Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't.
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Climate change is an ongoing process that takes decades to centuries. That’s very fast as far as evolution and natural climactic shifts are concerned, but on a human scale long term. Given that it’s not stopping within the lifespan of one person, and contributes to virtually every health problem in subtle ways, it’d seem a bit difficult to say if a given person has “survived it” or not, even if they live to an old age.
Cricket@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I’m not sure exactly what you mean regarding health and lifespan, but I think looking forward from 2025, things are quickly going to go off the rails. We’ve already been seeing severe problems resulting from climate change for years now, and I think that it’s going to rapidly get worse within the next 5-10 years. I’m not talking about sea level rise (except in very vulnerable places that are already partially underwater, like Florida), but about intensifying weather disasters, droughts, and shocks to the global food supply. As a result of this, I think we will see more and more unrest as well as authoritarianism used to deal with that unrest. How quickly all this is going to decimate the population is anyone’s guess.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I’m so glad I don’t have any kids. That failure was a blessing in disguise
CerineArkweaver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
To borrow a phrase from my profession, my not having children isn’t a bug, it’s a feature!
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
‘Tis my profession as well. My life is all testing on Prod.
higgsboson@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Going to? Going to? Have you not... gestures vaguely
Cricket@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I hear you. I meant that more as in even more off the rails, like completely ejected off the rails.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I disagree.
I dont think its particularly likely there will be famines in the next 5 years or so on a scale that can’t be countered by aid.
Sure, economies might start to feel some very serious consequences, shit might start to get very real, I just dont think we’re quite at the point where people start dying.
Cricket@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I have mixed feelings about it. I think it’s perhaps 50/50 on whether things really go crazy within 5-10 years. It’s definitely more than 0% chance, especially considering that people have already been dying due to climate change for quite a while now (extreme weather events, drought, and related conflicts).
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I guess it’s subjective.
Sure, climate change is starting to have an impact and more people might die due to malnutrition which is related.
My predictions within 5 years are something like :
I think societal collapse is still a decade away at least. However, the poor and impoverished are certainly going to start to feel the burn.
On the one hand I have a left leaning progressive mind set and have with young children - I’m heavily motivated to try to change our trajectory. On the other hand I’m 43 years old and I don’t remember a period where people weren’t predicting societal collapse in 5 years.
Climate change is bad. Mass extinctions, severe weather events, and famine, are all a certainty in the coming years. However, this needs to be balanced by technological advancements that are going to mitigate the effects. Just as an example, we can produce more food from less land than ever in history.