One reality is that we are going to successfully decarbonize the energy system. The explosive growth of renewables is unstoppable.
The other reality is we can no longer avoid the impacts of some #climatechange and we have to do what we can to minimize the suffering and loss.
@petergleick I'm concerned that the most vulnerable people in society are going to suffer the most from climate change. We saw that with the recent storms here in California. Same with the wildfires the last couple of years.
@mjausson @petergleick I fear that exactly this is coming in the future but on a scale far beyond wildfire problems in California. Hunger and fresh water shortages on a vast scale worldwide are coming. There will be a major reduction in the human population due to lack of food and/or water.
And it's not just me seeing this. It was foreseen 20-plus years ago by the U.S. military who have been studying how to deal with the worldwide unrest that is to come. But what can we do? We can't reverse climate change. This die was cast long ago and now we have to ride out the consequences.
