> How will you know when you have addressed climate change? Will there be different climate models from today's, showing everything is now OK?
According to what I read in the IPCC reports, we already have those; it's how goals like ones under the Paris Agreement get derived. I'd imagine it's a mix of footprint monitoring to see if we are hitting targets, and updating models based on new knowledge.
The bottom line is that a lot of people have a sense of "we're doomed" these days that's at odds with having the energy to make plans for a long-term future, or to look forward to it. If we improve I'd hope the collective zeitgeist would shift accordingly, and give those people a better outlook.
My own point of view is ... tricky. I'm relatively wealthy and well-educated. Privileged, really. My kids would be among the most likely to be in a position to contribute to a better world, so maybe having kids is the best ticket to keep the world going. I feel like I should invest the resources I have been lucky to get into family and children. I'm nervous if they'd grow up to agree, however, because this is easy to think while living in relative peace and comfort.
According to what I read in the IPCC reports, we already have those; it's how goals like ones under the Paris Agreement get derived. I'd imagine it's a mix of footprint monitoring to see if we are hitting targets, and updating models based on new knowledge.
The bottom line is that a lot of people have a sense of "we're doomed" these days that's at odds with having the energy to make plans for a long-term future, or to look forward to it. If we improve I'd hope the collective zeitgeist would shift accordingly, and give those people a better outlook.
My own point of view is ... tricky. I'm relatively wealthy and well-educated. Privileged, really. My kids would be among the most likely to be in a position to contribute to a better world, so maybe having kids is the best ticket to keep the world going. I feel like I should invest the resources I have been lucky to get into family and children. I'm nervous if they'd grow up to agree, however, because this is easy to think while living in relative peace and comfort.