cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10230630
Climate Central vice-president for science Andrew Pershing said the figures illustrated the “huge burden” the burning of fossil fuels imposed on people around the world
“Australia didn’t have a particularly interesting summer this year, but in Africa it’s just day after day after day of climate change just beating down on that continent.”
I gave up hope a while ago that we’ll do anything significant in time for it to matter. I used to be pretty optimistic but this is the topic that changed that. I’m not exactly a doomer but I’m definitely much more jaded and cynical than I used to be.