Terrifying climate change warning: 12 years until we’re doomed

FoxNews.com ^ | Oct 8, 2018 | Lia Eustachewich | New York Post

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Earth is on track to face devastating consequences of climate change – extreme drought, food shortages and deadly flooding – unless there’s an “unprecedented” effort made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a new United Nations report warns.

The planet’s surface has already warmed by 1 degree Celsius – or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit – and could see a catastrophic 1.5 C — 2.7 F — increase between 2030 and 2052, scientists say.

“This is concerning because we know there are so many more problems if we exceed 1.5 degrees C global warming, including more heat waves and hot summers, greater sea level rise, and, for many parts of the world, worse droughts and rainfall extremes,” Andrew King, a climate science academic at the University of Melbourne, said in a statement to CNN.

The stunning statistics were released Monday in a report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which warned that we must take “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society” in order to save our planet.

Scientists with the Nobel Prize-winning IPCC said in order to have even a 50-50 chance of staying under the 1.5 degree cap, the world must become “carbon neutral” by 2050. Any additional carbon dioxide emissions would require removing the harmful gas from the air.

If nothing is done, Earth can expect heat wave temperatures to rise by 3 degrees Celsius, more frequent or extreme droughts, an increase in deadly hurricanes and as much as 90 percent of coral reefs dying off — including the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, according to the report.

Countries in the southern hemisphere would see the most drastic effects.

[1Old Pro]

Earth is on track to face devastating consequences of climate change – extreme drought, food shortages and deadly flooding – unless there’s an “unprecedented” effort made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a new United Nations report warns.

Bur social security will be solvent right?

[morphing libertarian]

I’m moving 100 miles north of edmonton and starting alarm. Are u n?

[rktman]

Whew! I thought we were done by 2020.

[Leaning Right]

Folks, we need to take this prediction seriously! The Global Warming people might be a bit kooky, but they are usually correct.

[fireman15]

Lets just keep doubling down on stupid. The only correlation between warming and CO2 can be directly attributed to doctoring the raw data and cherry picking the time period. It was warmer than it is now in the 1930s. At some point this scam has got to stop. It is making the true believers look more and more stupid every year.

[Boomer]

More doom and gloom from the climate change cult turned religion.

[BitWielder1]

So party like it's 2030.
Unfortunately I'm not enough of a poet/songwriter to make that sound catchy.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

This guy is like 25 yrs old

[SMARTY]

Again?

[PSUGOP]

Bagging the diet, taking the pension.

[thescourged1]

I’m gonna miss you guys.

[hsmomx3]

No, but the snowflakes will be scared to death.

[Snickering Hound]

[Grampa Dave]

[morphing libertarian]

already there : )

[Parmy]

Good! Maybe they can grow grapes in Greenland again. Corn and hay as well.

[bgill]

We were all supposed to be dead 12 years ago.

[Blue Collar Christian]

“TRANSLATION: Send lots and lots of money. Lobster, caviar, champagne and Mercedes aren’t free.”

Not to mention how much it costs to fill the tanks on Leer Jets.

[robel]

I say we call their bluff. Again.

[piroque]

AGAIN We're all gonna die