UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge

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UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge - Lemmy.World

On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history

Being vegan is the most impactful change that individuals can make.

But we won’t change.

It is totally hopeless.

I’ll do you one better: don’t have kids!

And if that's not enough, then at least there won't be any humans around to suffer through it!

But you're fighting against a fundamental urge of life here ... kinda hard to achieve that at a large scale. At least that's why I tell myself and my kid.

Yea, you’re absolutely right. Humans are just animals in the end. Tho it is important to remember that your impact is absolutely microscopic, and even if 95% of people suddenly had the willingness, income and ability to make such changes to their life…

…there would still be a market for it, and we’d barely make a dent in the problem. Big corporations and billionaires are so much worse