Guardian UK:
We've run out of elections to waste – this is the last chance to make a difference on climate change
Bill McKibben
www.theguardian.com/…
“No matter what country you’re in, 'fundamental transformations' don’t come overnight; if you want to dramatically trim carbon emissions in 2030, it means you better start in 2020"
A decade is an eternity in climate time now. We’ve wasted three decades since scientists first raised the warning – that’s guaranteed that we’ll have massive increases in temperature.It means we’ve run out of decades to waste, and hence of elections to waste. Every election matters – it registers who we are at a certain moment in history, and it sets the course of the next few years.
But this election will matter forever.
www.theguardian.com/...
We’ve wasted three decades since scientists first raised the warning
"I do know a fair amount about the climate crisis, having written the first book on the subject back in 1989. So I can say with confidence that if Australians want to play a serious role in fixing the greatest challenge we’ve ever faced, this may be about the last election where people retain enough leverage to make a real difference.
Global warming, after all, is a math problem: how quickly can we reverse the flow of carbon into the atmosphere? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in its report last year, said that unless a fundamental transformation was fully underway by 2030, we stood no chance of meeting the targets the world set in the Paris climate accords. No matter what country you’re in, “fundamental transformations” don’t come overnight; if you want to dramatically trim carbon emissions in 2030, it means you better start in 2020."www.theguardian.com/...
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Inslee Climate First on DK-
Even if you are supporting other candidates,
we can all help to support his message.
The most important issue of our lifetime:
He may not be able to win, but he is forcing the issue
to the table in 2020.
This is not a political issue, it's life or death.
Please help us to bring this to the forefront.
(Mission Statement):
Inspired by Governor Jay Inslee who prioritizes defeating climate change first and foremost, this group embraces his positive message that the same Americans who put humankind on the moon can defeat climate change and thrive while doing it. As the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, we accept the mantle of being the last generation who can defeat it.
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