{"id":58975,"date":"2021-08-12T07:20:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T12:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58975"},"modified":"2021-08-12T07:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T12:20:35","slug":"what-the-ipcc-report-should-have-told-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=58975","title":{"rendered":"What the IPCC report should have told us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What the IPCC report should have told us<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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The problem with the\u00a0recent IPCC report<\/a>\u00a0is that it is still talking about \u2018average\u2019 changes over the earth, discussing what might happen decades from now as a result of increased rate of change. Even if the message is labeled \u201ccode red\u201d or urgent, it is still understating what is already happening. We continue to flog a dead horse; the \u2018dead horse\u2019 being the fact that scientists are still trying to convince people that climate change is happening and our situation is getting worse.\u00a0 People should already accept that this is true.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t the average changes that will happen over the rest of this century that are threatening us.\u00a0 The earth\u2019s climate has already destabilized to the point where abrupt, extreme weather events are already happening. It isn\u2019t my poor diet that will kill me, it\u2019s the heart attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t the average temperature changes or rainfall events that threaten us, it is the abrupt changes, the extremes in weather events that will destroy our homes and communities. The IPCC report is full of graphical evidence that humans have changed earth\u2019s surface, oceans, and atmosphere in ways that will bring about more warming, higher average temperatures, and greater precipitation in some regions and less in others. But this means little to people who have already lost everything to a storm, flood or wildfire. Perhaps the report was meant for policy makers, those who may actually be able to do something\u2026if only we can convince them to do so.<\/p>\n

In the face of such dire consequences what is the US government doing to address the threat of climate change? Yesterday we heard news of the first \u2018bipartisan\u2019 piece of legislation to pass the Senate in well over a decade…<\/p>\n

\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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