Expecting the Unexpected Could Help Us Prepare for Climate Extremes

"A new paper argues that too little consideration of high-impact, low-likelihood events has left us unprepared for the worst of #ClimateChange."

https://eos.org/research-spotlights/expecting-the-unexpected-could-help-us-prepare-for-climate-extremes

In other words, it's time to be hunting for a #ClimateBlackSwan: an event that is extremely unlikely, and if it does occur, extremely devastating. Here is an opportunity for compulsive pessimists to potentially save lives.

Expecting the Unexpected Could Help Us Prepare for Climate Extremes

A new paper argues that too little consideration of high-impact, low-likelihood events has left us unprepared for the worst of climate change.

Eos

"Because #ClimateChange represents an existential risk to human society, particular focus must be given to one question above all others: “What is the plausible #WorstCaseScenario and what do we have to do to avoid it?”"

#ClimateBlackSwan
https://thebulletin.org/2023/09/betting-against-worst-case-climate-scenarios-is-risky-business/

Betting against worst-case climate scenarios is risky business

How much change can human systems tolerate before society collapses?

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists