Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change | The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague. (www.nytimes.com)
from silence7@slrpnk.net to world@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 18:42
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Rooskie91@discuss.online on 23 Jul 19:03 next collapse

The International Court of Justice issued a strongly worded opinion

Gotta love the meaningless symbology of the UN. Sometimes I think it exists just to keep good politicians occupied while the shitty ones really lead.

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 23 Jul 19:37 collapse

“Lead”

DarkFuture@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 19:35 collapse

Spoiler Alert: We are absolutely not going to meaningfully address climate change before it’s too late. Not going to happen.

silence7@slrpnk.net on 23 Jul 19:58 next collapse

We already lowered the rate of emissions growth, taking us from 4°C by 2100 to ~3°C by then. Getting more is on us; you can’t sit around hoping somebody else acts

meco03211@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 22:16 collapse

Isn’t 2C by 2100 like globally devastating?

silence7@slrpnk.net on 24 Jul 01:21 collapse

2°C is likely to be ecologically and economically quite damaging, and also at the edge of where we can be reasonably assured that agriculture remains viable. Its not an everybody-dies-instantly threshold

Arkouda@lemmy.ca on 23 Jul 22:22 collapse

History lesson: The same thing was said about the ozone layer. The global community dealt with that.

SecretSauces@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 23:02 collapse

Tell that to Israel, who is opening up a new hole with all their missile launches

Arkouda@lemmy.ca on 23 Jul 23:11 collapse

Tell that to Israel, who is opening up a new hole with all their missile launches

You must have me confused with someone who has contact with, and political sway over, Israel.

Can you explain to me how you came to the conclusion that I have the ability to tell Israel anything?