Why the sixth mass extinction is here. Now.

[@AnymMusic]

I hate how people say shit like "we need to get our economy right first before spending money on this other crap." boi without a planet to live on, WE WON'T HAVE AN ECONOMY TO FIX!

[@DeandreSteven]

When do people say that?

[@AnymMusic]

@@DeandreSteven had enough people in the Netherlands say stuff like that when our minister of climate and nature posts stuff online. seen it on the cestpool of twitter as wel

[@GrayDogNowIDK]

We need to build the economy on it, waiting just increases the burden

[@donazs739]

They probably spend a ton of cash on meaningless things all the time

[@JuanGonzales-yx2rr]

I would like we have options to change But the economy only allows me to accept 😬

[@jaysonmatchado4122]

I have a civil engineering background but I'm considering environmental engineering at graduate school because of you!

[@RaterProTrickster]

Go for it dude! My sister followed the climate industry and has found it very rewarding. And we need more people like you to change and save this world.

[@GrayDogNowIDK]

Civil engineering is key too! Drainage control is important to prevent more severe flooding downstream but feel free to do that if you want.

[@ziziroberts8041]

Bravo. The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. - Bob Dylan

[@Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

Go for it. I studied Biotechnology. But i was so stupid i didn't use my degree properly. I ended up working for software. It's depressing

[@sofiaahmed3635]

Best of luck!

[@turtle4llama]

My husband studied climate change's effect on mosquito habitats for his PhD and found that equatorial mosquitoes (the fun, disease carrying ones) are moving north at a rate of 5 miles per year. We are not far off from Europe and North America having uncontrolled outbreaks of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. It's only a matter of time.

[@beyonder7817]

holy shiiit

[@TristanSharman]

I've been waiting for this video since the report came out and you've done a stellar job communicating the severity of the issue, especially with the keystone species explanation. So thank you for this video Simon, I'll be sharing it around for sure!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@payojapraharaj6738]

Thank you for covering this topic. No one takes this kind of extinction seriously.

[@robinhood5627]

I mean 90% of people don't even know it's happening...

[@planetvegan7843]

What actions are you taking in your life to help out?

[@payojapraharaj6738]

@@planetvegan7843 I am working in research field.

[@payojapraharaj6738]

@@robinhood5627 well yea but rest who know... many are just ignorant.

[@GrayDogNowIDK]

@@planetvegan7843 You need to open land to do so, like the knepp rewilding project

[@EmilyJSwaby]

I'm a 2nd PhD student in Palaeontology, and my research is focused on exploring the effect of the Toarcian (Early Jurassic) extreme environmental change on insects. I study fossil insects (183 million years old) from deposits mainly in Europe, in order to determine how the global warming of the Early Jurassic period affected these terrestrial invertebrates. Through exploring past periods of extreme environmental change, we can definitely enhance our understanding of how climate change is currently affecting modern-day insect communities.

[@BuxtonsWater]

Out of curiosity, how did insects react to the extreme environmental changes during the Early Jurassic period?

[@jtktomb8598]

Paleoentomology ! So cool, are you on twitter by any chances ?

[@EmilyJSwaby]

@@jtktomb8598 I am! @EmilyJSwaby

[@jtktomb8598]

@@EmilyJSwaby Thanks !

[@Mr-DNA_]

How cool. I'm planning on studying paleontology too.

[@nice3294]

It's so hard to try communicate the issue of climate change without losing people. But you have done an excellent job at conveying the severity yet still promting us to take action. Great video.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

I will tell you a joke: a non-vegan in a climate protest. ("Livestock" industry contributes to climate change more than ALL transportation combined, that's more than a 16% contribution). Dominion (2018)

[@davinautting3198]

Thank-you for this video. I have "liked" that you made it. Not it's contents. For those of us who have been screaming about this for decades, it's heartening to see you are a shining beacon of hope.

[@davinautting3198]

@@WhiteStripesStripiestFan Having been an environmentalist all of my life, I have been "screaming" ( a metaphorical term meaning to speak with force and assertiveness) about mass extinction as a result of anthropological Climate Change. The "this".

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

I will tell you a joke: a non-vegan in a climate protest. ("Livestock" industry contributes to climate change more than ALL transportation combined, that's more than a 16% contribution). Dominion (2018)

[@_zelatrix]

What makes this even more harrowing and disturbing is that, while I understand that it is important to do OUR part in stopping the disaster, my fear is that there's a limit to this. Not to say that we SHOULDN'T do our part in preventing this, but that if key players don't start doing the same, the rate of climate change prevention simply won't be able to keep up with the increase on severity. It's easy to think that if you do your part, the problem will go away for you. But it won't. Like the keystone species of these ecosystems, the action of the keystone players of the economy (oil, gas, etc) is what will really make the difference. This being said, everyone must still do their part to truly make a global impact.

[@oskarhenriksen]

It's a systemic issue, so something needs to be done with the system

[@whowereweagain]

Well considering that for the 'keystone species of the economy', "doing their part" entails that they STOP. Taking this into consideration doing our part actually becomes pretty straightforward, it means we stop spending, stop consuming commodities, stop working so much and save our money. Without the (esp. american)consumer base all these evil industries will go into recession and we will have means to do much more than we can now. They want us to buy electric cars and other green washed value added consumer goods, we need to stop mass production, especially of automotives and electronics, and use less material and energy. Stopping working and going into debt to buy value-added trash, will actually be good for our society as we'll have a lot more time on our hands to fill our lives with meaningful, living things and care for each other including other species. we can start making our own things and develop tools for conviviality, suddenly climate policy will not be about bipartisan support for sustainable auto-dependent infrastructure and spending our tax dollars on greenwashed subsidies for mining and manufacturing, it will be about how we live our day-to-day lives, once life is free. #greenNOdeal

[@donazs739]

The people you're talking about will live lavishly. This wouldn't effect them. Or they know their way around it, leave the rest of you behind. Take a hint.

[@_zelatrix]

@@donazs739 Yeah, because if I have money, who cares about the planet I live on, where all the things that make my money actually have any value are. What good is money if we destroy the planet that facilitates the spending of that money?

[@alicia-hd2cs]

I agree with you however I do think that the collective effort of citizens should not be underestimated to such a degree. Realise that no company would bother selling plastic and mica and petrol and other harmful things if people stopped purchasing their items.

[@digitalhermit8928]

I take solace in the fact that even if humanity doesn't survive a planetary filter like climate change, that life will go on. The universe is a big place. And while it might be sad, frightening and horrifying what we are doing to ourselves. We are far from the entirety of what is going on. Life goes on man

[@JulioLenin88]

I'm a biology teacher, and currently reviewing ecosystem interactions with my students, specifically the ecological niche of organisms. This report, along your video, arrived at the perfect time to go deeper into the importance of understanding the interactions between species and why we as main responsible of climate change must do more than we can in order to preserve our world. Thanks you very much, Simon. Love your content!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

I will tell you a joke: a non-vegan in a climate protest. ("Livestock" industry contributes to climate change more than ALL transportation combined, that's more than a 16% contribution). Dominion (2018)

[@contrillo_]

Dr. Clark, if you have the time, I'd love some advice as a soon-to-be college graduate. I'm an applied mathematics major-interested in data science and related fields of applied math. Data and computer science are things that I am genuinely passionate for. Yes, these fields are attractive financially, but it goes beyond that. Climate change terrifies me and I feel an active guilt from not gearing my career towards such a serious issue. Have you ever felt a kind of "career guilt" for not dedicating yourself to other existing issues? Thanks and keep up the phenomenal work!

[@SimonClark]

Yes absolutely! I think my good would be maximised by retraining as an engineer and working on grid interconnectors (or maybe Engineers Without Borders) but I think if you spend your entire life in sole pursuit of this one goal of enacting change you will always be chasing more. No matter what you do, you'll always feel like you're not doing enough. At least for the time being, I'm trying to use my position and training to direct my energy into the most good I can do right now. In my case that means making videos about this topic and trying to signal boost other people's work. But in any role, anything you can do to direct energy and attention towards reducing emissions (ideally systematically) is still making a difference. Both directly, but also by being an example to others. So basically, no matter what you end up doing - make it about climate change, as much as you can!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

I will tell you a joke: a non-vegan in a climate protest. ("Livestock" industry contributes to climate change more than ALL transportation combined, that's more than a 16% contribution). Dominion (2018)

[@du9163]

I'm a junior environmental scientist and I am dedicating my life to try to slow down climate change

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@excentrisitet7922]

Oh, Simon.... I can't even find the words... I feel absolutely hopeless. This week is like a total nightmare... In the most horrifying dream I couldn't imagine that my country will start a war! And not just somewhere but in the nearly brotherly Ukraine.... And they call it "denazification special operation"! I can't describe that turmoil feeling inside me.... Hate, shame and most of all - hopelessness. And instead of dealing with the common enemies such as poverty, injustice and among many others the global warming our elites tear our countries and our planet apart! I just don't know what to do and where we are going! I'm sorry! this video wasn't about politics but I just cant hold it inside.😥

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@fshbulb1]

Immediately shared this with my environmental uni class. Keep up the great work Simon

[@jollyjokress3852]

This is the saddest thing. To me the world is not worth living in when only species are left that humans tolerate.

[@Larimerst]

So now in early 2024 it's looking like 1.5° C threshold will be crossed this year. I've come to accept the idea that we're locked onto a tragic path that we cannot and will not alter. It is what we are. There appears to be no averting the catastrophes we've committed to by our own actions.

[@SilverConnection]

Excellent video Simon! Bleak projection coming from the report, but important in order to put this into perspective. Looking forward to your cover on the third report!

[@hinenik]

I love your videos, even more because you are one of the few channels where i am not constantly worrying about checking if the information is true (which one should always do). I work in an environmental group and you always help me expand my ideas. Thank you so much!!

[@varunahlawat9013]

most insane part is: The longer we take to act, the lesser would be the impact of those acts!

[@paddycaker]

Watching a video about this stuff is more than the vast majority of the planet will do to curb this issue... I've just given up... How do we change things like this without stepping on the toes of the economists of the world? I've just given up... So depressing.

[@Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear]

It's time to eat the rich. The US only need each worker to work 15h per week in order to feed, clothe, house and heal everyone. Yes, that's how exploited americans are, many of them work more than 45h per week and don't even get all of the above. So eat the rich and use the additional 30h of work that you spent enriching them on saving the planet.

[@Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear]

@@thecommentator9181 The problem is that the US is a significant contributor, and since their government is bought by fossil fuel corporations (because, you know, bribing is legal over there), they won't be able to do anything significant unless there is a radical change in their politics. Btw, i know china is also a big problem, but i don't speak chinese so there isn't much i can do on that front.

[@Sophia-lo1ck]

I'm a third year undergrad student of political science and sociology. The fact that governments (or at least certain parties and actors) are so deep in denial when it comes to the effects climate change has on the world ecosystem and therefore us is incredibly frustrating. Especially since we already have a lot of technology, tools and systems to fight climate change figuered out. It's the governments failure to act that put us in this situation. I understand that many STEM students and scientists feel a hopelessness from time to time- the social sciences are right there with you.

[@oskarhenriksen]

Drastic change could cost them votes, you know. Or money. Or both.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@metadexter]

Thanks Simon, I was already planning on donating a significant amount to climate orgs this year but now you’ve inspired me to donate even more!

[@danielheltberg6202]

Hey, Simon. I've been a follower of your videos for some time now and I love learning from you. It's not something I get from my high school education. I've increasingly become more knowledgable and increasingly more frustrated. At this stage, I don't have much hope. Often times someone laughs and I immediately think to how terrible the world will be in a 2 degree warming situation. How do you keep faith in humanity during these times? I certainly cannot. Thanks for the videos

[@ehhhhnuts]

Well what makes me happy is that after most of us humans die, the greenhouse effect will lower (hopefully quick, 1000 years maybe? Honestly don’t know) in which new species can come and we humans will hopefully learn not to reproduce so much and live better with nature.

[@Tomanna]

The people who are watching this video are not the people who need to be hearing it The algorithm will only really show this to people who already sympathise

[@lurker7808]

The people who need to hear it don't want to hear it

[@nicolo.lazzaro]

Thank you for taking the time to make this content

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@whyarenamessohardtocomeupw2916]

I was wondering if you could make a video about making your career meaningful against problems like climate change, as I am contemplating an environmental science degree but don't know how to best put that to use. Great video Simon, keep doing what you're doing.

[@RobertMJohnson]

pro tip: dont be an arrogant douche. go make as much money as you can and have as much fun as you can in this world and life. you only get one, and you aren't special enough to change the world, especially if you think you're going to "stop climate change" you're a religious cult member. nothing more

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

I will tell you a joke: a non-vegan in a climate protest. ("Livestock" industry contributes to climate change more than ALL transportation combined, that's more than a 16% contribution). Dominion (2018)

[@tacobella6474]

I know it’s difficult to make a video like this but I’m glad someone is saying something about this!! Education and visibility is a crucial part of making any significant change!

[@Beregar79]

The war in Ukraine could speed up the transition from fossil fuels to green energy - at least in EU. However, it seems that at least in my country we are taking a step back by considering repealing the peat burning phase down plan. There's also the interesting detail that Russia and Ukraine together are responsible for almost quarter of the world's wheat exports. This probably pushes others to increase their production, unless the conflict is resolved quickly, and will certainly have effects beyond Europe as many African countries rely on both countries from food security and economical perspective. This of course can have impact on environment.

[@sirvosterzo]

I'm from Italy. The current energy crisis has pushed our government to vote in favour of the reopening of SIX coal power plants, and I can't even blame them for that given the future we face if tensions with Russia continue to rise. I'm afraid Europe has not enough political will to trigger the sweeping change we need. The war in Ukraine was the nail that sealed our coffin.

[@oskarhenriksen]

@@sirvosterzo How did the climate crisis push them to vote for coal plants?

[@sirvosterzo]

@@oskarhenriksen it's an emergency measure due to the current tensions with Russia (our biggest gas exporter). There have been talks of a "focus on renewable energies" but currently it's just political gibberish.

[@oskarhenriksen]

@@sirvosterzo So it's due to the political crisis? You wrote climate crisis

[@sirvosterzo]

@@oskarhenriksen whoops, my bad. "Energy crisis" is more correct.

[@Atheistbatman]

I told my son a story 54 yo the sky was filled with birds and bugs the ground teemed with life Flocks in every direction the air was constantly filled with chirps whistles and songs On summer nights the stars would come down and communicate in Morse code We could put the lightning bugs in jars like a lantern After 30 min driving ppl had to clean their windshields from bug splatter Some nights the bugs flew in your eyes and mouth it was horrible And I miss it I’m a horticulturist from earth living on another planet trying to grow earth perennials here The soils is different…more friable…dries out faster…deeper Annuals are perennials are evergreens here for 20 years I see it changed Earthworms about gone We are next

[@GrayDogNowIDK]

Its terrifying

[@purplepenguin005]

What the f...?

[@chuunyu]

Thank you so much for always making these amazing and detailed videos that properly frame the scale of things. Hopefully content like yours will help with growing awareness of what's going on.

[@05Matz]

Thank you for making both the severity and solvability of the problem clear in such a considered, educational and supportive way.

[@lucadeandrade3194]

Looking forward to working group 3's report. The world needs to stop fear mongering about climate change and start talking about practical, realistic solutions.

[@Eliza-xd5ck]

Watching this because you're an amazing communicator and this deserves to be picked up by the algorithm, but as this topic is very familiar to me it's just making me very sad

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

I will tell you a joke: a non-vegan in a climate protest. ("Livestock" industry contributes to climate change more than ALL transportation combined, that's more than a 16% contribution). Dominion (2018)

[@pseudophd1073]

It is a shame that it is FEAR of extinction that is our only hope of reparation rather than RESPECT towards our planet and it's inhibitants.

[@privateemail9755]

Who needs respect when corporations are considered people? And humans are considered assets? There is no equality. You're either a corporate officer above the law, a police officer/judge above the law, or an average citizen/asset to whatever umbrella corporation that owns you. No equality.

[@privateemail9755]

And tbh, fear won't be a catalyst, more likely convenience....

[@tofu_whisperer3325]

Great video, Simon. You’re the best climate change communicator on KZbin, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your videos. I understand that scientifically, it’s still possible to avoid the very worst effects of climate change. Politically though, we are miles away from where we need to be. Capitalism is what got us into this mess, and our lawmakers in the US and elsewhere exist to protect it. Not only are we still powering our civilization on fossil fuels, we’re burning more every year than the year before. How in the world can we possibly make meaningful changes now?

[@drekpaprika]

You should check out this channel kzbin.info/door/0ylBPw9PlhCHVEuHAfImyQ

[@alexpotts6520]

It's not capitalism though, is it? If society overthrew capitalism tomorrow, but carried on burning the same quantity of fossil fuels, Planet Earth wouldn't give a toss. Petroleum doesn't suddenly combust into bread and honey rather than carbon dioxide just because it's been brought into public ownership. And in addition to not actually solving climate change, overthrowing capitalism is also a harder problem to solve than climate change. People have been trying to overthrow capitalism unsuccessfully for 150 years, and humanity has made less progress on that problem than has been made on climate change in barely 40 years. Agitating for capitalism to crumble is as much a waste of the limited time we have left as waiting for Jesus to return to save us all. I believe in capitalism (albeit more in the European model than the American one). But even if you *don't* believe in capitalism, for the reasons above you ought not to conflate capitalism with climate change.

[@drekpaprika]

@@alexpotts6520 You know how humanity did its trading for 99% of our existence? Based on - I owe you. And it worked splendidly. Even once we introduced things like arrow heads, mussel shells and round stones to represent the I owe you...Whatever name you give to the system we need, it has to be a system that is based on the reality of things. A planet with limited resources is the reality we live in. Nor the European nor the American system seams to understand that.

[@BladeValant546]

@@alexpotts6520 I agree in an oversimplification but right now capitalism is a core ideology pushing against climate change action. The concept of overtaking capitalism is flawed like you say, however it is a primary road block. The solution is I don't know we cannot seem to care. I do think the European capitalism is objectively better tho.

[@alexpotts6520]

@@BladeValant546 We care about one thing - our own wallets. Whether or not you like that, we may as well leverage it by tying the fortunes of individuals, businesses and politicians to progress towards net zero. Tax fossil fuels and subsidise green energy. Put bounties on important technological breakthroughs. Raise awareness so that businesses and politicians who are slowing down the progress towards net zero find it harder to sell their products or get elected.

[@coleorum]

Go look at the Keeling Curve and let it sink in what you are looking at. Then go look at some satellite views of the earth at night and let that sink in. People seem to lack the ability to see just how huge our impact on the planet is and just how hopeless our situation has become. It's all a question of scale and we are blind to just how massive an effort is now required to have the slightest effect on our self-inflicted predicament.

[@geoscilove6609]

One of my fav channel for a reason! Your content is so unique and well researched. Thank you.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@richardrichards5982]

We, as humans, are sleep walking toward an environmental catastrophe. Our leaders are obfuscating as usual, living in the old world of nationalism, self interest and billionaire financed power structures. It is time we all started to see each other as people, our earth as our only home, our environment as our sustainance. This is not about prayer or hope, this is about taking a stand. Make change happen.

[@negativespace6218]

I feel so deeply saddened about the future. Only ten years now left to really stop something. And the CCPI report still leaves out place 1-3 in their analysis of countries' climate protection performance cause none of them are doing enough. I'm scared honestly.

[@ExtraordinaryJam]

Why? You should rejoice that humanity will no longer here

[@MegaChallanger]

As long as people like bolsanaro are around. There is no hope

[@hugucinogens]

The work you're is a blessing, thank you for all of it!

[@JoeCreator]

This is so important !!!!

[@TheJamie109]

Would you consider sponsorship by wren? I joined their subscription a while ago, but I think the sort of "scare but optimism" style of this video would provide a lot of traffic in that direction. Perhaps a video too on what they do? I've looked into a few of their processes and it is some interesting science.

[@AlanTClark]

Wish in one hand and sh!t in the other, and see which one fills up first! We passed the point of no return 11 - 12 years ago. Nothing we do now is going to stop this runaway train.

[@pranav3999]

Well it is very sad to hear about the upcoming mass extinction. So how do we explain this to people who's main attitude is towards politics and money and power? They're brainwashed by today's leaderships. But you're real gold to make people aware about this topic🙏

[@alexpotts6520]

A mass extinction is in nobody's interests, not even those of the rich and powerful.

[@mem7806]

@@alexpotts6520 they'll be dead before they feel the effects so they dont particularly care. money for these people is like fucking crack - anything for more

[@RobertMJohnson]

mass extinction as predators expand in populations and ranges all over the world. LOLOLOLOL. mass extinction. hilarious

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@MonkOrMan]

OH SHIT I did not realise until this video just how bad climate change is. I always thought the whole "mass extinction" thing was just over-egged media. Why is it that when I've done Google searches of the of the impact of climate change, this stuff does not show up as the main threat or with the level of certainty we actually have. It always sounded speculative. It always seemed to me that the main threats were droughts and floods, which are bad but bearable. This is catastrophic. Thank you for the video.

[@sebstott3573]

Super important video. Well done.

[@PaulCoxC]

This is one of the best explainers I've seen on this, and I've seen a fair few whilst working at Mossy Earth, good job.

[@miaokuancha2447]

-- What are we holding onto, Sam? -- That there's some good in this world Mr. Frodo ... and it's worth fighting for. **** -- I wish it need not have happened in my time. -- So do I, 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.

[@RobertMJohnson]

quite arrogant of you to declare yourself an arbiter of what is good in this world and what is not

[@j100j]

Usually I subscribe after watching a lot of videos from a channrl but this time I subscribed after watching just 2. This is just such quality content.

[@iainzo7]

Incredible work as always.

[@jjoohhhnn]

Finally they're mentioning the Permian Extinction, AKA "The Great Dying" which had a 0.01 CO2 PPM increase, we're putting more than 2.5 CO2PPM into the air. I just wish you'd touched on the methane hydrate, permafrost and fossil carbon beneath it. We're set up to see a 20c spike once positive feedback loops overtake human emissions as the dominant greenhouse mechanism, a point we're less than 10 years away from.

[@jjoohhhnn]

@@thecommentator9181 According to who? The methane hydrate is already melting and so is the permafrost, by the cubic mile. How much faster would things have to melt? And we're my numbers for CO2 accumulation wrong? Cause I'm pretty sure they're spot on.

[@jjoohhhnn]

@@thecommentator9181 I know there are predictions about methane hydrate destabilizing by 2026 and causing cataclysmic change overnight.

[@sourceman9967]

@@jjoohhhnn According to IPCC. Go read chapter 5 of wg1 report.

[@GrayDogNowIDK]

Simon, please cover peatlands. They are so important and are degraded and ignored most of the time.

[@marsaeolus9248]

Excellent video, it is a calamitous subject that is not sufficiently covered by the media!

[@dar59600]

the younger generations didn't create this problem but we will have to find a solution

[@canchero724]

We won't solve this in a generation. It's going to be a multigenerational endeavour and nothing of a global endeavour on this scale has ever been attempted before. Hell building a space colony of 200 interconnected space stations looks easy in comparison.

[@nateisawesome766]

too late. Our extinction is only an inevitability. Not a singe homo sapien will be alive by 2040, and that's me being optimistic :)))

[@amk4956]

This is a fight we can win and have a moral responsibility to win.

[@NickPiers]

I wish I could believe we can turn things around, but I just don't believe it anymore. We need major, infrastructural changes to our society and even how we live that governments and the average person are just not willing to make. Especially when you have fossil fuel producers and lobbyists fighting AGAINST all this change at every turn. They view everything with profit margins and nothing on the impact of their actions. Individual action can only accomplish so much. We need to go after the fossil fuel industry and other large corporations who continue to pollute. At the VERY least, we need to stop coal production worldwide, but that has significant ramifications for several countries still vastly dependent on it. And I've honestly given up hope that we can change things before it's too late.

[@purplepenguin005]

Don't give up man

[@isisdarosa9340]

Thank you for the mature and informative response to an incredibly significant issue. I will happily continue to watch your videos and do everything I can to lobby against governments who do not help with climate change, and vote and take action with those who do. Thank you for your insight and wisdom. 🌳

[@boroniswlwngsali4161]

You are amazing sir, the way you explain is amazing, no need for any more explanation once you have explained it.

[@carlosmiguelgarrido]

Thanks so much for the video! I'd never heard about Robert Pain

[@user-cv1jb9xv2p]

Thank you for the video. Highly appreciate it. Huge respect for doing the work to make this video. 🙏🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@misshapenwhale5045]

This is a tragedy, us and the world needs to work together to stop as much extinction as we can. While we still have a shred of a chance left

[@Atheistbatman]

Can’t understand why ppl cannot see with their own eyes Does no one dig does no one walk or look up in the sky Everyone 50+ should be freaking tfo for what we have seen with our own eyes

[@gorantev]

Because change is still too gradual for human eyes to see. When it stops being so "gradual", it'll be already too late. And current events are not helping the cause to limit the global climate change, alongside other efforts on saving the environment.

[@allsortsoffurs]

Maybe it's solvable. But we aren't gonna solve it. We aren't even particularly trying. Why delude ourselves.

[@gogudelagaze1585]

Meanwhile, the people in charge of policy in some of the more prominent countries strongly believe the universe was created 6.000 years ago...

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

I don't even think that's true. I think that's shit they say disingenuously to get votes from the fundie crowd. Much more dangerous is the grip of capitalist interests on governments. As long as "growth" is the backbone of our economic system, we can never be sustainable.

[@MegaSnail1]

As a scientist and educator I have been following and observing the effects of climate change in real time over the past 50 years. That said I have been naïve in thinking that the powers that be would address climate change by now. Clearly the only thing that works is financial pressure. For this reason I am convinced that with 70% of US. GDP supported by consumers and 90% of all businesses be small businesses we need to empower these two groups to select and produce goods and services that are sustainable. To accomplish this a data supported insignia needs to be created such that consumers can readily see which products are moving toward net zero. Similar to the designation of organic foods. Perhaps the IPCC could take this on and charge companies for their independent verification of their level of net zero efforts. Clearly consumers are interested in purchasing sustainable goods and services. Why else would green washing become so prevalent? Thank you and be well.

[@isaaclai1636]

It's nearly hopeless trying to change or overthrow the system, which I view as the only way of averting the climate disaster and stopping the Anthropocene Extinction.

[@tomvandongen8075]

I appreciate the climate town reference cutting through such a bleak topic

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

You have been lied to and enslaved 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥

[@saipremkumar4787]

And This Is why I took Atmospheric Science As My Masters...The Wake Up Call for me is my Home City Chennai getting rains that haven't rained in 100 years and suprisingly the subsequent years entered in top 5 Years of Rain seasons ever recorded..... AND PEOPLE SAY CLIMATE CHANGE ISN'T REAL...

[@john-ug7nc]

2024 We still have time to fix this. 2026 It's not too late. 2030 we have to act quickly. 2035 immediate action is needed. 2040 if we wait any longer it'll be too late. 2040 if we act now we can solve it. 2050 immediate action is necessary. 2060 We must mobilize our resources immediately. 2070 A quick response must be enabled to ensure a timely response to the threat. 2080 by taking immediate action we can minimize the negative consequences of the crisis. 2090...

[@cobalttj6356]

With the current state of the world, Doomsday preppers are seeming less and less crazy... Very interesting stuff though, outlines pretty heavily the hubris of our past generations and the failure of the current ones in power to really do anything drastic.

[@WanderTheNomad]

I'm thankful for doomsday preppers for ensuring that at least some members of the human race will make it through whatever happens to us(or at least have a higher chance to).

[@RaterProTrickster]

I think there are things we can take from them. Mostly, self sustainabilty and ensuring future security are going to be well needed in the future though I would look more towards permaculture rather than guns.

[@WanderTheNomad]

@@RaterProTrickster Might need both depending on how things go. It's not like they're mutually exclusive.

[@purplepenguin005]

@@WanderTheNomad I'm not prepper and I and my family will make it, not those idiots

[@WanderTheNomad]

@@purplepenguin005 It's not like they're mutually exclusive right? If they make it, it's not like you die instantly right? And vice versa.

[@lucamomigliano1420]

Great video, really important message!

[@kimburnett5669]

This is really great! But I fear it's also too "climate-centric". Which is to say, the major driving forces of biodiversity loss relate to land use. And this isn't necessarily addressed by "solutions" that are "climate friendly". Some of the climate solutions are really horrific for biodiversity - EVs because of the mining for Lithium Ion batteries, GMO agriculture because of drought resistance (which ensures we rely on a very few strains of crops). As a couple of examples. The IPCC and the IPBES put out a joint report from a workshop in 2020, and it is really emphasizing that we have to address both crises as interdependent and equal. Here, this suggests that addressing climate change will address the sixth mass extinction. But I am not sure that's really fair to the problem of biodiversity that is beyond just GHG emissions. There are all kinds of "climate solutions" that are a very real threat to biodiversity. And that doesn't quite get addressed here. Just constructive feedback. Not meant to be a harsh criticism.

[@benfraser9305]

Absolutely love the text highlighting visuals.

[@jaymata1218]

thank you for distilling the report man

[@teemulaulajainen9410]

Important work you are doing, keep it up!

[@shivam673]

Such a brilliant video, and only 20K views so far, that's the world we are living in. 😞

[@agrajyadav2951]

😞 won't stop it. Take actions.

[@shivam673]

@@agrajyadav2951 huh? Care to elaborate?

[@enginsci8307]

it really very sad and disappointed that all the effort and action taken to reduce emissions and to stop climate change all of that could be wiped out by uncontrolled sadden volcanic eruptions

[@GrayDogNowIDK]

My geography teacher was in a drone image in the IPCC report

[@darkmatter345]

My attitude of "enjoy while it lasts" is getting stronger. I accept that the future may be bleak, but i will enjoy what i have now. Although im ready to act and change when needed. The change of lifestyle and entire worldview of mostly western ppl will be forced on us, and i think it will be a big shock and trauma for many, but we will "awake" too late.

[@Hrodvitnirsson]

A mass extinction is usually defined as a loss of about three quarters of all species in existence across the entire Earth over a “short” geological period of time. Given the vast amount of time since life first evolved on the planet, “short” is defined as anything less than 2.8 million years.

[@Lelinchiolo]

Thank you Simon for continuing with awareness spreading about Climate Change. Your videos are accessible, understandable and factual. Keep up with the good work 👍🏻☀️

[@namk0cs1132]

Bro I can already tell we are just gonna take a gamble and dump hella silica in the atmosphere. It'll be like that episode of Futurama where the U.S. dumps a massive ice cube in the ocean every so often to combat global warming, then they run out of ice lol.

[@andrewcgs]

Yay, finally, I needed some more good news

[@nateisawesome766]

false hope

[@chriss5482]

Thanks for your great videos Simon. I'm starting my MSc and these are helpful summaries of the IPCC reports and other climate science. My focus is environmental sociology, so these really help with keeping up to date with climate science. Keep up the great work 😌

[@hugomarquez3189]

One thing we can do now, that doesn’t depend on any government or any intergovernmental panels meeting every 10 years, is to go vegan 🌱. Just the reforestation that could be done with the lands dedicated to cattle ranching and grains produced for them would already help a lot, let alone all the methane we could prevent from being emitted. It’s better than ditching your car, and it takes less sacrifice.

[@sorrywrongplanet8873]

Most people are arrogant enough to think we will not be included.

[@LeanAndMean44]

Good reference to Climate Town 2:52 - 3:04

[@jjoohhhnn]

I love the subtle climate town reference!

[@EyeLean5280]

We can stop it. But we won't.

[@Jc-ms5vv]

Currently no know way to stop it. Nothing is going to cool the oceans or stop the icecaps/glaciers/ permafrost from rapidly melting

[@planetvegan7843]

Plant based Minimalist Low waste Low emissions What did i miss?

[@GrayDogNowIDK]

Public transport and biking infrastructure to discourage car use

[@saibhargav7526]

Anti natalism. Or atleast limiting to one kid.

[@purplepenguin005]

I can do everything except go plant based

[@takurotim3496]

Thank you! This is very valuable

[@alphamorion4314]

Information so much needed

[@zyzxzsgedr]

Comment for the algorithm! Keep it up Simon!

[@Nicolasanchez355]

Excellent video, thanks a lot !

[@Jacobsyoutubehandle]

Commenting for algorithm!

[@katiebee2937]

I’ve seen about dead 10 bees so far this spring and it’s only the middle of march. I tried to revive a half dead one with sugar water but it was crawling with these neon orange mites. Does anyone know anything about this phenomenon?

[@katiebee2937]

@@pauljackson2409 I’ve since found out the council have been spraying dandelions with weed killer which can’t help. The bees are kind of important…

[@clairbear1234]

Unfortunately, I believe it is too late, we would have to completely stop all emissions today to stand a chance imo. Strap in kids and enjoy the ride that is life, observe it for the fascinating and incredible ride that it is, , that's essentially all we can do. (Don't get me wrong, I try to do my best to reduce my impact-used clothes, vegetarian diet, carpooling, etc.)

[@thenightwatchmen9063]

You don’t seem to stress enough how bad the situation is. Honestly your way to optimistic.

[@Evolcun]

I agree, I just did the math and within the next decade between 6.29 and 8.4 percent of all species on earth will be extinct, and the percentage will probably be higher since the rate at which things are going extinct is rising, we need to take this a lot more seriously.