But my gas and eggs are so expensive now and I still have to pay my student loans, surely Biden is the worst president ever?

I got one recently, classified as spam by Android, asking to participate in a presidential poll and with links to click. Of course I didn’t, but I do wonder if it was real… If so, they’re doing an awful job getting people who aren’t complete morons to respond

A person is smart. People are stupid

Spoiler alert: a lot more penguins are gonna die (and other wildlife, and people) before large swathes of governments and the public get on board.

A recent climate Scientist who testified in front of congress in 1988 on the topic of global warming, said that it’s unfortunate that humanity has got to taste it first before they spit it out

Last I heard circa 2002, they’ll sue your parents

Checkmate, American pirates

Yes siree Bob, and if that don’t do the trick, well… Let me introduce you to a little something called the RIAA. Ya toast now!

Boys, call in the MPAA, we got a live one

I’ll be sure to send them a lovely fruit basket for their patriotism!

You keep saying that like you expect us to believe you…

Miners not minors!

(speaking of scifi…)

Could always pivot to a dry cleaning transactional holding company

Pretty much

RIP corals

Sorry to have disappointed you. I’ll go ahead and tender my resignation later today. I guess I can’t help the planet after all… 😢

lol no

Statistics are a summarization of data

All fields use it.

A statistic is that the climate will increase more than 1.5 degrees by the end of the century

How we operationalize that information requires other statistical summaries BUT that does not negate the fact that we have passed a tipping point and people are dying because of it…

That doesn’t absolve us of action now… Or risk of overstating the threat

Another statistic is that most people don’t understand statistics

Signed, an actual fucking statistician

Hear hear!

LOL WUT

So first off, climate science is data driven. Social politics should play no part in how to interpret the result that shit is getting hotter and people are dying… That’s pure statistics baby

But in terms of communication, sure, understanding psychology helps. But look where a poor understanding of social psychology got us…

And social science is not the same as psychology. Social science means integrating diverse perspectives into environmental decision making. Which many in this thread are failing to do

This is true, thanks. Increasingly however, insurers are going to cite storms and sea level rise as justification for not insuring homes. See : the outer banks, NC for a preview

I work with national and international governments to develop and deploy effective, data-driven, nature-based solutions to mitigate climate impacts and conserve and/or restore natural systems

We’re on the same side… Let’s fight together!

You may find this article illuminating, if reading is your thing: Even if humanity does reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to stave off the worst effects of climate change—and learn to adapt to some warming that is already inevitable—Setiya says that climate change remains an existential threat to a host of human cultures, traditions, and languages

You might want to avoid the preceding paragraph though, as it states “There is a genuine possibility that within the coming century, we will hit temperatures that are deeply incompatible with the continued existence of human life.” Such rampant fear mongering will make you too scawed and make peepee

I don’t know lemmy’s demographics, but I imagine it skews overwhelmingly north American, white, and with a reasonable and stable income. I.e., The people who are most capable to “adapt”

We must also focus on unreserved communities, those without the means to make life comfortable, or to repair their homes or to move to avoid sea level rise or hurricanes or other damaging impacts of climate change.