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So long as we keep polluting unchecked, we are in big trouble. Staying below 1.5C is a pipe dream at this point, and we've already (briefly) hit 2C[1]. We're also producing and consuming more fossil fuels than ever before, and the pollution rate is increasing exponentially[2].

Exponential growth has a tendency to creep up on you, and then all of a sudden things are out of control. Plus, there are the significant lag effects, where we don't feel the effect of today's pollution until much later (which is usually decades later, depending on the nature of it).

People should be panicking about this, but most prefer to just pretend everything is fine or we'll somehow invent some magic technology that will defy the laws of physics.

[1]: https://climate.copernicus.eu/global-temperature-exceeds-2de...

[2]: https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/