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by mdrabla 1889 days ago
you should know that "doomsday rhetoric" is backed by very solid climate science. Just check out the latest IPCC report if you dont believe me - we aren't going to make it below 2 degrees C warming and the implications of that alone are catastrophic. Just as an example, we're looking at hundreds of millions of climate refugees as things like drought and lower crop yields destabilize large regions. Even if you live in a country which avoids these types of trends, the refugees created can and will offer a massively destabilizing force to your home country. For reference, the Syrian refugee crisis was triggered by a record drought (which are becoming the new trend) and that created 1 million refugees. Just 1 million dramatically altered the course of domestic & international politics in the EU, imagine what HUNDREDS of millions will do.

Climate change is THE existential threat of our generation. The only ones which will benefit long term from avoiding the problem are those with a vested interest in fossil fuel companies.