cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/4245345
Definitely a classic. Follows closely what’s in the academic literature
(note that this graph changes x-scale for the past 1000 years)
I think I remember seeing this 5-6 years ago and think we’re past the “best case” senario.
Best case is out for sure. Worst case is also looking unlikely thankfully. Probably we’re in for a rough ride but not end of civilization level event. Though that’s still possible which is concerning. Normally you’d think good governance would keep the probability of world-ending catastrophes extremely low. So while those things may be unlikely, they’re still way too possible for us to get comfortable.
Reminder that this was made in 2016 and we are already around +1°C global average. We are welll past best case scenario already
Should I be concerned?
Some days ago a close one whom I usually agree with politically said “climate has always had variations” and “they can’t guess the weather correctly for next week, so how can they predict it for in 50 years”. I’ll send them this cartoon tonight I think.