What Earth in 2050 could look like - Shannon Odell

What could our future world look like if we continue to do nothing about climate change? Take a look at the possibilities.
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While we’re already feeling the devastating effects of human-caused climate change, governments continue to fall short on making and executing emissions pledges that would help thwart further warming. So, what will our world look like in the next 30 to 80 years, if we continue on the current path? Shannon Odell offers a glimpse at Earth's possible future.
Lesson by Shannon Odell, directed by Sofia Pashaei.
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[@davidhenao9398]

And you're not taking into account the wars that might occur because of those crisis

[@generalnawaki]

I mean water wars almost started last summer, this summer I think is going to be the turning point.

[@duck1ente]

Fleeting glaciers of Himalayas could spark water wars between three nuclear nations of China, India, Pakistan...

[@capnsteele3365]

any largewars that happen will doom us all

[@turn_the_cheese_upsidedown]

Exactly. When infrastructure collapses, governments will have less power. In 2080, there may not even be a United States for all we know.

[@josebastos3090]

Very true. The Syrian Civil war has been going on for almost 15 years and started in part because of a huge drought in the region.

[@jennifervan75]

I hate the fact that that the countries and people who are the least responsible for all of this, are the ones who are most affected by it. Like indigenous peoples or people from island nations

[@generalnawaki]

Western Canada, the fires have become a yearly thing. the phrase that I don't think I started but I now hear everywhere I go is it wont stop until there's nothing left to burn.

[@halobaby0331]

Yea and those that are most are filled with conspiracy theorists that don’t believe in it. It’s crazy

[@blazer9547]

​@halobaby0331 you want climate overlords

[@DemPilafian]

Climate Justice addresses fairness (which is a legitimate concern), but it does absolutely *NOTHING* to reverse Climate Change. Climate Justice is hijacking international cooperation and negotiations. Climate Justice is a distraction that is making the Climate Crisis worse.

[@madgoldnz]

​@@halobaby0331believe in what exactly

[@brianwillis4163]

I had a college Biology professor who once said, "The earth will destroy us long before we destroy her."

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Similar by George Carlin

[@user-hr8rc1of3x]

Not if we focus on nuclear weapons so we can strike first

[@N0Xa880iUL]

@@user-hr8rc1of3x Still we cannot "destroy" Earth as such.

[@litetaker]

@@user-hr8rc1of3x ummm I don't think that was the message here, but okay! 😅 Y'all keep an eye on this fellow right here!

[@MarshallMathersthe7th]

Challenge accepted!

[@gianjose9776]

It is actually very alarming right now, here in Philippines primarily car polution is what contributes to rapid change of climate it is getting hotter every year, traffic jams getting worse than ever specially in Manila you rather want to live in southern provinces than to stay in places like Metro Manila

[@xotwod3254]

Just one more lane bro

[@dimamatat5548]

The IRA has developed a good way to reduce the number of cars

[@pipsquek1669]

​@@xotwod3254phillipines carbon footprint is negligible compared to powerhouse countries, the most concerning is frequent typhoons would be more violent and bigger since the pacific would be a lot warmer

[@billnunya9324]

The air is perfect and clear in Boracay. Love it there.

[@spycrab3723]

It's scorching hot in Manila, usually it's not as hot as this Sometimes it's hard to look up when outdoors at noon because it's so bright Masakit sa balat, akalain mo iniluluto ka

[@aditibajaj8769]

Its already 45 degrees in Delhi guys, try 50 🥴

[@N0Xa880iUL]

It's fatal

[@iansmith8016]

Pretty cold

[@sanjivmc8988]

@@iansmith8016 45 degrees celsius not Fahrenheit

[@conqueror_ofMILFs]

@@iansmith8016 that's 113 degrees farenheit, smarty pants.

[@M_Narayan]

Funny?

[@turn_the_cheese_upsidedown]

Progress is moving so slowly because most people in power, like CEOs and politicians, are old. They'll be long dead before they need to confront the consequences of their own actions, and thus, their eyes are only laid upon money. I expect to see the rate of climate progress slowly get faster and faster as older leaders die and are replaced with new ones who WILL need to face the climate crisis. Political and economic action is miserably slow right now, but I don't think it will stay this way for much longer.

[@emryborge7027]

What makes you think old leaders won’t be replaced by other old leaders

[@turn_the_cheese_upsidedown]

@@emryborge7027 I mean that they'll still be old, but chronologically, they'll be closer to the consequences of their actions.

[@rr-yn9wm]

​@@turn_the_cheese_upsidedownyou think so? Just look at the upcoming generations they're least concerned. Atleast in my countries old leaders are more upfront for reforms in the climate crisis.

[@adhitabaliga]

​@@rr-yn9wmyeah ur right too

[@adhitabaliga]

Yeah and these grudge over the past and plunge into wars when it's doing worse than good...I can see a bright future ahead ig

[@redbarchetta8782]

Never underestimate the power of Denial.

[@generalnawaki]

It's going to get everyone killed :P

[@KeepItSimpleSailor]

Never underestimate the power of suggestion (aka climate predictions)

[@skylerbowerbank5847]

Yea, its amazing how many people refuse to look at the actual science and deny facts just because it disagrees with thier climate predictions

[@kylefrazzini9166]

Shoot I’m not even gonna be alive by 2100🎉🎉 Holla

[@anoukdevries8144]

Never underestimate the power domerism. As that unfortunately is the bigger problem for people not fighting more against climate change right now.

[@alora241]

I think the biggest mistake we made is thinking that we still have time. I live in the middle of europe and anyone can tell how much the weather is changing. And I'm still very young so I really don't want to imagine what the future is going to look like. I'm honestly so scared for all of us. I don't have any hope until we actually start cutting off emissions. But when is that going to happen...

[@flubbernugget888888]

Maybe you s should take a look at earth weather patterns before you were born then reevaluate your opinion

[@mystuff9999]

@@flubbernugget888888Yeah…because that‘s what this is all about…the weather…

[@blazer9547]

North will be fine, have a great life with kids

[@valerioharvey7289]

The fire is already spread. Really the best thing we can do now to save humanity is to try terraform mars

[@billnunya9324]

Stop being scared and start thinking for yourself. The only thing you should be afraid of is how these climate extremists control practically the whole world with their false propaganda. If all mankind vanished tomorrow climate change would continue. The 97% consensus is a lie. Real scientists know the idea that humans are the primary driver of climate change is ridiculous.

[@batman5224]

I’ll still be ten years away from retirement age, and given current trends, probably more like twenty.

[@HOXHOXHOX]

marry me babyboy

[@mistingwolf]

Same here, and I'm pretty certain that Social Security will have collapsed by the time I can get around to retiring.

[@wisteriablossom2730]

By the time I get to retirement I doubt it'll still exist

[@liam-fv4n]

Chill down we need strategic planning, he might be taken​@@HOXHOXHOX

[@mohithhoney9630]

Remember, it doesn't do any favours to the world if you become too panicked or give up hope or go the opposite route and think this video exaggeration and dont fight enough. We need to be cautious. But we cant give up hope, for if we do, we might as well die now.

[@mecahhannah]

Agreed

[@germansojopagan7381]

Well said 2 much focus is given on the bad but not the good and this creates apathy.

[@KeepItSimpleSailor]

There is exaggeration. These ‘predictions’ are all subject to error, massive data unknowns, assumptions, interpretations and reinterpretations by ‘experts’ and laymen alike - and they are not absolute.

[@germansojopagan7381]

Finally another intelligent person that sees the exaggeration so few of us left amen yo your comento friend i Rull agree.👍

[@steveco1800]

The more I hear the more I just want an empty life so I can die peacefully without worrying about the future for any family. There’s been times I would have liked to have children, but if they are anything like me they will worry about their future prospects too much. What happens to us is out of our control, and realistically we’re not going to turn this situation around without conflict and disasters making it happen. Current global leaders aren’t doing enough and in certain cases making life a lot worse. Fundamentally we need suitable weather for farming and living, and if the climate becomes more unpredictable it will create a lot of hardship and no easy solution. Yes life will go on, but it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

[@scoops2]

I do my part, not because it will necessarily make a difference, but because at least my hands will be clean when children 30 years from now ask us why we didn't do anything to stop it.

[@legitusername-zl7to]

it's still solvable but yeah if things dont work out you at least made a big brain move

[@Thomas-wh4ox]

😂 using a streaming platform like KZbin and saying your hands are clean does not add up. Look up the carbon footprint of such media streaming giants.

[@scoops2]

@@Thomas-wh4ox Wow you're really grasping at straws there eh bud? Go on, tell me how much my few views per day count against the other trillions of views.

[@ClimateSinLeadsToDeath]

@@Thomas-wh4ox Carbon footprint is an convenient way to blame the individual's and for big corporations to avoid climate justice.

[@Kitz419]

I came to see if Tom would answer. And stayed for the silence 😂

[@bostonbeaneater2903]

Based on how we here in the U.S. handled Hurricane Katrina, Sept. 11th, and the COVID pandemic, I have ZERO confidence that we can trust or rely on the government, corporations, or the "partrician" class to do anything to slow or reverse climate change.

[@alexandredesouza3692]

A salesman sells you a cursed hammer. Every time you use it, one person dies. By the time you figured this out, you've already hammered 100 lives away. When you confront the salesman, he gives you two options: keep using the deadly hammer, or stop building altogether. He doesn't want you to realize you can just buy a normal hammer from someone else.

[@garvcricket784]

I heard it first time,, felt cool reading it,, nice words

[@herr_fuchsnews5630]

Damn where is this parable from?

[@alexandredesouza3692]

@herr_fuchsnews5630 Me. I thought it up a couple weeks ago.

[@halobaby0331]

Great so now we have to buy a new earth

[@earthling_parth]

This is a really good analogy that I'll try to use when talking about climate change. Thank you!

[@schokoloko2092]

And my parents wonder why I dont want any children...

[@sharronhankins7722]

True this world sucks!😱😭😭

[@Notwoke7]

You don't want children because you have been influenced and indoctrinated since birth. That's why the population rate is waning for youth all over the world except India and Africa where they still use fossil fuels anywhere near ready to change😮

[@Notwoke7]

​@@sharronhankins7722the future is bright

[@carolinecameron4840]

Amen to that

[@Michael-lt7ym]

Have them anyway the world has always been scary

[@gf4453]

There are 147 fires in 13 states in Mexico right now. Most of the country doesn't have water. The president built a train for which MILLIONS of trees were felled. Temperatures in February, in Mexico City, soared to 30°C... No, the video is not exaggerating.

[@micahbush5397]

The worst part of climate change is that the first people to be hurt will be those with the smallest margins and minimal safety nets, people like subsistence farmers and reef fishermen. Meanwhile, people in the U.S. will still be complaining about "high" gas prices (that are still lower than what most of the world pays), emissions regulations, "unsightly" wind turbines and solar farms, and refuse to participate in international agreements in the name of national sovereignty. And before someone tries to claim that China and India are bigger problems, India consumes less than half the energy the U.S. consumes, despite having more than four times the population. China does consume more energy than the U.S., but the U.S.'s per capita consumption is more than 2.5 times higher; most of China's energy goes to the industrial sector, while less than one-third of U.S. energy goes to industry, and the U.S devotes more one-quarter of its energy to transportation, which is a small sliver of China's energy usage. Yes, China and India have serious environmental issues to contend with, but the U.S.'s contribution to emissions is very disproportionate to its population, so it has a disproportionate responsibility to combat climate change. Sources: BP 2022 Statistical Review of World Energy css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/energy/us-energy-system-factsheet www.iea.org/countries/china/electricity

[@heyrend_marhend]

It's already very bad in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. I'm from there, a lot of my friends are there and back in March it was raining very bad. I remember, i woke up, i look at my phone, and all of my friends in Semarang said that their home is flooded, the road is flooding, they can't go to work, they can't go anywhere, it was just very bad.

[@maibrown2755]

Sounds terrible

[@mo337]

I won't lie. I've all but given up hope for real action. I won't be having children in this life time.

[@Superintendent13]

Same, why would I bring children into a doomed world.

[@joelalala4789]

We are all gonna die, but I am willing to bet our ancestors went through even more terrible plagues than this from small pox,economic depression heck even genocides.Still they found a way to adapt and trust their successors to do the same for us. No matter what they say, life will always find a way. These bodies that we live are fleeting but it's not the end, it's the beginning to something bigger that yet to be explained."Lossing all hope was freedom"

[@blazer9547]

I've 4.😂

[@Thomas-wh4ox]

Education was limited back then. ​@@joelalala4789

[@Someaddress555s]

​@@joelalala4789 cool. The issue is more how rapidly the climate changes, and how fast the plants and animals can adapt. If you lose too many species then nature does weird things, and you can ask farmers about the crazier weather making farming much more difficult.

[@OldOneTooth]

Love that you still follow the optimistic time frames for temperature rises, instead of the more realistic ones where opec and tipping points bring the rises much sooner.

[@triplikeido75]

Yep. Let's keep deluding ourselves... as our cities burn and billions become climate refugees in the next 20 years they'll still be telling us everything is okay.

[@ecognitio9605]

We touched 1.5 degrees above the 1800 baseline this year 😂

[@OldOneTooth]

@@ecognitio9605 we averaged it globally for the year. But we touched above globally for periods of time during the year, and well above in local regions average annual temperature anomalies.

[@adhitabaliga]

Isn't life turning worse than better... many are giving up hopes of having children already..its not gonna be the sweet life anymore

[@Damaaak]

Back when all countries agree to save the ozone layer 😂

[@N0Xa880iUL]

It had an easy fix.

[@aditisk99]

​@N0Xa880iUL Well atleast they agreed on something

[@horrorkesh2]

we're already at the point where people can't afford groceries and housing will be solved by everyone being homeless AKA thrown in jail for being homeless in America at least

[@generalnawaki]

that's due to corporate greed and nothing else, this is about climate change they are similar but different problems.

[@bassfischer4273]

@@generalnawaki It's due to government corruption and overreach, not 'corporate greed'. Corporations get rich if people buy stuff from them. Bezos and Gates are billionaires because their companies reinvented retail and information technology, both of which have benefited mankind immeasurably. Stop demonizing wealth. Governments, on the other hand, can (and do) stick it to whomever the prevailing ideological obsession of the day deems to be the enemy. Give me free markets and highly limited government all day, every day.

[@8is]

The average American spends 8% of their income on food. Like just stop, you do not have the data to back anything of what you’re saying.

[@m.c.d.975]

Not only that but, if we have to buy electric cars that will put even more people under a financial burden, considering how much more electric cars are. Millions of people in the united states aren't in the financial position to buy a new car thats twice the price of the one they have now.

[@Someaddress555s]

​@@generalnawaki you can see homeless people on the street, you can feel a lighter wallet after the store, most people aren't paying attention to the climate and won't until its far too late.

[@theoutsider7119]

It's nice to be optimistic but not this time. Adapting climate change, AI, wars, and present regimes... requires a radical transformation in our day to day life. I think no better solution could be taken other than focusing inward not outward.

[@hman2912]

Well. Stop putting comments on KZbin videos... Which indirectly adds to carbon in the atmosphere, and start doing something instead of complaining. People have been predicting for decades that we'd all be dead by now.

[@lucasa1072]

We are way past the point of "what are you doing about it? How about you go roll up yo sleeves and plant a tree!" The earth needed direct help in 1980. 2024 is way too late. Just enjoy whatever days below 35c we have left

[@theoutsider7119]

@@lucasa1072 well I'm enjoying life planting trees

[@theoutsider7119]

@@hman2912 i understand your frustration but your statement are inconsistent. You should visualise the possible effect of those dangers as probabilities. And now the probabilities are higher than ever.

[@ClimateSinLeadsToDeath]

Warn people as much as possible, warning creates restraint and inspires action. + protests + emailing + join local groups + commenting everywhere + positive reinforcement on eco-youtubers Focus on C.O.G - Coal Oil Gas (due to them be heavy hitters) *This is the climate last stand, before this lofty aircraft of a civilization enters a unrecoverable dive.* No surrender, no giving in, we are fighting for the future and for our lives.

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

We are already facing the effects of climate change in a major way. Winter this year has been absolutely haywire so I am afraid that there isn't much time left, if any.

[@triplikeido75]

Correct. We're out of time. Civilization is doomed.

[@jitenderyadav1169]

All good, but if we are actually in climate crises, the temp rise may not be gradual but exponential, and cross 4 degrees or more by as early as 2040.

[@hman2912]

So much doom and gloom. What are you doing personally to help? If you buy anything, you are part of the problem... Even using this app to watch this video, you are helping to create demand for huge data centres to be built to watch.

[@Someaddress555s]

​@@hman2912 cool, and those huge data centers use in a day way more than I could use in a year. Maybe some of us want to avoid the worst possible outcomes, but maybe we also know people like you will complain about anything even if it's trying to help you have a better life in the future.

[@hman2912]

@@Someaddress555s what's more important, a "better life" or a livable earth? All of us together create the demand that uses all that energy everyday. I'm admitting that I'm the problem as well. I don't believe that we will all be dead in twenty years though.

[@bassfischer4273]

Could.. may.. might.. We've had 30 years of Greens' incessant Armageddon-mongering and yet here we still are, with just as much artic sea ice, just as many polar bears and exactly zero coastal cities swallowed up by phantom rising oceans. Keep on painting your doomsday nonsense, environmentalists. Thankfully ever more folks are wising up to your 'science', that's actually shock-propaganda.

[@triplikeido75]

Shhhh!!!! No.. we gotta keep lying to everyone. "There's still hope!! Everything will be okay!!"

[@_thericstrorian]

This video ought to played in COP summits showing leaders what inaction and slow action will eventually lead to

[@jerrymiller9039]

How many of those leaders do you think have not heard already?

[@piku5637]

We need robust universal public transport worldwide and get half or more cars off the roads. Make walkable and bikeable cities great again. I want to hear more birds singing, see deer in cities, see bugs come back.

[@skepticbynature]

Are you driving?

[@lucasa1072]

Lolol good luck with all that

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

​@@lucasa1072*looks at Ghent,Bruges,Paris,Berlin,Dortmund,Dusseldorf,Amsterdam,Den Hague,Tokyo,Rotterdam,Stockholm, Oslo, Tampere and Helsinki*

[@13ccasto]

More people need to know that climate change isn't just about things getting a little warmer

[@josephgreen2824]

My theory is that too many people get their information from corporate media or social media which almost always puts forth disingenuous arguments about this topic.

[@Teutathis]

​@@josephgreen2824I think the big problem is that it's uncomfortable to tell the global south that they can't continue to grow their populations. It won't matter what the developed world does to stave off this oncoming disaster if India is going to peak their population at 1.6-1.7 Billion, and Africa is to become the most populous continent at 4.2 Billion.

[@jth877]

That's the current story. Too cold, too warm, now extremes. Nice science you got there.

[@albertcabuang6655]

Its sad how in climate predictions like these, those that are the most affected are usually the most disadvantaged countries. Whereas 1st world countries and such "can" still find means to work around the climate crisis. Really shows climate change isnt just an environmental problem but also a socio-economic problem.

[@ClimateSinLeadsToDeath]

It's also a real lack of Justice, crazy that the companies have gotten away with this for this long.

[@Solar.Geoengineering.Advocate]

i wouldn't be so certain that first world countries can find ways around the climate crisis at all. in fact i doubt it.

[@Ljounieh]

Brilliant

[@albertcabuang6655]

@@Solar.Geoengineering.Advocate I agree yes. Individually, first world countries can't solve the climate crisis as a whole. It takes a collective effort by nations worldwide and putting all the pressure on them simplifies the problem at hand. In spite of this however, some first world countries like the US and European countries /can/ find means to mitigate the effects of climate change in their country (eg. elevated housing or building dams against rising sea levels), which is something that third world countries prone to flooding like the Philippines and Indonesia don't have

[@Solar.Geoengineering.Advocate]

@@albertcabuang6655 we, the world will have to do solar geoeingineering. amongst other things. theres no other way we get through this century

[@greg4629]

imagine doing this and still assuming the same neoliberal society would persist with its countries, governments, schools and grocery stores and such. That's ideology. You live in a regime that is contingent on historical material circumstances. Historical conditions change and the regimes change also.

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Yes, mass deaths would occur.

[@dimamatat5548]

@@N0Xa880iULGood. Less humans, less climate change.

[@LANSl0t]

@@dimamatat5548 so this is whats known as eco fascism and you should really reevaluate whether its the individuals or the corporations pumping millions of tons of CO2 into the air that are the issue

[@aditisk99]

​@@dimamatat5548 Less "Man made" climate change

[@YunLuoShanZe]

“Global warming” cannot be taken literally; it is not just about temperatures getting warmer. The biggest impact of global warming on humans is actually that the greenhouse effect intensifies the instability of the global climate system, thereby greatly increasing the occurrence of extreme weather. For example, the super cold wave will appear in central Canada, northern United States and other places in February 2023. Super heavy rains occurred in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China in July 2023. The most severe sustained drought on record occurred in the Brazilian Amazon from July to September 2023. So for the sake of your own life, start paying attention to environmental protection.

[@theopreller]

In South Africa, the drought problem is made even worse by inaction and corruption in the government. I live in the Eastern Cape, near Port Elizabeth, and for years we keep seeing the same pipe leaks go unfixed. I saw a statistic somewhere, though it may have been exaggerated, that more then 50% of drinking water from dams are lost due to pipe leaks and crumbling infrastructure. Look up "Day 0 South Africa". The drought has passed the EC now, but the underlying problem remains.

[@lyzioen]

This kind of stuff brings me to tears every time

[@hungry_girl211]

Hang in there. ❤

[@rikasoft]

Same I’m only a teen man I want to be able to grow up without like boiling to death every time I step outside

[@ClimateSinLeadsToDeath]

*Choose to hope, choose to have faith. Do anyways regardless of fear because that's courage.* Do everything you can, if the anxiety is too much try cutting everything else and focus on necessary living and climate activism (sleep work method might help as I find crippling anxiety is weakest upon waking up)

[@Solar.Geoengineering.Advocate]

@@rikasoft we will have to do solar geoengineering. its that simple. a whole bunch of other things also but solar geoengineering will be a huge part of what we have no choice but to do.

[@zackakx5807]

This knowledge must be spread and concern across the world to every single individual as soon as possible or the nature will make sure that everyone will know in the end

[@mimikrya8794]

The production and consumption of fossil fuels is currently at a record high. And according to the planned investments, even that record will be exceeded tomorrow. With 8 billion people, the future does not seem bright.

[@PramkLuna]

I'm surprised we can still remain optimistic in the face of climate change

[@abdulrahmankhalil115]

I love these quotes at the start, one of my favourite things about this channel

[@KeithSmith42]

This is a hopelessly optimistic view. Only 1 meter of sea level rise with 3+ degrees of warming???

[@billnunya9324]

If trends continue all these predictions will continue to be wrong as they have been always wrong for 60 years. The sea level will not rise anywhere near 1 meter. It's all panicy nonsense.

[@Rick-yk5qb]

It's a scam. All lies.

[@KeithSmith42]

@@Rick-yk5qb well I have some beachfront property I’d like to sell you then sir

[@KeithSmith42]

@@Rick-yk5qb are you like “rage watching” this content or what???

[@aenamii]

@@Rick-yk5qb well go ahead and enlighten us with the truth, rick 🙄 i'm sure the hundreds of thousands of people who have already been affected by severe weather events and the decimation of their local ecosystems due to climate change would love to hear it

[@HYJ187]

Saved this video. Will watch it again 26 years later, if I still alive 😅.

[@ImaDriveThroughTheBurgerKing]

This is literal propaganda

[@fanaticforager6610]

Atypically, a common Adversary is the Great Unifier ; The “Ice-Breaker” 🌊 2:54

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Well the currently trajectory is definitely not going to improve, if not get worse. More likely the current projections will come true.

[@generalnawaki]

oh no, it's going to get so much worse. Get used to every single forest and jungle on the Earth's surface being on fire every summer. because its going to happen.

[@N0Xa880iUL]

@@generalnawaki Well hope not. I'd like to die before that.

[@ClimateSinLeadsToDeath]

*For the sake of the developing nations do everything you can!* Warning, people works, read the bible for more on the power of warning people (e.g. Judges 2: 19). - Protests attend and help local groups. Prayer and Law of attraction onto reducing Coal Oil Gas. Changing your life is low priority but it can help the mind focus. Here is some basics - Using drying line instead of dryer (use a cover for rain). Passive heating and cooling instead of boilers and air con. Cooking with microwave, air fryer and electric hob like induction instead of using oven or gas hob. Replace lights with LED efficient. Buy renewables. This is the environmentalist last stand, be devoted to working towards this area to plant a tree whose shade that we will never sit under. No surrender to climate catastrophe, no surrender to nihilism.

[@akanshsrivastav8269]

The summer in delhi is killer man 😅

[@N0Xa880iUL]

The sudden shifts are crazy. Not even a month back it was cold in Delhi.

[@akanshsrivastav8269]

@@N0Xa880iUL yep we do both summer and winter in the extreme

[@maibrown2755]

I often visit India in the summer and I can back this claim up

[@Dims_wh]

Saya berasal dari Indonesia, disini ketika musim hujan hampir di semua daerah mengalami banjir bahkan hingga berbulan-bulan membuat area pertanian mengalami gagal panen sehingga terjadi kenaikan harga pangan dan sebagaimana yang kita tahu kota Jakarta sudah hampir tenggelam

[@strawberrydome]

Ah gapapa, bakal dapet sama makan siang gratis dan food estate kok😄 (ini sarkasme)

[@T0MapleLaughs]

Governments merely taxing people higher is still essentially doing nothing.

[@ankurm4100]

Concrete is said to be responsible for 4-8% of global CO2 emissions. We need to re-adopt building with sustainable materials, like bamboo and sustinable timber. It is both asthetically and environmentally better for the world.

[@ClimateSinLeadsToDeath]

Consider promoting passive heating and passive cooling designs with any person with power and influence. *Get some heavy hitters like C.O.G Coal Oil Gas* but small wins are good too.

[@woody1856]

I may not be perfect but have changed to protect earth and provide my child some future of not seeing certain plants/trees and animals in museums. in my 40’s and sucks seeing ppl in charge of politics not care.

[@maff_]

And this is the projection only if our models are correct. If there exist any tipping points, such as the permafrost melt or the change in ocean currents, that we haven’t accounted for, the projections are too optimistic

[@darksoals]

A couple years ago it reached 40 degrees in Canada on Vancouver island. This may not sound like a lot to hotter countries but to the people and animals here it was devastating. Fish floated dead in lakes, people left water out for birds and wildlife which struggled not to die on the side of the road from the heat wave. It was bad for the people too, who are accustomed to ranges of -10 to 20 degrees Celsius. A significant portion of our seniors could not cope with the sudden change in temperature and died. Hospitals were overrun by the younger generation which did not die but still suffered heat strokes due to not everyone being able to afford a/c and biologically not being climatized to such high temperatures. (We are talking about people who go around in shorts in 5 degree weather, they’re used to producing and retaining heat, not dispersing it.) It was a record breaking temperature for the area. It could have been a freak incident but if we continue as we are I’m sure eventually it will be normal and we will lose a large fraction of our wildlife. If the change happens to quickly we may continue to see people die because they simply can’t cope with a temperature flux that far out of their bodies normal.

[@user-gw8bz7cr2x]

Hi from +6°C (43°F) Oslo, we are very worried about clobal climate change 🥶

[@kuztomix]

Bleak ? nah, that's the *best* case scenario you just described.

[@basinox]

It sad that this is probabbly one of the brighter possible futures

[@VespersBell]

This scenario largely assumes a modern world dropped into the climate of 2100. I assume not including technological soultions was a deliberate choice. Advances in automated farming, vertical farming, and precision fermentation could circumvent the food crisis.

[@catotheyounger2689]

Climate change is a complex issue and there is no telling exactly what the future will be like. And I worry that we are being too narrow minded for what the solutions for this crisis should be. For Arizona, the environmental problems we have been facing have come from wasteful activities from both California and our state draining water from the Colorado River. Alarmism isn't going to help if there aren't concrete solutions for saving the environment.

[@sojournern]

You should have mentioned how diet impacts the climate. It's a major source of emissions.

[@kaipadernal2202]

This is so timely since the Philippines is already facing these issues....

[@alexander-kirk]

I'd love if TEDED would also explore the human adaptability to this bleak scenario. Like, new indoor farming methods or aquaponics since the outside is no longer arable. Not to encourage complacency...but sigh...what else can we do after we pass the point of no return?

[@SirsasthNigam.]

2050 thats 26 years from when its uploaded

[@generalnawaki]

considering how much worse the problem has been getting year to year I don't know that we have until 2050. we may not even have till 2030.

[@adhitabaliga]

And those TWENTY SIX years are gonna pass by like nothing

[@BrokenMirrors_]

I think it’s interesting to see both sides of this, the current future versus the one we can create. This needs to be advertised more, because even basic consumerism can be turned around to help us all leap into action, due to the fact that 25 years is only a quarter of a century, which is closer than any of us might think. It’s no joke anymore, and people need to realize that.

[@doraddon11]

It's already 43 deg in Adilabad, Telangana... Summer just started... This time May will b mahyem, temp may cross 48...by 2050 temp 50 deg will b new normal... Farming will b done in controlled environment like inside big buildings... Food will b new gold/bitcoin...

[@egg_runner8379]

The worst thing is this is an optimistic view of events. "ambulances will siren through the night for people with heatstroke" assuming that healthcare doesn't just completely breakdown or start ignoring people with heatstroke cause they cant handle them all. As other people have mentioned this would very likely cause wars, mainly over water resources but also for actual land you could live in. Migrant crises worldwide from people fleeing any country close to the equator.

[@Failure-007]

What a time to be alive

[@ClimateSinLeadsToDeath]

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. *All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”* ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

[@keithmartin7766]

Also in 1970, the Boston Globe ran with a chilling headline, “Scientist Predicts A New Ice Age By 21st Century.” In the associated article, researcher James Lodge warned, “Air pollution may obliterate the sun and cause a new ice age in the first third of the next century if population continues to grow and earth’s resources are consumed at the present rate…” The reality is none of these experts can predict the future. The Earth and its weather patterns/climate are driven more by natural occurrences in nature than man. The Earth’s tilt on its axis changes over a 23,000 year cycle that dramatically impacts the impact of the sun. The sun changes. The Teutonic plate of the Earth continue to shift. Volcanoes happen. The oceans absorb and release CO2 in a pattern that is not fully explainable. All these things impact the Earth and its climate yet there are always the Chicken Littles yelling the sky is falling and if you will give us enough money we will fix it. Complete arrogance of man.

[@MarriageCoach.]

Well said. Fear mongering

[@smp315]

The Earth has actually gotten 15% greener since 2000. Plants and trees are thriving and soaking up the increased CO2. This climate change is another money grab from the citizens by politicians and governments.

[@josephgreen2824]

That was not a consensus of the majority of the scientists who study climate. It's also disingenuous of you to ignore or omit the impact that Industrial industrialization has had on the earth for the past two centuries

[@Encephalitisify]

For the last three years we’ve had “heat waves”. It just changes locations. I remember growing up in the south, and it was called a heat wave when it got above 90 degrees. Now that’s common temps in August.

[@firasaltal3460]

Thank you for reading this

[@JadedJassy21]

And yet, people are still having children like this isn't happening.

[@bassfischer4273]

Because it isn't, or at least the left's apocalypse isn't. Wake up and smell the fiction.

[@kasondaleigh]

Born to suffer.

[@ZennExile]

has absolutely nothing to do with over population. It's not the lifestyle of the many resulting in climate instability, it's the lifestyle of the Corporate Citizen and the 0.1%. Fewer people would just make the problem worse because the same people destroying everything would need to burn more oil and coal to replace all the human labor. Being Woke isn't about culture, it's about class. Wake the hekn up.

[@inasnhor]

the "Golden Billion" plan will solve all these issues , don't worry !

[@SciMinute]

The impacts of climate change are already upon us, with this year’s erratic winter serving as a stark reminder. I’m concerned we might have very little time left to act..!

[@ClimateSinLeadsToDeath]

Then do everything you can! No giving up! This is the environmentalist last stand against the apocalypse.

[@2aa7]

She's dropping an emotional bomb about our future in such a calm voice

[@avkumush]

How we can prevent this ? Can you share about this video

[@ImaDriveThroughTheBurgerKing]

Eat bugs and soy. Wear a mask and stay inside. Oh yeah and get 10 booster shots for a pandemic that doesn't exist. And don't question the authority

[@NemohHoes]

Not one single good thing in the future 😀

[@cardek0.457]

I believe in humanity. We will make it right. Every small step matters.

[@Volcano22207]

The only ones who can make the actual change are corporate ceo’s and politicians So we are definitely not going to make it

[@Starlight-wx3ls]

Its India, Kolkata, april 20th, 2024. Its 41° and dry. The roads are shimmering like hot furnace, there is no wind blowing, birds are perched and seeking water, and I am finding it tough to keep my plants at home alive. I am 33 years old. And am living in a world out of nightmare. So far away from the Kolkata of my childhood. Frequent norwesters, 35-36° max temperature, lots of ponds, thriving greenery, and cool calming breeze in the evenings. All gone now. How long will we survive?

[@bartroberts1514]

It's hard to balance hope and optimism on the one side with doom and gloom on the other. This video errs on the #hoptimism side, a bit. What is needed to meet those hopeful outcomes that avoid global famine and 1000% food price inflation by 2040? Biodiversity conservation equivalent to 40% lower sea traffic noise as soon as possible. Energy efficiency increase 8% per year. Transition off fossil trade by 2030. Cut fossil trade licenses and permits 2% of today's level per month down to zero by 2030, to motivate transition in time. Avoid methane emission by keeping it in the ground when possible, capturing it to use if necessary, flaring it if unavoidable. Scrap fossil-emitting equipment as soon as possible so it can't be used elsewhere. Harvest and plant biomass equivalent to a trillion trees by 2060.

[@uranium5694]

4:08 Currently Electric Cars are more harmful to the environment that ICE Cars. The best approach in order to protect the environment is to keep your old car running for as long as possible.

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Absolutely. Or buy hybrids in the meantime.

[@andrewliu6592]

city design also plays a part; if the city is designed to inentivise walking/biking/punlic transit, along with placing things cloaer to each other, car use would definitely decrease

[@zandrewmorano10]

This video inspires me to use our AC less even if it is freaking hot right now (April) in the Philippines 🔥

[@MikaerBrasil]

I think the video is not quite accurate since it shows climate change just as an inconvenience on the lives of people of developed countries. The fact is that one of the first things it will disrupt is the global economy. This means that all the globe will feel the consequences almost equally. Although it sounds worse, the bright side is that it will force the economy and the rich countries and the companies to finally move their asses in an effective way. Not just bullshitting with the current green washing. So, in the end, i believe we won't reach this scenario. The disrupt in the economy and pocket of the rich world will prevent it.

[@SlickNick98]

Well its still cool here in California with all the rain this year plus we're finally out of the huge drought we had its in the 50s in the day and low 40s at night

[@josephgreen2824]

That's great news but don't confuse that with a bigger picture

[@andrewliu6592]

personally (bay area) it feels like the spring has ended about a month earlier than it has before

[@SlickNick98]

@@andrewliu6592 well it's warming up here in the valley now 70s and 80s this month

[@kendallstark4302]

I could only make it to the 44 second mark. I'm out 😢

[@cht2162]

The only thing that will motivate government and big business is fear. It's past time for us all to be really afraid for ourselves, our children, grands (etc).

[@BaynexoMusicOfficial]

0:59 I think that this stuff would be so common, that it’ll hardly even make headlines in general.

[@SarahLoehrke]

There was another time of great drought in the United States during the depression. It is depicted in John Steinbeck’s book “The Grapes of Wrath”. We will always have challenges in this life. It saddens me that the younger generation feels there is no hope. There is always hope. We must ensure the fabric of our society is not destroyed. Having a safe society is the most fundamental need for having a secure future.

[@unaeki]

And we wonder why people are migrating north to cooler regions.

[@steveflint9182]

Like Americans moving to Florida, and Australians moving to Queensland.

[@austinnorton558]

@@steveflint9182 And don't forget all the wealthy still buying beach front properties!!

[@mimikrya8794]

I like best the optimism based on estimates rather than reality. Have emissions really decreased or have they decreased compared to estimates?

[@BillSpitzak]

They decreased compared to earlier estimates, thus the predicted temp rise decreased. It pretty clearly says that in the video. Not clear to me what you are asking.

[@mimikrya8794]

@@BillSpitzak They could have had higher estimates, so their optimism and happiness would have been even greater.😂

[@binyaminkup2967]

Its very hard for me to see tho the ability to say what will happen in 50-80 years in the future. Even with the short saying in the beginning that we cant know, i think is a bit of a jole in your opinion. No ome could have predicted anything anytime anywhere.

[@MexAm120902]

Isn't this the road to "You'll own nothing and you'll be happy"?

[@KeepItSimpleSailor]

You nailed it - and many many people just don’t see it.

[@christiana5453]

explain?

[@alexandredesouza3692]

No, this is the path to "You will own better, cheaper and/or repairable things and be happy."

[@cefalopodo5717]

@@christiana5453 the World Economic Forum posted a document explaining their vision for a wholesome, climate-justiced, diverse future which essentially boiled down to people not owning anything, eating bugs, and living in micro pods.

[@MexAm120902]

@@KeepItSimpleSailor Look up the WEF and their 2030 goals.

[@victoriaman117]

My worry is that these calls for change just becomes a way for governments to expand their control over our lives and crack down on civil liberties in the name of climate change as they allow corporate oligarchies to thrive.

[@legitusername-zl7to]

why care about dumbasses who wasted their lives chasing for things without ever truly apreciating and living life. In fact, this means we have the excuse to take more action against theese "fancy loosers"

[@josephgreen2824]

It's corporate oligarchies that are mainly responsible for dismiss

[@alcontreras5169]

And almost 100% of the people on this thread are willing to give up their freedom to these scare tactics. Notice how the assumption is that climate change is human-caused. It's the opening line of the video. There is NO consensus among scientists that climate change is man-made. Climate change is real but it's been around forever.

[@mcsy98]

In the Philippines, it gets hotter and hotter every year and now even cars are burning hot inside and out. The climate is obviously heating up and yet people aren’t doing much to stop this from getting progressively worse, and even more alarming is that there are people who experience all these changes in temperature yet don’t believe in climate change still.

[@quarryspanish]

South African here, our government will just blame the heatwaves on apartheid, as for the rolling electrical blackouts that's just a regular day.

[@duchessoftheprairie]

Gee, thanks Ted Ed. Now I'm depressed...

[@CarieGurl]

People seem to care about climate change... in two minutes I have seen the amount of views of this video go from 239 to 1350 people that have viewed this video.

[@Tronz_z]

This certainly sounds good too, but I think it's still worth considering more reliable options like copy trading platforms such as Eledator, for example.

[@clearbrain]

It's very understatement... Calcutta this year has crossed 42... Highest in history... within 2030 the future is what's described here

[@funniyatoons]

It already crosses 45 deg in Delhi Now more issues 1. We might start living in bunkers due to uncontrollable AI 2. Unstable govt due to less and less job opportunity Who knows what else ...

[@generalnawaki]

The video suggests that we have till 2050 to worry about the 1.5c mark, we passed that last summer. This summer might see us pass 2.0c.

[@notmewooshme9916]

Yes, apart from the evident climate change we are experiencing other dooms as well. Rise of AI, advancement of quantum computing that might make our existing cryptography and softwares a joke, population outburst, shortage of water, shortage of infra, etc. Well before 2050, the majority of unprivilged ones will begin to suffer.

[@sanexpreso2944]

Unfortunately developing countries are the ones that are going to suffer the most from the climate consequences, but they are the ones that act the least to combat it, the only country that really does something is Brazil, about 75% of Brazil's energy is renewable and has a huge area, but countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, Nigeria, Egypt are very populated, they have little space and have a high fertility rate

[@aditisk99]

Really? What is Brazil doing about the Amazon forests? ??

[@AlexWolfM]

you should understand that due to global warming, only those countries where it is warm will suffer. Countries with a cold climate, on the contrary, will feel better, as this will improve their climate.

[@Merugaf]

Ken M?

[@19katherine1213]

I know this is important but I don’t have the capacity to care about what will happen decades later when I’m struggling to live today

[@michalpicker6934]

*Sniff* This video really upsets me. I just hope we fix this pollution problem soon. I don't want it to get any worse.

[@Mart77]

World leaders are using "thoughts and prayers" system to fix this :)

[@notmewooshme9916]

Its too late. Unless we all cut down fuel, energy completely mothing is going to change. The inevitable is going to be delayed thats it. If from tomorrow we all stop using vehicles, turn off factories, return to farming, barter system may stop the problem.

[@SmackMyPenguin]

What about Earthquakes. How does human factor increase the rise in Earthquakes since the late 1990s to now? Also, why are other planets experiencing climatic changes at the same time Earth is changing? Does c02 just float off Earth and enter the atmosphere of other planets?

[@c.harvey2424]

What other planets are suffering climate change? Where did you see thiis? I'd like to read about it!

[@SmackMyPenguin]

@c.harvey2424 Here are just some examples. Saturn: - In 2004 a "hot point" was discovered at the south pole. - In 2007-2010 a chain of 23-26 cyclones was observed. - In 2020 a convective storm was observed close to the polar latitudes for the 1st time. Titan: - In 1995-2008 a sudden cloud outburst of storm activity was observed. - In 2009 a observation of dust storms was observed. - In 2010 there was a storm near the equator. -In 2012 there is evidence of volcanism which continues to this day. - In 2016 there was a observation of methane rain for the 1st time. Uranus: - 1994-2012 there has been many sightings of bright cloud features. - 2021-2022 there was an intensification of the Northern polar cyclone. Pluto: - In 2002 the atmospheric pressure doubled since 1998. - 2002 C0 and HCN was detected in the atmosphere. - 2015 numerous cryovolcanic features was observed on the surface. - 2019 a subsurface ocean was discovered. Moon: - 1998-1998 the lunar core was displaced. - 2022 a thermal anomalys was detected in the compton-belkovich region. - 2023 there was an anomalys of thermal heat at the south pole. - 2023 there was a lunar quake detected. The Sun: 2005 a powerful geomagnetic storm was detected. 2015 another geomagnetic storm. 2023 it was found solar storms will increase in the next years. 2023 it was found the daily sunspot number 240 exceeded maximum cycle of 24 (220) Mercury: - 2011-2015 19 surface changes were observed due to endogenic activity Venus: 2006-2012 an intensification of winds was observed. 2012-2018: volcanic activity increase 2020: research concludes that Mercury is volcanically active Mars: 2003-2006: Active methane emissions from Mars interior 2005: Sudden shrinking of the Martian polar ice caps at south pole 2019-2021: 1,300 marsquakes was observed (but the planet is dead and core is inactive?) 2022: a M4.7 quake was detected. 2022: geophysical evidence of a mantle plume underneath the elysium plantia. Climate change doesn't necessarily happen with just greenhouse effect. The changes in the inside of the celestial bodies can effect the climate as well. All evidence of this was voiced at the 8 hour conference "Global Crisis: The Responsibility." hosted on youtube and rumble at the Creative Society channel.

[@andrewliu6592]

the geeenhouse effect is not a new concept; for example, svante arrhenius (a chemist in the late 1800s) wrote about the greenhouse effect and co2s impact on climate temperature

[@c.harvey2424]

@@andrewliu6592 I read that!

[@RaunakRai99]

Man.. I am from northern india and i can tell you that even today our temperature can go as high as 40-42 deg Celsius.

[@zandrewmorano10]

I'm gonna be 45 years old 😭