Reply To: Climate Crisis: Our Last Chance
I have referred to the constant bad news we get before. Here is another piece of depressing information.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48337629
“…The long-held view has been that the world’s seas would rise by a maximum of just under a metre by 2100. This new study, based on expert opinions, projects that the real level may be around double that figure. This could lead to the displacement of hundreds of millions of people, the authors say…To put this into perspective, the Syrian refugee crisis resulted in about a million refugees coming into Europe. That is about 200 times smaller than the number of people who would be displaced in a 2m sea-level rise.”
The silver lining in this dark cloud?
“…The authors emphasise that there is still time to avoid these type of scenarios, if major cuts in emissions take place over the coming decades…
It is back to gambling and the odds being given, once again
“They acknowledge that the chances of hitting the high end of this range are small, around 5%, but they should not be discounted, according to the lead author. “If I said to you that there was a one in 20 chance that if you crossed the road you would be squashed you wouldn’t go near it,” said Prof Bamber. “Even a 1% probability means that a one in a hundred year flood is something that could happen in your lifetime. I think that a 5% probability, crikey – I think that’s a serious risk.”