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 ...
Awesome. Finally a solution for something we can’t control.
The big words are hiding what they really want—the “final solution” for white people.
“The income share variable extends back to 1820 and shows how the top 10% have consistently received at least 50% of all income, illustrating global economic inequality over the long term,” Ripple said.”
Oooh boy....income disredistribution as a part of controolling climate.
WE are the (neo) Marxists now
You gave away the game plan.
Science is working on social injustice? That’s not Science.
I noticed these “experts” are targeting woman and girls for having too many babies. Are they calling for genocide to stop global warming?
/eyeroll
Mass extinction.
Plant trees. Problem solved.
These so called “scientists” seem utterly unaware of the Pareto principle.
Also the entire article never really states a solution but instead obfuscates the actual intent, this is the most insidious kind of political social engineering, it’s not about science but ideology, using a sheep’s skin to hide the real intent.
Basically one must follow a lot of links and read a lot of deceptive language but to summarize in short:
They want to reduce the population and force changes by managing resources in a way that punishes people who do not confirm to the “approved” way of living.
We need a major extinction level event that wipes out liberals.
DYK - in the poorest areas on the planet, people go into wildlife preserves and cut down trees to use to cook their food. If they only had propane stoves, critical habitat will be preserved.
They’re not scientist either, they’re cultist.
They like to mix weather and climate to create a total flop disaster movie ,LOL
I got yer “social injustice” right here!
I’m being socially unjustly targeted for causing so eating that is NONE of my fault! It’s a purely natural cycliCal warming trend that no one can control!
As expected, their final solution is fewer living people. Great idea, doc. You go first.
Are they counting on the imported savages being as amenable to their nonsense as have been the fat, dumb, and happy white folks?
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