cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/63894432
Keeping Europe safe from extreme weather “is not rocket science”, a top researcher has said, as the EU’s climate advisory board urges countries to prepare for a catastrophic 3C of global heating.
Maarten van Aalst, a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), said the continent was already “paying a price” for its lack of preparation but that adapting to a hotter future was in part “common sense and low-hanging fruit”.
Not really adaptation as 3c means it keeps getting warmer from the tipping pints being crossed, over about 1.5-2 c means civilization collapses, it’s only a matter of when after that.
All this really does is kick the can down the road to civilizations destruction, the only adaption is how to restructure society to get to near zero emissions, our natural sinks can take up about 2t CO2 per person. Higher emissions then that is failure. We can start by banning flying, starting with private jets
Van Aalst said: “Twenty years ago, we’d have said those extremes are indeed going to be a problem, but primarily in poorer countries that cannot cope. What we’re now noticing is that Europe itself is vulnerable, especially for conditions it has not faced in the past."
Saying the quiet part out loud: we didn’t think global warming was a real problem until we realized it would hurt rich white people too.