>But based on preliminary analyses, he said these factors were not sufficient to account for the 0.2C increase: “If the anomaly does not stabilise by August – a reasonable expectation based on previous El Niño events – then the world will be in uncharted territory. It could imply that a warming planet is already fundamentally altering how the climate system operates, much sooner than scientists had anticipated.”
>The core of the problem – fossil fuel emissions
I don't agree, the core of the problem is human behavior, still plenty of people in here flying, driving etc and clutching their pearls. A good perspective here from physicist Tom Murphy
Faster then the median perhaps but there's plenty of "hot models" saying it's to be expected and temps are looking like they're accelerating, yo'ud think the precautionary principal alone would motivate peoples voting and actions but alas...
@largess I agree that the core of the problem is human behavior in that humans are LETTING the 1% cause 99% of the problem. The average person on the street is NOT the problem at all. The average person doesn't take private jets everywhere, the average person doesn't run several mining operations, the average person isn't seeking several new coal power station permits, etc.
@pb_gamble It's far too easy to blame some anonymous group of others, even if they're extremely privileged others.
1% of the world's population is 80 M people. They don't all own coal mines or private jets. Most of "the 1%" are just slightly wealthier than average westerners. Almost all of the rest of us in wealthy nations make up the top 10%. the top 10% is around 800 M people, which is not much less than the combined populations of Europe and North America.
There are about 2000 billionaires on the planet. They're truly awful people and action should be taken against their excesses, but their numbers are so small that they couldn't screw the planet up completely on their own no matter how they tried. You mention mines and coal power stations, but no-one would run a coal mine if there was no market for the coal and no-one would run a power station if there was no market for electricity.
It's the hundreds of millions of us relatively well off westerners who drive cars, fly in non private aircraft, use electricity from fossil sources, who eat meat and who buy and throw away endless products, all of which adds up to our consuming far more than we actually need of everything.
That's how we enable billionaires and how we devastate the planet.
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