David Roberts — This is an emergency, damn it

Summary:
Must-read.The GND proposal that is on the table doesn't scratch the surface of what needs to be done. Global resources must be reconfigured and deployed internationally to meet this emergent challenge. The scope and scale of a design solution is mind-boggling. Tweaking around the edges is simply a foolish delay.The alternative is massive culling.VOXThis is an emergency, damn it David Roberts See also at VOXIt is absolutely time to panic about climate change Sean IllingSee alsoWorld in Transition: Climate Change as a Security Risk - WBGU (2007)Members of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)  Foreign Policy (9 Jan 2018)The Only Force That Can Beat Climate Change Is the U.S. Army Anatol Lieven

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Mike Norman considers the following as important: civilizational collapse, climate chance, conflict, GND, Green New Deal

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