The IPCC Confirms Life As We Know It Will Soon Cease to Exist

By DAVID INTROCASO PhD THCB readers may recall last year in early June when the Trump administration announced it would withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate accord, and earlier this January when the World Economic Forum met to discuss its global risk report. The report included the chapter, “Our Planet on the Brink,” which I discussed (here and here) with respect to the health care industry’s indifference to global warming. (See also my related 3 Quarks Daily essay.) Now comes the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate and Change’s (IPCC’s ) latest report. Once again, overwhelming scientific evidence that confirms life as we know it on this planet will soon cease to exist is received with apathetic insouciance. Created in 1988, the IPCC is considered the world’s definitive scientific body on climate change. In early October, it finalized its report “Global Warming of 1.5°C,” which was called for by the 2015 Paris climate accord. The report was prepared by nearly one hundred scientists who analyzed thousands of articles containing the most recent scientific evidence. The report’s summary was accepted by over 180 countries, including the American and Saudi Arabia delegation during the IPCC’s recent meeting in South Korea. What is newsworthy about the IPCC report is its conclusion that keeping temperature increases below 2°C — the goal of the Paris agreement — would not avoid the catastrophic effects of global w...
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