Posted on 01/09/2024 7:25:26 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
An international team of scientists led by Oregon State University researchers has used a novel 500-year dataset to frame a "restorative" pathway through which humanity can avoid the worst ecological and social outcomes of climate change.
In addition to charting a possible new course for society, the researchers say their "paradigm shifting" plan can support climate modeling and discussion by providing a set of actions that strongly emphasize social and economic justice as well as environmental sustainability.
Oregon State's William Ripple, former OSU postdoctoral researcher Christopher Wolf and collaborators argue their scenario should be included in climate models along with the five "shared socioeconomic pathways," or SSPs, that are used by the U.N."s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
"We understand that our proposed scenario may be a major challenge to implement given current trends in emissions, a lack of political will and widespread social denial, but its merits can't even be honestly debated if it's not included in the suite of options," said Ripple, distinguished professor of ecology in the OSU College of Forestry.
"We're arguing for radical incrementalism: achieving massive change through small, short-term steps. And we're offering a much-needed contrast to many other climate scenarios, which may be more aligned with the status quo, which isn't working."
Wolf, Ripple and collaborators took a long-term look back at a range of variables: fossil fuel emissions, human population, GDP, land use, greenhouse gas concentrations, global temperature, vertebrate wildlife species abundance, income inequality and meat production.
"The restorative pathway would represent a more equitable and resilient world with a focus on nature preservation as a natural climate solution; societal well-being and quality of life; equality and high levels of education for girls and women, resulting in low fertility rates and higher standards of living; and a rapid transition toward renewable energy."
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
These dumbasses have way too much time on their hands.
How about we start with tar, feathers, and rope ...
How about we start with this,
I propose eliminating ALL Liberals, Leftists, Marxists, Communists, Karens, and especially DEMOCRATS.
I guess that calling out Democrats is a bit redundant since they represent the make up of ALL the other named groups!!!!
The price is right and result is the same.
AI must learn to obey its leftist masters...”science”....
Lol.
When someone absolutely, positively needs to reduce the global population down to around 500 million............ya gotta break a few eggs.
“way too much time on their hands”
That was what the Germans said about Adolph while he rotted in jail and start writing crazy stuff.....
Scientism at work!
Makes my blood boil that we pay for this propaganda.
I’m on board 👍👍👍
Too hot? Move north or to the coast. A time-honored solution for the last 20,000 years with no new taxes.
In times of cooling should we use more fossil fuels?
These folks at Phys.org are a bunch of genocidal nuts.
Read the links at their page.
.Org should be a clue.
They are not scientists.
They are a group that wants to destroy civilization as we know it.
If climate change were real, land in Canada would be selling like hotcakes.
They don’t mention that they are promoting more central planning (which did wonders for the environment during the Iron Curtain days).
Drip, drip, drip.
That is your blood. Commie trash have a new, super plan!!!
Just what we need, a gaggle of university crackpots “charting a possible new course for society.” What hubris.
We can start by shutting down Oregon State.
Stinking BS propaganda!
The communists are now in complete control of the future...
They are in good shape, now that 20% of the U.S. population is comprised of uneducated wetbacks and other migrant invaders...
Pre-created and pre-trained indolent serfs...
“What hubris.”
Yup—this has always been an Achilles Heel of homo sapiens.
Give them some status and it gets way out of hand in a hurry.
Karma always gets them in the end.
This is an old old story.
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