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They aren't going to do it. Get ready for the wasteland.

no the answer is corporations and governments not every person.

To do anything genuinely meaningful would cause a severe disruption to the global money "metabolism". Greed has supplanted wisdom in the 21st Century. Massive governmental decisions would be required for genuinely efficacious actions. Corporations now "own and operate" most governments. The next quarterly report has become more important than humanity itself.

Get ready for Mad Max in real life

Climate change not being tackled because people think "who's going to pay the rent? who's going to pay the mortgage?" Once again, landlords are to blame. If the land was set free and the people had their basic rights guaranteed, they would be under a lot less pressure to make a profit so they can survive.

A guy goes to the doctor. The doctor gives the guy six months to live. The guy can't pay his bill, so the doctor gives him another six months.

“Why are our governments not doing anything?” Greed.

Two Years? Two Years to enjoy the rest of your Life, this is Extinction.

I keep hearing the inevitable refrain that "we must look to our leaders for ...". The sad reality is that it has been the collective actions of our world leaders for decades that have led 8 billion human beings to the precipice of annihilation! Wisdom itself has been supplanted by the narrow greed and thirst for power by a very, very privileged few. The suicidal "hive mentality" of the human species will prove to be the source of our demise.

No representation whatsoever from the Global South - those on the frontlines of the climate crisis but not the front pages. The people who have contributed the least but have been suffering the most. What about their lived experiences? They have their own voices to speak to the urgency and scale of the problem. Whilst I appreciate the panel, the lack of representation is beyond astounding.

When are people going to start looking at the impact of military operations on the planet

To make a difference we would all have to consume and live like they did 200 years ago. That would take care of the corporations. Since that is unlikely to happen we will be lucky if a few thousand of us will end up living like we did 200,000 years ago.

Decades I have wished more people had great concern over the decision to ignore the science - we tried so hard to warn the world - Two years - he says - 1.5 she says I thought 1.3 was too hot to turn around ? No matter No one cares 😢

They are worried about migration? Then do something about the climate.

Greed is the killer of all life

Pre industrial temperatures goal Posts were changed from 1750 to 1850. Thats how they came up with the 1.5 degrees that we are at instead of. We just past 2 degrees actual. James Hansen's recent " in the pipeline paper" suggests that there's at least another degree of immediate temperature change being blocked by our continued burning of dirty fuels. The faster we shift to renewables. The quicker that extra degree of temperature change hits us. We are definitely in a real bind with that one if he is correct. The Boral Forrest ring in the northern hemisphere caught fire in 2016. After burning for 5 years. Russia sent a research ship to investigate the arctic floor off the Siberian coast (To see if Methane is bubbling up yet enmass). It left the region 9 months later. Then Russia started its offensive on Ukraine 3 months after that. Can't help but wonder if Putin knows something that would make him think. That he has nothing to lose now that a catastrophic climate tipping point has been breached. Welcome to the End Game folks! In 1972 The Rome Report predicted 2040 as the end date of current civilization. Then it claimed we are ahead of schedule due to business as usual. Many don't realize just how close we actually are to this. Perhaps we should all join hands as we go over the edge in just a few precious moments from now. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go put bigger tires on my truck. With all this talk of higher sea levels.

22:42 Thank you for mentioning Bangladesh. My country is among the top 5 most impacted nations due to climate change, and a quarter to a third of the land could be under water in or before 2050s. All is happening even though we are among the least emitters in the world. A hard pill to swallow.

He was being nice. We are nowhere near being able to reverse what we already set in motion. We can only mitigate and adapt. But anything done to try to reduce damages is welcome.

Nobody talking about emissions from military interventions:- Bombs Military jet planes Tanks Well, I could go on.

"World is going to overshoot 1,5C..." FFS. We have already crossed that threshold. Over 12 months now, but in few years we are passing long term 1,5C and seeking to go past 2,0C (before 2040). Some days have been past 2C already (that's not climatic temp, yet). 10 months on record braking heat, monthly temperature records are blown to new levels... We are currently heading toward 3-5C warming by 2100. Or more if Hansen SO2 predictions are right... Doubling CO2 can mean 4,8C rise instead IPCC still argues for 3,0C rise... The larger rise is hidden under SO2 generated temporal cloud cover. Keeping fossil burners on keeps SO2 barrier, but the gap grows and so does warming ghg levels if we do so. Earth energy imbalance is rising rapidly. We can measure this imbalance accurately from space (even more accurately than temperature). While Earth takes more enrgy in itself than loses to space, it is clear that planet is warming. (in physics, black body radiation...) We have no time to save 1,5C or even 2,0C. But we have time to limit warming at 3,0C, or what ever our greedy people are letting it be.