‘Risk’ analyses largely ignore the dangers of the climate crisis. Unless we wake up to them, they will soon outweigh all others
The bigger problem is the politics of China and Russia believe the environment doesn’t matter as long as money can be made, and then they spread that idea with propaganda and disinformation among social groups. If the climate is to be saved, they need to be stopped.
I’m pretty sure China’s CO2 emissions are dropping at such a rate they’ll drop below the US’s within 10 years.
They do not need to be stopped.
That would be great, but I doubt that. If US emissions stay stable that would be a 6.6% annual drop over a decade. If Carbonbriefs anslysis of Bidens climate policy is correct and US polizicans do not touch that at all, we are talking 10% annual drops. So far Chinas emissions have been growing most years. They might have peaked right now, but I foubt, they drop this quickly.
But their ideas are different from ours!
(I know it’s way more complicated than this, but you can negotiate with one of these two things)
Climate change isn’t the enemy, it’s the weapon
I wonder sometimes if the powerful people in the world actually do see it that way. I mean, I bet they figure they (and their children) can survive the climate apocalypse that will wipe out all the poors. So from that point of view, why not just make as much money as possible and let the world go to shit. They can just colonize Antarctica. Forget Mars. Just pretend you’re preparing to live on a planet hostile to life as a way to prepare for the future…
It’s bleak but I wouldn’t be surprised if all those billionaires are thinking along these lines.
