is now common, the summers start in March, and you almost never get white Christmas, the snow can’t stick to the ground. I miss it

[@elinope4745]

We passed 1.5 degrees in the summer of 2023, so that is what it actually looks like to pass 1.5